The Beav and I are correct! Why argue with a mass of life experience and widely acclaimed intelligence.

2 men 1 mind! LOL J/K

1 mind compared to The Beav is the absolute compliment. lol

She was ahead going into final Jeopardy. Even if he would’ve bet everything he had he couldn’t have caught her had they both answered correctly. His bet was designed to at least beat the third-place guy and come in second b if she bet big and answered correctly, which she almost had to do. If she’d have missed the Final Jeopardy question he would’ve beaten her and third-place guy. It was a great strategy but she answered the final Jeopardy question and there was nothing he could do about that because he didn’t have enough money to beat her.

How many weeks was he on ? I would think that taping all those shows would start to wear on a person.

Yesterday was his 33rd show. So 6 weeks and 3 days.

They tape 5 shows a day, two days a week. That is 10 shows per week for over 3 weeks. Gotta take a lot out of a person. I think a champ with that many wins gets tired, physically and mentally, and starts to lose his/her edg.

Why would he even consider a desire to come in second? He had to hope she was wrong OR he bets the farm, she bets 10-12 grand. He wins! Probably something else going on in his life and he gets to spend more time with his family and a lousy 2.3 mill. lol

From the article on ESPN...

Holzhauer wagered $1,399, enough to win if Boettcher misfired and hold off Sexton if he doubled up. Boettcher wagered $20,000 to win comfortably. Even if Holzhauer had wagered it all, he would have lost by $1.

"I was a little shook during Double Jeopardy," Holzhauer wrote in an email, "because I was playing from behind and constantly getting beaten on the buzzer by Emma. By the time Final Jeopardy rolled around, I knew I could only win if Emma answered incorrectly. It felt like needing a team to miss a last-second field goal. She didn't miss, but I was still proud of my performance the whole way. I gave her a high five and smiled at how far I'd come."

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Basically he knew Emma needed to answer incorrectly for him to win, so he bet enough to put him over the top, yet not enough to drop below the amount of the 3rd place player if he doubled up.

Exactly what I've been trying to say above. He bet smart and played to win to the very end.

Why on earth would anybody think the guy would just throw an opportunity like that away?

Just watched todays show you still think he did not throw the game? LOL

She won in a runaway didn’t she? LOL

And like Alex said, “The person that beat Ken Jennings was only a one-day champion.”

Average score really so who knows what the real deal is!

Dang near another runaway!

How you like the giant-killer now Law Dog!?

Still just an average daily score nothing earth shaking 25-30% of his average scores still think it was a dive!