OT: Jeopardy-Who else is amazed?

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

I'm shocked that it's over. I expected him to keep winning for years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/a...-jeopardy.html

No matter how good you are at anything, someone else can beat you at your own game.
His tactics can be copied and he can't know everything.

[cloudguy]

Originally Posted by bikinchris

No matter how good you are at anything, someone else can beat you at your own game.
His tactics can be copied and he can't know everything.

https://entertainment.theonion.com/j...04?/setsession

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by cloudguy

https://entertainment.theonion.com/j...04?/setsession

Like pros in gravel races

[marciero]

Originally Posted by bikinchris

No matter how good you are at anything, someone else can beat you at your own game.
His tactics can be copied and he can't know everything.

Not better per se, it's more like "on any given Sunday..."

[pinkshogun]

some feel that when he was behind going into final jeopardy that he bagged it, hence his low wager

rumor has it that his youngin' missed him

either way, we saw greatness and dominance

my favorite player is still Alex Jacob, a professional poker player who always bet it all after finding the daily doubles

[Veloo]

Yeah, I thought it seemed a bit weird. Read somewhere that he bid enough not to come last but if he's a pro gambler then why no just risk it all to come fight another day? The topic didn't seem too far fethced either. Some Shakespeare thing? I thought he was at least gonna get the right answer.

Originally Posted by pinkshogun

some feel that when he was behind going into final jeopardy that he bagged it, hence his low wager

rumor has it that his youngin' missed him

either way, we saw greatness and dominance

my favorite player is still Alex Jacob, a professional poker player who always bet it all after finding the daily doubles

[Climb01742]

I was perplexed, too, until seeing this:

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...uer-wager-loss

Ever the follow-the-odds gambler. Can't wait for his match with Ken Jennings.

[Veloo]

Saw this midway down the article. Shaking my head...

'JEOPARDY!' LOSES TOP RATINGS SPOT TO 'JUDGE JUDY' WITHOUT JAMES HOLZHAUER

Originally Posted by Climb01742

I was perplexed, too, until seeing this:

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...uer-wager-loss

Ever the follow-the-odds gambler. Can't wait for his match with Ken Jennings.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Veloo

Saw this midway down the article. Shaking my head...

'JEOPARDY!' LOSES TOP RATINGS SPOT TO 'JUDGE JUDY' WITHOUT JAMES HOLZHAUER

Fake news.....

[Climb01742]

I found James' fame from Jeopardy refreshing and restored, a bit, my faith in our world. Today, 99% of fame seems to come from BS stuff, too much from social media hijinks.

But what James did on Jeopardy was because he was smart, he studied and read (loved his insight about using kid's books to learn arcane subjects), and practiced buzzing in, and used his gambler's savvy and nerve to play the game a new way. Ok, not curing cancer, but he did something remarkable because he used his brain. He earned his money and fame.

And the woman who beat him? She wrote her master's thesis on a computer-based analysis of Jeopardy questions. She did her homework, too. And was smart as a whip. And fast, too, on the buzzer. And bet bravely too.

Fame you earn the hard way. Wow, what a concept. A small but nice thing.

[MattTuck]

The one thing I found strange, was that of all the days he was on the show, he presented a card from his daughter to Alex to "get well soon" or something like that.... on the last day of his run.

Kind of unlikely, no?

[CSKeller]

Originally Posted by Climb01742

I found James' fame from Jeopardy refreshing and restored, a bit, my faith in our world. Today, 99% of fame seems to come from BS stuff, too much from social media hijinks.

But what James did on Jeopardy was because he was smart, he studied and read (loved his insight about using kid's books to learn arcane subjects), and practiced buzzing in, and used his gambler's savvy and nerve to play the game a new way. Ok, not curing cancer, but he did something remarkable because he used his brain. He earned his money and fame.

And the woman who beat him? She wrote her master's thesis on a computer-based analysis of Jeopardy questions. She did her homework, too. And was smart as a whip. And fast, too, on the buzzer. And bet bravely too.

Fame you earn the hard way. Wow, what a concept. A small but nice thing.

I agree with Climb1742 100%. Really refreshing to see!

[Hawker]

Followed this for the last three weeks and my wife and I were mesmerized by the stuff he knew. However, the way he played the last game seemed weird. He didn't buzz in on a lot of things and his low bid at the end were all a bit confusing. My first thought was that he was sandbagging. Maybe his wife was getting tired of it all? Still, I would have thought he would have stuck around long enough to break Jennings record????

Have they had him pee in a cup?

[jb_11]

Originally Posted by Hawker

Followed this for the last three weeks and my wife and I were mesmerized by the stuff he knew. However, the way he played the last game seemed weird. He didn't buzz in on a lot of things and his low bid at the end were all a bit confusing. My first thought was that he was sandbagging. Maybe his wife was getting tired of it all? Still, I would have thought he would have stuck around long enough to break Jennings record????

Have they had him pee in a cup?

I followed casually in the last 2 weeks as well. I think it came down to luck in the end. Emma got all the daily doubles and went into final with a lead. Someone linked his final wager strategy above, which is sound when you consider the only way for him to win was for her to miss (assuming she bet to cover, which she did).

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by jb_11

I followed casually in the last 2 weeks as well. I think it came down to luck in the end. Emma got all the daily doubles and went into final with a lead. Someone linked his final wager strategy above, which is sound when you consider the only way for him to win was for her to miss (assuming she bet to cover, which she did).

True he couldn't have won since he never got any of the daily doubles.
Some people see a conspiracy everywhere.