2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Final results)
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2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Final results)
This thread will document the standings for the wild cards for the ongoing Teachers Tournament. As always, comments and predictions are welcome but please do not comment on any games that have not been entered on the list.
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Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 1 entered)
Semifinalists
1.Amanda Baltimore: 15600+2000=17600
2. Meggie Kwait: 16400+5201=21601
3. Will Satterwhite: 22400+0=22400
4. Ben Henri: 24500-822=23678
5. Jong Ho Kim: 25512-2142=23370
Wildcards
1. Katie Labarge (Game 2): 9200+9200=18400
2. Jenna Hall (Game 3): 9000+7500=16500
3, Sam Matson (Game 2): 10800+5602=16402
4. Lauren Schneider Lipton (Game 3): 7600+6401=14001
5. Anne Pulju (Game 5): 13800-2201=11599
6. Matt Joyal (Game 4): 10200-800=9400
7.Peter Gouveia (Game 1):11000-4601=6399
8. Mary Kate Trausch (Game 4): 1600+1599=3199
9. Allison Thomas (Game 5): 3200-3200=0
10. Ivory Johnson (Game 1): 0 (Did not play FJ)
FJ Responses
1.Amanda Baltimore: 15600+2000=17600
2. Meggie Kwait: 16400+5201=21601
3. Will Satterwhite: 22400+0=22400
4. Ben Henri: 24500-822=23678
5. Jong Ho Kim: 25512-2142=23370
Wildcards
1. Katie Labarge (Game 2): 9200+9200=18400
2. Jenna Hall (Game 3): 9000+7500=16500
3, Sam Matson (Game 2): 10800+5602=16402
4. Lauren Schneider Lipton (Game 3): 7600+6401=14001
5. Anne Pulju (Game 5): 13800-2201=11599
6. Matt Joyal (Game 4): 10200-800=9400
7.Peter Gouveia (Game 1):11000-4601=6399
8. Mary Kate Trausch (Game 4): 1600+1599=3199
9. Allison Thomas (Game 5): 3200-3200=0
10. Ivory Johnson (Game 1): 0 (Did not play FJ)
FJ Responses
Spoiler
1. Idaho
2. Iron Curtain
3, Jack and the Beanstalk
2. Iron Curtain
3, Jack and the Beanstalk
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Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 1 entered)
I suppose they would go to whoever had the highest score going into FJ. If we had a bunch of two player FJs, Ivory would rank ahead of anyone in the negative.
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The 2003 ToC QF had exactly six $0 finishes, and two negatives. The two non-winners with positive scores went through, obviously, and the other wild cards had $9,000 and $7,600 before FJ. The ones who didn't make it through had dropped from $7,400, $6,400, $5,300, and $2,600.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:27 pmI wonder what the rule is if more than 6 contestants end their quarterfinal with a score of 0.
Edit: Because $0 was Ivory's total before FJ, someone who lost it all in FJ would be ranked ahead of him. And because his pre-DJ total was also $0, someone who finished DJ with $0 but started with a positive total would also be ahead of him. To get a wild card, he needs six players to finish in the red. In the next four games.
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Nice work. Thanks.seaborgium wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:46 pm The 2003 ToC QF had exactly six $0 finishes, and two negatives. The two non-winners with positive scores went through, obviously, and the other wild cards had $9,000 and $7,600 before FJ. The ones who didn't make it through had dropped from $7,400, $6,400, $5,300, and $2,600.
Edit: Because $0 was Ivory's total before FJ, someone who lost it all in FJ would be ranked ahead of him. And because his pre-DJ total was also $0, someone who finished DJ with $0 but started with a positive total would also be ahead of him. To get a wild card, he needs six players to finish in the red. In the next four games.
I'm rooting for Ivory, but I don't like those odds!
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 1 entered)
He would also finish ahead of someone who finished DJ with zero, but was negative heading into DJ.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:57 pmNice work. Thanks.seaborgium wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:46 pm The 2003 ToC QF had exactly six $0 finishes, and two negatives. The two non-winners with positive scores went through, obviously, and the other wild cards had $9,000 and $7,600 before FJ. The ones who didn't make it through had dropped from $7,400, $6,400, $5,300, and $2,600.
Edit: Because $0 was Ivory's total before FJ, someone who lost it all in FJ would be ranked ahead of him. And because his pre-DJ total was also $0, someone who finished DJ with $0 but started with a positive total would also be ahead of him. To get a wild card, he needs six players to finish in the red. In the next four games.
I'm rooting for Ivory, but I don't like those odds!
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 1 entered)
What if five people finished in the red and another person finished both DJ and the first round with zero? How would they break the tie with Ivory?seaborgium wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:46 pmThe 2003 ToC QF had exactly six $0 finishes, and two negatives. The two non-winners with positive scores went through, obviously, and the other wild cards had $9,000 and $7,600 before FJ. The ones who didn't make it through had dropped from $7,400, $6,400, $5,300, and $2,600.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 10:27 pmI wonder what the rule is if more than 6 contestants end their quarterfinal with a score of 0.
