Jeopardy! legend James Holzhauer complains about game show earnings in shady tweet before his big re

JAMES Holzhauer has trolled Jeopardy! over how much he was taxed on his monster earnings in a hilariously salty tweet.

The game show legend is returning for the new competition Jeopardy! Masters this spring.

Jeopardy! prompted their Twitter followers from their official account on Tuesday: "It's your turn to ring in. What is a fun fact you learned from Jeopardy!?"

While many fans responded with actual trivia facts they learned from watching, James had another takeaway.

"The top income tax bracket in California," he quoted the tweet and replied.

Fans had a laugh about James' reflection on winning 32 games and ($2.4M (before taxes) in 2019 - the second-highest regular winnings ever - but didn't exactly cry him a river.

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"Sorry for your 'loss,'" one follower snarked.

"This is such a smart, sassy tweet. Done to perfection," wrote another.

"Get their a** James!!!!!!" wrote a third as a fourth person replied: "Ratio that clown."

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James lost during his 33rd episode and finished $58,484 short of the all-time winnings record set by now-host Ken Jennings ($2.5M) in 2004.

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According to CNBC, after "federal and California state taxes, Holzhauer’s net winnings were $1.29m - a 47.6% cut" of his 2.46M.

"All winnings on game shows are considered ordinary income, taxed up to 37% by the IRS. And most states have state income tax, too.

"Even though Holzhauer is a resident of Nevada, the game show took place in California, which means he must pay taxes in that state."

Despite not beating Ken’s record James ushered in a new era of gameplay strategy by playing laterally instead of top-down and seemingly trying to rake in as much money humanly possible in one game (which is $566K.)

The poker pro got closer than anyone ever has, holding the all-time record for the most money earned in a single episode - $131,127 - and the following top ten money-winning episodes as well.

Jeopardy! Masters will be James' first time back since losing to Ken (but beating Brad Rutter) in the famed 2020 GOAT tournament.

Hot off the heels of his original run and 2019 Tournament of Champions win, James had the nation buzzing.

But Ken settled the score by playing James' game and going all in on every Daily Double he found during the four-episode tournament, becoming the G.O.A.T.

JEOPARDY! MASTERS

Ken, 48, is hosting Jeopardy! Masters, an "elite-level" competition scheduled to air this spring in primetime on ABC.

There will be 20 games over the course of 10 hour-long episodes and it has already begun taping, execs shared - with the air date not yet announced.

The round-robin tournament will see every iteration of the contestants face off, with no one eliminated - and it's brought back six of Jeopardy!'s most familiar recent faces.

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Along with James, returning are Amy Schneider (40 wins and the 2022 Tournament of Champions), Matt Amodio (38 wins), professor Sam Buttrey (2022 ToC finalist), Andrew He (2022 ToC finalist).

The new special which execs are hoping to make annual and determine the best player in any given year will air while Mayim Bialik returns to finish out the regularly airing season starting May 1.

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