Rumor has it that James Holzhauer will lose very soon. Is there any sustenance to this? According to (((Reddit mods))) on /r/Jeopardy and (((Facebook))), there have been instances of the show having been spoiled and James having lost.
Does anybody know anything else? Be sure to use spoiler tags!
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That lucky son of a bitch.
spoilered this time
FUCKING F I N A L L Y.
James' weird face has been making me progressively more angry every time I see it. Glad to see him finally throw it.
So he won by 18 bucks? Means he's still in the game, right?
Also, some boomer on Fox News says that rumor has it he losses when the categories get stacked in favor of one of his opponents , but it seems too generic to be true.
wtf bros is this real?
Nah man look how much they wagered. Bald boy won.
>sustenance
Fucking retard.
By the time it zooms out on all three, the totals have already been tallied. Do you even watch the show?
He's full of shit. His one weakness is somebody beating him to the daily doubles. He can handle it in round 1 but when it hits double jeopardy, the doubles are vital to his strategy.
link to the reddit thread? cant find it.
Holy fuck that was close.
Glad James is still in. Maybe he won't hold back anymore and just bet everything instead of doing birthday shoutouts.
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Also see pic related for why James Didn't make any tributes in this game
No more shoutouts. Possibly no more specific dates.
He really is gonna go in dry now. Expect much higher numbers from now on.
where does it say that he'll lose soon?
It doesn't. It's only speculation.
Same with everything posted by .
We can only confirm at this point that he can lose, not that he will lose.
More likely the studio will make him take a dive via some arrangement.
How far can they go to stack the game against him before it violates game show fairness laws? And is his streak helping or hurting ratings?
I can't imagine his streak not helping ratings right now.
Jimbo is fully aware that the game is gonna get progressively harder for him and I doubt he even really gives a shit, since he'll go home with over a million no matter what.
Also laughing at that spacebattles thread title. Of course Jeopardy isn't designed for a guy like Holzhauer. It's why he's fucking its shit up.
It's One Outs: Jeopardy edition.
Also, here's a photo of 4/29 competitor Adam Levin, showing that the photo that was posted is legit.
Apparently there is some way of watching future Jeopardy episodes through some clearweb site. Idk how, but some fags on Reddit seem to know.
literally nowhere in the links provided by OP is it mentioned that he's gonna lose soon. What's with the concern trolling?
Holzhauer won by 18 dollars according to this leak which implies that the producers are trying to shut him down. He may lose, but not from a lack of ability.
>implies that the producers are trying to shut him down
Eh...not really
I said implies, not confirms.
Could just as easily have been one guy who got lucky.
My guess is he took Jimbo's strategy of betting high and got a double jeopardy in round 2.
>three dubs in a row
Fucking hell even talking about Holzhauer is good luck.
Here's the lineup for tomorrow's show
Adam Levin, a sports-information director from Ashlin Massachusetts; Jasmine Leonas, social media specialist from Chicago Illinois; James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 17-day cash winnings total $1,275,587)
Jim is in hog fucking heaven. It's like hitting the horse races and winning over and over, but not having to worry about the 1.28 million dollars you've currently won.
Why wouldn't you bet everything in a near tie if you're up by some amount? Guaranteed victory if you get it right. What's the game theory on this?
>Apparently there is some way of watching future Jeopardy episodes through some clearweb site.
care to give more details?
sounds like some giant conspiracy is unraveling here in this thread
That's probably why he looks so shook. He knew he let that one get too close.
Shit sorry I just actually looked at the totals basically the guy couldn't catch him if they both got it right so he's stressed because he probably guessed the final James is a cowboy yee fuckin haw
Here's a guess:
Earlier it was clear he was basing his totals on dates. Usually birthdays or anniversaries. This is common lucky charm stuff for gamblers, and common gameshow shoutouts for a format like Jeopardy.
Sometimes, though, he'll bet less than everything with no date at all. I think this is based on how sure he is of the answer, or how confident he is in the category. Several episodes a category he was weak against turned out to be a daily double. He bet almost exactly 10% of his total. He was only 10% sure he'd know the answer, but he happened to answer right.
Why he does this on final jeopardy, I have no idea, but there have been some strange things I've seen in other episodes among his opponents. Sometimes opponents will bet an amount in Final jeopardy despite not writing an answer at all. It may be possible that you have to wager an amount before the answer appears (similar to double jeopardy), but right now I'm betraying my lack of experience with a show like this.
I'm only here to analyze how Holzhauer works really.
The challenger had 27,000 going in to final he couldn't catch James with the wager James made if they're both right
Oh shit, I can see it.
He's just being an absolute fucking madman then.
That being said, I'm curious. Do you have to wager before the final jeopardy question comes up, or do you wager as the clock's ticking?
I remember months ago when they had that black guy lawyer and he had a tailored category for him in both rounds including daily doubles
You wager when the category pops up so it's a bit of a gamble but you can base your wager on everyone's total really, that's what the cheeky lady did and she would've won if they were both wrong with James coming in second place
it seems that Adam, the runner-up, is definitely as good as James and could have ended his run had James not gotten a few more clues than him.
