Daily News | South Jersey ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Cris Pannullo is drawing comparisons to James Holzhauer
Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, extended hiswinning streak to five days Thursday night, besting a retired project manager from New York and a theater professor from Colorado. That qualifies him for the show’s Tournament of Champions, which he’ll participate in next year, and increased his winnings to $136,459.
Pannullo, a former professional poker player, has drawn comparisons to James Holzhauer, a professional sports bettor who won 32 straight games in 2019 and took home $2.46 million in regular-season winnings. Jennings has already compared Pannullo’s style of play to Holzhauer a couple of times on air during his run.“I’m not as good as James Holzhauer,” Pannullo told Jennings on Monday. He’s not wrong, at least in terms of winnings — after his first five games, Holzhauer had already won $298,687.
Pannullo will defend his streak Friday from two more challengers — Kate Matthews, a research project manager from Durham, N.C., and Dan Feyer, a musician and crossword editor from San Francisco.Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?While Pannullo won’t compete in this year’s Tournament of Champions, which is scheduled to begin on Oct. 31,
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