Idiotic Jeopardy wagers (no spoilers before 6 EST) - Page 373

I've been getting caught up on around 2 weeks worth of episodes (1/14 watching now) and something definitely happened last week where 1 or 2 new episodes got replaced. Very disorienting.

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01-17-2019 , 10:18 PM

#9303

EvalEvan

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Lol men, dude bets 4K out of ~6k and could have avoided the runaway if he bet it all.

Also, the daily double of “... conservation of this four letter word”: easiest ever?

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01-17-2019 , 10:31 PM

#9304

master3004

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Not after the statue of liberty question last week

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01-17-2019 , 10:39 PM

#9305

master3004

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Whoops. Read final instead of double

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01-18-2019 , 04:35 AM

#9306

Gaddy

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Originally Posted by EvalEvan

Lol men, dude bets 4K out of ~6k and could have avoided the runaway if he bet it all.

Also, the daily double of “... conservation of this four letter word”: easiest ever?

That's what I was thinking, but didn't cost him. Must have been easy, because I got it, but probably not easiest ever.

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01-18-2019 , 11:01 AM

#9307

danspartan

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It did cost him- he would have had more than 50%. Results oriented of course it did not cost him but EV and win% it certainly did.

He ended up $800 short of half and left $2200 behind.

<—bursting with pride for a fellow microbiologist.

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01-18-2019 , 11:42 AM

#9308

madlex

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Originally Posted by Gaddy

That's what I was thinking, but didn't cost him.

It cost him the chance to compete for it in FJ instead of having the game be a runaway. If he bets $6200 instead of $4000, he ends the round at $14000 with the champ at $25200.

And Alex even basically told him to go for broke when he said there weren’t many clues left.

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01-18-2019 , 03:31 PM

#9309

Gaddy

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I understand. It could have cost him, but with the way FJ played out it didn't.

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01-18-2019 , 11:54 PM

#9310

EvalEvan

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Originally Posted by Gaddy

probably not easiest ever.

I was being hyperbolic.

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01-22-2019 , 08:54 PM

#9311

shaft88

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Champ: 13,800
Middle: 14,400
Right: 7,500

[spoiler]

All three get it right

Wagers:
Champ: 1,000
Middle: 13,000
Right: 0

[/spoiler]

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01-22-2019 , 11:28 PM

#9312

master3004

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Hey a new easiest final jeopardy answer.

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01-22-2019 , 11:33 PM

#9313

shaft88

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The category alone should have been an instant bet it all and hope the person ahead of me is an idiot situation imo.

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01-23-2019 , 10:09 AM

#9314

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Originally Posted by shaft88

The category alone should have been an instant bet it all and hope the person ahead of me is an idiot situation imo.

If he bets it all and loses on a triple stumper, he would be mocked here endlessly.

Guy lost because this time he didn’t find a DD to blow the game open in DJ. His FJ bet made sure he stayed ahead of a 3rd place double-up if he was correct while most likely winning the game on a miss by 1st place. I am pretty confident that’s the right call on his part.

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01-23-2019 , 10:10 AM

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I don’t have a problem with his wager. Middle left the door wide open for him to win with a shove

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01-23-2019 , 10:12 AM

#9316

master3004

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Originally Posted by shaft88

The category alone should have been an instant bet it all and hope the person ahead of me is an idiot situation imo.

Especially since the category was title characters plural. Who else was it going to be, Hi and Lois?

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01-23-2019 , 11:00 AM

#9317

danspartan

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3rd had 7,200, not 7,500.

We have seen 1st not cover bet VERY rarely. I like the 1,000 from 2nd.

We have seen a shove from 2nd quite a bit. For me it’s a coin flip from 3rd. Shove or bet small. If I had watched the champ in his previous games I’d have assumed he was going to bet small, so in this case shoving is probably correct.

Ridiculously easy clue.

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01-23-2019 , 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by master3004

Especially since the category was title characters plural. Who else was it going to be, Hi and Lois?

“This group, later featured in multiple theatrical releases, had their first appearance in a surprisingly successful Nov 1961 publication”.

I wouldn’t have been able to come up with Fantastic Four for that one.

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01-23-2019 , 11:51 AM

#9319

master3004

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But it was comic strips, not comic books.

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01-23-2019 , 12:15 PM

#9320

madlex

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You’re right, my bad.

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01-23-2019 , 10:02 PM

#9321

Lattimer

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I guessed Calvin & Hobbes without even knowing anything about the IRL people it was referencing. What else could it be?

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01-24-2019 , 07:19 AM

#9322

PocketInfinities

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Goofus & Gallant

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01-24-2019 , 12:40 PM

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master3004

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Mutt and Jeff obv

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01-25-2019 , 12:17 AM

#9324

Pot Odds RAC

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Did I not understand the category or was there a mistake?

Category was something like three letter words with two of the three letters being a vowel.

Clue was something along the lines of "Feeling unwell"

And the accepted response was "What is ill?"