oh no i was talking attention in general <| sep |>. Jesus Christ . <| sep |> Holy shit , that was 80 mbs and wasn ' t even funny <| sep |> Holy crap ! !! My house turns into a nightmare when my wife makes 4 pies . We would be divorced after 10 . <| sep |> I can strongly recommend Diablo for couch coop , otherwise GTA 5 is a safe pick . <| sep |> Why not bet more and make more ? In this case , think of the dollar amount he bet as points not as dollars he can keep . He gets $ 100 , 000 for having the highest points of the players combined with a previous show ' s winnings . He knew the previous number for his opponent , too , and he knew the number he had to reach to get higher than his opponent could possibly get so why risk more of his points than he needs to ? If middle guy got the answer wrong , he would lose if he bet $ 901 Said another way , if he got it wrong he ' d only be out 901 points , which is worth 2 nd place $ 50 , 000 . Why not bet more and make more ? He wouldn ' t have , in this game . 100 k was the prize . This happens all the time in Normal jeopardy , too , even when they do get to keep the money they earned in the show no jackpot replacement . The incentive there is to come back the next day if you ' re in 1 st place and you can keep coming back as long as you ' re the show ' s champ . It ' s worth noting that you don ' t make your wager after you hear the question , you make your wager when you hear the category . So they might say famous ships . and you think well , shit . I ' m not that comfortable with famous ships and bet strategically so that you ' re not in the worst position if you get it wrong . Then an easy question comes up and you ' re all ' what is the Lusitania ', everyone knows that . , and you wish you would have bet more . But you bet strategically and you barely squeak out your 1 st place victory by a dollar , a measly $ 20 , 000 . but most importantly , the right to come back the next day and try for more money . A hard question would only lose you your meager bet , but it ' s also probably going to cost your moreagressivelybetting 2 ndand 3 rdplace opponents more because it ' s a hard question and they probably also got it wrong .