Stephen Webb Reacts to His Daily Double Troubles, Plus Did His Streaks Continue?

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the March 16 episode of Jeopardy!]

Going into the March 16 episode of Jeopardy!, Stephen Webb had a few streaks going: He was a seven-day champ who had to this point received $175,282, and he hadn’t discovered a Each day Double within the final three video games. So how did he do when it got here to each?

Properly, even host Ken Jennings remarked on Stephen’s woes when it got here to Each day Doubles at the beginning of the present. “Though our champion Stephen Webb is performing very properly right here on the Alex Trebek Stage, his ability at monitoring down Each day Doubles doesn’t appear to be fairly on the identical degree of mastery,” he stated. “Contemplate this: In his final three video games, Stephen has not managed to discover a single one of many Each day Doubles out there. And but, he received every of these video games very convincingly, so take coronary heart, Andrew and Sarah, he’s good, he’s superb, however the important thing to defeating him could lie within the three Each day Doubles within the recreation forward.”

And the newest episode turned the fourth straight recreation for Stephen with out discovering one. As an alternative, it was one of many new contestants, Sarah Mathews, who discovered all three (and obtained all of them appropriate); she broke a tie with Stephen with the primary and ended the Jeopardy! spherical in first.

Although Sarah obtained each Each day Doubles appropriate in Double Jeopardy!, Stephen nonetheless ended it in first, with $22,4000 over Sarah’s $17,600, whereas Andrew Brady was out since he was within the purple, with -$2,000. (Jennings once more remarked on Stephen’s lack of Each day Doubles whereas commenting on his rating with, “he did it the onerous method, didn’t discover a single Each day Double once more, for the fourth day in a row.”)

Each Stephen and Sarah obtained the Remaining Jeopardy! query, within the class Eighties Films — “A author & producer of this film stated he wished it to be like a Western or James Bond movie, ‘solely it takes place within the ’30s’” — mistaken. (The proper reply was Raiders of the Misplaced Ark.) However Sarah’s wager of $15,000 dropped her to $2,600, whereas Stephen ended the sport with $9,599. His eight-day whole is now $184,881.

Following the episode, Stephen went on Reddit to share his response to the streak he needs to place an finish to, beginning with a GIF from Futurama, I’m so bored with partying, so very drained” from Slurms MacKenzie. “How I felt after my fourth straight recreation with out a Each day Double, which must be some sort of report,” he wrote.

One viewer famous, “[Stephen] must be extra aggressive within the DD discovering Stat! If he ever wants to increase his win,” with one other including, “this was an extremely irritating recreation to look at! Gamers (particularly Stephen) beginning on the high of columns or going again to the earlier DD class as a substitute of DD looking.”

However one other fan had a distinct perspective: “It’s fairly cool to see a champ proceed profitable with out getting any boosts from Each day Doubles although. There’s a novelty issue to it that I feel is fairly fascinating.”

Viewers on Twitter have additionally shared their reactions to Stephen’s troubles with Each day Doubles and Jennings’ responses.

Additionally on Reddit, in reply to a query about how his efficiency traces as much as his expectations forward of his run on Jeopardy!, Stephen shared, “I performed a recreation of ‘what would I do with the winnings from these eventualities,’ and I sorta stopped at 2 days and about $40k in winnings, if that tells you something. I didn’t come into it pondering I’d be one of many greater seeds within the Event of Champions.”

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