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So with the two best players of the past year facing off today, it seemed like bet sizing strategy became a big part of the competition, when contestants had an opportunity to set their own wager?

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Guess today's totals get added to tomorrow's?

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11-19-2015 , 10:25 PM

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Not sure if this has been posted, but for Jeopardy fans, this is a pretty cool read. It analyzes why Ken Jennings' streak is untouchable.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...-rest-of-time/

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11-19-2015 , 10:39 PM

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no way those other two can run him down tomorrow.

I wouldn't say that
"Matt Jackson is a 23-year-old paralegal from Washington, D.C., who won $411,612 in 13 Jeopardy games — the fourth best all-time total in regular-season episodes"

I do agree Alex has a big advantage but Matt is no slouch and underperformed in thursday's game, Alex might want to keep his lead and be a bit risk-averse if he hits a DD, Matt on the other hand will know that he has to gamble big in all Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy.

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11-19-2015 , 11:23 PM

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I wouldn't say that
"Matt Jackson is a 23-year-old paralegal from Washington, D.C., who won $411,612 in 13 Jeopardy games — the fourth best all-time total in regular-season episodes"

I do agree Alex has a big advantage but Matt is no slouch and underperformed in thursday's game, Alex might want to keep his lead and be a bit risk-averse if he hits a DD, Matt on the other hand will know that he has to gamble big in all Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy.

Get real, ur boy Matt was owned by AJ, AJ is playing optimum strat, and has way to big a lead .....game over

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11-19-2015 , 11:30 PM

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Tomorrow to become a Jeopardy legend, can't wait to watch Matt squirm a little. Up there with Roger Craig, gg Alex.

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11-19-2015 , 11:30 PM

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Great game all around by Alex. Matt got on track after a slow start, had to wager big in FJ but missed.

Huge leads in tournament finals have been run down many times before, see the links on today's jboard thread for examples.

Totals on Jeopardy are not called stacks. I've always wondered why poker players use poker terms to describe a myriad of other events. But I digress.....

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11-19-2015 , 11:42 PM

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I dunno if this was already posted. It's about Matt:

"Jeopardy’s most GIF-able human is back for this week’s finale"

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/19/9...kson-dat-smile

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11-19-2015 , 11:42 PM

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spirit fingers got tilted and couldn't recover when he saw how on point alex's buzzer game was

episode is already on primewire for those who want to watch.

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11-20-2015 , 02:23 AM

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Get real, ur boy Matt was owned by AJ, AJ is playing optimum strat, and has way to big a lead .....game over

*sign* Matt isn't my pick, I'm pulling for Alex, You seem not to understand why you never underestimate your opponent and the advantages of coming from behind.
an example of that was Alex's zero wager at the end of round 1, yes A smart move but understand his motive and the risk it entails (if Matt had wagered everything and got it right you would be very near Alex's total)
Having a lead can cause paralysis it happen in sports, it happens in poker, the person playing from behind has to increase variance which can be a bonanza or bust while the person with the lead wishes to preserve it. obviously Alex has great advantage but it far from a sure thing.

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Seems like Matt bet $5000 instead of $5600 only because $5k is a nice round number.

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Seems like Matt bet $5000 instead of $5600 only because $5k is a nice round number.

I agree with you on that, He undoubtedly wasn't comfortable with the idea of starting over with nothing.
He'll have to adjust to Alex, even though he got it wrong he should had bet everything in final as well, He is going to be forced to adjust in the next round by taking greater risk.

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He didn't get it wrong.

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yes he did.
since the "he" the poster was referring to was matt.

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Both Matt and Kerry answered the Man in the Iron Mask, the correct answer was the Count of Monte Cristo.

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I was blown away that I actually knew that one. One of my favorite movies.

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Fistpumped when he hit the daily double in double jeopardy. This guy is fun to watch.

By hit, I mean got it right.

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I was blown away that I actually knew that one. One of my favorite movies.

your not the only one who likes that movie which is why i found it strange that nobody got that question. anyways tonights episode should be pretty interesting cuz you will see alex drift from his aggressive play and the other two players going all in with their aggression.

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Man in the iron mask was a great guess, it's even written by the same author. Even if someone read both books I bet they'd be hard pressed to remember which one that quote came from.

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So with the two best players of the past year facing off today, it seemed like bet sizing strategy became a big part of the competition, when contestants had an opportunity to set their own wager?

Guess today's totals get added to tomorrow's?

Yes, the totals are added together. The category for the 2nd DD was "North" and "South" America, where the word north or south had to be in the response. AJ played great and pwned Matt, but gotta say that 2nd DD was too easy for anyone under 50.

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Get real, ur boy Matt was owned by AJ, AJ is playing optimum strat, and has way to big a lead .....game over

optimum strat 4 life GGG tid Alex!

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In the 2nd DD wouldn't betting like 12k be better? Bc 27k or 30k either way the game is basically over, but if he gets it wrong his chances of winning with 3-4K has to significantly higher then having 0

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In the 2nd DD wouldn't betting like 12k be better? Bc 27k or 30k either way the game is basically over, but if he gets it wrong his chances of winning with 3-4K has to significantly higher then having 0

I think AJ knew he is clearly the class of that field and he could come back if he was wrong...

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I think AJ knew he is clearly the class of that field and he could come back if he was wrong...

just the opposite if he thought his opponents were of no threat he would have wagered less. why would he risk putting his lead in danger if his opponents were weak. think about it.

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In the 2nd DD wouldn't betting like 12k be better? Bc 27k or 30k either way the game is basically over, but if he gets it wrong his chances of winning with 3-4K has to significantly higher then having 0

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just the opposite if he thought his opponents were of no threat he would have wagered less. why would he risk putting his lead in danger if his opponents were weak. think about it.

The answer to both of these is that it's not about having a lead in jeopardy, it's about having lock games (2x lead over 2nd, so you don't get screwed in final jeopardy). If he bets 4k less, and Matt got the FJ question right, Matt would have the lead going into day 2. Even with the AJ all-in DD, if Matt bet it all on FJ and got it right, he'd only be behind by 400 going into day 2.

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The answer to both of these is that it's not about having a lead in jeopardy, it's about having lock games

Not when your playing a 2 day total game. His thinking was obvious. Put himself so far ahead that he will be difficult to catch, or lose the DD and be on equal footing all over again. He probably didnt even care if he lost the DD because he had confidence in his ability to bounce back and still win the game.

Plus he obv knew the category. He would be an idiot not to bet it all in that spot and bury his opponents when hes very confident in the category.

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