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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category European Capitals) for Friday, April 5, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 150):
Remove 2 letters from within the 6-letter name of this capital & you get the name of a capital from a neighboring country
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Marshall Shelburne, a computer programmer from Los Angeles, California
Satish Chandrasekhar, a medical student from Jupiter, Florida
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (1-day total: $43,680)
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Correct response: What is Berlin?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Removing 2 letters (the L and the I) from Berlin (the capital of Germany) gives you Bern, the capital of neighboring Switzerland.
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Scores going into Final:
James $29,114
Satish $18,800
Marshall $4,000
Tonight’s results:
Marshall $4,000 – $1,555 = $2,445 (What Lisbon)
Satish $18,800 – $6,200 – $12,600 (What are ?)
James $29,114 + $9,812 = $38,926 (2-day total: $82,606) (What is Berlin <3 Happy Anniversary M!)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Satish $6,800
James $5,200
Marshall $4,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) LEGAL TERMS $1000 (10th pick)
Satish 3800 +2000 (James 2200 Marshall 1800)
2) 18th CENTURY SCIENCE $1200 (7th pick)
Satish 12400 +4000 (James 7200 Marshall 3600)
3) COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600 (14th pick)
James 12400 +11914 (Satish 14400 Marshall 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 181
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
James $18,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Satish $15,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts
Marshall $4,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $37,800
Lach Trash: $7,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
James Holzhauer, stats to date:
55 correct, 2 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts
42.11% in first on buzzer (48/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $26,726)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,300
James Holzhauer, to win:
3 games: 91.49%
4: 83.71%
5: 76.59%
6: 70.08%
7: 64.12%
Avg. streak: 12.757 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 100 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.3174 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.389).
An average of 5.4086 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7657).
An early cutoff took place 6.195% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
James Holzhauer qualified 80.408% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 77.080% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 51.430% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 23.059% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 6.301% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 0.408% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- If I was reading the Internet correctly last night, James’ wedding date was September 8, 2012; thus, 9/8/12 has special significance to him.
- James has the 4th-highest total winnings ever through two games (not adjusting pre-2001 scores for doubled dollar values). #1 through #3: Roger Craig ($114,000), Mark Runsvold ($103,000), Chris Fleitas ($82,901).
- If James bet the maximum he could without materially affecting his win chances, his 2-day total would be $84,250.
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: James 38.18% (21/55), Satish 26.32% (15/57), Marshall 33.33% (19/57).
- Last night, Robert K S of J! Archive stumbled upon an empty subreddit, similarly named to a fan site for James, that has put many former contestants and top quizzers up in arms. That subreddit was created a month ago by a user who does not appear to have any connection whatsoever to James (at least judging by the posting history). It is my belief that the subreddit and the website were created by an audience member who witnessed what he saw at a taping and wanted to get ahead of a wave of publicity that he thought might be coming for James’ run, but didn’t really know what he was doing, and didn’t think that the site would be discovered in advance (which ended up happening when local affiliate started airing hype promos). It also appears that a number of former contestants and top quizzers were accidentally, yet successfully, taken for by these happenstances, as there are a few people in the quizzing and game show communities who have justifably felt that James has disrespected them in the past (and have thus felt that James would be capable of this sort of behavior). That being said, James appears to be aware of the existence of this site (which has come under fire for being both disrespectful to James’ opposition as well as spoiling upcoming episodes), and he really should be doing more to defend his fellow contestants, as well as the integrity of the show, in my opinion.
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