Edit: Because $0 was Ivory's total before FJ, someone who lost it all in FJ would be ranked ahead of him. And because his pre-DJ total was also $0, someone who finished DJ with $0 but started with a positive total would also be ahead of him. To get a wild card, he needs six players to finish in the red. In the next four games.
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Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 1 entered)
Correct. If still tied going into Final Jeopardy!, then they go to whoever had the highest score going into Double Jeopardy!.
Source: https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-s ... -scenarios (Scenario #3)
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 3 entered)
Sorry, Opus. but your dream of seeing Ivory next week has ended. So far, three of the four people in line for wild cards have left money on the table in FJ. Will that come back to bite them?
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 4 entered)
We now know two of the wild cards. If nobody tops $14,000 tomorrow, we will have all four from two games. Has that ever happened before?
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 4 entered)
I hate to ask because someone might know, but .... has anyone figured out which subject has the most success in Teachers Tournaments? Like a History teacher or an English teacher or Math?
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Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 4 entered)
For all the hand-wringing about who made a good wager vs who made a bad wager, so far, if we assume game 5 is a disaster, there's nobody on the list who ultimately made a wagering blunder in retrospect. Everyone who got their clue right either wagered enough to get in, or was sunk to begin with, and everyone who got their clue wrong was sunk even if they'd wagered nothing.
Thus, knowledge trumps wagering ability - at least so far. Not a result I personally expected. And that could change, especially between #2 and #3.
Thus, knowledge trumps wagering ability - at least so far. Not a result I personally expected. And that could change, especially between #2 and #3.
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Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 4 entered)
Here's what I rounded up on a quick fling through the archive: (spoiler for size and results through 5/28)
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I only looked at semis & finals. Out in QF are persona non grata for this job check. Winners in big bold
2011: (finalists listed first) H.S. English x 2 & H.S. Latin
Semis: 2 more H.S. English x 2, M.S. History, 3rd/4th, 8th History + Technology, H.S. U.S. gov.
2012: H.S. social studies, 6th/7th social studies & language arts, H.S. German
Semis: 4th/5th reading + religion, H.S. social studies, H.S. German & ESL, H.S. ACT prep, H.S. history, H.S. chem. + phys. sci.
2012B: H.S. chem, H.S. AP Eng., H.S. world history
Semis: H.S. social studies, 3rd, H.S. French, H.S. science & history, 6th social studies, H.S. history
2013: 4th grade math, 7th grade social studies, H.S. social studies
Semis: 5th grade, H.S. x 3, kindergarten French, elementary music
2015: middle school math, 3rd grade, H.S. science
Semis: H.S. history, 5th grade, H.S. Latin, 5th/6th, M.S./H.S. drama, H.S. English
2016: elementary bilingual, 6th English, middle school English
Semis: 11th English + creative writing, 6th grade U.S. history & lang., H.S. special ed., 9th math, H.S. history
2017: 11th U.S history, H.S. English, H.S. French & English
Semis: H.S choir, Kindergarten, 8th-12th math, H.S. chem., H.S. Spanish, H.S. English
2018: H.S. Latin, 9th/10th grade math, 2nd grade
Semis: K-12 technology, H.S. history & psychology, Elementary special ed., 8th grade Eng., H.S. Eng. + French, K-12 Gifted & Talented
2019: Middle school instrumental music, 11th Physics, H.S. world history
Semis: H.S. Spanish, M.S. Special Ed., 10th grade chem., M.S. English, M.S. Civics & world history, H.S. art
2020: Semis only through four games: 7th science, middle school humanities, H.S. science, 8-12 band & choir, H.S. English, 7-12 vocal music
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 4 entered)
Many contestants win games with poor wagers. Many contestants lose games with good wagers. Of the four current WC's, three of them made wagers that were sub-optimal. The other three also wagered less than optimally.talkingaway wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:28 pm For all the hand-wringing about who made a good wager vs who made a bad wager, so far, if we assume game 5 is a disaster, there's nobody on the list who ultimately made a wagering blunder in retrospect. Everyone who got their clue right either wagered enough to get in, or was sunk to begin with, and everyone who got their clue wrong was sunk even if they'd wagered nothing.
Thus, knowledge trumps wagering ability - at least so far. Not a result I personally expected. And that could change, especially between #2 and #3.
It's expected, no hand-wringing. Just constantly disappointed that so many intelligent people choose not to study wagering theory when it's such an integral part of the game.
Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Final results)
Final results are up.
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In my odd way, I'm glad Anne wagered as she did, because if she had gotten it right and made the semis, she would have cleared Lauren's all-in score, thereby saving her from regrets for holding back $1,199.
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Re: 2020 Teachers Tournament Wild Card standings (Game 4 entered)
All four wildcards for the 2013 College Championship came from the first two quarterfinal games: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1331.