In a final which will have surprised no-one who has seen him play the game before, James Holzhauer took down the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions on Friday, and in doing so, won a massive $250,000 in the process.

We’re surprised more poker players don’t target game shows as a kickoff to their careers. It’s a nice way of building the bankroll and can often attract a kind of notoriety of its own. Of course, this can be positive (Father Andrew Trapp on PokerStars’ Million Dollar Challenge) or negative (Liv Boeree on Goldenballs) but fame is fame, and there’s no such thing as bad PR, as Prince Andrew will tell you after the weekend. Well, maybe.

James Holzhauer, who has previously played online poker for something of a living, targeted Jeopardy! as a game in which he could apply GTO (game theory optimal) strategy and watch it play out in his favour. To say that this decision met with success is a little like saying that the man who shot an arrow in the vague direction of King Harold in the Battle of Hastings ‘had his eye in’.

Based in Las Vegas, Holzhauer cuts quite a dash on the game show, often appearing as if he attaches a great deal of personal glee from every correct answer he gives, which if you’ve never seen the show before, is a lot. This guy landed on Mayfair and Park Lane every time he played Monopoly as a child, you just know it. Certainly his opponents in the final’s denouement, Francois Barcomb  and Emma Boettcher, knew it.