I dunno, they may have felt they were pushing their luck with the length of the tournament already. Playing like ten games just to eliminate 2/6 people and then another four games to eliminate one more is already stretching it a bit.
Curious to see the ratings numbers for this. I mean, they already announced a second next year, and I would think this did well, but im curious if numbers declined watching the same six over and over again.
Speaking of Masters 2, James/Matea/Matt are guaranteed. Who are your other three? Buzzy, Brad, X? Someone further in the past? New TOC contestants?
Was pretty convinced when I saw final jeopardy category that James was going to win. Seemed like a really weak category for Mattea and James lead after 1 and his scote heading into final made it essential that she get it right regardless of what James did. A bit of a shame to be honest. A woman winning this type of comp would have been great.
Well Matteaās non-binary, so not quite? But yeah I get it. (Which I always forget myself until Ken throws in a they/them when talking about Mattea, but I guess itās just an appearance thing; like with Rowan from last years 2nd chance tourney for example, I had zero problem thinking of them with those pronouns because they look like the textbook definition of a NB person.)
I donāt think this is correct. I think if she bets zero then she wins on a James wrong answer.
I thought he had the overall lead going into FJ.
Nope nevermind, youre right. She had to win by 10K and had a 12K lead. But she couldnt bet zero there and hope for a stump. Losing after getting it right would have been even worse than what happenef.
I think she absolutely could have knowing her opponent is James, whose game theory is obviously very strong. James knows shoving is useless, since Mattea can easily bet to cover. His only shot is her getting it wrong. But if he bets low or zero, then it doesnāt matter if he also gets it wrong.
Mattea* should be able to reason this out and confidently bet low. Then she wins whether James gets it right of wrong.
*Well, maybe not Mattea. She has a track record of horrible betting strategy and she only recently started shoving on ddās after it became painfully obvious that she had to. So, I suspect this level of bet strategy would be beyond her. But I think a lot of former poker-playing regs here would have done exactly that. Especially when you get like 10 minutes to think about your bet.
I thought Larissa Kelly was extremely impressive in the 2019 Jeopardy! All Star Games and she is the number 1 I would like to see come back.
I think Buzzy is no longer allowed since he guest hosted. I think Brad has pretty much said he has retired.
After Kelly I think Matt Jackson would be fun to come back (dude is just 30 years old).
Iāve got Larissa Kelly as my strong 1 to come back, Matt Jackson less strong number 2, toss up for #3.
Did he say why? Lost his buzzer speed?
I donāt know if he ever said why. But loss of buzzer speed seemed apparent. Also the fact he didnāt participate in this tournament seemed to say he was done.
I wonder if he actually lost anything or if everyone else just caught up. Iāve read that itās kind of trainable in that you have to avoid ringing in too late as well as too soon.
Is he rich? 50K minimum seems like a lot to turn down.
He is still doing The Chase as far as I know
Came here to say that, heās pretty solid on the Chase as well (wipes the contestants pretty regularly in the final round), telling me itās probably his buzzer edge and not his recall that he lost.
Heās cashed over $5 million just in Jeopardy checks during his lifetime. Heās probably doing okay.
Maybe itās just me, but Iād have to be a lot richer than that to turn down a free 50K. And his EV is more than that.
Might be some contractual thing like J! wanting to control his game show rights for X number of months / years.
Wow Iāve never seen so many unanswered clues as todayās episode. I donāt even blame them, though. The clues were fucking esoteric
I donāt get to say this often, but I would have crushed today.
Guy from my trivia team is on tomorrow night.
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James coming off the top rope with a SAVAGE flying elbow
https://twitter.com/james_holzhauer/status/1673758804461387777?s=61&t=PJ_nuTfUmHpusvvriNf7WA
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Fucking James, what an absolute maniac