A Jeopardy! Brain Twister

[Rain Man]

OK, GCers, I want to throw a scenario out to you that will make you think. I saw this on the 12/5/01 ep of Jeopardy and would like some input.

Going into Final Jeopardy, the scores for the three players were:

Player 1 - $13,400
Player 2 - $12,400
Player 3 - $ 6,200

The question is this: All else being equal.....

A. Which player is in the best position to wager, regardless of
whether his/her response is right or wrong? Why?

B. What should the player you selected wager?

I ask this b/c I have noticed all too many times otherwise smart Jeopardy! contestants make stupid wagers. I will give 500 cyber dollars to the most convincing argument, or who most closely matches my assesment of the above (Yes, I did assess the situation).

The actual outcome of the scenario will be given in a future post.

Good luck! *Jeopardy! think music plays*

RM