“If he finds the daily double late in the first round I figure his challenger is psyched out.”
The only game I’ve seen so far where the second place was close involved a player who had been an alternate for the prior day’s taping. He was able to watch 5 shows, so unlike nearly all other contestants, he had a chance to digest the game play, sleep on it, and came in more ready to play the game on Holzhauer’s terms than nearly any contestant so far. His second place finish was by far the highest second place in Jeopardy history.
I have a friend who was a five-time Jeopardy winner when that was the limit, and who also won a Tournament of Champions. He pointed out how important the buzzer timing is, and that while most Jeopardy contestants can come up with the right “question” for most subjects, Holzhauer is exceptional and now has the timing down really well. Until another contestant can match the timing of Holzhauer and is not “psyched out” but instead has had time to understand and adopt his approach, he will continue to win. I would be surprised if he is defeated by anyone who has not seen him on broadcasts of at least his earliest games. If he was defeated before the recordings ended for this season, it would likely be another person who sat through a daily taping session and came back for the first session of the next day - so only on a Monday. And now we know it was not today.
I am surprised word of his victories had not leaked out from the audience. Did Ken’s victories or any past Tournament results leak?
If James hit $2 M , where is the leak.. ‘rumor’ with game # details & $ amount. If he continued to what will air in June or July?
I read tapings are every other week , two days , five shows a day.
I have views of the audience. I have not seen reports of James’ success. Number of wins, total $$$ wins or reports that he finally lost at most recent taping..