I agree, I am intrigued by this player. He is not only super smart, but well rounded. He seems to know every category. Really remarkable.

Ken Jennings had the longest run on Jeopardy but Brad Rudder holds the most money earned on Jeopardy.

https://www.insider.com/jeopardy-winners-most-won-2018-9

I think he's a alien. No normal person knows that much stuff!
All jokes aside. He has a great strategy but seems a little cocky.

I don’t think it’s cockiness personally. I am pretty sure it’s just that he’s a little on the autistic spectrum. It’s crazy how much he knows and the recall he has on all those facts.

He's The Three Eyed Raven, only explanation.

He is impressive but Ken's 74 day is much, much harder than pressing the money. We've had this conversation many times in my office. I watch Jeopardy, on average, 4 days a week and it's funny to talk to people who just watch guys like James play. They think that he is some super human that has developed this whole strategy. The reality is that all 3 players know the answer to 75 to 80 percent of the questions. Jeopardy is all about clicker control. James is very good at it as was Ken.
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I think James has f

It's all fake so more people watch Jeopardy.

Wouldn't be the first time of game show has given the contestant all the answers

From the current issue of Time. http://time.com/5589952/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-records/

Agreed. I am thinking he’s an aspie. I don’t see how anyone will ever beat him. He not only know his stuff, but he’s skilled with the buzzer.

Jeopardy has always given contestants the answers. That was the original point of the format.

Contestants have to provide the questions.

Jeopardy is syndicated. It doesn't come on until 7:30 Eastern Time here.

That guy was so mad. He was probably thinking he could beat him 2 out of 3 times, but this time was the one that counted. Clutch daily double to start the comeback.

Guy shoulda gone for broke at the end and wagered it all .. woulda won

I think James will break Ken Jenning record on Friday. prediction! The guy is incredible and fun to watch.

My wife and I are loving James's run! We have been watching Jeopardy for years and I've never seen anything like James. I love watching him dominate, these other people don't even stand a chance.

I can't wait to see James in an All Star tournament up against all the heavy hitters.

Didn't they hint at a Ken vs James show?

Now you mean who WAS watching him.......bye!

I’d like to hear him explain why he chose the amount of his final bet.

Me too!

He calculated what the other guy would’ve been after a double up. He knew she would have to get it wrong for him to win.

So was I missing some thing on the first question ? 1000 dollar Question = Jeperdy - Went all in - he answered the Question correct and got 1000 dollars . Should that not been 2000 dollars ?

I didn't see it.

If he had zero dollars, he could wager up to one thousand in the first round of Jeopardy. If he wagered one thousand his total would be one thousand. If this was the first question, he would have no money when he wagered.

If he had one thousand, and wagered one thousand and won, then he'd have two thousand.

LTG : )

Am I the only one that thinks that he felt he had won enough and decided it was time to end his time?

She won because of the 2 Daily Doubles.

Yeah, and he ran away with lots of other games hitting 2 or all 3 of them as well.

She’s a librarian though - gotta figure she’s getting it right. Should have wagered all his money. I think he would have won then?

Seems not.

"But Holzhauer explained to The Action Network that he first was concerned with the contestant in third place, who had $11,000 heading into a Final Jeopardy. Doubling down would have gotten that contestant to $22,000, which would have been $1 less than if James would have missed. If James doubled down, he would have been at $46,800, but Boettcher seemed to have done the math perfectly as well. She got the question right and wagered $20,201, which gave her $46,801, a dollar more than what Holzhauer would’ve earned with a double-down bet.

“I knew I could only win if Emma missed Final Jeopardy, as there was no way she wouldn’t bet to cover my all-in bet,” Holzhauer told The Action Network. “So my only concern was getting overtaken by third place, and I bet just enough to make sure of locking him out. Betting big would have looked good for the cameras, but now I turn my straight bet (Emma misses) into a parlay (Emma misses and I get it right).”

As the returning champion he always got to choose the first category and amount. His strategy was to start with a number of the $1000 squares before looking for the daily double in the $800 and $600 spots (where it usually is) and then bet everything. He did this day after day and jumped out to big leads all the time. Other contestants would usually pick a category they liked, start with the $200 square and work their way up that category. His strategy was way better, as long as he was the one getting the chances (one in jeopardy and two in double jeopardy) to double up. She beat him at his own game by getting to the double ups before him...which was probably the only way he could be beat.

It seemed to me the show was rigged for him to go bye bye. The show was getting tired of paying out huge $$$ and controlled where the daily doubles hit.

All I thought about during his run was how much it would of sucked to be a contestant playing against him. Some folks wait what seems like their entire life for a shot on Jeopardy and then when they finally make it on the show - they get to compete against someone like James.

Could be staged.

I dont think it was staged, but I do think that the producers can select players that they feel would offer more or less challenge.

I'm sure James being on the show increased their ratings, but it did seem like he gave up in the final. Had he bet large he would have beat the librarian. IMO

Sucks he has to pay ~50% of his winnings in taxes.

All the conspiracy theories are wayyy out there. There was no way James could have won unless Emma got the question wrong.

She played a fantastic game and denied James access to his critical daily doubles. My wife and I also noticed that the guy in the middle was playing hard and answering questions well, which cut into James's total.

Alex even said, the three of them answered correctly all but one of the clues. Which is pretty amazing in itself.

was this actually a question ?

No.

Great yes ! Funny yes ! Photoshopped yes !

LTG : )