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Originally Posted by #-3
The bet made perfect sense;
without knowing the question or the others guys bets she was 50-50 win or live to play another day.
With a bigger bet she was 62.5-25-12.5, Win-Live on-Lose. Gave up a 1/8 chance of winning to eliminate a 1/8 chance that Andrew would take it that day. But still had a good chance of winning the day.
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But it should be treated more like poker where odds incorporate the hand you’re holding. Except on jeopardy the hand you’re holding is your knowledge, instead of hole cards.
When factoring in her chances of a correct answer in the category, and final jeopardy in general, I feel like betting to cover off both would have been worth it. Although maybe my faith in her for the category was higher than she’d rate herself.
Or maybe she thought Sam had a junk hand and the only person she needed to beat was Andrew.
Still, always get on yourself when you’re that smart.