Wednesday, January 13, 2016

As of late, it has helped to not get too emotionally attached to champions… will that come to an end soon?

Not looking great tonight: again, Amelia trails heading into Final. (This time, however, all-in is an acceptable wager.)

Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:

Now, on to the analysis.

First-order calculations

Amelia can stay above Megan if they’re both wrong…

Second-order calculations

…but she doesn’t have enough to cover a zero wager, so mind games are in play. (The trailer should almost always go small here, despite what expected value tells you.)

What actually happened

We saw something similar last Wednesday: a player might as well have gone for broke but left money on the table. This time, it cost someone, as Amelia rang up $3,000 less than what she could have taken home.

Amelia has now won 2 games and $37,000. Will she fall victim to food coma on Thursday, as several recent champs have appeared to do?

The Final Jeopardy! clue