Because they are individual games. The wager he made gave him the

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Jan 15, 2020
8:31:50am

bluecougar1985 All-American

Because they are individual games. The wager he made gave him the

highest win probability in this individual game.

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bluecougar1985

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Last login: May 3, 2024
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Here's some math for that last Final Jeopardy in the GOAT tournament (spoilers)

Nikomedes

1/15/20 7:45am

Reminds me of the Cheers episode

Lynk

1/15/20 7:57am

Who are people who have never been in my kitchen, Alex?

NWCoug

1/15/20 8:24am

Oh yeah. Hahaha. I totally followed all of that because I am good with math. But

CDV

1/15/20 8:05am

Wait people get mad if you don't say (spoilers) when talking about Jeopardy?

ReggaeCoug

1/15/20 8:09am

For this tournament yes. It makes sense.

Baron

1/15/20 8:15am

RE: Here's some math for that last Final Jeopardy in the GOAT tournament

kolob32

1/15/20 8:11am

he would have bet the same no matter the series score

The Shazad

1/15/20 8:16am

I dont see how....

kolob32

1/15/20 8:19am

Because they are individual games. The wager he made gave him the

1/15/20 8:31am

He knew what James had to pretty much wager everything to to win. He also knew

couldge

1/15/20 8:37am

there's no wager that could have increased his chances of winning this game

The Shazad

1/15/20 8:39am

Well, any bet under the number the op stated makes sense.

1/15/20 8:30am

Me reading your post

franklyvulgar

1/15/20 8:17am

Me Reading this thread...

Ode to Hoy

1/15/20 9:37am

I didn’t do all the math, but knew he should wager 9000 or less. 0 accomplished

1/15/20 8:29am

Great post. The "if not...you are foolish" ending was phenomenal (mad applause)

Celeritas

1/15/20 9:15pm

Thank you for working the numbers! I was very curious about all the implications

woodymullet

1/16/20 10:03am

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