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On his 14th appearance Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Holzhauer eclipsed the $1 million mark in winnings.Jeopardy Productions, Inc.—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 3, 2019 11:44 PM UTC James Holzhauer’s [historic run on _Jeopardy!_](http://time.com/5589952/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-records/) has come to an end. The _Jeopardy!_ champion, who [gained national fame](http://time.com/5589952/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-records/) for winning through [a specific money strategy](http://money.com/money/5642485/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-records/), lost in the Final Jeopardy round in the latest episode of the quiz show, which aired Monday. Holzhauer set multiple records on _Jeopardy!_, including for the most money won in a single episode. And he was set to hit one more milestone: beating the $2.52 million won by Ken Jennings during his record 74-game streak in 2004. But in Monday’s episode, Holzhauer ended his 32-game streak when he lost to Emma Boettcher, an academic librarian, who beat him by $20,002 in the Final Jeopardy round. Holzhauer was only $58,484 short of breaking Jennings’ record. Holzhauer correctly answered the Final Jeopardy question: “The line ‘A great reckoning in a little room’ in _As You Like It_ is usually taken to refer to this author’s premature death” and the answer is “Who is Kit Marlowe?” His unusually low wager of $1,399 took him to a total of $24,799\. This was short of Boettcher, who bet $20,201 to win with a total of $46,801. Holzhauer high-fived Boettcher immediately after, while the typically neutral host Alex Trebek said, “What a game! Oh my gosh!” Holzhauer approached the rest of the game with his signature strategy, going after the big-dollar clues at the bottom of the board first, and landing a Daily Double in his first pick. Boettcher followed a similar plan, choosing from the bottom up, and eventually scoring a lead over Holzhauer. By the time they reached Final Jeopardy, Boettcher had won $26,300, while Holzhauer had $23,400.  Footage of Holzhauer’s loss was leaked Sunday and spread around the internet before the episode aired. Holzhauer spoke about the loss [to the New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/arts/television/james-holzhauer-jeopardy.html) and alluded to it in a tweet before Monday’s episode. > [](https://twitter.com/James%5FHolzhauer/status/1135600209759617025) “Nobody likes to lose,” he told the _Times_. “But I’m very proud of how I did, and I really exceeded my own expectations for the show. 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