Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Thursday, June 23, 2016
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All right, I’m all caught up! Let’s see if our two-time champ can stretch her reign to a third victory.
As I mention in the video, Laurie could have done a better job of taking advantage of those Daily Doubles (and, in the case of the last one, of hunting for it). She allowed Will to take the lead heading into Final.
|
Laurie MacDougall (2x) |
Will Gilbert |
Marjika Howarth |
| 13,500 | 13,800 | 6,400 |
Tonight’s Final Jeopardy! category is:
| ACTRESSES |
This is an intriguing situation.
Combined calculations
| Laurie |
Will |
Marjika | |||
| 13,500 | 13,800 | 6,400 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 600 | 700 | 13,200 | 5,800 | ||
| 7,100 | 400 | 1,000 | |||
| 12,900 | 200 | ||||
Laurie has a really tight Shoretegic range, but could go bigger.
What actually happened
| Laurie | Will | Marjika | |||
| 13,500 | 13,800 | 6,400 | |||
| 12,800 | 13,201 | 3,600 | |||
| 26,300 | 599 | 2,800 | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 601 | 699 | 13,201 | 5,799 | ||
| 7,099 | 401 | 999 | |||
| 12,899 | 199 | ||||
The big wager worked out for her pocketbook, but would have cost her the win had she missed. Always force your opponents to get it right to have a shot at beating you!
That’s $78,000 after 3 games.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
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| SHE WON A 2006 OSCAR & A 2015 TONY FOR PLAYING THE SAME MONARCH, THOUGH IN DIFFERENT PRODUCTIONS |
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