[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the July 8 episode of Jeopardy!]
Heading into the July 8 episode of Jeopardy!, Isaac solely wanted yet another win to be eligible for the following Event of Champions. (4 wins are wanted throughout common season play.) He was spectacular in his first three video games—not the primary episodes of a recreation present through which he’s participated), and host Ken Jennings did carry up his dominating runaway recreation from July 5.
The shopper help staff lead from Burbank, California got here in with winnings totaling $70,186. Going through off with him had been undertaking coordinator Stephanie Lewis (from Washington, D.C.) and knowledge scientist Karan Menon (initially from Edison, New Jersey). And sadly for them, they didn’t actually appear to have an opportunity. Hirsch dominated the Jeopardy! spherical with vital leads at every break ($9,400 to Menon’s $1,000 and Lewis’ $400 on the first, then $11,800 to Menon’s $2,400 and Lewis’ $200). Jennings commented on his 18 appropriate responses in that first spherical, noting that was a tie for the season excessive.
Such was the case once more in Double Jeopardy!, with Hirsch finally discovering all three Day by day Doubles of the sport. With the second, he upped his whole to $18,800 (already nicely forward of Menon’s $2,400 and Lewis’ $1,800 on the time). Going into Ultimate Jeopardy!, it was a runaway recreation for Hirsch, along with his lead of $27,400 over Menon’s $7,200 and Lewis’ $5,000. (Jennings mentioned the opposite two “put up a courageous combat.”) Hirsch received his fourth recreation and have become eligible for the following Event of Champions. He added $30,400, bringing his four-day whole to $100,586. (Menon ended the sport in second with $10,001, and Lewis in third had $5,000.)
On the finish of the episode, Jennings famous that Hirsch goes for 5 wins “and that Event of Champions invite.” That’s as a result of he’s now simply eligible with 4 wins. However followers appear to count on that to occur tomorrow, given his spectacular efficiency on this recreation.
“I believe Isaac may very well be right here for some time,” one wrote on the Reddit thread for the episode. One other fan agreed.
One viewer famous that Jennings commented on Hirsch’s play within the Jeopardy! spherical like he did seven-game winner Drew Basile, calling it “a pleasant contact, maybe a confidence booster” and including, “ToC is shaping up.”
Wrote one other viewer, “I’m excited for Isaac. I hope he makes at the least 5 wins for a assured spot within the ToC.”
Two mentioned that he’s in “elite firm,” with one pointing to the truth that “Getting 30+ responses appropriate in three consecutive matches is an unimaginable feat that few have completed” and one other calling him “the strongest contestant we’ve seen to date in Season 40 of Jeopardy,” explaining, “I do know Adriana went on her 15-day win streak, however Isaac is trying about 45 out of the 57 potential buzzes, very elite firm. I’m positive his buzzer expertise are good, nevertheless it looks as if to date he’s successful his video games simply from simply realizing extra stuff (as evidenced by greater variety of solos).”
Hirsch isn’t just impressing viewers along with his gameplay. “Sure, Isaac is successful these video games in spectacular trend. However he’s additionally successful the interview portion of the present,” one famous. “I don’t recall any contestant having such a run of humorous and/or charming anecdotes as he’s needed to begin his time on the present.”
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