kaufman wrote:
Why should you want to hunt Daily Doubles early? Shouldn't you start the round in less comfortable categories and run through them, so that if you get the DD later in the round, it will be in a high-confidence category, and you can wager big and maybe put the game away before having to deal with the whims of whatever category is selected for Final Jeopardy? Players are too risk-averse with the Daily Doubles when the odds of aggressive action will favor them in the long run.
If you are confident that you are the better player, it behooves you to kill the DD's early, as it prevents someone from doubling up to within reach of you. Smart play, really. For that matter, if you are confident enough in your own mental agility, it makes sense to jump around categories to keep the other players off-balance.
kaufman wrote:
And don't get me started on gratuitous vowel-buyers on that other show. The object of the game is to earn, not burn, the most money.
I have long thought that WoF players should be able to buy vowels, but that the price should be a finger. I mean, you can start with the pinky on the non-dominant hand; I'm not a barbarian.