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| Name: | Alex Jacob |
| Born: | October 27, 1984 |
| Birth Hometown: | Houston, Texas |
| Occupation: | Poker player |
| Known for: | Being a contestant on Jeopardy! |
Alex Jacob (born October 27, 1984) is a former professional poker player and game show contestant. Jacob is perhaps best known in poker for winning the 2006 main event at the United States Poker Championship, a no-limit Texas hold'em event televised by ESPN. He has also appeared at televised final tables at the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. In 2015, after leaving professional poker, Jacob became a contestant on Jeopardy!, where he won six games and the show's Tournament of Champions.
Education[]
In 2002, Jacob was the valedictorian of Deerfield Beach High School, where he was in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
In May 2006, he graduated from Yale University with a degree in economics and mathematics.
Poker Career[]
Among Jacob's biggest poker accomplishments are winning the Peter A. Fabrizio Memorial Poker Classic in 2003 and finishing runner-up at the 2006 World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament in Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 9, 2006, winning $655,507. Jacob secured his biggest paycheck to date by winning the 2006 U.S. Poker Championship with a first-place prize of $878,500. Jacob has 4 WSOP Final Tables, including a 3rd in Event 3 in No-Limit hold'em at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
At Yale, Jacob's poker talent was spotted by James McManus as early as 2004, when McManus sat down one night to play with Jacob. Months later, McManus mentioned Jacob in an article about the experience.
As of 2012, Jacob's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,600,000. His 25 cashes at the WSOP account for $832,559 of those winnings. He is known for his graciousness and sportsmanship in tournament play.
Jeopardy![]
Common with Other Champions[]
Roger Craig[]
- Both men are champions with six consecutive wins and were defeated when they dropped out. Also, they met a married couple on ToC in which they appeared (Sausville couple).
- When both of them won ToC, they both won by lock game.
- Both recorded nonlock games three times in their regular runs.
- They bet over $10,000 on the first game of the ToC finals and it paid off (Craig - $18K, Alex - $15,200). In addition, all finalists, including myself, advanced on their own.
- The runner-up is from Washington, Roger's runner-up is Seattle, and Alex's runner-up is D.C.
Endorsements[]
He is a frequent player on the trivia app FleetWit, especially in the high-stakes races where top prizes are in the hundreds of dollars. He has won over $24,000 to date. He was also noted for winning a $20,000 prize on the HQ Trivia app in June 2019, which HQ Trivia had failed to pay a month after his win. (Jacob received his payout in August.)
Trivia[]
- Like Roger Craig or Buzzy Cohen, when the game is decided (Lock Game), they often come up with funny answers on purpose. For example, 'What is Aleve?' or 'Who is good game guy'...[1]
- using the "Forrest Bounce" originated by Chuck Forrest, He also pioneered the strategy of aggressive Daily Double wagers that was used with even greater success by James Holzhauer in 2019.
- There are many opinions that his skills should be reevaluated through the ToC. Most of all, the 13-win champion Matt Jackson was expected to win, but, like Roger and James, the Daily Double took a daring strategy and won the match. In the past, James and Roger also won ToC championships through this method.[2]
- Because of that, it is emerging as a contestant who will fight James in a head-to-head battle at a later event.
- Like Roger and James, the Daily Double has a high percentage of correct answers. So far, it has continued its 11th consecutive Daily Double correct answer streak. On the other hand, the percentage of correct answers in FJ! is low, only 2 of the 13 answers are correct.[3]
- He is the champion with more than 6 consecutive wins after 1 year and 1 month since Arthur Chu. This program is quite unusual considering that men are strong.
- From the beginning of the ToC of the unlimited winning streak system, the ToC winner is the champion who breaks the jinx of taking 3rd place in the last regular game[4].
- So far, he is the only ToC finalist to win without Correct all of FJ![5].
References[]
- ↑ Buzzy Cohen often writes about Alex Trebek. In fact, this is the behavior seen by the Jeopardy! participants, and in the middle, they write their family name or a funny answer.
- ↑ In fact, in ToC, the player with the least streak wins the most streak, and it is often the case that an unexpected participant wins. James, who had won 32 straight, was barely a win for Emma.
- ↑ In fact, as mentioned above, it may have been intentionally wrong with the Event dimension.
- ↑ In fact, even if he didn't win, he was going to break at the S34 anyway. This is because in S34, all champions of regular games have a record of placing 2nd in the last game.
- ↑ All three before that finished third. (Marvin Shinkman (S3), Steve Fried (S16), Stefan Goodreau (S26))