[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the June 14, 2023 episode of Jeopardy!]

Suresh Krishnan’s Jeopardy! streak has ended. Holly Hassel turned the gameshow’s new champ through the Wednesday, June 14 episode, bringing an finish to Suresh’s six-day profitable streak.

Holly, an English professor from Fargo, North Dakota, dominated many of the recreation, with Neilay Amin, a psychiatrist from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pulling out in entrance by simply $200 within the second spherical.

A Day by day Double win helped Holly snag her lead early on. By the point of the primary break, she was within the lead at $2,600. Suresh was in second at $0, and Neilay was sitting in third at -$800. Going into spherical two, the trailing gamers had redeemed themselves, however Suresh nonetheless had not taken the lead. The scores have been Holly with $5,200, Suresh with $2,000, and Neilay with $800.

Neilay discovered the second Day by day Double, which helped him transfer as much as first place. By the point he discovered it, his rivals have been tied in first with $6,800 every. Neilay elevated his rating to $9,600 because of his true Day by day Double wager. Only a few moments and a pair extra proper solutions later, Neilay had $14,000 in winnings when he discovered the third Day by day Double. His incorrect reply took him all the way down to $10,000, however he was nonetheless within the lead. Suresh had clinched second place at this level with a rating of $7,200, and Holly was trailing carefully behind in third at $6,800.

The “Latino Actors & Actresses” class helped Holly pull forward into second place within the last moments of Double Jeopardy. She and Neilay dominated the class, ending the spherical with $12,000 and $12,400, respectively. Suresh went into Last Jeopardy with $5,200. He nonetheless had an opportunity to drag out a win, however he wanted a savvy wager and an accurate last reply to take action.

As soon as once more, nobody answered appropriately on this Last Jeopardy. The class was “TV & Movie Characters.” The clue: “He debuted on TV in 1967; the present’s creator wished somebody from behind the Iron Curtain to be on ‘our aspect.’” The proper reply was, “Who’s Chekov?” Suresh had no thought what the reply was. He despatched a loving message to his household as an alternative for his last reply and wager $0. Neilay additionally didn’t know, together with his last reply only a query mark; he wager $11,601.

Holly gave the one reply, “Who’s Kojak?” however was incorrect. Her wager of $1,500 left her with $10,500. With Neilay at $799 and Suresh at $5,200, Holly turned the brand new Jeopardy! champ. Suresh’s earlier winnings have been $96,595. His June 14 winnings ($5,200 plus an additional $2,000 for second place) carry him to a grand complete of $103,795, and he shall be seen once more within the Match of Champions.

On the Jeopardy! Reddit web page, one consumer congratulated Holly on her win. “It appeared nearly from the beginning that Suresh may not eke out a win this time,” they wrote. “For a minute it appeared like Dr. [Neilay] was going to come back from behind on the energy of the medication class. Congrats to Suresh on making it to the TOC, and to Holly for the win.”

Suresh himself took to the board to have fun his rivals. “Yep. Neilay completely outbuzzed me on a few of my favourite classes. I had an inkling after I obtained outbuzzed on the primary clue,” he replied with two laughing emojis. “Holly was wonderful as nicely getting a number of stuff I had no thought about. She had a nicely deserved win!”

He even responded to a fan who was completely satisfied to see his streak finish. The consumer commented, “Actually glad to see Suresh go. I do know that the whole level of being on Jeopardy is to win, and that the way you get that win shouldn’t take away out of your second of glory (barring after all dishonest and different unethical means), however even nonetheless as a viewer I simply don’t take pleasure in watching somebody continually solely squeak out victories due to luck in FJ. I’ll want the man good luck within the TOC, however I’ve a sense that very similar to Courtney Shah and different gamers who achieved a number of wins on this trend, he’s gonna get clobbered there.”

Suresh’s reply learn, “Thanks! I can completely see your standpoint. I’ve heard two type of feedback. A few of them love the shut video games and are available from behind wins and others (like yours) search for extra dominant gamers. We’ll see in regards to the ToC. I do not know how issues will go there. I believe lots is dependent upon the classes and whether or not I handle to enhance my actually poors[sic] buzzer expertise.” The consumer wished him nicely in response.

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