I'm guessing the contestants are starting to wise up. Shit's gonna get interesting.
OK that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.
damn james must have been shitting his pants during this episode
You do put in a wager before seeing the question.
I don't get it
why wouldn't they tell people of this magical website
Wait fuck no she wouldn't our guy had 34,000, lady had 7,800, and levin hat 27,000 going in sorry I'm retarded
Because they're faggots
He was definitely feeling an unprecedented amount of heat. Nothing he hasn't felt before in the bookies, though.
This episode does seem to mark a crucial turning point in the tone of the show. It is possible to defeat Holzhauer, and one contestant got close, which comes to three possibilities:
1: this is the least likely, but the most entertaining, the opponent was a studio plant. This would mean that Holzhauer's no longer fighting his opponents, but the show itself.
I'm sure Holzhauer considered this possibility.
2: somewhat more likely, the contestants are starting to use his own strategies against him. These aren't stupid people, and if they don't know how he plays by now, some will be quick to learn and adapt.
3: not quite as likely as 2 in my opinion, Holzhauer met another rare individual and this episode was a fluke.
man I bet they do it just for the dozens of karma they get spoiling shit like it makes them unique and special
if I knew I'd just post it here so people could all enjoy a moment in time together
you seem to know what you're talking about so hopefully you'll answer but
what makes him different than other contestants? I got so far that he's making a ton of money in a small time frame from some sort of strategy but how has this never been thought of before? what is the strategy?
and why would they want him off so bad? I haven't heard of jeopardy in at least a decade or more and now all news outlets and people online are talking about it, why not keep it going?
>1: this is the least likely, but the most entertaining, the opponent was a studio plant. This would mean that Holzhauer's no longer fighting his opponents, but the show itself.
I'm sure Holzhauer considered this possibility.
This is almost 100% the case. Look up the budget for the show, it's not budgeted to be giving out 75k an episode.
what's a studio plant look like? how do you tell?
>what makes him different than other contestants?
Fighter pilot tier reaction time.
>but how has this never been thought of before? what is the strategy?
The strategy is dead simple. Choose the highest value questions first so that you can bet big when you get a daily double. It has been thought of before, but it requires incredible reaction time to keep control of the board.
what's this shit about him using dates and whatnot and why are they banning people from shoutouts
>what makes him different than other contestants?
Not only is Jimbo a gambler, but he's a man who relies on gambling on a professional level. Statistics, pressure, and the inevitability of losing every dime he has is his job. This makes him fundamentally different from the college professors, lawyers, accountants, etc. who typically make the grade on the show. It also gives him gumption that they don't have--just listen to his Mt. Fuji climb story, or that time he almost died in the desert and got rescued by a helicopter. Your average Jeopardy contestant doesn't get into shit like that, or even make shit like that up.
>what is the strategy?
The strategy is simple but really hard to pull off, and requires a contestant at the top of his game: fast buzzer timing, massive general knowledge, and a knack for landing Daily Doubles. In short, timing, knowledge, and a way with luck. In the first round he clears the highest numbers on the board. This puts pressure on his opponents, keeps them from keeping up, and gives him a lot of money quickly. By double jeopardy he starts hunting for daily doubles, to double down on his already impressive score. That's all there really is to it.
On top of this the opponent pressure makes them nervous, desperate, or excited depending on the situation. Such emotions are terrible in a game where speed is key, and he knows this. Gambling experience also makes him cool as a cucumber with large sums of money, and that factors into his own calm demeanor.
I was trying to be skeptical because I actually want to see this happen for the entertainment value of it, but the more I think of it the more I'm starting to see the likelihood.
The dates are just gambler superstition shit. They're not strategic.
even if you're a normal contestant, choosing the highest value questions first causes no difference since the level of difficulty of the question is not proportional to the amount. Infact you have better chances to hit the double jeopardy if you work your way to the least valued question.
do they think it gives them more luck?
>and why would they want him off so bad? I haven't heard of jeopardy in at least a decade or more and now all news outlets and people online are talking about it, why not keep it going?
To continue, since my previous post was getting too long:
That goes down to budgeting, as another user said. Jeopardy simply doesn't have the budget to hand out an average 70k per episode for any length of time. To emphasize, there's a rumor that Holzhauer is capable of making more per episode than Alex Trebek himself. I don't have to tell you why the studio would be sweating right now.
It could even be his way of softening the blow to the studio somewhat. Holzhauer knows that Jeopardy doesn't have all the money in the world, and according to him he's been banned from about half the sports bookies in Vegas strictly due to winning too much. This isn't his first bank he's broken.
I agree. I'm amazed it isn't common practice all the time, but lo and behold, more often than not you see contestants start from the top and work their way down. My guess is they don't think of the game competitively. Again, we're talking schoolteachers and bankers here. Not exactly chads.
What do you think superstition is?
He takes amphetamines before the game to keep him calm and improve his reaction time.
well they could be superstitious of different things but I guess in your mind it's only luck so thanks for the answer of yes
> and why are they banning people from shoutouts
Spite.