'I have a pretend buzzer that I play along with, and I watch Alex every night,' Ken Jennings said in an interview.
"It's very intense before. I never sleep well the night before, but when I'm out there it's like, 'Yea, this is the thing I do. I'm at work,'" he continued."I always have a great time and I always feel very relaxed, and that's what I always tell people about the way to playIf you have a good time, then you play better. So maybe being a little less intense will help me out.
His familiarity with his fellow contestants' playing style may be another advantage. Jennings has already competed against Rutter, 41, in four different tournaments—he's come second to Rutter in all of them—but the competition will mark 36-year-old Holzhauer's first tournament, which Jennings said puts him a step ahead.
"A lot of the things that people notice about James on TV is that he jumps out to the big lead and the game is over by the first ad break," he said."That's going to be a lot less effective during the tournament situation—that shock and awe approach. Brad and I are not going to be intimidated by that. He's not going to be able to make some blow up bet on the first Daily Double and we just hang up our buzzers, which happened a lot during his regular games.
He added:"People are going to put all of their chips when they have an opportunity because there's not going to be many chances.", Rutter noted how learning his opponents' playing-style goes a long way."Similar to football, you can go back and look at the tape of the other competitors and see what their strengths and weaknesses are," Rutter said.
Rutter holds the title for highest overall earner on Jeopardy! after amassing $4.69 million in winnings from regular-season games and tournaments.
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