Alex Trebek thinks current Jeopardy champ James Holzhauer could break Ken Jennings' record: 'He has no weaknesses.'
Alex Trebek stopped by"GMA" Wednesday morning to update fans on his treatment with stage 4 pancreatic cancer -- but also to talk about one of the most exciting runs on"Jeopardy" ever.
James Holzhauer, a trailblazing"Jeopardy" champion setting and breaking records at an incomparable pace, is making this current season extra"exciting," Trebek said. Holzhauer topped the $1 million mark last week in record time and now stands at around $500,000 more than that. He has won 19 games in a row and comfortably holds the single-day win record.
"It's exciting, I watch it every night," Trebek said, adding that while the increased ratings are great, the drama is even better."He has forced me to change a view that I've had for many years ... that the Ken Jennings record will never be broken," Trebek said.But Trebek said of Holzhauer,"He has no weaknesses ... he has a strategy, he's a gambler," referring to the champ's profession as a sports gambler.
Should Holzhauer win in Wednesday night's episode, he will tie with Julia Collins for the second-longest winning streak in the game's history at 20 games.
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