Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Friday, June 3, 2016
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I got dressed up tonight just for you! (Well, partially, anyway.)
I went to see Eclipsed on Friday evening – it’s up for 6 Tony Awards, including Best Play. It was brilliant and haunting. (It’s also the first Broadway play in which everyone on the cast and production crew is a black female.)
|
Kelly Bayles (2x) |
Lincoln Hamilton |
Jeremy Eaton |
| 17,200 | 7,000 | 10,900 |
Kelly will have to put something on the line with this category:
| BUSINESS |
This situation is simple, so I won’t belabor it for too long.
Combined wagers
| Kelly |
Lincoln |
Jeremy | |||
| 17,200 | 7,000 | 10,900 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 4,600 | 6,300 | 5,600* | 9,500* | ||
| 3,200 | 6,300* | ||||
| 3,100* | |||||
Both Lincoln and Jeremy need to respond correctly to have a shot, so all-in is the proper play.
What actually happened
| Kelly | Lincoln | Jeremy | |||
| 17,200 | 7,000 | 10,900 | |||
| 8,000 | 5,601 | 7,100 | |||
| 25,200 | 12,601 | 3,800 | |||
| min | max | ||||
| 4,601 | 6,299 | 7,000 | 10,900 | ||
| 3,199 | |||||
That puts Kelly on the ToC leaderboard with 3 wins and $62,700… and eliminating our first 3xer from contention. See you Monday!
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| BUSINESS |
| THIS ALLITERATIVE BEVERAGE CHAIN SAYS IT GETS ITS NAME FROM AN AFRICAN WORD MEANING “TO CELEBRATE” |
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