The series of remarkable victories' Jeopardy & # 39; of the UI grad coming to an end

CHAMPAIGN – After 33 games and average daily winnings of $ 77,000, James Holzhauer's remarkable winning streak of "Jeopardy" ended Monday.

The University of Illinois math graduate finished $ 58,484 less than Ken Jennings' $ 2.52 million record, although Jennings had more than twice as many games – 74 – hoard that.

Holzhauer, 34, who lost to Emma Boettcher, librarian in Chicago, responded, as always, with humor once the program aired on Monday, tweeting: "I knew I should not have had invite @ Jeopardy to save. "

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– James Holzhauer (@James_Holzhauer) June 3, 2019

"Nobody likes to lose," he told The New York Times. "But I'm very proud of what I've done and I've really exceeded my own expectations for the show, so I do not feel bad about it."

Holzhauer, a professional gambler who lives in Las Vegas, has not resisted the publication on Twitter of the Illinois legislature's vote Sunday to legalize sports betting in Illinois.

"Trying to get me back before Jeopardy's tax bill hits me, huh?" he replied to the tweet of David Payne Purdum, writer of ESPN Chalk.

Holzhauer rewrote the strategy book for Jeopardy, first addressing issues costing money, betting big on Daily Doubles and rarely missing an answer, creating insurmountable leads on his competitors. But Boettcher ended up beating him on Monday, winning nearly $ 22,000.

Throughout the Holzhauer race, he seemed to enjoy interacting with fans on Twitter and other sites.

He and his wife also donated some of his earnings to charity. Holzhauer then challenged the other Jeopardy winners to support a fundraiser for pediatric cancer.

What about for the fan of Papa Del? Probably a party.

"My child cried about the possibility that his father would lose, so I told him we could have a party the next morning, which inevitably happens, now she's crying when I win," he tweeted Sunday before the broadcast. of his last episode.