soxfan49 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Has anyone been following this insane man winning Jeopardy? I believe he's now up to $630k in 11 days now. He's a sports bettor from Vegas who allegedly grew up near Naperville. I watched today's episode where he won $131,000 (JUST TODAY). The guy is incredible. Anytime someone talks about a bettor from Vegas I unfortunately think of the fact that he's somehow cheating, but for the time being, I don't see a way he loses! He wagered $60k going into final Jeopardy and got it with ease. He practically chooses true daily doubles on every daily double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I wonder how he prepared to know all the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANS Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Yeah i've been watching and it is very impressive, I've even seen him do a true daily double and get it wrong then still come back to have enough money not to be caught in Final Jeopardy. He also picks from the bottom and is always trying to find the daily doubles. I do not think he's any smarter / quicker than others like Ken or Brad but man he just bets huge sums of money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Fuck I forgot to record this. Only catching the 2nd half of the episode now. I love Jeopardy!. I just to record it until it absolutely dominated my DVR and I couldn't keep up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Speaking of Jeopardy, how is Alex doing? I thought I heard recently that he had cancer, and one of the bad kinds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Markbilliards said: Speaking of Jeopardy, how is Alex doing? I thought I heard recently that he had cancer, and one of the bad kinds. He has pancreatic cancer. He says he is fighting it and that's pretty much all we know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 19 hours ago, MEANS said: Yeah i've been watching and it is very impressive, I've even seen him do a true daily double and get it wrong then still come back to have enough money not to be caught in Final Jeopardy. He also picks from the bottom and is always trying to find the daily doubles. I do not think he's any smarter / quicker than others like Ken or Brad but man he just bets huge sums of money. I still haven't seen him buzz in and get one wrong. Incredible. 20 hours ago, greg775 said: I wonder how he prepared to know all the answers. Trebek asked him and he said he was terrible in school. He said he studied topics he wasn't sure on to prepare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 The best thing they did was drop the limit on days you could win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANS Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 8:28 AM, soxfan49 said: I still haven't seen him buzz in and get one wrong. Incredible. Trebek asked him and he said he was terrible in school. He said he studied topics he wasn't sure on to prepare. He started off Friday with an incorrect answer, then shortly after answered another question wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 He's won about $210k the last two days total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 1:44 PM, Texsox said: The best thing they did was drop the limit on days you could win. What is it? I googled this and couldn't find anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 24 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: What is it? I googled this and couldn't find anything There used to be a limit where if you won 5 games in a row you retired and only could come back in the Tournament of Champions. Once they got rid of that limit, you had guys like Jennings appear who became legit famous for winning weeks to months in a row. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I don't even care if he is picking at random, dude knows everything and he's got the buzzer down. Insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Keep us posted on if/when he loses. Thank u. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Phew! Won by only $18 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 On 4/29/2019 at 5:28 PM, Brian said: Phew! Won by only $18 today And yesterday by about $80,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 How can this guy be so good? Will he ever lose? He could be set for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Ken Jennings >>>> this scrub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 So winning 22 days in a row on Jeopardy means you're a "scrub"? Cool. It'll be fun if they ever do a special with them facing off against each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Apparently MLB front offices are interested in this guy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Amazing. And it doesn't seem like they are finding stiffs to compete against him. The competition seems solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/8/2019 at 5:43 PM, Goober said: Ken Jennings >>>> this scrub How can you say that? This guy is much better than Ken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 25 wins in a row- $1,939,027 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Close one but James pulled it out in Final Jeopardy! Didn't know it was pre-empted because of the Scrubs game and saw it on my DVR this morning from like 2am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 27 in a row and now over $2M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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