‘Jeopardy!’ champ tops James Holzhauer’s winning streak

Amy Schneider won her 33rd consecutive game Friday and made it 34 Monday.

An engineering manager from Oakland, California, Schneider has the third-longest streak in the show’s history behind Ken Jennings, who compiled a 74-game run in 2004, and Matt Amodio, who won 38 straight games last year.

Holzhauer, a Las Vegas-based professional sports bettor, congratulated Schneider on Twitter after she eclipsed his streak, writing “Big congrats to @Jeopardamy on her 33rd win! This makes three eligible players in the 30+ game millionaires club.”

Holzhauer’s tweet, which ended with a thinker emoji, was a playful jab at Jennings, who has been hosting the show and no longer is eligible to play because he is a “Jeopardy!” producer.

While Schneider surpassed Holzhauer’s win streak, she still has a long way to go to match his winnings on the show. Holzhauer won $2.4 million and trails only Jennings, who won $2.5 million, in that category. Amodio is third in winnings with $1.5 million, and Schneider is fourth with $1.1 million.

Holzhauer has the top 10 spots on the “Jeopardy!” single-game winnings list, including six wins of at least $100,000 and the record of $131,127.

Schneider is the winningest female contestant in the show’s history. She also is the first transgender person to qualify for the show’s Tournament of Champions.

“Jeopardy!” airs at 7 p.m. weekdays on KLAS-TV, Channel 8.

Holzhauer is known as “The High Roller” on the game show “The Chase,” which airs Wednesdays on KTNV-TV, Channel 13.

Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 on Twitter.