Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, ended Schneider’s time at the program.
Schneider completed with $1,382,800 in winnings.
“I had concept that Rhone was once going to be tricky going into it,” mentioned Schneider in a commentary launched to the media.
“I beloved putting out with him, we had nice dialog ahead of the taping, however I may inform that he was once right here to play and that he was once going to be excellent. I nonetheless got here very with regards to successful, however I did really feel like possibly I used to be slipping a bit of bit. And as soon as it was once transparent that he was once rapid at the buzzer, I knew it was once going to be a combat all of the means.”
Schneider got here in 2nd throughout the sport that aired Wednesday.
Schneider took the second one position spot from Matt Amodio, who had $1,518,601 in winnings throughout his time at the display, previous this week.
Schneider and Amodio will face off within the subsequent version of the “Event of Champions” within the fall.
“It is actually been an honor,” Schneider mentioned. “To grasp that I am one of the vital a hit other people at a recreation I have beloved since I used to be a child and to grasp that I am part of its historical past now, I simply do not know the way to procedure it.”
