May Low-Content Thread

[bakku]

about time!

[ImAllInNow]

1st

Edit: I am still tilted from what I just saw on today's finale of the teen tournament on Jeopardy.

So it was a two day total point final. Whoever gets 1st is guaranteed $75,000, 2nd gets $25,000 and 3rd gets $15,000. If they happen to end with more than that they get their actual total instead.

Elise, the heroine of this story who might challenge Archie Karas in gamble, took a huge risk on Final Jeopardy on the first day (which I am ok with, though that was a bit reckless too) and ended with ~22,600; 2nd place had ~11,800; and 3rd place had 10,000.

Going into final jeopardy on the second day, Elise crushed everyone and had ~29,000; 2nd place had ~16,000; and 3rd place had ~12,500. Neither player could overtake Elise's two day total even if they wagered it all and got it right, so by wagering $0, Elise would guarantee herself $75,000. Instead, she made an INSANE wager of $28,000 and miraculously luckboxed her way into a correct answer. Unbelievable!

So when all was said and done she cashed for ~$79,600 (just $4,600 more than if she wagered $0). If she got the question wrong she would have been left with just ~$23,600. So in a sense she risked a little over $51,000 to win about $5,000! She was laying over 10:1 that she would get final jeopardy correct. As if that wasn't crazy enough, unless her family is loaded, it is much much worse considering she should be risk averse concerning this amount of money.

I think it's most likely the case that she didn't understand the rules of the tournament. Wow is she lucky she got the answer correct! A mistake like that for that much money might well have haunted her for the rest of her life.

[Captain R]

I thought I got barred

[Brown Keeper]

As a former college jeopardy participant it drives me mad to see such poor wagering. There is a thread in OOT about terrible wagers.
Good to be back
We have two 40s going at Oceans tonight
Left my cushy PLO seat since the must move has more 20 regs than 40 regs.

[AlanBostick]

Long ago in one of his "Life in Hell" comics, Matt Groening drew his bitter protagonist watching on TV someone blow an easy question on Jeopardy, and saying, "Idiots! Those prizes are rightfully mine!"

My GF was actually on Jeopardy years ago, and didn't do too well.

[OaklandExCourier]

Annnndddd we're back!

GG Parks/Rec, cannot wait for next season.

[that_pope]

la la la
I was sexy last night

[Munga30]

If I've learned anything, it's that I spend(t) waaaaaay too much time here.

[leo doc]

Nice to be back among friends.

PJ- vacation's over, buddy.

[ninefingershuffle]

****, lord knows what email address I used for the 9.5shuffle name, so I'm back to this one. In other news, the Horseshow in Hammond, Indiana opened a 6-12 HORSE game that runs pretty consistently Friday-Sunday. And I got a car. Combination of these things = happiness

[WackyPoker]

Originally Posted by Brown Keeper

We have two 40s going at Oceans tonight
Left my cushy PLO seat since the must move has more 20 regs than 40 regs.

Were you playing in the 40 game last night?

[bugstud]

Originally Posted by Munga30

If I've learned anything, it's that I spend(t) waaaaaay too much time here.

+infinity

lol live poker tho

[Brown Keeper]

Originally Posted by WackyPoker

Were you playing in the 40 game last night?

Was at table two for a short bit then headed home since I had an early tee time

[armor32]

Originally Posted by WackyPoker

Were you playing in the 40 game last night?

I am not sure what YOU were doing over there yesterday... But good job, for sure.

[AlanBostick]

Originally Posted by Captain R

I thought I got barred

You didn't get barred; Jesse did.