Ken the jeopardy guy speaks! As do some of his opponents!

[jwvdcw]

This board is filled with posts from some of his opponents, and Ken even makes a few posts at the end of page 2! Very interesting.

http://boards.sonypictures.com/board...threadid=83340

[Homer]

Quick, someone ask him why he isn't maximizing his bankroll.

[Sponger15SB]

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Quick, someone ask him why he isn't maximizing his bankroll.

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because he hasn't visited www.gameshowwhores.com

other than that, somebody definantly needs to get on the boards and ask him so hard questions about EV

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I found this link to the jeopardy message boards pretty informative, and I don't know I guess I didn't really realize that Ken is just insanely fast at buzzing in as well as knowing most of the answers.

Also, It is incredibly sad that nerds sit through the whole show and report information like this:


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Games Played: 37
Total Winnings: $1,246,660
Right Answers: 1317 (including Final Jeopardy)
Wrong Answers: 120 (including Final Jeopardy)
Unforced Errors: 97 (incorrect answer after a buzz-in)
Career Batting Average: 0.592

Categories Run: 43
Categories with 4 Correct Responses: 114
Categories with 3 Correct Responses: 127
Categories with 0 Correct Responses: 17


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[RowdyZ]

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Quick, someone ask him why he isn't maximizing his bankroll.

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Because he isn't a gambler and/or poker player. He is a trivia geek playing it safe.

[benfranklin]

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Also, It is incredibly sad that nerds sit through the whole show and report information like this:


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Games Played: 37
Total Winnings: $1,246,660
Right Answers: 1317 (including Final Jeopardy)
Wrong Answers: 120 (including Final Jeopardy)
Unforced Errors: 97 (incorrect answer after a buzz-in)
Career Batting Average: 0.592

Categories Run: 43
Categories with 4 Correct Responses: 114
Categories with 3 Correct Responses: 127
Categories with 0 Correct Responses: 17


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That's standard output from JeopardyTracker.

[Sponger15SB]

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That's standard output from JeopardyTracker.

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oh, wow for a second there i thought that was nerdy, now that you mention that this is standard output from jeopardytracker, you have changed my whole opinion around, and i now think that somehow knowing that he has had 127 catagories with 3 reponses correct is not nerdy at all.

[golgo13sf]

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Also, It is incredibly sad that nerds sit through the whole show and report information like this:


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Its nerds like Ken Jennings that allow you to play poker online. Everytime you win a pot you should pucker up your lips like you're about to kiss his ass in thanks.

[Thythe]

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Also, It is incredibly sad that nerds sit through the whole show and report information like this:


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Its nerds like Ken Jennings that allow you to play poker online. Everytime you win a pot you should pucker up your lips like you're about to kiss his ass in thanks.

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Like he said.

[eastbay]

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Also, It is incredibly sad that nerds sit through the whole show and report information like this:


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Yeah, and that's so not like a bunch of people endlessly sitting in front a computer clicking their way through card games, and then discussing pot odds, outs, reads, preflop win%, ROI, and EV on an internet bulletin board.

eastbay

[cassise]

Not to mention, even if he did understand EV (which, being a geek he probebally does) the variance is probebally far higher than he cares to deal with. Remember, this isn't a card game where the "long run" is a lifetime of cardplaying.

Not to mention that in his eyes, mabye the extra x-thousand dollars is not worth the risk.

I understand the point, I know that the math says it is in his best interesting, but we forget that a normal (conservative) person is probebally not willing to risk a huge amount of money if he doesn't have to.

We also forget that he may be basing his wagers on what he feels he knows about a given category.