Current Champion
Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500
To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
All Time Winnings
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
I hope everyone’s last week has gone well; here are my Andy’s Weekly Thoughts for this past week!
Next Week’s Games
Just in case people haven’t been paying attention to the TV listings, here’s what we’ll be seeing over the next week:
Monday: Game 6 of the Tournament of Champions final
Tuesday: OAD (Original Air Date) September 12, 2022 (Luigi de Guzman game 2)
Wednesday: OAD September 13, 2022 (Luigi de Guzman game 3)
Thursday: OAD September 21, 2022
Friday: OAD September 30, 2022 (David Sibley game 5; Cris Pannullo game 1).
Where I Expect To See Most Of The Recycled Clues From
With Season 40 starting September 11, it’s no secret that we will be seeing a lot of recycled clues from past seasons—the show has stated as much. However, I expect to see most of the recycled clues from games with unplayed clues in their initial runs. Why? Because if I understand things correctly, the current generation of online simulators generally have only imported clues from games with all 61 clues played. Thus, I would venture that players using those simulators to train are significantly less likely to have seen those clues—and are less likely to gain an advantage in-game.
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Are you going on the show and looking for information about how to bet in Final Jeopardy? Check out my Betting Strategy 101 page. If you want to learn how to bet in two-day finals, check out Betting Strategy 102. In case the show uses a tournament with wild cards in the future, there is also a strategy page for betting in tournament quarterfinals.
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Why I Keep Saying Daily Doubles Are So Important
Over the past few months, I have been focusing in my recaps on the importance of making intelligent clue selections to maximize your chances of finding a Daily Double. But why is that? Just finding the Daily Doubles has a positive chance on your chances of winning.
In the 3,561 regular-play games that have taken place since October 4, 2004 (the start of my data set), a player who finds at least 2 of the Daily Doubles wins 53.56% of the time. If you find all 3, you win 71.73% of the time. (That’s much higher than the 33.33% “average”.) Moreover, of these 3,561 episodes, only 603 have been won by someone who has failed to find a Daily Double.
Even if you hate the category that a Daily Double might be in, it’s better to bet small on the Daily Double to take the clue out of your opponents’ hands. One further stat: In Season 39’s regular-play games, contestants were 67.54% on Daily Doubles.
In Closing
I was hoping to be able to make a personal announcement about a couple of new projects with this, but I am still waiting for clearance to be able to do that! Keep posted to the site over the next week and enjoy the last week of encore presentations!
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