The Untold Truth Of Jeopardy! Champion James Holzhauer

It seems like James Holzhauer was good at, well, everything. As he made his way through grade 12, he consistently took home first place trophies in a variety of academic competitions. The math whiz went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois. Yet, while there is no denying

It seems like James Holzhauer was good at, well, everything. As he made his way through grade 12, he consistently took home first place trophies in a variety of academic competitions. The math whiz went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois. Yet, while there is no denying Holzhauer's intelligence, he struggled to land a stable job and instead set his sights on sports betting. It seemed to be the wise choice for him with his competitive edge as a math expert.

Before he stepped onto the Jeopardy! stage he tested the waters on a show called The Chaser, where he won $175,000 for him and his team, according to the New York Post. Of course, he set records on that show, as well, answering 12 questions correctly in the opening round, and 19 questions in the finals. While he was clearly ready to take on Jeopardy!, it actually took him six years to land a spot on the live show, according to the New York Times.

Once he got on the show, however, he devised the perfect strategy for success: to be just a little bit better than everyone else. "If you synthesize, like, ten different things, you do one or two percent better than someone else ... so I need at least some knowledge of every category," he told Vulture. "It was finding a little bit of an edge in every aspect of the game as I could."

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