User:RJaguar3/Jeopardy! strategy
Strategies for contestants on the game show Jeopardy! have been developed during the show's decades-long run.
Main game strategies
[edit]Clue selection
[edit]- Forrest bounce
- Selecting bottom-row clues first
Daily double betting
[edit]- Trebek criticizing small wagers, especially in favorite categories (p. 69)
Final Jeopardy! strategies
[edit]Basic strategy
[edit]- If A > 2B, leader should bet small to win
- Otherwise, leaders generally bet to win
- If 2B > A > 3B/2, B should bet (nearly) everything, since he must be right to have a chance
Advanced wagering
[edit]- Mixed strategies from Gilbert and Hatcher
- Maybe Trebek and Barsocchini p. 69 advice in close games?
Wagering to tie
[edit]- Note the rule change
- Trebek's advice against wagering to tie (Trebek and Barsocchini p. 70 "the player you tie today might beat you tomorrow")
- Williams's argument in favor (Chu media accounts)