Love his style, will def be sad after he beats Jackson in the finals when it's over.

So what are the countries.

in some sick karmic joke (for making fun of dude for not being able to record jeopardy properly) my dvr didn't record tonight's episode.

it's literally the 1st episode of jeopardy my dvr hasn't recorded so I'm totally in the dark as to private streams or where to find them.

if anyone itt could help me out I would be extremely grateful.

Aleve is the funniest final jeopardy answer ever. My girlfriend and I always joke and scream out "what is aleve" when that damn advertisement comes on

Zambia & Gambia (which I nailed btw because I'm a huge geography nerd).

Alex goin HAM

apparently for quite a few ppl tonights ep was listed as a repeat so didn't record.

really tilted.

The youtube account that used to post the episodes is gone, anyone know where to watch online?

Hahahaha sorry rbk but that's gold

Why did Brennan only bet $1600 instead of $2000 on his double opportunity?

Great question. He should have known by that point that he and Vaughn had to go after every damn dime to have any prayer.

^I've watched all the TOC games thus far, there are plenty of DD/FJ bets that don't make any sense. You would think the contestants would do the math and prepare a proper strategy when this much is at stake (huge payjumps), but frankly it seems that many spend all their time studying trivia and no time on strategy/scenarios. To me it seems he's just psychologically not wanting to be in the red, other game you see a guy celebrating and getting happy when he gets to $0 from down 3K. There's not a whole lot behind it rather than these guys having a ton of knowledge and little gambling experience or much understanding of it. Almost like they don't see that there's more to the game than knowing as much as possible and being fast on the buzzer. I don't know, not an expert at all, but seems that way.

GL to Alex, crushing it so far and really impressive. Matt only one who can give him a run for his money, he might know more but Alex has big edge on strategy. Gonna be a fun final, well unless Matt messes up tonight

watching brennan start with the $200 categories while the others started with the $800/$1000 made me think "ahhh, rookie"

I don't think they let you know what happened in other episodes.

This wasn't his intent imo. There were only 6 low value clues left on the board and with such a big lead I think he was trying to calculate how much the 2nd place contestant could get to if he swept the board. From there he needed to figure out what wager would essentially win him the game if he got it right by doubling the 2nd place guy's best possible total. The amount he had to wager was >$3600, so maybe he hedged a little when only wagering $3k.

Not sure if he was having trouble answering the question or just making extra sure before answering, but don't think that was a stall either since Trebek tried to give him a left handed compliment after getting it right, but rather than banter with him Jacob just snubbed him and selected the next clue (as if to say "Thanks Trebek, now just read the damn clues!")

I missed Tuesday's episode. If anyone has a link if you could PM me that'd be great!

Thanks!

It would be extremely difficult to sequester the players for the time it takes to record the first four shows and make sure they have no access to digital devices , then when they do appear for the match how do they prevent their friends and family in the audience not to somehow signal the info needed.

My guess it is just luck of the draw , but I would be interested to know from the producers or former players how they deal with this issue.


Masterful performance from Alex last night . The guy in the middle didn't get to ring in even once during the first segment and he was no stiff.

He did that frequently in past appearances where he seems to stumble over an answer , giving his opponents hope that he's going to fail but then always comes up with the correct response . It's kind of like a slowroll.

major power outage where i am. still on-going. missed the show and no DVR of course

strategy is funny... for many years very little strategy on "price is right". now almost every one is $1 above another bid (often the highest bid) or a $1 bid

generally people are too conservative on jeopardy. you should be trying to win not trying to end with non-embarassing total... the worst is someone with $12k and leader with $20k betting $3k

like when roger in legends tourney bet heavily on DD on 1st day. it was right decision but alex seemed semi-judgemental and crowd gasped when he got it wrong... but A) you are trying to win not finish reasonable 2nd; 2) his opponents were better than him

i do think that alex implicitly judges the contestants when they do big DD and get it wrong... and i also think being in negative figures late ruins the jeopardy experience.. like someone going to WSOP ME once. yes, you are trying to win but enjoy the experience too.

the guy who was happy he got out of negative ground i would judge just like alex' aleve answer, just entertainment

can anyone help a brother out and post links to vids? cant find em. thx

I saw the College Tournament filmed live a while back, and had a friend compete in another year. The show gets taped surprisingly fast. I saw them tape the entire week's show in something like 2 hours. Contestants that haven't played are sequestered backstage. Yes, you could probably put some kind of radio transmitter in your ear or whatever backstage.

After you compete, you end up watching in the audience.

Signaling would be near impossible with stage lights (otherwise, it would be easy to signal correct answers and such).

Furthermore, the episodes may even be filmed in a different order than aired, so you don't even know just because he was on Friday he'd be the last show filmed.

Please read the answers above from people who have actually been there and have been part of the Jeopardy community for many years instead of repeating your completely false dogma yet again. You've been corrected by multiple people multiple times upthread.

It's fun to see all the ways other games can be similar to poker Like yeah, with the considering of bet sizing in light of all the possible outcomes (Better to try and win it all here? Or bet smaller and hedge bets, in light of the Daily Double category, remaining opportunities versus the field, etc ..)

He's so fast - guess in contrast when his responses were so slow, was assuming it had to be a deliberate stall? But those are great points about additional stuff he was probably doing - cheers

PS. Such a bummer to hear people had DVR issues - there's so many meh shows on tv, it's so nice when something special like a former poker player pops up on tv ... hopefully you'll be able to catch the Finale?

I was able to watch it thanks guys