His episodes were hinted at on an episode of the official show podcast, Inside Jeopardy!, in which the show’s producers made mention of a player who was already racking up “Holzhauerian” totals of money very early into S39.
His gameplay and strategy are nearly identical to that of James Holzhauer. He starts on the highest-valued row of each board ($1,000 in the Jeopardy round and $2,000 in Double Jeopardy) and always goes for a True Daily Double in the Jeopardy! round, if he uncovers it. He also uses the same buzzer stance that Holzhauer does, recommended by 4-time champion and S12 ToC winner Ryan “Fritz” Holznagel.
In Double Jeopardy, while his clue-selecting style is identical to Holzhauer, Pannullo is much more conservative on Daily Doubles unless he is behind someone else, in a close game, or has a substantial lead. Based on 15 wins, all but three (all DJ!) were successful.
in those cases, his bet is much more similar to Holzhauer, all but two of the 10 games are lock games, and he often makes wagers that end in his girlfriend’s (Heather) birthday, $221 (for February 21) in FJ![1].
Accumulated prize money is also fast, surpassing $500K (15-day) 3rd fastest among ultrachampions[2]. Also, like James, he won all rounds with more than $20,000 except dropoffs.
Like James and Ken, the entire lineup is good, and among them, the three challengers (Jeff, Mike, and Matt H) who competed at the new victory showed good skills to the point that they hoped to be recruited by SCT later.
After that, he handed over the championship to Andy Tirrell and finished his tenure without incident. Although he stopped at 22 games, he is one of the top performers highly rated by viewers among Superchamps.
In a way, it can be said that it is a program that has shaken off the regret of the sluggish performance at the last WWTBAM in which he appeared in Jeopardy.