Jeopardy! technique boils all the way down to clue choice and wagering. Taking part in it secure—going top-down and ignoring or low-balling Each day Doubles—not often works (until you’re Adriana Harmeyer). On Friday, November 15, the returning champ misplaced on what followers deemed a “poor technique alone.” And so far as the previous goes, Ken Jennings roasted all three contestants for dodging one class just like the plague.
Stephanie Asalone entered a one-day champ with a complete of $14,100 after a come-from-behind victory regardless of a $500 Each day Double 3 wager. The previous 401(okay) processor, initially from St. Marys, Pennsylvania, confronted Kristen Moreland, a faculty administrator from Brooklyn, New York, and Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan.
Within the Jeopardy! spherical, Asalone acquired off to a sizzling begin, with 5 right responses earlier than the break. She had $3,200 to Clauson’s $1,600 and Moreland’s $0. After the break, her sample of selecting $200 clues allowed Clauson to seek out the Each day Double, doubling as much as the lead with $7,800, Asalone $3,600, and Moreland $2,000.
In Double Jeopardy, Moreland acquired the second Each day Double out of the best way instantly, understanding the “4-Letter Geography” clue was “Peru,” doubling to $4000. From there, Clauson prolonged his lead with the third Each day Double going uncovered, and nobody touching the “Sculptors” class.
Clauson lastly discovered it there choosing the “dreaded sculptors” and Jennings joked again it was the “dreaded Each day Double.” He went mild with $1000, acquired the “Northwestern” clue incorrect, which helped him keep in a runaway going into Last Jeopardy. Because the gamers completed off the seemingly despised “Sculpters” column, Jennings quipped, “I’m positive you’re unhappy to see this go.”
Clauson completed with $15,600, Asalone $7,600, and Moreland $6,400. The twentieth Century Transportation” clue was, “A 1947 article learn, its ‘wings weren’t clipped by the Senate fishermen & ghost hunters in spite of everything.’” The right response was “Spruce Goose,” which nobody acquired. Clauson dropped a mere $399 to win and change into the brand new champ with $15,201, trying emotional to complete out the week our winner.
Followers took to Reddit celebrating the brand new champ and arguing that Asalone misplaced not due to a lack of expertise however “poor technique alone.”
“Stephanie’s deadly flaw, she selected nearly completely high row clues, appeared to be clearly avoiding DDs, but additionally averted the excessive worth backside row clues utterly,” one person wrote. “Paul, in contrast, looked for the DDs and selected backside row clues. He nonetheless needed to know sufficient of the solutions to tug off his runaway, but it surely goes to indicate that even when you realize a lot of the solutions, you may lose on poor technique alone.”
One other wrote, “It will be enjoyable if Paul would emulate Holzhauer’s ‘all in’ gesture subsequent time he goes for a real DD,” referring to his candy story involving his grandfather and James Holzhauer.
A 3rd mentioned, “I discovered the class title “This American Spouse” disrespectful, particularly since a number of the clues didn’t consult with the ladies’s marriages in any respect.”
What did you consider the sport? Was Stephanie Asalone’s gameplay what price her? And does Paul Clauson have some fuel within the tank to win a number of extra? Additionally, no love for The Comeback? Tell us your ideas within the feedback part beneath!
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