His $10k all in vs the other guy with the same amount was probably his riskiest wager. All of his other bets would have left him with decent equity even if he had missed. I'm not sure if the strategy changes based on your ability to get questions right (probably not) but that obviously plays a huge role in specific equity, both in terms of enhancing the power of the betting strategy and recovering from a miss. Like an average player is unlikely to last more than a few days by copying crockpot's betting strategy. crockpot is proving to be pretty elite with his depth of knowledge too though.

Decent looking girl and old man show he is beatable on the buzzer and questions. Imo.

I was worried. Seems he is weak in certain categories.

Would bang the girl for sure.

It reminds me of how a 5 year-old smiles when posing for a picture.

Well this was the advice he got in this thread...

I think that's buzzer more than questions. He hasn't missed much but it seems he gets beat out on a lot of the easy questions which I assume he knows. Also he hasn't avoided any categories until tonight when it looked like he was about to pick the last $1200 clue then he kind of laughed and went to an $800 clue instead. I couldn't tell if he just hated the category that much or maybe he thought the DD was less likely in those gimmicky clues.

i was thinking it was for this reason. it's very rarely in those gimmicky type ones

I want my 1%.

Those clues were also a time suck.

Lol I had the exact same thought!

I've noticed a couple times he lets up a lot on the end of DJ when only the 400 and 600s are left and was thinking it could be to ensure that he keeps the game a runaway. At that point, literally the only way he could let them back in is if he buzzes in wrong AND they get the right answers.

That smile.

Games are getting a little boring.

Must be boring to almost break your own record

That’s the drama- no one stepping up to put him in jeopardy.

It’s getting routine.... didn’t mean to offend.

Watttt. He didn't come close to breaking own record. Went soft on the DJ DDs.

lol james is the only reason ive been watching jeopardy at all lately. its anything but boring, waiting for the possible chance he is defeated, or moreso how long can his reign continue? its dope

After seven games, he's only about $15,000 short David Madden's and Julia Collins 19-day and 20-day (respectively) totals.

great player but also incredibly lucky. lol at all these second row trivial DDs that he's finding after working his way through the top 3 rows. in terms of the buzzer, i think he's good, but not up there with AJ/ken/brad.

danspartan - you have the most posts of anyone in this thread, yet you asked if you should skip the all stars tourney, and now you aren't enjoying watching one of the most dominant players ever. wtf? do you just get your kicks watching contestants work their way from top to bottom of each category, wagering a flat $2000 on each daily double?

also wtf at a professional NFL bettor not getting that question about extra points being moved back.

Left a lot of money on the table Friday with those 11k DD bets. Could have gotten new high.

You're kidding, right?

How the hell did the “Author/Teacher” not get Fahrenheit 451?

Yeti- I resemble those remarks. I am being a bit of a sourpuss nit. I’m on the road so much lately that I’m tending to watch several eps in a row on the weekend. Kind of warps my watching and maybe my mind.

All stars-I didn’t love the format of the show, especially the first few days. Also the buzzer is my least favorite element of the game- wagers>knowledge>>>>buzzer skill and I think some (most?) of the time it came down to buzzer speed.

Crockpot-I like his gameplay. I’d love to see someone give him a real battle-unless he goes complete stratosphere, having the game over at the end of the first round is “boring” which is the point I was trying to make.

So basically first world jeopardy problems, thanks for the reminder to enjoy the ride- we are seeing some awesome play this season.

Debbie Downer Danspartan.

I was thinking about this from a $EV perspective and wondering what wager size starts to materially increase the (low) chance that he loses outright.

Like if he shoves on the first DJDD and is wrong (say 15% of the time, probably less, though I'm sure comfort level with the category has something to do with it), what % of the time does he lose?

Because he's an enormous favorite to win every night that he's on the show, so while max $ in a given show matters a bit, keeping the gravy train rolling is the important thing. Getting to the next show (vs not) has to be worth like $400k in EV. Not to mention that part of the payout from being the ultimate crusher on jeopardy doesn't come from jeopardy, and this only happens if you have a crazy streak.

+1 to ^^^^

Also, depending on whether Friday’s show was the 5th show taped that day (it used to be that Wed-Tues were taped in a single day, maybe it’s Mon-Fri now?), it’s understandable that he might want to take a more conservative approach if he knows he’s feeling tired or on his B/B+ game instead of his A game (conservative = merely locking up the win).

Still, pretty funny that we’re discussing this on the day he sets the 2nd highest score of all time.