Wagering practice – another Penultimate Wager brainteaser
Perhaps I’ll start reserving the weekend for Penultimate Wager scenarios. Slightly more complex than last Friday’s situation, here’s a new slate of scores.
Provided one of these players receives the Daily Double as the last clue of Double Jeopardy!, what should each wager?
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Answers to Thursday’s scenario:
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- (1/7) Kim Worth needed some help to retire undefeated: a solo-get and proper wagering. What should each player have done?
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- (2/7) To cover a double-up by Ken, Brick must wager at least 2,000.
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- (3/7) Should Brick wager correctly and provide a wrong response, he’ll have at most 9,400. Ken needs to get it right and wager at least 2,700.
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- (4/7) However, Ken must wager at least 4,900 to cover an all-in wager by Kim.
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- (5/7) Kim can wager at most 3,999 to stay above Ken for second. (Not too important in terms of winning the game.)
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- (6/7) Kim must, however, wager at least 3,600 to be above Brick on an incorrect response.
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- (7/7) All three players made proper wagers. Had Kim provided the only correct response, he would have retired undefeated.
I know for FInal Jeopardy you get unlimited time to calculate your wager, but does that hold true for Daily Doubles as well? The TV editing makes it seem like they blurt out a wager quickly with little to no time to calculate a proper wager.
Ingrid should probably wager 2250, splitting the difference and putting her in a 3:2 ratio with Howard.
Howard should bet 1500. Right answer puts him at 2:3 with Ingrid but it keeps him above Jim’s all-in.
That leaves Jim. If Jim gets it, he’s fighting for second place, so he should withhold something, anything.
Very nice!