Jeopardy!

[Anonymous]

For those not staying up

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/05/30/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-inches-closer-ken-jennings-record/1291282001/


The reigning champ and professional sports gambler claimed his 31st victory on "Jeopardy!" Thursday in dominating fashion, with a winning score of $58,612.

Holzhauer achieved another runaway win, securing his victory by the end of Double Jeopardy.

Holzhauer extended the gap between his competitors – Megan the librarian and Rob the physician – during Final Jeopardy Thursday as the only contestant answer a question about "National Anthems" correctly.

The Final Jeopardy riddle: "Its anthem was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn that had been tainted by association with Nazis."

Holzhauer correctly responded, "What is Austria?"

Megan and Rob finished with $7,599 and $1, respectively.

Thursday's haul brings Holzhauer's total on the popular game show to a whopping $2,382,583, less than $150,000 away from Ken Jennings' all-time "Jeopardy!" total of $2,520,700, a record for non-tournament play.

Holzhauer could pass Jennings in a matter of days if his streak continues, by using his aggressive strategy of targeting higher-valued clues first and wagering big on Daily Doubles. On April 17, he won $131,127, a single-day record for the quiz show.

Jennings and Holzhauer are the only two "Jeopardy!" contestants to earn $2 million or more in regular, non-tournament winnings, a barrier Holzhauer crossed in Friday's episode.

However, it has taken Holzhauer fewer than half the number of episodes to rack up the prize money, a feat that Jennings called "astounding."

Despite inching closer to the Jennings' all-time winning record, Holzhauer's 31 victories still pale next to Jennings' record 74 wins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Channel 7 in DC pissed off a whole lot of people tonight when they preempted Jeopardy, with James hovering on the edge of beating Ken Jennings record. They were covering possible tornadoes in the Fredericksburg area. They apologized to all the angry Jeopardy fans and eventually said it would be on at 1:36 a.m. so set your DVR!

The weather guy kept saying, "This is a severe situation for the people in that area and if it was your area you would want us to cover it for you."

The thing they didn't seem to get was that every other local channel on the TV was covering the storm and people were pretty much only tuning in channel 7 to watch Jeopardy.

Surprised they can’t preempt MeTV or whatever 7.1 broadcasts to keep Jeopardy going live. But with that said, your post seems to lack empathy. It’s been the norm since broadcast TV became a thing to broadcast ongoing weather events in the broadcast area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good clip on "How James Holzhauer Broke Jeopardy"

Super cool thanks for sharing.

Interesting how he’s turned the show into money and not brain power.

Well of course he has the brain power, but yes - he is acting like a poker player with a "big stack" who can push around the little stack players

When each game commences, he starts with the same size "stack" as anyone else. His skill is in increasing the stack during the course of the game with correct answers, having the edge on the buzzer and most important being willing to wager aggressively when he gets a daily double. All of these are things that every contestant can do if they have the knowledge, the speed and the cojones to wager aggressively when they get the DD.

[Anonymous]

Channel 7 is going to show Thursday’s pre-emoted Jeopardy tonight (Saturday) at 7:30pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good clip on "How James Holzhauer Broke Jeopardy"

Super cool thanks for sharing.

Interesting how he’s turned the show into money and not brain power.

Well of course he has the brain power, but yes - he is acting like a poker player with a "big stack" who can push around the little stack players

When each game commences, he starts with the same size "stack" as anyone else. His skill is in increasing the stack during the course of the game with correct answers, having the edge on the buzzer and most important being willing to wager aggressively when he gets a daily double. All of these are things that every contestant can do if they have the knowledge, the speed and the cojones to wager aggressively when they get the DD.

Exactly. He's not "pushing around" anyone. As you said, they all start each game with the same amount of money - $0. His past winnings don't affect each new game. He's just got an incredibly broad knowledge base and astoundingly quick recall. He plays the game beautifully. The people criticizing him obviously don't understand how to play.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s getting boring to watch. But I’m sensitive so I feel bad for the opponents. They just stand there the whole time! They get no time to shine! Such is life...

But I think it’s boring to watch him dominate so much night after night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s getting boring to watch. But I’m sensitive so I feel bad for the opponents. They just stand there the whole time! They get no time to shine! Such is life...

But I think it’s boring to watch him dominate so much night after night.

I disagree. I think the regular show, such as what we saw during the teacher's tournament, is boring now.

I hope he just keeps on winning everyday forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s getting boring to watch. But I’m sensitive so I feel bad for the opponents. They just stand there the whole time! They get no time to shine! Such is life...

But I think it’s boring to watch him dominate so much night after night.

Not this opponent: https://sunny99.iheart.com/featured/dana-and-jay-in-the-morning/content/2019-04-30-james-holzhauer-only-won-by-18-on-jeopardy-last-night/

James won by only $18 and had that guy bet just a bit more on his double jeopardy, he’d have won.

[Anonymous]

Rumor has it James loses tonight. If it's true, and from the news story it appears it is, I say he did it on purpose but I'm not sure why he wouldn't want to beat Ken Jennings' record.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7097737/Leaked-video-shows-James-Holzhauers-32-day-winning-streak-Jeopardy-come-end.html

[Anonymous]

I watched James for the first time last week. After all the hubbub, I was surprised by how little charisma he had. Maybe I'll tune in tonight to see if he loses.

For the person bitching about Jeopardy being pre-empted by weather alerts - wasn't there a guy a couple weeks ago that went off because his station got so much blowback for pre-empting the bachelor? Can't find the video just now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it James loses tonight. If it's true, and from the news story it appears it is, I say he did it on purpose but I'm not sure why he wouldn't want to beat Ken Jennings' record.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7097737/Leaked-video-shows-James-Holzhauers-32-day-winning-streak-Jeopardy-come-end.html

The article says he didn't wager enough in final jeopardy but if you do the math, he would have still lost if he wagered it all. His opponent (who had more money than him coming in to final jeopardy)wagered the proper amount t beat him by $1 if he had wagered all of his. So it looks like he just got beat straight up.

[Anonymous]

Bummer that there was a spoiler.

[Anonymous]

Spoiler alert


Anyone else think Holzhauer intentionally lost his game? Why on earth would he bet such an uncharacteristically low amount given that he entered Final Jeopardy in 2nd place? Hmmm...

[Anonymous]

Pp here. I take my post back. The math makes sense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s getting boring to watch. But I’m sensitive so I feel bad for the opponents. They just stand there the whole time! They get no time to shine! Such is life...

But I think it’s boring to watch him dominate so much night after night.

I actually think it’s kind of cool for his opponents to be able to say that they lost to the famous James Holzhour(sp?). Makes for a better story to tell the grandkids someday.