Final Jeopardy! wagering analysis:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Let’s see if we can end our carousel of champions.
The Orson Welles compilation from The Critic, by the legendary Maurice LaMarche (who voiced The Brain from Pinky & the Brain and several Futurama characters):
Fun little situation heading into Final:
|
Vivek Ravishanker (1x) |
Courtney Cissel |
Dennis Fipps |
| 15,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 |
Let’s see what everyone should do.
First-order calculations
Courtney has exactly 2/3 of Vivek’s total, so this is a wager-to-tie situation. Dennis spoils the fun, since he more or less forces Courtney to go all in.
| Vivek |
Courtney |
Dennis | |||
| 15,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 | |||
| FIRST-ORDER | SECOND-ORDER | COVER ZERO | |||
| min | max | min | max | min | max |
| 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 3,000 | ||
| 0 | |||||
| 1,000 | |||||
What actually happened
| Vivek | Courtney | Dennis | |||
| 15,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 | |||
| 5,001 | 2,000 | 3,001 | |||
| 20,001 | 8,000 | 3,999 | |||
| min | max | min | max | ||
| 5,000 | 5,001 | 10,000 | 3,001 | ||
| 0 | |||||
| 999 | |||||
Poor wagering from Courtney twice (that late Daily Double was no good, either), but either way, it’s moot – Vivek has now won 2 games and $43,200.
The Final Jeopardy! clue
| EW‘s 50 GREATEST MOVIE DIRECTORS |
| HE “INAUGURATED A NEW DEPTH–BOTH VISUALLY…AND EMOTIONALLY…AND (HAD) A VOICE THAT PAID THE BILLS UNTIL HE DIED” |
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