On Thursday’s (January 23) new episode of Jeopardy! three recently-crowned champions faced off for the opportunity to advance to the Tournament of Champions — namely, Will Yancey, Drew Goins, and Mehal Shah — in a Wildcard Finals match that was surprisingly marked with some near-miss answers and big backslides.

High scores help you secure wildcard spots in this tournament, so betting it all is rarely worth the risk, but Yancey was confident in his final answer in the January 21 episode; he bet it all and answered correctly in the final prompt,