Tuesday, November 3, 2015
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We had our first really awful wager of the year on Monday. Will we rectify that tonight?
Kudos to Ryan for making that huge True Daily Double, doubling his $9,000 total. He takes the lead heading into Final.
|
Marcus Lewis |
Ryan Mewett |
Lisa Price |
| 14,400 | 19,200 | 2,000 |
Our players will deal with this category:
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Video upcoming.
First-order calculations
Lisa doesn’t have enough to be in contention, but Marcus can stay above Ryan’s lockout wager if they both miss.
| Marcus |
Ryan |
Lisa | |||
| 14,400 | 19,200 | 2,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 4,800 | 9,600 | 15,200 | |||
Second-order calculations
However, that 4,800 wager would put Marcus exactly at 19,200 – Ryan’s total. (Marcus has exactly 3/4 of Ryan’s score – formerly a wager-to-tie situation.)
| Marcus |
Ryan |
Lisa | |||
| 14,400 | 19,200 | 2,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 4,800 | 4,800 | 9,600 | 15,200 | ||
| 0 | |||||
Nothing much going on with the zero wagers, so we’ll skip those.
What actually happened
| Marcus | Ryan | Lisa | |||
| 14,400 | 19,200 | 2,000 | |||
| 14,400 | 9,601 | 1,998 | |||
| 28,800 | 28,801 | 3,998 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 4,800 ! | 9,601 | 15,199 | |||
| 0 ! | |||||
I guess I can understand the all-in wager; it makes sense if Marcus wants to cover a zero out of Ryan without risking a tiebreaker. However, it’s unlikely that Ryan is going to pass up the lockout wager, given his aggressive Daily Double play.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
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| IN 1915 HE DROPPED BOMB-SHAPED CARDBOARD LEAFLETS ON SEATTLE TO PROMOTE MILITARY AVIATION |
[spoiler]Who was William Boeing?[/spoiler]
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