The guy is currently competing this week on Tournament of Champions. His last name is Jacob, he's a currency trader from Chicago and a Jew.

I've never seen someone so dominate the game like he has, even against former five day champions. Every time he gets a daily double, he goes all in.

Why was Jew important unless it was a really smart joke?

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I certainly didn't mean it negatively. They are very smart people.

Why would it be wrong to call Spielberg or Einstein a Jew? They are.

Too much political correctness. We've been brainwashed to think race doesn't matter, but it matters a great deal in our make-up.

DID YOU THINK WE CONTROL THE ECOMONY AND MONEY SUPPLY BECAUSE WE OUR STUPID???

You, stupid- no way?

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Too funny, Isaiah.

No love for Ken Jennings ?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Is he Jewish?

No doubt he was good. But this guy's better. I mean amazing.

There was a category yesterday where he cleaned up. It was "History 101", questions about events and people from the Year 101 AD.

I think he got them all right. I mean, c'mon, who knows that stuff?

I can't recall his name, but I think the guy worked for the FBI or something. Anyway he was on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. So he plows through all the questions with ease and gets to the final question for a million dollars. They throw the question up on the screen, and he decides to use his phone a friend lifeline. When they get the friend on the line, the contestant tells the friend he is about to win a million dollars. Then the contestant proceeds to answer the question correctly. I liked that ending.

Best Jeopardy Contestant. That's easy.

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That guy called his father.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I would have phoned Terrible IT Guy.

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WHEN I DUE BUSINESS I HAVE A SECRETARY WITH SPELCHEK. SHE WORRYS ABOUT THE SPELLING AND I WORRY ABOUT THE EURODOLLAR FUTURES. WE CAN COMPARE BANK ACCOUNTS IF YOU THINK YOU ARE SMART???

And spelling doesn't matter in "Final Jeopardy", so there.

No thanks. I stick to comparing my own bank accounts, and they're quite healthy. If you have more in yours, then God bless you.

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This is a rerun from November. It comes down to Alex Jacob and Matt Jackson, two sides of an eccentric coin.

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ALWAYS GOOD TO BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING??

Big, I am known for much, but around here mostly for bad thoughts.

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Thanks. So he won the tourney in '15, collecting $250,000.

Look at his bio on Wikipedia. Besides being a prop trader, he's a poker pro with career earnings of $3 mil. He graduated from Yale (My bro's alma mater) in math and econ.

Very impressive. Love to see him go against Ken Jennings one day. Maybe they'll have a tourney for the winners of the Tournaments of Champions.

God, some of those high finance guys with their poker and trivia knowledge. They must just have incredible memories. It is amazing how much overlap there is between those "skills".

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Coolest thing about Alex Jacob was when he'd hit a Daily Double, murmur "bet it all," take all the time in the world, and get it right.

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I go back to what Denisdman said, he must have a photographic memory to recall these things, like Rainman but without being autistic.

I wonder, though,about the DDs, because Trebek gives him a lot of time, probably more than he should. But, yes, it's exciting and suspenseful when he gets those.

I always lean towards Turd Ferguson...

Who is going to break it to Dennis that BigBrane isn't real?

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Me too. Excellent.

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He's got bigfan-speak down to a t.

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There's technically no time limit on Daily Doubles. All Alex can do is prompt you to say you don't know, but you can stay silent as long as you need to.

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Just one T mind you.

Just one?

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sure ddman isn't playing along / doing a bit back? ...well, anyhow. BIGBRANE NEEDS MOAR BANG-BANG [!!!].