Congratulations to Ken Jennings, the Greatest Of All Time!

January 14, 2020 9:17pm

Congratulations to Ken Jennings, the Greatest Of All Time!

I always respected James Holzhauer's courage to go "all in" when he got Double Jeopardy questions. And while I'm not a fan of his bottom up clue selection strategy, I must acknowledge its effectiveness.

Ken Jennings had to up his wagering tonight to be aggressive against James. And it paid off for him. It helped that he had a one game cushion, however. So he could afford to take more risk than he otherwise would.

Brad Rutter choked on too many Double Jeopardy questions throughout the entire tournament.

As for me, the GOAT Tournament was very humbling. In regular Jeopardy games, I correctly answer 2/3 - 3/4 of the clues. In this GOAT Tournament, I was down to maybe 20%.

CLUE: "This man is obviously not as smart as he thinks he is"

ANSWER: "Who is Mike Bates?"