Don Quixote
Footballguy
I know there are stats out there. They used to predominantly be at the $1200 and $1600 in DJ, IIRC. I think they started moving around a bit more after Arthur Chu. Here's a heatmap that I found from last year.
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Jeopardy Baby, Ooooh-ooh-oooooh (4 Viewers)
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
SamanTHICCa 
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Good stuff that I had forgotten. Yet I can't erase the memory of Wheel of Fortune winners being forced to buy that awful porcelain dog.
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Snoopy
Footballguy
Also with Fleming, 2nd and 3rd place finishers could keep the money they earned that day.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Playing against him must be like jumping into a wood chipper.
Chemical X
Footballguy
i’ll take the coat rack, the vaccuum, the couch and the rest on a gift certificate.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
chet
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Frostillicus
Footballguy
I could take him.
apalmer
Footballguy
hagmania
Footballguy
This was the last game of 5 in that day of taping. Ken was awesome at not getting fatigued, he very well may take the last 2 out of 5 games in a series.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
But James is still averaging what... over 2x KJ’s average winning. Last night wasn’t James’ strongest performance but look how he finished... over $74k IIRC. And this was an “average” performance for James. Did KJ consistently score in James’ neighborhood, or is my memory, of his scoring mid- to high $30’s normally, accurate?
I love watching James dominate the way he does. I’m officially on the James Train.
PinkydaPimp
Footballguy
Ken didn’t but Ken wasn’t playing to maximize profits. They played different games and strategies.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeopardy-champions-ken-jennings-james-holzhauer-differences-2019-4
chet
Footballguy
He won't get such high scores against better competition. If he ever played KJ, KJ is as good on the button so most clues would be jump balls and any mistakes would be doubly costly. Lastly, DDs would likely decide the game and hitting them would come down to luck.
I don't know if James has the trivia knowledge of KJ--as I said, I was surprised last night at the mistakes and unanswered clues. Who knows how he does with harder TOC material.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Yes, syndicate money (mob/mafia money) pays for everything. It's why illegal drugs are so expensive.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I think that is now the 6 highest single game winnings. Incredible.
Penguin
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Chemical X
Footballguy
imagine the effort to take the test, pass, go thru interviews and then practice games. fly out to LA, deal with that traffic to get on the show and have the game over before alex interviews you at the first commercial break.
chet
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
Yea. “Here’s our 10-time champ, he’s won a million dollars and he’s a professional gambler. Lisa, the board is yours”
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
Anybody know what kind of dough the top sportsbooks would offer him to come to the other side? They've got to be calling him.
He won't do it, he'll think he can, and probably will, make more exploiting bad lines.
They already knew him before but now it's gonna be worse. What does a bet-runner get paid working for him?
He won't do it, he'll think he can, and probably will, make more exploiting bad lines.
They already knew him before but now it's gonna be worse. What does a bet-runner get paid working for him?
chet
Footballguy
We have little/no info as to whether he's a good at sports betting. I admit I haven't listened to all of his interviews but I don't think he's said or implied that he's breaking the casinos. I guess the assumption is he's good because he does it for a living but most of those guys are a cold streak from being broke.
Why would he need a bet runner? If you think the books don't want his action, I'd have a hard time believing that.
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
Oh I guarantee he's good at it. You can tell he's super calculated. When he was asked if the casinos know him out there, he said yep.
This guy is not your typical degen. And the type of wagering he's exploiting, is exactly what the books would rather have on their side. He looks for odds-maker's mistakes.
chet
Footballguy
I don't know a lot about it but find it hard to believe you can make a decent living making bets where the casino got the line wrong--thinking about it, I don't really even know what it means to get a line wrong. I am also skeptical anyone can make it longterm taking the vig into account. Again, I am not in that world at all and consider myself a below average sports bettor.
Of course it's difficult, but to think there isn't a single person that has the ability to do so is insane.
Rodrigo Duterte
Footballguy
He said he started with baseball. Which is all about numbers obviously, right in his wheelhouse. But now he's moved onto that because he wasn't finding much value anymore. Larger markets are harder to exploit, as you know. Now he's betting in-game stuff. Live betting. Where an oddsmaker decides on a line in a matter of seconds. There is definitely human error to exploit in that kind of betting, if you are on top of it. Much smaller market, too, which begets value opportunities left and right. Not easy, but if you have a mind like he does, and discipline, you can make a living at it.
Few have what it takes. But I have no doubt he's the type that can making a living at it. They're calling him, for sure.
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Captain Cranks
Footballguy
Now that he's dropped a lot of his shtick, he's much more endearing and easy to root for.
mr. furley
Footballguy
the rate at which he is apparently winning the race to the buzzer seems ..... fishy.
most of these contestants seem to be incredibly smart, or at least well studied for the game so it's not that he's smarter than everyone else. he's timing the buzzer in such a way that it feels...... unusual.
most of these contestants seem to be incredibly smart, or at least well studied for the game so it's not that he's smarter than everyone else. he's timing the buzzer in such a way that it feels...... unusual.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Alex makes $10M/year
Pat Sajak makes $12M and Vanna White makes $8M
this was a quick google search so numbers may have changed slightly but in those ranges
Don Quixote
Footballguy
The Ringer had a pretty good story last week on his buzzer timing. He did a lot of practice before he even got on the show, and studied the buzzer positioning/habits of others.the rate at which he is apparently winning the race to the buzzer seems ..... fishy.
most of these contestants seem to be incredibly smart, or at least well studied for the game so it's not that he's smarter than everyone else. he's timing the buzzer in such a way that it feels...... unusual.
mr. furley
Footballguy
a chain is only strong as its weakest link
"The moment he finishes, a dedicated Jeopardy! staffer sitting at the judges’ table just offstage—Michael Harris, who also serves as one of the show’s writers—manually activates a switch that illuminates blue lights alongside the outer edges of the Jeopardy! board."
and i see in the article he fashioned a shank in case someone gets wise to his scheming. keeps those nerds in fear. real power move.
all this make me wonder what McTanner did in prep for his star turn and just how far up this conspiracy goes.
