Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

i feel bad for trebek. he grew up francophone in the duplessis era, which was some seriously bad shit nobody in america even knows about. (yeah, he's from ontario, but still.)

i thought this group was sort of ironic but i think dude just really hates alex trebek

https://www.facebook.com/IHateAlexTrebek/

Alex interviewed by Vulture

was that photo taken at a model home in a new suburban residential development?

The Jeopardy teen tournament intro has a dabbing thinking man statue and I am ready for the sweet embrace of oblivion. pic.twitter.com/iqAydCHNFF

— Matthew D'Ambrosio™ (@drmattdambrosio) November 14, 2018

stephin merritt cruised a guy off of jeopardy. what a legend pic.twitter.com/gmnpyhtbV7

— chat noir 🙀 (@zrok_) November 14, 2018

the current running champion was the bassist for the runaways!?

yes, Jackie Fuchs (Fox). I haven't watched any yet, but have been seeing it mentioned on fb. She's the one who accused Kim Fowley of raping her while other band members did nothing.

alex has a crush on her. he asked her if she was married in one of the contestant-interview segments.

http://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*DOJ2reSC5LVMYJyhBEIhXQ.jpeg

The category modeled after “88 Lines About 44 Women” from a couple nights ago was pretty cool. Can’t find a video link anywhere, but the clues themselves are listed here: https://archive.fikklefame.com/jeopardy-clues-1-10-19/

sad news: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-diagnosed-pancreatic-cancer-1192747

Discussed more here Alex Trebek suffers 'minor heart attack'

very sad, had an uncle pass from it and it was brutal and nasty

i suspect we're going to have to get used to james for a while

https://deadspin.com/jeopardy-contestant-crushes-single-game-winnings-recor-1833928180

wound up with $110,914, which is his daughter's birthday (11/09/14), that's really cool

That was crazy, prior to final alex told him "you're $4400 short of the one day record" and he was up by like 65k so I was honestly surprised he didn't bet more - the birthday thing explains it.

Pitchfork is proud of playing their part:

https://pitchfork.com/news/record-breaking-jeopardy-contestant-correctly-answered-a-clue-with-what-is-pitchfork/

That's an expensive birthday shout out! Ken Jennings only spent $400 to make his hoe joke.

finally got to watch this guy as it aired. one, holy shit this guy is good. two, I'm pretty impressed by how well the show gives the illusion that it's current - there was the Earth Day category, Trebek opening the show with "unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard about this guy James...", and James making the M in his name into a Las Vegas Golden Knights logo (the Knights are about to play a playoff Game 7), all in an episode which probably taped two months ago

NYT interview with current Jeopardy dynamo James Holzhauer.

won by $18 today!!

that was intense

absolutely...not ready for this dude to lose yet.

hes good enough to run off a huge streak but it just takes one bad answer at the wrong time

The week after next begins the round of tournaments that ends the season. What happens if he is still champion at the end of this? Is he eligible for the Tournament of Champions, or does he have to wait til next season?

xp yeah he always goes all in on daily doubles. I've watched about 5 games and he never missed one though. crazy.

on the first one, yeah, but in Double Jeopardy he often bets a large, seemingly random amount, though there might be some symbolism there. yesterday he bet "10117" as tribute (I'm assuming) to the victims of the Vegas shooting. he does "11914" (his daughter's birthday) a lot.

fun stat about last night's game

According to Saunders on The Jeopardy Fan, Levin’s $53,999 is the highest-ever regular-play, nonwinning score in the history of the show, and is the 21st-highest final score of all time. Holzhauer’s $54,017 is 20th.

he always goes all in on daily double

i love how everything he does is informed by his day job as a sports gambler, rather than by jeopardy itself. from his nytimes interview:

The fact that I win and lose money all the time helps desensitize me, so I can write down $60,000 as the Final Jeopardy wager and not be trembling at the thought of losing that money. And thinking: “This isn’t a trivia question. It’s a coin flip that’s going to land heads for me a lot more often than it’s going to land tails, so I’m going to bet as much as I can on heads.”

that's absolutely true, so long as that $60,000 won't lose him the game. I'm not really sure how to calculate risk/reward with a player like this...what's the expected value of him winning the game? what's the over/under on how many future games he's likely to win?

That's really sad for Levin.

Last Friday's ep was really interesting, as he didn't land on any of the daily doubles. Luckily for him, his opponents weren't great players and he still ran away with it.

James’ applause when Adam bet his full stake and won mid-game was thrilling last night. Like “now that’s a real play. Nice to have a challenger in the ring. Aand back to shark mode.”

Half of his winning strategy imo is just to get the next question asked as soon as possible, any second wasted while the game’s in play is a second he’s not increasing his stake. His little moments of relief or exhalation or joy at the score announcements underscore how deliberate his control during play is.

xp dang I missed Friday, that woulda been fun to see

That's really sad for Levin.

I mean, it's a cool record to hold, but it must suck to have $53,999 on the board and walk away with $2000.

That's really sad for Levin.

I mean, it's a cool record to hold, but it must suck to have $53,999 on the board and walk away with $2000.

Yeah, I felt bad for him watching that drop to $2000 after putting up such a good fight with James.

that's absolutely true, so long as that $60,000 won't lose him the game

from the same interview: "The funny thing is, my strategy actually minimizes the risk of me losing a game. There’s times in a football game where a team goes for a big TD pass. If you don’t take a risk like that, you’re not going to win. Really, the big risk is never trying anything that looks like a big gamble."

Most level-headed quiz show participant ever?

Half of his winning strategy imo is just to get the next question asked as soon as possible, any second wasted while the game’s in play is a second he’s not increasing his stake. His little moments of relief or exhalation or joy at the score announcements underscore how deliberate his control during play is.

yeah it's funny when Trebek tries to make some quip and James interrupts him "CHINA SIXTEEN"

he seems like a nice dude though

I can't decide if he'd be cool or insufferable to kiw. leaning toward cool. kinda reminds me of Underrated Aerosmith Bootlegs who I bet would kick ass on Jeopardy

Ha! I think he totally would, yeah.

just occurred to me that he probably bet enough to win by $18 if Levin went all-in and won because it was his 18th game

what a dork

He won $96,000 tonight. For Final Jeopardy, one of the contestants didn’t know the answer and wrote, “What is...congratulations to James.”

aw, spoilers :(

(airs here in three hours)

damn yeah i wont see this til later tonight. gonna remove bookmark and check the day after i guess

D'oh, shit, sorry about the spoilers. I rarely get to watch it in real time, so my excitement got the better of me.

I still think about this video daily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g3--WYH8SY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLNc6Qpjwc