Has James Holzhauer broken "Jeopardy!"?

Maybe they (the audiences) respect the show enough to not ruin it for everyone else? I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

It should be pointed out (as my wife did to me) -
that he didn't really lose the game on the Shakespeare question (as he got the question right) --
rather -- she won on the Shakespeare question (she had bet enough to win no matter what, if she answered that right).

Actually, all three of them got the question right.

 

I'm going to miss James as I was hoping he would break Ken's record winnings. However James set a record for one day total. He had an amazing run for sure.

 

He achieved the top 16 one-day totals over his 33 days. And I think the former one-day record (held by Jennings) was about 75 K.

 

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Any chance they could fight it out one day?

 

I'm sure they will. Whether Trebek will be around at that point is an open question, though.

 

He has the top 16 scores in Jeopardy! You have to break $77,000 to get to number 17 on the one day total.

I personally liked James. And I liked Ken. But I was rooting for James to break both the records. After all, records were made to be broken.

Nevertheless, both are pretty much set for life. Unless they puss some stunt like the guy who won over $100k on Press Your Luck. However, given their skills, they could even recover from that.

 

Apparently he’s on the mend.

 

Bring back the 5 win limit!

 

I like it the way it is now, this run by James has brought more interest to the show.

 

‘Jeopardy!’ leaker who spoiled James Holzhauer episode is in big trouble

 

Fake outrage?

 

Well, after watching tonight, I don’t think she’s going to be around very long.

 

It was a network rig to chop him. They’re probably been tracking his metrics. They threw a slow pitch question in a big league game to make it anyone’s ballgame.

 

Uh, no he isn’t. He just got some relatively positive news. He’s far from on the mend.

Holzhauer and Jennings will go head to head someday but Trebek won’t be around to see it.

 

Perhaps ABC is doing damage control with an imaginary scapegoat.

 

That was my impression as well. Too bad, based on what I saw when she played against Holzhauer I thought Emma was going to be the next big thing.

 

Getting back to the original topic of this thread, here's an interesting look at Holzhauer's potential effect on how Jeopardy! may be played going forward: James Holzhauer Broke ‘Jeopardy!,’ But Is Broken So Bad?

 

Name names.

Given how the show it taped, your theory is very unlikely. The show is taped in 10 show increments. 5 shows on a Tuesday, 5 on a Wednesday, then off for two weeks. Suppose you are a very successful contestant, and win 20 shows before being defeated. This would put you in a 3rd place tie for best ever behind Jennings and Holzhauer. It would require you to attend 3 taping sessions of two days each over a month's time. With plenty of time to return home to attend to jobs and home responsibilities.

Your theory states that someone is coming to the end of one of those taping sessions, on a run, racking up fame and fortune, thinking "the boss will kill me if I take a couple days off in another two weeks", and tanking. Anyone with a boss like that should be thinking about leveraging Jeopardy! for a new job anyway. Jeopardy! is going to make you look a lot better to potential employers than some schmuck sending out mass resumes or working on his LinkedIn connections. I do not believe any contestant would ever do what you claim they will do.

 

I respectfully disagree.

 

How do you expect me to name names? I don't keep track of that. I doubt anyone does. Do you?

It's just an observation for which I have no proof. You're free to disagree and I welcome the discussion. I didn't present it as a truism. I said "I feel that (such-and-such)". I could have just as well have said "I think (such-and-such)".

As far as people's jobs go, it depends how you feel about the job, and it depends on whether you think you can keep winning.
I was really thinking about someone who has been in a job for a long time, is paid well, and has responsibilities there.
For instance, one for which winning $100,000 would be less than a year's salary. How many people on there do you see win $100,000?
There are different kinds of jobs, of course.

I can say, as a parent, that I couldn't be away for that long.

 

She did run the first category on last night's show. Winning or losing depends a lot on the categories.

James was a unique contestant.

 

The previous single day total of $77,000 was set by Roger Craig on Sept 14, 2010 (game 2 of season 27). Ken Jennings' highest single day total (and the previous record) was $75,000 on July 23, 2004 (the last game of season 20).

Check out the J! Archive for info like this, but the site is not really set up for searches.

 

Roger Craig (he's one of the few names I do remember) -- because (at that time, at least) he came from the town where I went to college.
(thanks for the correction to my earlier post)

I remember in the Tournament of Champions for the season he was in, he was in the championship match,
he got two Daily Doubles in a row and bet it all both times, getting both right.
So he went from $9000 to $18000 to $36000 in two clues.
I still remember the other contestants looking at each other and shaking their heads after this happened.

James's aggressive betting in his recently completed run reminded me of that.

 

Perhaps he is. I was hoping Emma would prove that James was not so much unique but that he had tapped into a more strategic approach to winning more money. Let's see how Emma does today.