James gave no incorrect responses the whole game, and he was only about $50,000 away from breaking Ken Jennings' record. It's ludicrous to think he threw the game. If this suspicion is based on his conservative bet in Final Jeopardy, his bet was actually very logical. James was assuming Emma would make a shutout bet (which she did), so he made a small bet that ensured the player in third could not overtake him. To win, he had to hope Emma missed FJ. That didn't happen.
It was a legitimate strategy advised by J-Archive. It was just so out-of-character for James Holzhauer based on his previous play that it led to all these theories. But the strategy was sound.
@@ColdSnapVA I would submit that James the gambler was totally in character with his conservative bet in that he played the percentages. His assumption that Emma would make a shutout bid turned out to be correct, so he bet small, which would have won if Emma missed FJ. People tend to associate James with his big bets on Daily Doubles, but of course the situation in this FJ was different. The big bets on Daily Doubles were to attain lock games and to maximize the payout. Again going with his gambler's mentality, James loved the fact that he got even money odds on Daily Doubles because he usually got them right. (He hit 76 Daily Doubles during his run and got 72 correct.) It's interesting that Emma beat James by mimicking his strategy, hunting for Daily Doubles and betting big when she hit them.
@@zanti4132 I just looked up this episode on J-Archive. The wagering suggestion for James read as follows: "Try wagering $1,399, which is as much as you can put up against Emma without being usurped by a doubled score on the part of Jay." James did exactly that. Emma's, in turn, read "Wager $20,201 to cover James."
if it was in the Davies era, Emma would had been easily won in the Champions Wildcard finals and Jay would had got his invitation at Second Chance Competition?
James holzhauer is the king if jeopardy and if all of you out there are james holzhauer fan like me i would be very glad to hear that so please reply me pretty please
2:38 That's true also james holzhauer made $2.46m on jeopardy plus he went on to win 32 consecutive games also i like his move which means all in when finds a daily double in jeopardy and in double jeopardy
HERE WE GO AGAIN... THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDALS OF THE FIFTIES CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE ILLEGALITY OF RIGGING GAME SHOWS. NOT ONLY THAT, MERV GRIFFIN CREATED JEOPARDY! IN RESPONSE TO THE SCANDALS.
At least James got his revenge in the 2019 TOC 💪🏼
the look on James's face said it all as he was shaking Alex's hand
James gave no incorrect responses the whole game, and he was only about $50,000 away from breaking Ken Jennings' record. It's ludicrous to think he threw the game.
If this suspicion is based on his conservative bet in Final Jeopardy, his bet was actually very logical. James was assuming Emma would make a shutout bet (which she did), so he made a small bet that ensured the player in third could not overtake him. To win, he had to hope Emma missed FJ. That didn't happen.
It was a legitimate strategy advised by J-Archive.
It was just so out-of-character for James Holzhauer based on his previous play that it led to all these theories.
But the strategy was sound.
@@ColdSnapVA I would submit that James the gambler was totally in character with his conservative bet in that he played the percentages. His assumption that Emma would make a shutout bid turned out to be correct, so he bet small, which would have won if Emma missed FJ.
People tend to associate James with his big bets on Daily Doubles, but of course the situation in this FJ was different. The big bets on Daily Doubles were to attain lock games and to maximize the payout. Again going with his gambler's mentality, James loved the fact that he got even money odds on Daily Doubles because he usually got them right. (He hit 76 Daily Doubles during his run and got 72 correct.) It's interesting that Emma beat James by mimicking his strategy, hunting for Daily Doubles and betting big when she hit them.
@@zanti4132 I just looked up this episode on J-Archive. The wagering suggestion for James read as follows:
"Try wagering $1,399, which is as much as you can put up against Emma without being usurped by a doubled score on the part of Jay."
James did exactly that.
Emma's, in turn, read "Wager $20,201 to cover James."
James' small bet is to prevent Jay from becoming J! champion if he and Emma got it wrong.
I believe she had a gut feeling that he was going to bet it all, so she decided to cover him by a dollar.
Jay and Emma were too strong against him. A certain RUclipsr tried to discredit them.
if it was in the Davies era, Emma would had been easily won in the Champions Wildcard finals and Jay would had got his invitation at Second Chance Competition?
No I don't believe that James would ever throw a match.
James holzhauer is the king if jeopardy and if all of you out there are james holzhauer fan like me i would be very glad to hear that so please reply me pretty please
Your King got dethroned by The Queen in Masters.
Yes the queen did won in jeopardy masters in 2024 but my champ james holzhauer won jeopardy masters in 2023
@@ayshagibbs1721 thats true i suppose if they both end up in finals again this year that will be the ultimate throwdown
2:38 That's true also james holzhauer made $2.46m on jeopardy plus he went on to win 32 consecutive games also i like his move which means all in when finds a daily double in jeopardy and in double jeopardy
No.
I saw that game and i always felt like James threw that game. The whole match, he just seemed off to me
He literally didn’t miss a question.
Most likely. Jennings would've been insecure, so they had to rig it behind the scenes.
oh dear.
There are federal laws in place that prevent game show rigging. James also denies losing on purpose
HERE WE GO AGAIN... THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDALS OF THE FIFTIES CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE ILLEGALITY OF RIGGING GAME SHOWS. NOT ONLY THAT, MERV GRIFFIN CREATED JEOPARDY! IN RESPONSE TO THE SCANDALS.