Wednesday, November 18, 2015 – ToC2015 SF #3
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Who will be our third finalist: Matt Jackson, Andrew Haringer, or Catherine Hardee?
This one was looking close through the beginning of the Double Jeopardy! round. Then Matt Jackson found his groove – and converted a big wager on a Daily Double.
If there’s one thing you should take away from this game, it’s that you should go big on Daily Doubles when you feel confident.
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Matt Jackson |
Andrew Haringer |
Catherine Hardee |
| 28,400 | 10,400 | 6,400 |
You might recall that I predicted Matt would lose after missing Final Jeopardy!. Well, Matt certainly did remember:
I wish I had seen this before recording tonight’s video! Matt’s gonna hate me for my off-the-cuff prediction for the finals. Another chance to prove me wrong.
Congrats to Matt as well for jumping from ninth to six in all-time winnings, now that he’s guaranteed $50,000. (He’ll move to fourth if he finishes second, and to third – over Roger Craig – with the tournament title.)
No matter what happens, the next two days are going to be a lot of fun – fasten your seat belts!
| Matt | Andrew | Catherine | |||
| 28,400 | 10,400 | 6,400 | |||
| 0 | 2,401 | 0 | |||
| 28,400 | 7,999 | 6,400 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 7,599 | |||||
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| SPACE EXPLORATION |
| THE FIRST MAN TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY ON THAT FATEFUL DAY IN WHAT IS TODAY THIS COUNTRY |
[spoiler]What is Kazakhstan?[/spoiler]
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Andrew bet perfectly to control his destiny vs. Catherine. But she blew it (black banner?) — if she’d wagered anywhere from 1,600 to everything, she’d be #2.
Or do semifinal losers in a tournament get paid as if it were a regular game?
Nothing but pride – all semifinalists receive $10,000. I should note, however, that the highest-scoring non-winner in the semifinals becomes the alternate for the finals. Yes, that’s Andrew, and it would have been Catherine had she doubled up.
Yes, it was that funny. I was laughing like a mad man.