FACTS he had me wheezing when he said that. It was like time traveling back to 2019 lol

The worst are the ones that bet LESS than the actual amount of the clue with the Daily Double.

I never watched jeopardy and James came on, so you make a good point.

In a tournament like this it makes sense to bet it all on most daily doubles. But in regular game play gotta factor in confidence in category and how match is going

YES

@@jlwebster9 I would agree, it's definitely a different situation in a regular game as opposed a tournament with this format.

Yeah, he's good for ratings.

The man is dynamite. He'll be back for next year's competition(along with Matt Amodio and Mattea Roach) so maybe he'll make it 2 for 2. I watched his entire run on regular Jeopardy! and really enjoyed watching him steamroll his opponents. 😁 I'd never seen anyone play like him. Everyone really thought he was going to break Ken Jennings' record for most money won on regular Jeopardy! and he was SO CLOSE! He was only $59K away! I think why he lost when he did was because he was a little distracted about Alex Trebek's cancer diagnosis and that threw his game off a little. I think his final game was the first game they taped after Alex revealed his cancer to the world because that day James was wearing a cancer pin and gave Alex a get well card that his 4 year old daughter made for him. He wasn't his usual steamrolling self that day. Remember the games are taped weeks/months in advance.

@@bobbyheenan4061 No kidding! During his run on regular Jeopardy!, the ratings skyrocketed! People who normally don't watch Jeopardy! started watching it everyday. Heck, people were even watching it in bars! Alex did say that players like James really do boost ratings.

Exactly! He is so much fun to watch!

@@bobbyheenan4061 True. Only 1 better. 15 million people tuned in to watch James' final game, 18 million for Ken.

No I don't think he is host material! He is too quixotic, too high strung, not nearly staid enough.

@@bthomson say normal words

Welcome to the life of a gambler. The biggest reason people don't strike it big, is because they're not willing to lose it all. Gamblers don't have that risk assessment, they're willing to lose it all, so they can go all in without a second thought.

It was accomplished by Roger Craig in the 2011 Tournament of Champions and by Eric Ahasic in the 2022 Tournament of Champions. 🙂

He is on a game show called the Chase

lol for sure. None of them seem to stand a chance. Things would really need to go well for them to beat James. It's possible he loses in the finals, but he's clearly the best player by far so I hope he wins.

I hope not

Update: It never did, however, we did see the highest non-Holzhauer wager ($21,800) by Troy Meyer!

He's also half Japanese on his mother's side, so you could tell all he was doing was waiting for Ken to finish reading it before answering.

@@jackson5116 Yeah, I know he's part Japanese, you can tell just by looking at him. But even if he wasn't, he probably would've known it anyway. He is, after all, a trivia master.

He doesn't just happen to know it. He studies trivia as part of his life to become better and win these kinds of things. He obviously loved reading growing up, and had a photographic memory, but he's pushed it a whole new level by studying trivia, and even material he hates to try to win these trivia games. In fact, all the jeopardy masters players do that. This isn't just knowledge he and them happen to know, at least not for the most part. It's absolutely insane though, the amount of knowledge he has. He literally knows almost everything lol.

Shes thinking "Oh no I have to go up against this guy now"

they always look confused. when they are selecting the question and they are answering it.

No. I love them both! They are great

@@fable9159 Yes ik but I'm asking is James more hated than Ken

No

@@fable9159 Because from what I searched and found online, a lot of people tends to hate James, way more than Ken

How is he cocky?

Yeah, but when you're that smart you have the right to be annoying.

Very probable. Still love Ken as host. I don’t think anyone would of been better for the role. Sorry not a fan of Mayim Bialik

No dummy. Use the same strat as James, and you win. Think about the Librarian. Don't be dumb.

I’m a James fan too, but Ken cleaned his clock, thrice. Ken is GOAT, James is #2. But James is most interesting player, and the most daring.

I think James is better, but Ken did beat him fair and square. Ken is not quite as good as James, but he's very close and is definitely good enough to beat him when things go his way, which is why he did. There is so much luck when the players are that good, so it's easy to lose in that case. Ken just said the other day that he's lucky that things went well in his match with James and Brad, and that he definitely wouldn't want to be playing James again. Ken has that title of the GOAT tournament, and he's not going to mess that up messing with James again. James is slightly better but he didn't lose on purpose. How could you assume that?

@@billj4525 I like James’ swashbuckling style better, but Ken killed him in the GOAT tournament. Ken answered twice as many questions as James. And Ken was 15 years removed, James only 1 year. I was rooting hard for James, but Ken cleaned his clock, it was not close.