Jeopardy! betting can get weird sometimes, and I’ll fully admit that if I was at the podium, I might get nervous trying to figure out the correct wager in certain game situations.
But: This wasn’t good.
Here’s the situation: Steve Clarke was in the lead with $20,000 heading into Final Jeopardy. The second-place contestant, Ben Coller, had $10,000.
The correct move here is for Coller to go all-in with $10,000 to have a shot at tying Clarke … that is, if Clarke decided to wager $0.
But neither of them did that and it baffled everyone watching.
So let’s break down exactly what happened and the reaction: