[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the July 5 episode of Jeopardy!]
It was simple to see who can be strolling away with the win within the July 5 episode of Jeopardy!, however second place was a special story—not that it ought to have been.
Buyer assist crew lead Isaac Hirsch, from Burbank, California, returned as a two-day champ with winnings totaling $47,986. He confronted off towards author and editor Sarah Crocker, from Aurora, Colorado, and Duke College rising senior Alex Wang, from Harrington Park, New Jersey, and delivered a dominating efficiency.
Hirsch led after the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds, heading into Last Jeopardy! with $26,200 to Crocker’s $5,000 and Wang’s $1,600. And that got here after two modest wagers when he discovered the second and third Day by day Doubles of the sport, $2,000 every. (“Labored for you final time,” host Ken Jennings identified the second time.) He was right each instances. In Last Jeopardy, in World Languages, the clue learn, “The flag of Aruba encompasses a 4-pointed star symbolizing its 4 main languages: the native Papiamento & these 3 imported ones.” Solely Wang was right (English, Spanish, and Dutch) and added $410 to his complete. Hirsch walked away with $22,200 extra for a three-day complete of $70,186. However Crocker, with what she got here into Last Jeopardy! with, ought to have ended the sport in second. As a substitute, she guess $4,500 and got here in third, with $500. Followers have been puzzle by that alternative after the episode.
“Am I lacking one thing or did Sarah screw herself out of second place and an additional $1000? Why did she wager $4500? The sport was an enormous runaway with Isaac having $26200,” one wrote on the Reddit thread for the sport. “Alex had $1600 and even when he guess the whole lot and gained, he couldn’t catch Sarah. She simply needed to guess $0 and be assured of second place. The one manner she might win was being proper together with her wager AND Isaac betting an irrational quantity (> $16700) and getting it mistaken, which he would by no means do.”
One other replied, “She did. The sport was a double-lock if she’d observed.” And that particular person wasn’t the one one to note, with one other viewer writing about being “stunned by her wager.”
Hirsch can probably safe himself a spot within the Match of Champions on Monday, July 8 with a win (4 wins are wanted). And after his performances in his first three video games, viewers predict to see him once more.
“I’m stanning Isaac! He’s so so good and looks as if such a enjoyable particular person. I’ll be excited to get to see him once more within the CWC and/or TOC relying on how subsequent week shakes out for him,” one wrote. (CWC is the Champions Wildcard, throughout which gamers with one to a few wins and Second Probability winners compete for a spot within the Match of Champions.)
One other, after checking the stats, famous “how dominantly Isaac has been taking part in to date—his common Coryat rating is 23,400. Granted, we’re solely 3 video games in, however that’s elite,” the particular person wrote. (The Coryat rating is a participant’s rating if all wagering is disregarded.) That particular person additionally famous the typical Coryats for many who have secured their spots within the Match of Champions already: Alison Betts—13,667, Amy Hummel—14,700, Grant DeYoung—13,440, Amar Kakirde—13,600, Adriana Harmeyer—16,363, and Drew Basile—16,800.
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