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Will James Holzhauer be beaten?
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7 members have voted
| May 23rd, 2019 at 12:14:11 PM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
Really?!? I was unaware of that. He's not immortal after all. He will lose eventually, the question is how many more weeks (or months) it will take. |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 12:41:45 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | When is the show on, he's supposed to hit 2 mil today. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 12:44:34 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | He knows a lot of answers. Seems he would get money made faster on "Who wants to be a millionaire?" Plus he gets crowd help, 50/50, and call a friend whereas he doesn't get any help on Jeopardy on any answers. Plus he doesn't have to buzz in, or compete directly with other players. Seems like a can't miss for a million. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 1:10:57 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12525 |
Check your local listings. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 2:06:35 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Too late, I've already lost all interest. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 3:52:20 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | This was his 26th game. The challenger Nate beats James hands down on the first round. He not only wins $3400 on the "daily double" but he is ahead an extra $600 on the other questions for a $4k lead. James stumbles on several questions badly. In double jeopardy James bets everything on a daily double and seems to get his stride back. But the challenger, Nate, hits his own daily double. The round ends with roughly $5K lead for James and everything goes down to the final question. They both get it right, but James bets $20K and Nate bets only $10K. James wipes his brow and exhales a sight of relief His winnings of $52,108 are below his average and leave him $8,865 short of $2 million. This is only the third game that was not a runaway. |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 4:24:22 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
He must have won, the news just said his 27th game is Friday. He'll screw up soon, the pressure has to be enormous. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| May 23rd, 2019 at 4:53:42 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
 I don't think the challenger, Nate, was chosen at random. He was a very good player. He was ahead on the first round without including his daily double win. What I've read is that a huge part of the game is controlling your finger on the buzzer. You must wait for lights to go on after Alex speaks before you can hit the buzzer. If you jump the gun, you are locked out for half a second. As a winner, you have to record 5 episodes (to air on Mon- Frid) in one day. So you have to deal with exhaustion as well. Then they record the next week on a single day later that week. So in reality somone probably already knows the results through game #32. Final Jeopardy was "Jazz Classics" for Thursday, May 23, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 184): In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington’s home in Harlem |
| May 24th, 2019 at 11:11:56 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5104 |
too easy, "take the A train" I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| May 24th, 2019 at 7:27:27 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I didn't know, but Jazz is just about my worst subject. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |