‘Jeopardy!’ contestant’s massive payday breaks single-day record

[Doug]

JJ got edged out by $200 on day one, other guys caught his doubles downs ! He was cautious not going for the answers like a machine.
One of those other champs thinks he past his prime mentally at like 45. I call BS, it's an advance excuse if he doesn't win ! Jeopardy isn't the NFL !
As sports bettors present and past, we've got to behind this squinty eyed brother !

 

[Doug]

What I like most about this the other 2 contestants and Alex wear suits and James wears a sweater/ sweatshirt type of outfit and likely sneakers !

 

[michael777]

watching now,good game

 

[Doug]

I don't often like to watch this gameshow, it makes me feel stupid, but I'll watch this, that guy Ken is a good match for JJ !

 

[thechaoz]

I don't often like to watch this gameshow, it makes me feel stupid, but I'll watch this, that guy Ken is a good match for JJ !

JJ will bury them tomorrow. Brad Rutter is buried and thinks he's the best. James isn't even trying.

 

[Cireboy]

I don't often like to watch this gameshow, it makes me feel stupid, but I'll watch this, that guy Ken is a good match for JJ !

That guy jj is a good match for Ken.

 

[NewYorkKnight]

JJ will bury them tomorrow. Brad Rutter is buried and thinks he's the best. James isn't even trying.

Stupid comment ... He's trying.

 

[pete7713]

They are all trying, this is for a million dollars. So far the main difference is James didn't get a daily double day 1. Rutter is getting the most of them but keeps missing the answers.

 

[Doug]

Yeah Ken wins, it's obvious that Ken and JJ know the answers to an insanely wide range of subject matter, the guy Brad is overmatched. They all know to copy JJ' s move of going all in on doubles, kinda like the switch in baseball, they all do it now !
It's all in the timing of catching the doubles, Ken caught a big one and that was pretty much game over at that point. Brad catches them but has few points or gets it wrong.

To a large extent it comes down to the luck of catching the doubles at this level of play.
I'd like to see how these guys perform on a show like Family Feud, I doubt they would be so dominant.

 

[Doug]

I wonder why James even bothered to go to college in the first place, usually you'd have some goal in mind, like I want to be an engineer or something, he must have desired to be a pro sports better, did college help him in anyway to achieve that ? I rather doubt it !

Have any of Vegans ever seen this guy in a sports book ?