Holy crap that game on Thursday was something else.
Tied at 13,600 heading into final with the 3rd place guy just behind at 12,000
3rd place gets final wrong and goes down to $2 (more on that in a bit)
2nd place guesses Carlsbad, and she goes down to $600, having bet $13,000.
The champ guesses correclty Carlsbad Cavarns but miss-spells Cavarns as Cavrans and is ruled wrong. He bets eveything and drops to $0. So Bevin wins with $600.
Just an incredibly close game and high drama.
But again poor betting with a huge consequence.
Vivek knew that Bevin and Jacob were tied going in. There is no reason for him to bet all but $2. He correctly bet so that he would have something left...$2 in case both went all in. But it was still a miss-calculation as he should have probably bet $0 and hope the others would get it wrong but bet a lot (but not necessarily all) because they were tied. He would have won. The most logical bet would have 3,601 so if he was right, and they were wrong but bet $0, he would win. But if they both bet big and were both wrong he would win.
One of the best games though in some time.
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That was the dumbest final jeopardy clue I’ve ever seen. Who the #### knows the actual first name of that singer? He’s not even that famous. After that it’s just guessing who had a hit in 2019.
That was the dumbest final jeopardy clue I’ve ever seen. Who the #### knows the actual first name of that singer? He’s not even that famous. After that it’s just guessing who had a hit in 2019.
The winner bet on the leader not knowing the answer. Lucky to win.
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Holy crap that game on Thursday was something else.
Tied at 13,600 heading into final with the 3rd place guy just behind at 12,000
3rd place gets final wrong and goes down to $2 (more on that in a bit)
2nd place guesses Carlsbad, and she goes down to $600, having bet $13,000.
The champ guesses correclty Carlsbad Cavarns but miss-spells Cavarns as Cavrans and is ruled wrong. He bets eveything and drops to $0. So Bevin wins with $600.
Just an incredibly close game and high drama.
But again poor betting with a huge consequence.
Vivek knew that Bevin and Jacob were tied going in. There is no reason for him to bet all but $2. He correctly bet so that he would have something left...$2 in case both went all in. But it was still a miss-calculation as he should have probably bet $0 and hope the others would get it wrong but bet a lot (but not necessarily all) because they were tied. He would have won. The most logical bet would have 3,601 so if he was right, and they were wrong but bet $0, he would win. But if they both bet big and were both wrong he would win.
One of the best games though in some time.
I DVR Jeopardy, and am a long ways behind - and just watched this tonight. Exactly as you say, and definitely a great game, but that constant bobbing and weaving by Bevin was really annoying. Lol
Holy crap that game on Thursday was something else.
Tied at 13,600 heading into final with the 3rd place guy just behind at 12,000
3rd place gets final wrong and goes down to $2 (more on that in a bit)
2nd place guesses Carlsbad, and she goes down to $600, having bet $13,000.
The champ guesses correclty Carlsbad Cavarns but miss-spells Cavarns as Cavrans and is ruled wrong. He bets eveything and drops to $0. So Bevin wins with $600.
Just an incredibly close game and high drama.
But again poor betting with a huge consequence.
Vivek knew that Bevin and Jacob were tied going in. There is no reason for him to bet all but $2. He correctly bet so that he would have something left...$2 in case both went all in. But it was still a miss-calculation as he should have probably bet $0 and hope the others would get it wrong but bet a lot (but not necessarily all) because they were tied. He would have won. The most logical bet would have 3,601 so if he was right, and they were wrong but bet $0, he would win. But if they both bet big and were both wrong he would win.
One of the best games though in some time.
It’s Caverns.
They should not have to get spelling right. They don’t have to spell their verbal answers.
What is the rule where 's' on end is not accepted?
Watching game from July 8. Daily double answer was daylight saving time. His accepted correct answer was daylight savings time. I wrongly assumed this was incorrect.
What is the rule where 's' on end is not accepted?
Watching game from July 8. Daily double answer was daylight saving time. His accepted correct answer was daylight savings time. I wrongly assumed this was incorrect.
I know they're VERY particular when the question is "What is Alaska Airlines" if you say Alaskan they don't give it to you.
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Yeah, from one end of spectrum to other.
13 straight days of new champion to (I think) current champ 13th place in $ winnings all time (for regular play).
