Adriana Harmeyer raked in her fifth straight Jeopardy! win in a formidable runaway sport on June 4, and he or she did all of it with out discovering a single Every day Double.
Harmeyer is an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana with three-day winnings of $91,800. Taking part in in opposition to the returning champ was Travis Kissire, a deputy public works director from Boise, Idaho, and Christina Paul, a international service officer from Davie, Florida. Whereas these two discovered all three of the Every day Doubles, they weren’t of a lot assist in any respect to their video games.
Paul was the primary to discover a Every day Double within the match, shedding $1,000 from her rating when answering incorrectly on a real Every day Double guess. Kissire misplaced greater than half of his winnings on his Every day Double loss. Paul was in a position so as to add simply $1,000 to her rating with the third Every day Double. Regardless of discovering the bonus clues, neither of the gamers may catch as much as Harmeyer’s rating.
Harmeyer was on a tear by the usual Jeopardy questions and loved a powerful lead for a lot of the sport. The scores on the first break have been Harmeyer with $4,000, Kissire with $2,600, and Paul with $600. On the second break the scores have been Harmeyer with $6,200, Kissire with $3,000, and Paul with $600. By the point of Closing Jeopardy, there was no catching up with the chief — Harmeyer already had a runaway sport in her grasp together with her rating going into the Closing Spherical ($17,400 vs. Kissire’s $4,800 and Paul’s $2,400).
Harmeyer simply wanted to ensure she didn’t guess an excessive amount of within the last spherical if she have been to reply incorrectly. Fortunately, she didn’t, and he or she ended up gaining $7,000 for a last rating of $24,400. Kissire additionally answered appropriately on the Mary Poppins-themed last clue however Paul was stumped. Kissire ended the sport with $9,599, simply $1 shy of doubling his rating. Paul guess all of it and ended with $0.
Due to their scores getting into the final spherical, each gamers wanted Harmeyer to get Closing Jeopardy mistaken to have any likelihood of profitable, however she prevailed. Her winnings tonight helped her break the $100k mark. She now has a five-day whole of $116,200. Followers on the Jeopardy Reddit dialogue board have been impressed by Harmeyer’s victory secured with out the assistance of any Every day Doubles.
“There goes the argument that discovering the DDs and luck takes all of the enjoyable out of it! Albeit, I’ll give that concept a bit extra credence with regards to Masters,” one fan wrote of Paul and Kissire’s Every day Double woes. One other fan famous that Harmeyer benefitted from Every day Double losses in a earlier sport as nicely.
“It’s too unhealthy (within the sense of wanting competitors) that Adriana bought one other lock from a DD fail, however each have been very exhausting clues and her repute is why gamers are betting massive on them,” they stated. One fan thinks Harmeyer has what it takes to stage a good longer streak.
“Adriana is spectacular and [likable] and enjoyable to observe. I’m going to foretell a 20 sport run. Hoping for much more. Go Adriana!” they shared. She’s definitely confirmed herself unbeatable up to now!
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