Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Seth received a second life last night. Will someone finally dethrone him?
Once again, he’s in good shape, with only Erin to worry about.
|
Seth Wilson (7x) |
Erin Post |
Harold Leff |
| 17,600 | 12,600 | 4,400 |
Both Seth and Erin can play some mind games here.
Second-order calculations
Either can go big or small – past experience (I’ll share the numbers later) say Seth should go big, Erin small.
| Seth |
Erin |
Harold | |||
| 17,600 | 12,600 | 4,400 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 7,600 | 8,800 | 2,600 | |||
| 2,400 | 7,400* | ||||
What actually happened
| Seth | Erin | Harold | |||
| 17,600 | 12,600 | 4,400 | |||
| 7,601 | 12,599 | 4,400 | |||
| 25,201 | 1 | 8,800 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 7,601 | 8,799 | 2,599 | |||
| 2,399 | 7,401* | ||||
Erin went big, but it didn’t matter – Seth is up to $191,701 after 8 games.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| HISTORIC HOMES |
| ALSO KNOWN AS THE “HOUSE OF HIS MAJESTY”, FAIRFIELD HOUSE IN ENGLAND WAS THE HOME OF THIS AFRICAN LEADER FROM 1936 TO 1941 |
[spoiler]Who was Haile Selassie (emperor of Ethiopia)?[/spoiler]
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