After four rounds, the tournament's field of 144 past champions was winnowed to two: Brad Rutter and Jerome Vered.

- but Brad Rutter won by $1 and became the only million-dollar winner, to date, on "Jeopardy."

In 2005, Brad Rutter overtook Jennings with a total of $3.2 million by winning the Jeopardy!

Jennings received a bye into the finals of the tournament, where he faced semi-final winners Jerome Vered and Brad Rutter in a three-game, cumulative total match.

In the tournament, he lost to Brad Rutter, who became the highest money winner on Jeopardy!

Debuting on August 4, 2007 was Grand Slam, a game show involving big winners from other shows, including Ken Jennings, John Carpenter, and Brad Rutter.

Jennings and Brad Rutter might have been much closer if I.B.M. had compensated properly for the P300 response.

His total was surpassed by Brad Rutter, who defeated Jennings in the finals of the Jeopardy!

However, his winnings of $500,000 were enough to regain the all-time game show winnings record from Brad Rutter, who had defeated him in the Jeopardy!

Watson finished with a two-game total of $77,147 to Ken Jennings' $24,000 and Brad Rutter's $21,400.