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James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher: Who won Day 2 of the ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions Final?

The rematch is over.

WARNING: JEOPARDY! SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT SCROLL DOWN UNLESS YOU’VE WATCHED THE NOV. 15 EPISODE OR WANT IT SPOILED!

Are we all ready?

Okay.

It’s all over. James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher II is done, with one of the players emerging from 2019 Tournament of Champions with the title after a two-day final. Francois Barcomb, the Teacher’s Tournament champ who made it through to the final, was also part of the trio who competed.

So how did they do on the last day of the two-day final?As we did this week, we’ll tweak our Holzhauer tracker and tell you what happened (and again: SPOILER ALERT! Everything is below this photo of Alex Trebek):

(Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Who won?

Holzhauer — who had a lead of nearly $23,000 after Day 1 — did, with Boettcher in second place and Barcomb in third.

So does that mean Holzhauer won the whole tournament?

It does! The two-day total he accrued was more than that of his other two opponents.

Cash totals

Holzhauer finished with $76,923 over two days, Boettcher ended with $65,000 and Barcomb had $5,000.

Final Jeopardy!

Ahead of the final round, Boettcher had a lead in the second day (although all that counted was the two-day total) with $21,600, Holzhauer had $17,785 and Barcomb had $1,600. The category was “International Disputes.” Here was the clue:

A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty.

The answer?

What is Russia and Japan?

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James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher: The schedule for their ‘Jeopardy!’ rematch

Here. We. Go.

It’s happening.

The Jeopardy! rematch we’ve all been waiting for is finally happening: Las Vegas sports gambler James Holzhauer will once again get to face Emma Boettcher, the Chicago librarian who took down Holzhauer in the middle of a 32-game winning streak in which he changed the way the game show was played.

Boettcher won her semi-final game in the show’s Tournament of Champions on Monday and Holzhauer did the same on Tuesday. After Wednesday’s episode, we’ll know the third opponent who will take on the two of them.

As for the schedule the rest of the way in the ToC? It’s going to be a two-day final on Thursday Nov. 14 and Friday Nov. 15. The winner — who will be determined by the two-day totals in those games — will receive $250,000, while second-place gets $100,000 and third gets $50,000.

So away we go. We’ll see if Holzhauer can avenge his loss, or if Boettcher has his number again.

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James Holzhauer shuts down Emma Boettcher’s critics after her ‘Jeopardy!’ win

All class.

Ever since James Holzhauer lost to Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher to end his 32-game Jeopardy! winning streak, he’s been nothing but classy with his responses to critics on Twitter.

Right off the bat when he lost in June, he congratulated Boettcher by saying “There’s no greater honor than knowing an opponent had to play a perfect game to defeat me” and that he got his “(butt) kicked straight up by an elite player who nailed her own big bets.”

And after Boettcher won her semi-final Tournament of Champions on Monday, setting up what could be a rematch if Holzhauer wins Tuesday night, he had this to say to any critics:

All class. We’ll see if the pair face off with a third champion soon.

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James Holzhauer’s ‘Jeopardy!’ rematch against Emma Boettcher will have to wait

We’re a step closer, though.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

The Jeopardy! rematch everyone has been waiting isn’t happening quite yet.

Every since University of Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher ended James Holzhauer’s 32-game winning streak (and the sports gambler from Las Vegas classily congratulated her), fans of the game show have been waiting for the Tournament of Champions to see if they could get through the field and face each other at some point on their way to finals.

Unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait one more round to see if it’s going to happen.

Per the Jeopardy! official site, Boettcher will play against Dhruv Gaur and Kyle Jones on Monday, Nov. 11 (UPDATE: She won!). Holzhauer gets sports industry consultant Steven Grade and Rachel Lindgren on Tuesday. There’s one more semifinal on Wednesday to decide the third player in the final, so if Boettcher and Holzhauer win their games, it won’t be a complete one-on-one head-to-head battle.

So let’s see what happens this week. If so, get your popcorn (and buzzers) ready.

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