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It's bad for the game. It makes it less entertaining to play along at home. I don't get upset at it, since it is a good strategy, but if everyone started doing it, I think they'd have to figure out some workaround.

I think most people would get used to it, I have. It's six categories, not 50.

When I said we should probably be thankful, it was in the sense that we're grateful that mainstream poker thinking is still extremely behind the curve.

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05-14-2015 , 01:54 AM

#6452

Gaddy

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It's not Celebrity Jeopardy if Trebek is the most famous person in the room.

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05-14-2015 , 06:58 PM

#6453

Yeti

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anyone who hasn't yet seen what penn jillette looks like these days is in for a shock tomorrow

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05-14-2015 , 09:31 PM

#6454

lvalntin99

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Originally Posted by Yeti

anyone who hasn't yet seen what penn jillette looks like these days is in for a shock tomorrow

Barely recognized him in the preview.

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05-15-2015 , 10:37 PM

#6455

TimTimSalabim

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I thought it kind of odd that Alex didn't comment on Penn's weight loss.

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05-16-2015 , 04:55 AM

#6456

Yeti

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choked on FJ

streak of 7 is over

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05-18-2015 , 08:26 PM

#6457

EvalEvan

adept

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Catching up on last week's episodes, just want to say that Bellamy (whoever she is) is the most annoying contestant of all time.

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05-18-2015 , 09:02 PM

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legend42

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I kind of liked Bellamy, but no biggie. The softball questions were worse than Kids J!, though. Just not much fun to watch.

Nice 2nd level FJ wager by the champ tonight.

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05-18-2015 , 09:19 PM

#6459

danspartan

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Id actually call that level 1--simply accounting for a miss on 1sts cover bet.

The standard bet it all but a buck strategy from that situation is level 0 or maybe even -1.

And since we are counting on 1st to miss, a 0 or small wager might be more optimal. Still it didn't suck.

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05-18-2015 , 09:36 PM

#6460

legend42

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I consider level zero giving no thought to what others are doing and just bet a % of your stack based on the category or your "gut". Level one, cover second's all-in by a buck (and this is still optimal by most accounts). So level two is countering that. And maybe he liked the category. It was a pretty tough FJ. Basically guess a Disney princess.

But semantics.

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05-18-2015 , 09:48 PM

#6461

danspartan

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Agreed. Kinda like ground floors numbers in US v Europe.

I have a 20 year old daughter so disney princesses of the 1990s are in my wheelhouse. The Indian name in the clue was the giveaway. Saw that movie 50 times without ever really watching it.

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05-19-2015 , 01:09 AM

#6462

Feldman

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I thought this was a pretty simple FJ. The clue was basically "name an animated Disney American Indian female."

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05-19-2015 , 05:38 AM

#6463

Gaddy

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Kangaroos lay eggs.

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05-19-2015 , 12:18 PM

#6464

legend42

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Wow I somehow completely ignored the "Little Dove" clue in the first name and just focused on Christy Turlington. Lol me.

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05-19-2015 , 04:07 PM

#6465

Feldman

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Every time I hear christy turlington's name the first thing I think about is Knish in Rounders saying, when Mike McDermont asks him for $10k, "yeah, and I need a blowjob from Christy Turlington. Get out of here."

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05-20-2015 , 07:22 AM

#6466

Yeti

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05-20-2015 , 07:23 AM

#6467

Yeti

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Originally Posted by Feldman

i always think of an artie story where he's talking about paying $20k(?) for a hooker in vegas, '$20k, wtf?' 'she looked like a young christy turlington'

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05-20-2015 , 07:27 PM

#6468

danspartan

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AARRRGGHHH. FJ ended 18K-9K and we were going to see the tie-scenario under the new rules of no ties...

But denied, there were scoring changes, resulting in a lock game.

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05-20-2015 , 09:22 PM

#6469

EvalEvan

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Yeah I was wondering what the wagers would be. Thoughts on optimal wagers in the scenario?

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05-20-2015 , 09:25 PM

#6470

danspartan

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$1 I guess, we have the chance that we get it correct which is little above 50% and then if we are wrong 2nd is wrong close to 60% of the time for the backdoor win. About 80%.

If we go $0 we got about 50% to win on a 2nd missing (since we have no indicator if the question is harder or easier than normal) and 50% on the buzzer flip. So 75%

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05-21-2015 , 01:29 AM

#6471

txdome

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If you're going for $1 you might as well go for the amount up to the point where 3rd could catch you.

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05-21-2015 , 07:29 AM

#6472

danspartan

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Originally Posted by txdome

If you're going for $1 you might as well go for the amount up to the point where 3rd could catch you.

Category dependent? (but in a vacuum definitely yes you are right).

Also there has to be some LOLZ 2nd place player that will bet it all but $1....
(Hopefully we can ignore that possibility but I really do think its not 0%).

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05-22-2015 , 05:04 PM

#6473

uptheirons

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Before watching, I was telling my friend that Kevin O'Leary was on celebrity Jeopardy, and we did a Shark Tank jeopardy draft. He took Cuban, I took Mr. Wonderful, then it went Robert, Barbara, Lori, and Damon. Well I finally watched the episode and am in shock he was THAT horrible, JFC.

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05-22-2015 , 05:40 PM

#6474

Kurn, son of Mogh

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Originally Posted by Yeti

I watched last night. i like it, although the host is a bit annoying.

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05-23-2015 , 07:13 AM

#6475

danspartan

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Sigh.
18,900
8,400
7,800

8,400 lady hits DD (1200 value) with 5 clues remaining totaling 5200. Leader/returning champ has been killing on the button.

wagers 400 (gets it wrong but thats besides the point).

AND THEN SHE PICKS a $400 clue.

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