Wednesday's game saw Jamie become a 14 day champion with $371,600 in winnings. Right out of the gate Jamie blitzed the opening round before commercial, answering or passing each clue. His opponents never even buzzed in! It was a blitz. After the electronic dust settled, and we learned what we good Americans should be buying, Jamie stood there with $45,000 in winnings: his opponents each with $0. Jeopardy needs a Little League Mercy Rule.
Jamie continues to sport the orange themed clothing to honor his grandmother with her favorite color. Going into Wednesday's Final Jeopardy, round, one opponent had to be dropped out because they were in negative territory. Jamie had sucked out all the money there was to have.
All the extra money on the board couldn't bring Jamie's opponents any closer. Headed into final Jeopardy Jamie was sitting on $55,800, One opponent was in negative no-mans land. See ya.
Final Jeopardy: "Mark Twain wrote the quip that on this date of the year, we are reminded of what we are on the other 364."
Easy enough to solve if you realize that the clue is being aired on April 1st, April Fool's Day. Of course Jeopardy is filmed in advance; it is not televised live.
So perhaps Jamie didn't have April Fool's Day at the top of his brain. No matter. The only contender left got it, had insufficient money to threaten.
Jamie on the other hand went into the round with $55,800, the proverbial royal flush. He was untouchable. So what did Jamie bet? Certainly not all of it and risk the win. But he's got his eye on a record round and wants to finish with $100,000, a princely sum for a round of Jeopardy.
Astonishingly, Jamie bets $44,200, that if right, will give him that legendary $100,000 round. In a gambler's vocabulary, Jamie is playing with "house money."
Jamie's answer: Labor Day. Oh boy. Ken Jennings applauds the bet, recognizing that Jamie is aiming to be in James Holzhauer territory, but he fails. April 1 is the answer: April Fool's Day. That Mark Twain.
Jamie of course still wins and advances through the next two days like a hot knife trough butter. He finished Friday's round with his 16th win, with a total winnings of $462,401. He's crawling up the leader board.
How high will the numbers go? How do I bet on Jamie? What's the over/under? Are those prediction markets taking action? You don't need to be in Vegas to get down on such bets. All you need is a phone, which doubles as a computer.
There's a maxim in better: never bet on something that can talk. Since Jeopardy is filmed in advance of its showings, piling in 5 days' worth of telecasts in one day's taping, Jamie has either already been toppled, or is still steam rolling along.
There are several somebodies who know about Jamie's status today, in real time There's an audience of course, and the staff associated with the show, The lag time between a taping and its viewing can vary from 2 to 3 months, or 4 weeks to 5 months! depending on the time of the year. Jamie has either taken up living in California, or he's back at his job in New Jersey. No prediction market is touching Jamie bets.
It's a bit like Joe DiMaggio's 56-day hitting streak, when the daily question in the morning was, "did Joe get a hit yesterday?"
Although Jamie's fate is probably already sealed, I don't know what it is, and don't have the wherewithal to try and find out. I'll set the over/under at this point at 26 games and take the under.
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