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Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: Lemonjello on July 20, 2004, 06:55:38 PM

Anyone know who holds the record for most money won on J! for their first 5 days with adjusted dollar amounts? (ie. $180,000 becomes $90,000 if the contestant was on after J! doubled the dollar amounts)

Thanks.

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: rmfromfla on July 20, 2004, 07:14:27 PM

I'm sure it would be the current champion, Ken Jennings:  $156,000

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: rmfromfla on July 20, 2004, 07:17:47 PM

But then again, if you go the other way:
           Frank Spangenberg:  $102,597/ (205,194).....

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: sshuffield70 on July 20, 2004, 07:23:16 PM

The Perf cited Spangenberger as the last regular money total to beat.

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: Lemonjello on July 21, 2004, 03:01:43 AM

Thanks guys.

So...
1. Frank Spangenberg: $102,597
2.? Ken Jennings: $78,000 (adjusted)

Is Frank the only person ahead of Ken?

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: TLEberle on July 21, 2004, 04:18:40 AM

That depends on which five episodes you count in a row...

There are at least three I can think of: Bob Blake, John Cuthbertson, and Jerome Vered, who's still at number two on the list.

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: rmfromfla on July 21, 2004, 09:18:23 AM

Top Ten Single Value Total Winnings List (Regular Games) 9/17/84-11/23/01
                              (All 5x Winners)

   1   Frank Spangenberg  S6      102,597
   2  Jerome Vered           S8        96,801
   3  David Siegel            S11       86,200
   4  Doug Lach               S16       85,400
   5  John Kelly                 S8       84,701
   6 Steve Chernicoff   S10-11      83,902
   7  Mark Born                 S7       82,899
   8  Bob Blake                 S6       82,501
   9  John Cuthbertson     S10       82,400
 10  Bruce Ikawa              S7       80,699

Title: J! 5-day record?
Post by: starcade on July 21, 2004, 09:11:11 PM

I think Ken had a (double-money) recent run of five at:

$52K, $52K, $27K, $17K, $50K

but that still wouldn't be enough to deal with Spangenberg...