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You think he started the game with that mindset? (spoiler)

Washington Post just put up an interesting article about his final jeopardy bet. Essentially, his best hope for a win was that the leader would miss it. His amount guaranteed a win with a correct answer and the 3rd place person doubling his money.
“I knew I could only win if Emma missed Final Jeopardy, as there was no way she wouldn’t bet to cover my all-in bet,” Holzhauer said. “So my only concern was getting overtaken by third place, and I bet just enough to make sure of locking him out. Betting big would have looked good for the cameras, but now I turn my straight bet (Emma misses) into a parlay (Emma misses, and I get it right).”

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Posted: 06/03/2019 at 4:38PM

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Holzhauer Jeopardy theory. -- PhotoHokieNC 06/03/2019 3:50PM

By look at the way he played Final Jeopardy -- AbsolutVT03 06/03/2019 4:47PM

You think he started the game with that mindset? (spoiler) -- Dan1993 06/03/2019 4:38PM

Yep... he made the smart wager based on his position. Looking at the stats -- AbsolutVT03 06/03/2019 4:56PM

So you and Dan1993 think using actual facts and Holzhauer's own -- PhotoHokieNC 06/03/2019 5:05PM

Everyone knows facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything -- AbsolutVT03 06/03/2019 5:20PM

I haven't seen it, but that's interesting -- Dan1993 06/03/2019 5:04PM

Interesting theory you got there and I do think it is a plausible one -- VTHokie2000 06/03/2019 4:37PM

Yep. ** -- 48zip 06/03/2019 4:33PM