https://www.cbssports.com/general/ne...-perfect-game/

I'd be willing to wager that this guy used to post on here back in the day. Wicked smart and under stands game theory. I'd assume he's played around with a few of the Las Vegas regs. Reminds me of Alex Jacob.

for sure. the hunt is on......

i think we can figure it out. NVG'ers unite. lol.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/4...ockpot-363692/

beat me to it, didn't know there was a Jeopardy thread on the forums.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1.../index387.html

that was quick. thank you!

let's go there

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id...-trebek-amazed

ESPN has a nice article on it and 2P2 gets a mention. Shame it's not getting a lot of attention on here. He's been amazing.

It's getting a ton of attention in the Jeopardy thread (linked above).

What's his username?

Evidently, Crockpot:

Also, he seemed to get good advice after posting this...

what a sick read that well is, cool he's a 2p2'er...been fun to watch

Anyone know where to watch full the episodes online?

Just heard a very interesting result on tonight's Jeopardy Don't hit the spoiler if you don't want that result

Weird, My channel had a note on the screen that the winner of Jeopardy would win by the amount mentioned in the spoiler. Maybe that was the previous show or the one tomorrow. Or it was a mistake made by the station, or a dishonest attempt to get ratings-- odd. Well, sorry for the post, that's the last time I believe one of those small messages on a local channel.

Yeah, it happened on Monday night not Tuesday. He won by only $18. They ought to let that guy who came in second have another chance after Holzhauer leaves the show to see how he does against normal competition.

The main difference seemed to be that the other guy was going well on the buzzers. I think James is very smart/good at the trivia part of Jeopardy but his main advantage is his buzzer speed. I've read that all contestants generally know at least 80% of the answers. As James stays on the show longer, he gets more used to the buzzer timing (you have to buzz at just the right time or you get locked out/aren't first). He also gets more comfortable in the early game. So one reason for the close game was the other dude was a good buzzer. I've read Ken Jennings' autobiography. He notes how he had a few close games where he just wasn't on his game early (whether that's his trivia game or just his buzzer game) and then, knowing he's on a long, once-in-a-lifetime run gets in his head and further compounds the struggles (ultimately he and James recovered).

P.S. There is an inherent spoiler aspect in following this run in that if he loses, I'll probably hear it the day he loses, possibly even before the show airs in my area. Not hearing that he didn't lose is sufficient spoiler to tell me he didn't.

Is he cheating on Jeopardy, too?!?!

I have never watched jeopardy on regular basis.

Have it DVR'd now.

So much fun to watch Holzeaur destroy the souls of most all other contestants and usually have zero chance to win going into final. gg freddy from Toledo.

The $18 win earlier this week was dramatic.

Also funny to see others pick smallest dollar amount in a category with highest amounts on bottom of board available.. I think its been shown that strat is just wrong.

Read an article suggesting Holzeaur is wrecking the budget of the show. His avg daily win is way beyond what is in their budget. He is literally breaking the bank.

Yeah but the ratings bonanza should more than make up for any shortcomings. Gotta be 10x the number of people tuning in to watch Holzhauer. And yeah watching a lady bid 1k on a daily double when she had 10k and Holzhauer had 25k..... I don't get it, these people are supposed to be smart right? But so few people seem to understand how to wager correctly...

^^ good point.

for sure viewership must be way up.

Would be quite entertaining for him to revive his 2+2 activity and post ITT.

his twitter game is pretty funny

I saw that BWFA tweet and was wondering whether that was illegal, assuming they don't have a deal with James, because if not, then they're using his likeness in promotional materials without consent or compensation.

Something I've noticed in watching his run is the other players, on the rare occasions when they do have control of the board, are more often going for the big clues and Daily Doubles like James is. There are a few possible explanations:
- They see James do it in game so they decide to emulate for whatever reason (to keep him from DD, because they think it's good, monkey see monkey do)
- They watch James play from the audience during the earlier games in the day (they film 5 games in 1 day) and then learn to emulate for the aforementioned reasons
- Jeopardy players across the board have learned that the Forrest Bounce is the way to go

One explanation of the Forrest Bounce's success is that you are more likely to find Daily Doubles, but another is that it keeps your opponents disoriented. But if everyone does it, the person who gets least disoriented will benefit. I've already seen a few instances of someone copying James method to go for high $ questions first and then answer incorrectly because they don't understand the theme of the category (normally you get the idea of the category from the 2 cheapest clues).

He shouldnt be going allin on daily doubles just because of it lowering his chance to win the show, it is basically the only way he can lose a match is to get a daily double wrong.

From the article:

I love how people think so many of these things are new. Yes, they are now supported by raw data, but the idea by them have been around for a while. Lou Boudreau used the shift to great success against Ted Williams in the 1946 World Series. And speaking of Williams, he espoused the slight upswing in his book The Science of Hitting for decades, particularly at a time when Charlie Lau kept preaching the "level swing."

There is a good or smart or efficient way of doing almost anything, including Jeopardy. If it takes data and evidence to support these methods, so be it. Good on crockpot for beating a beatable game... and most of it simply for knowing stuff.

The defensive shift in baseball goes back a very long ways, long before Boudreau and Ted Williams in 1946 (both were in the American League) though it was national news at the time. The St. Louis Cardinals employed a somewhat less radical shift vs Williams in the 1946 World Series, and Williams faced the shift for the remainder of his career.

How many mincashes are on your Hendon Mob?

Like 80 but this is not a poker tournament he cant buy into jeopardy with money if he loses he is off. It is better to cash for 60k and win 99% than to cash for 120k but to only win 95%