Hasn’t happened so far (knock on wood though again, shows taped in advance so nothing to jinx).Schneider earned over $1.3 million dollars ($1,382,800, to be exact) during her run on the show, plus she took the $250,000 grand prize at the November 2022 Tournament of Champions. Long time champs have often gone on talk shows about the time their runs end on the aired shows. There was some speculation last week that Mattea’s streak would soon end because she was on a couple talk shows. Based on her average winnings to date, she would need to win 35 more games to pass Amy, 41 to pass Matt, 80 to pass James and 82 to pass Ken. Still has a chance (though maybe not based on fact that shows are taped weeks in advance) to get there but its a long way to go. She is behind just the Big 4 (and next one to pass would be Amy if Mattea can win $850k more). She may have known she was there already without betting anything (but its by about $2k). Yesterday’s show put her into 5th place for all-time regular season winnings. When she doesn’t make a max bet in Final Jeopardy, I have viewed that as her own assessment of her strength in the category. So she definitely understands and uses the best Final Jeopardy betting guidelines. She has often made max bets (with no risk of loss) in runaway games and made exact cover bets in games she leads but that are not runaways. And is one of the best champions the show has ever had. So Mattea is doing a lot of things very well. Also won more regular season games than all but 4 contestants. I was totally shocked when none of the contestants knew disc and drum brakes. Not sure at this point how much longer Mattea’s streak will continue or who will follow with streaks of their own which could impact the ToC for this season. Arthur and Julia didn’t face each other until the ToC finals but both Arthur won 11 games and Julia 20 that season.Īnd this season runs through July 29, 2022. Contestants who beat Matt and Amy were one and dones. Jonathan won 11 games after beating Matt. Emma was the first contestant to beat a 10+ game winner who wasn’t a one game winner (Emma won three games–think she was a wild card contestant for the ToC because 3 wins doesn’t typically qualify). Re-matches in the Tournament of Champions are not common. Would they want Matt and Jonathan to re-match in the semifinal or wait for the final? I would think the idea of Matt, Amy and Mattea in the finals would be very appealing for the show (but you never know if all/any of them will advance that far). Will be interesting to see what they would do with Jonathan and Matt if all 4 of the super champs advance to the semifinal. And if no more than 3 of them advance, I am not expecting them to face each other in the semifinals either. So I am expecting that Matt, Amy, Mattea and Jonathan will all be in separate quarterfinals. James and Emma Boettcher (who won 3 games but did defeat James in the regular season) met in the finals of their ToC. Arthur Chu and Julia Collins met in the finals of their tournament of champions. They seem to line up top contestants from each season to meet as late as possible. Its my understanding that the producers of the show set the parings for the tournament of champions.
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