Idiotic Jeopardy wagers (no spoilers before 6 EST)

Just watched my first Jeopardy in a long time. The third semi-final matchup. Wasn't that thrilled by it.

Luigi probably a better player but Troy has a chance. The smallest chance, but a chance.

Ben versus Yogesh is good

Based on what metric?

FWIW, the Jeopardy Fan had Troy as the favorite going into the finals. All three semi finals went to the player who was favored by the prediction model.

I think Troy came into the tournament as the player with the second highest average Coryat score behind Chris.

Based on vibes

Um yeah, Troy looking like an absolute beast.

6 game champ in his original run. Lost game 7 to an eventual 3 game champ when he didn't find any DDs in DJ and his opponent hit one for a big double up, then lost on a FJ triple stumper when trailing like 15k to 25k.

4 games in and Yogesh already made two serious FJ betting mistakes. Cost him the first game, didn't matter today.

Vibes are undefeated

Troy was leading 4/6 of games, and only won once. Weird how he wasn't good at final jeopardy while Ben got it right every time.

Invitational Tournament looks pretty stacked, minus a few key players. Good way to end the post strike run before regular games resume in April.

Career stats:
Troy: 21/23 on daily doubles, 9/15 on final jeopardy
Ben: 24/32 on daily doubles, 14/18 on final jeopardy

Obviously lots of variance involved.

Yup.

If Ben hit the DD in DJ, he wins the ToC.

In Amy Schneider's first game, she's trailing Andrew He at FJ. Different FJ category and the 2nd longest streak in history becomes a 1 game champ.

This will get me watching again:

Regular games with new contestants begin today. About ****ing time.

You should not get the points if you say Klu Klux Klan

Wagering all your money when you were winning is one of the dumber things you can do

Say what you will, but I like civilian J! episodes like last night's because they make me feel a bit better about my abilities.

JIT was brutal on the self-esteem!

The best thing is getting one right that the geniuses miss

We weren’t sure when the episodes would air. But I can now announce that my girlfriend is a two-day Jeopardy champ

awesome dude

how did she prepare, did she read the thread?

Nice. When do they air?

I assume he's referring to the current 2-day champion.

I'll need evidence (like a posted pic) to believe his claim, though. 😉

Nice, King. Congratulations to her!