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underpants

(182,829 posts) Fri Oct 6, 2017, 04:38 PM Oct 2017

TV - if you haven't been watching Austin Rogers on Jeopardy! this guy is a hoot

Bartender from NYC
8 days $300,000 won
Very smart and he's got a great advantage at this point
Wild gestures - but not as wild as the first few days
He's playing with house money so he makes big wagers when he hits on a double jeopardy question.

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TV - if you haven't been watching Austin Rogers on Jeopardy! this guy is a hoot (Original Post) underpants Oct 2017 OP

We sensed this early malaise Oct 2017 #1

Yes underpants Oct 2017 #9

He looks like John Laroquette genxlib Oct 2017 #2

Very much so. First thing I noticed. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #6

Damn you're right. underpants Oct 2017 #7

He won something like $65,000 two or three days ago. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 #3

He's has the highest daily average winnings EVER Brother Buzz Oct 2017 #5

Yes. Housemoney. underpants Oct 2017 #10

Can you explain housemoney to this idiot? Brother Buzz Oct 2017 #11

Housemoney is sort of a gambling term underpants Oct 2017 #12

I keep calling him Austin Powers. louis-t Oct 2017 #4

Let me know when he loses CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #8

Won again. $25,500. underpants Oct 2017 #14

He lost underpants Oct 2017 #15

Thank you. I shall resume watching tomorrow! CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #16

Spoiler malaise Oct 2017 #13

malaise

(269,054 posts)

1. We sensed this early

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 04:41 PM

Oct 2017

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029643972

I'm rooting for him

underpants

(182,829 posts)

9. Yes

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:34 PM

Oct 2017

I commented on that thread.

I really look forward to watching it

genxlib

(5,528 posts)

2. He looks like John Laroquette

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 04:52 PM

Oct 2017

In an SNL skit.

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

6. Very much so. First thing I noticed.

Reply to genxlib (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:25 PM

Oct 2017

Good call.

underpants

(182,829 posts)

7. Damn you're right.

Reply to genxlib (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:32 PM

Oct 2017

I hadn't noticed that and I'm usually really good at that.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)

3. He won something like $65,000 two or three days ago.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 04:54 PM

Oct 2017

I've been watching.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

5. He's has the highest daily average winnings EVER

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:13 PM

Oct 2017

$20,000 is considered average, and winnings approaching $30.000 are notable, but he's averaging $38,750 (down from his $42,000 the other day).

underpants

(182,829 posts)

10. Yes. Housemoney.

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:36 PM

Oct 2017

He makes crazy bets which gets his numbers up but also makes the opponents take chances which they shouldn't.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

11. Can you explain housemoney to this idiot?

Reply to underpants (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:51 PM

Oct 2017

In many ways, Austin's quirkiness reminds me of Hunter Pence:

underpants

(182,829 posts)

12. Housemoney is sort of a gambling term

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #11)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 06:03 PM

Oct 2017

You sit down at a table with $500. Once you have more than $500, let's say $700, you have $200 of housemoney. Losing it doesn't really lose YOU anything because you are still up or at least you haven't actually lost money.

Jeopardy is a bit different because you aren't puting in anything. I used that term because he has $300k (less taxes) in his pocket so he can take chances which often cause the opponents to make mistakes. He makes big wagers when he hits on Jeopardy questions because....WHY NOT?