![]() In his thirty-three games, Holzhauer found seventy-six (76.7%) of the ninety-nine Daily Doubles available and was correct on seventy-two of them (94.7%). The average winning score in Season 34 was $20,022 Holzhauer sometimes had more than that going into the Double Jeopardy round, with a record high of $24,600, set on May 24, 2019, the game he passed the $2 million mark. Upon hitting the Daily Double in the Jeopardy round, he would either wager everything he had, or an important date in his life, as most of his Daily Double wagers are, if he had a high enough bank. ![]() This way, he could have as much money as possible when he hit a Daily Double. He starts with the $1,000 clues and moves his way across the bottom of the board, then does the same with the $800 clues, and so on. Holzhauer's strategy is what he refers to as "strategically aggressive". He also achieved 212 consecutive correct responses and is the only champion to have back-to-back-to-back perfect games (i.e., games where no incorrect responses are given at any point). On his 33rd appearance on June 3, 2019, he lost to Emma Boettcher, coming up short of breaking Ken Jennings' cash winnings record in regular competition.Īnother thing that sets him apart from other ultrachampions is his extremely low amount of incorrect responses, with just 36 throughout the entire 33 games of his streak for reference, Jennings, Amodio and Schneider clocked 109, 103, and 62 incorrect responses through the same point in their respective streaks. He averaged $76,944 per game, which is just $56 off of what Craig won in 2010. Then, he broke his own record with $131,127 on April 17, 2019. On his fourth game (aired April 9, 2019), Holzhauer broke the single-game record of $77,000 (set by Roger Craig in 2010) with $110,914. Holzhauer notably holds the top sixteen highest single-day winnings records and is also the only player to win $100,000 or more in a single game during regular play (he accomplished the feat six times). As well, he is the third-highest overall money winner behind Jennings and Brad Rutter. He is the second highest money-winning contestant in regular season play behind Ken Jennings, and is fourth in games won after Jennings, Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider. He made his first Jeopardy! appearance on April 4, 2019, and went on to win 32 consecutive games, accumulating over $2.4 million in cash winnings, and breaking several Jeopardy! records. August 6, 1984) is a professional sports gambler and game show contestant from Las Vegas, Nevada.
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