One-Time Poker Pro Alex Jacob Wins Jeopardy Tournament Of ChampionsJacob Wins $250,000 Grand Prize Friday |
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Former poker pro Alex Jacob is nearly $300,000 richer after winning Jeopardy’s 2015 Tournament of Champions on Friday.
Jacob, now a currency trader in Chicago, beat Matt Jackson and Kerry Greene in a two-day final. Jackson finished second and claimed $100,000. Greene received $50,000 for third.
“This was the most dominant performance by anyone in any of our tournaments,” the show’s host Alex Trebek told Jacob.
It was especially impressive because Jackson has the show’s fourth-longest winning streak. His 13-episode streak that ended last month trails only those by Ken Jennings, Julia Collins and David Madden.
Jacob accumulated $29,600 Thursday to have a huge lead going into Friday.
Jacob, who went to Yale for economics and mathematics, answered $48,300 worth of clues correctly and got the $250,000 grand prize. He won more than $150,000 on the show during his week-long run in April.
Between poker tournaments and Jeopardy, Jacob has won more than $3 million. He told the show that he will be using some of his prize money for a honeymoon with this wife.
“The most challenging aspect was probably just dealing mentally with the high stakes and the knowledge that I could win the tournament if I played well. The one thing I had going for me is that I’ve played for a lot of money on national TV before,” Jacob told Variety. “The thing that makes ‘Jeopardy’ different than poker, though, is that there’s always another poker tournament, but you only get one Tournament of Champions.”
Jacob is 10th on the show’s all-time money list.
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