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Capella
Footballguy
He’s a gambler. He knows everybody there is smart so he found the 2% on the margins and is hammering it. Good for him.the rate at which he is apparently winning the race to the buzzer seems ..... fishy.
most of these contestants seem to be incredibly smart, or at least well studied for the game so it's not that he's smarter than everyone else. he's timing the buzzer in such a way that it feels...... unusual.
mr. furley
Footballguy
i'm getting pretty deep on this topic today and starting to turn up some interesting theories. hard to argue some of this stuff, people.
"Okay, so the three contestants on each episode of Jeopardy! embody the conflicting forces of Past, Present, and Future, who are waging an eternal war for dominance over the universe’s matter and energy.
The podiums they stand behind are the looms that weave the tapestry of existence, and the board is the spinning wheel that forms the thread of possibility.
TIME HAS NO DIRECTIONALITY.
All of history is forever happening simultaneously; therefore, the questions on the board can quiz the contestants on any object from throughout space-time, ranging from World Capitals to Authors By Middle Name. Time innately flows neither forward nor backward; instead, entropy is governed by whichever challenger earns the most cash. Cause and effect are meaningless, and answers precede their own questions.
The balancing force that prevents any of the Time Kings from triumphing is Alex Trebek, the immortal Trickster who wields his cunning intellect and omniscient knowledge to equalize entropy-power between the three temporal deities. A contestant like Great Threat Ken Jennings may hold the upper hand for a few days or weeks, but eventually they will be defeated. Upon their defeat, the Trickster will banish their current avatar and force them to create a new body. Trebek is chaos incarnate, the cackling jester who continually destroys and remakes the universe to prevent the stasis death of space-time.
Morality ≠ Choice! Ethics are the fifth dimension of space-time coordinates. Each universe has its own Past, Present, and Future competing on that universe’s Jeopardy!,but there is only one Alex Trebek, who exists in all universes at once and asks the same questions. Usually, the 666 universes are fully separate, but during the DAILY DOUBLE, a doorway opens, and you can cross into another realm, or that realm’s denizens can enter our world.
History’s greatest heroes and monsters, including Genghis Khan, Florence Nightingale, and Henry Ford, are all extraplanar invaders from universes higher or lower on the moral spectrum who crossed over during the wager."
"Okay, so the three contestants on each episode of Jeopardy! embody the conflicting forces of Past, Present, and Future, who are waging an eternal war for dominance over the universe’s matter and energy.
The podiums they stand behind are the looms that weave the tapestry of existence, and the board is the spinning wheel that forms the thread of possibility.
TIME HAS NO DIRECTIONALITY.
All of history is forever happening simultaneously; therefore, the questions on the board can quiz the contestants on any object from throughout space-time, ranging from World Capitals to Authors By Middle Name. Time innately flows neither forward nor backward; instead, entropy is governed by whichever challenger earns the most cash. Cause and effect are meaningless, and answers precede their own questions.
The balancing force that prevents any of the Time Kings from triumphing is Alex Trebek, the immortal Trickster who wields his cunning intellect and omniscient knowledge to equalize entropy-power between the three temporal deities. A contestant like Great Threat Ken Jennings may hold the upper hand for a few days or weeks, but eventually they will be defeated. Upon their defeat, the Trickster will banish their current avatar and force them to create a new body. Trebek is chaos incarnate, the cackling jester who continually destroys and remakes the universe to prevent the stasis death of space-time.
Morality ≠ Choice! Ethics are the fifth dimension of space-time coordinates. Each universe has its own Past, Present, and Future competing on that universe’s Jeopardy!,but there is only one Alex Trebek, who exists in all universes at once and asks the same questions. Usually, the 666 universes are fully separate, but during the DAILY DOUBLE, a doorway opens, and you can cross into another realm, or that realm’s denizens can enter our world.
History’s greatest heroes and monsters, including Genghis Khan, Florence Nightingale, and Henry Ford, are all extraplanar invaders from universes higher or lower on the moral spectrum who crossed over during the wager."
mr. furley
Footballguy
Holzhauer in his own words:
“If I don’t know anything about a subject I go to the library and I check out the most basic-level book about the subject, the most basic-level children’s book about the subject,” Holzhauer said. “Filled with lots of pictures, really easy to read, and get to the basics of it. And really it gets you interested. That’s really the whole point of the children’s library — to get you interested in things you would never think of.”
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“If I don’t know anything about a subject I go to the library and I check out the most basic-level book about the subject, the most basic-level children’s book about the subject,” Holzhauer said. “Filled with lots of pictures, really easy to read, and get to the basics of it. And really it gets you interested. That’s really the whole point of the children’s library — to get you interested in things you would never think of.”
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mr. furley
Footballguy
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/bfbxvf/the_new_jeopardy_champion_is_a_fraud/
apparently he's using a strategy called Forrest Bouncing to pick questions and now i'm giddy at the possibilities of a new @General Malaise video
apparently he's using a strategy called Forrest Bouncing to pick questions and now i'm giddy at the possibilities of a new @General Malaise video
