‘Jeopardy!’ Champion James Holzhauer Extends Streak To 28 Wins, Closes In On Ken Jennings’ Record
James Holzhauer landed his 28th straight Jeopardy! victory on Memorial Day, adding $130,222 to his prize winnings. That was just shy of the one-day record of $131,127 that he set on April 9.
The latest win brings the professional Las Vegas gambler’s tally to $2,195,557, pulling in within $325,000 of the record haul of Jeopardy! all-time champion Ken Jennings, who amassed $2,520,700 during his dream run in 2004.
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Holzhauer last week became only the second Jeopardy! contestant ever to cross the $2 million earnings mark in a single run. He is averaging more than $77,000 per show.
Jennings has been cheering Holzhauer on, most recently tweeting two days ago.
Phenomenal. That’s like, global-warming-graph Jeopardy performance. Welcome to the $2M club, James. https://t.co/lRBs5aJXJd
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) May 25, 2019
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