Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Friday, June 10, 2016

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Friday’s Final featured a straightforward situation. Did someone mess it up?

Unfortunately, Anna won’t be around; missing that Daily Double seemed to take the wind out of her sails.

Hunter Appler (2x)	Rick Doyon	Anna Kata
13,400	14,600	-1,200

Just two players with this category:

FAMOUS AMERICANS

Classic Part One analysis tonight.

First-order calculations

Cover, stay above the cover…

Hunter		Rick		Anna
13,400		14,600		-1,200
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
	11,000	12,200

Second-order calculations

Maybe play some mind games (although not so much for Rick)…

Hunter		Rick		Anna
13,400		14,600		-1,200
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
	8,600	12,200
	11,000	9,800

Zero wagers

Hunter		Rick		Anna
13,400		14,600		-1,200
FIRST-ORDER		SECOND-ORDER		COVER ZERO
min	max	min	max	min	max
2,400	8,600	12,200
	11,000		1,200

Just 1,200 separate our two contestants.

What actually happened

Hunter		Rick		Anna
13,400		14,600		-1,200
13,399		12,201
26,799		2,399
min	max	min	max
2,401	8,599	12,201
	10,999		1,199

Hunter nearly maxes out his total, and hits the only situation in which he could win with such a large wager: the sole get. Had he missed, he would have thrown away the game.

In any event, that gives him a 3-day total of $71,400.

The Final Jeopardy! clue

FAMOUS AMERICANS

OF HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT, HE HUMBLY REMARKED, “PILOTS…TAKE PRIDE IN A GOOD LANDING, NOT IN GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE”

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