I have watched a lot of Jeopardy in my time. Since the Metal 80's - lol
Alex Trebek is 78, unfortunately has cancer - wears a white wig.
Has hosted over 8,000 shows.
Anyways. It's been very exciting watching this one particular guy.
James Holzhauer. 35 years old.
He's a professional gambler = Las Vegas. Lives there.
Married. Sweet wife. Has kid.
He's a calm, cool, rational guy with a nice smile.
Insanely brilliant !
He's won 26 games in a row.
Always heavy betting his chances with 'a true daily double'.
Ballsy.
As a child, he was known as Jamie. In 1989, when he was 4, his teacher was astounded by his arithmetic abilities
and developed advanced classwork just for him. At age 7, he was moved up to a fifth-grade math class,
and at his mother’s urging he skipped second grade. He consistently got A’s on math tests
and competed on the Naperville North High School math team.
Despite high marks on individual tests, he was a C student overall, as he often skipped class and homework
on the grounds that he could use the time more productively, such as playing online poker.
Holzhauer memorized obscure baseball and professional wrestling statistics,
prompting his parents to reprimand him for “wasting his life” learning about sports.[8]