JEOPARDY! champ Isaac Hirsch has shared a winning photo with his previously unseen girlfriend and insights into his winning streak on Instagram.

Isaac won his seventh game on Thursday’s episode for a total of $161,388, making him one of the season’s top three players.

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Isaac’s new Instagram post to celebrate his ongoing streak consisted of two photos.

One celebrated him making the Tournament of Champions, the other him with his girlfriend Victoria.

He and his longtime girlfriend – who has been in the audience for his Jeopardy! run – were all smiles in the snap.

Isaac donned some facial hair and a Washington Wizards jersey – his team of choice – as they appeared to be at an NBA game.

Victoria wore her long brunette hair down with a chic beige sweater and placed her head on her man’s shoulder.

During one of his wins, Isaac shouted-out his girlfriend for supporting him from the audience, but the show did not cut to her.

So he made sure she got featured in his post.

‘UNBELIEVABLE RIDE’

The caption read, “Jeopardy update: with five wins, I have qualified for the Tournament of Champions!

“It’s been an unbelievable ride and I have been so fortunate with how things have gone so far.

“I want to give a shout out to the Jeopardy production staff/contestant folks for making it easier to just play the game without being insanely nervous.”

“Normally I would post some photos about my anecdotes from the past two games, but I don’t have any photos of me lifting weights and I don’t look different enough for a comparison photo to mean anything (unless I’m shirtless, and nobody wants to look at my sternum).

“The second photo is from Clippers/Wizards 2 years ago, which I go to every year. I really do love the Wizards, so hopefully I wasn’t too hard on them on Jeopardy.

“Anyway, I’m just trying to enjoy the whole experience of this while I can.”

Isaac closed by getting candid about the difficulties of handling sudden TV fame.

“I appreciate everyone’s kind words— just putting yourself out there to be perceived by the world can be a nerve-wracking thing, so I’m really glad folks have been very nice for the most part.”

‘INCREDIBLE!’

Fans flooded the comments section rooting Isaac on to keep putting up wins.

“Congratulations!!! really enjoying watching you :)” one person replied.

“I’m like your biggest fan rn dude,” wrote another.

“Man, you’re fantastic! You are genuinely enjoying each victory and you’re quite funny. Are those your dad’s shirts??” asked another.

“Incredible, congrats buddy!” wrote a fourth.

Isaac is now tied for wins with Drew Basile and only trails Adriana Harmeyer for most wins this season.

FINAL JOE-PARDY

Isaac’s seventh win was his fourth all-out runaway, though many viewers didn’t get to watch the whole thing.

The broadcast was cut off before host Ken Jennings announced the Final Jeopardy! category.

It abruptly switched with three minutes to go to an ABC breaking news broadcast of Joe Biden’s press conference, upsetting fans.

Following his triumph, Isaac posted a hilarious statement about the interruption on X, formerly Twitter.

“I don’t want to get too political but I think it was pretty rude for President Biden to preempt Jeopardy for a press conference,” he posted.

He added jokingly that Biden said, “‘I must be stopped’ as Jeopardy champion and that he would ‘shave (my) mustache off’ with his bare hands.”

One fan commented on the post, “Isaac did you not pack enough fun shirts and now they’re sticking you with the show’s more restrained options?”

“All my other fun shirts didn’t pass Jeopardy’s camera test so now we’re on to my ‘job interview’ shirts,” Isaac quipped back.

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS

Isaac arrived on last Wednesday’s episode and has notably turned heads with his flashy wardrobe choices that give ’70s menswear.

“That current champion looks like a 70s p*rn star,” one Facebook user recently snarked.

“I’m guessing Isaac hit Studio 54 after that show’s taping,” mocked another.

In his most previous Instagram post, Isaac shut down his fashion haters, writing, “The Internet is divided on my love of 70s menswear.

“Good news for the haters: I am almost out of vintage shirts approved by wardrobe. So if I keep winning, the fits are going to get a lot more subdued.”

He also shared, “I went into this with actually pretty low confidence – as a local alternate, I watched seven games get filmed before I taped.”

KING OF Q&A STORIES

Meanwhile, Isaac has won over fans with his hilarious Q&A stories – no surprise since he’s also a stand-up comic.

During his fourth win, he recalled a recent fitness journey that left his figure “exactly the same” after “bulking up and gaining 30 pounds.”

During his third win, he shared that not himself but his car had a cameo on the TV show Brooklyn 99.

During win two, he drew laughs by recalling how he “ironically” was crowned high school homecoming king.

“Protect Isaac at all costs how is he so effortlessly funny,” another Instagram user recently praised.

“I don’t recall any contestant having such a run of funny and/or charming anecdotes.”

That said, Isaac’s gameplay is no joke. He’s gone 197 correct, 30 incorrect on clues overall, 11/13 on Daily Doubles, and 5/7 on Final Jeopardy- all very good stats.

AVENGING HIS FATHER

Isaac came in hot during his first win with a Q&A story revealing that his dad appeared on Jeopardy! – and lost – 30 years ago.

“My dad was on Jeopardy! in the ’80s and one of the first years Alex hosted, and he lost,” said Isaac.

“I used to tease him about it as a kid. Like Weird Al’s ‘I Lost On Jeopardy!,” being like, ‘It’s about you, Dad!’”

Ken burst out laughing as Isaac concluded, “So today, we get to find out how real karma is.”

Jeopardy! shared an Instagram video of the story, and Isaac’s dad, Steven, buzzed into the comments section, demanding a second chance.

“If Ken Jennings is going to keep mentioning that I lost on Jeopardy, I want another chance! Bring me back for another shot at winning!,” Steve wrote.

HIS GAME SHOW HISTORY

Isaac is also no stranger to the game show circuit, aside from the stand-up comedy circuit.

In 2023, he won $140,000 on the ABC game show The Chase, defeating Chaser and nine-day Jeopardy! champion Buzzy Cohen.

In 2017, Isaac also appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, winning $5,000 after botching the $20,000 question.

Fans speculate that Isaac may now be the frontrunner for the next Tournament of Champions.

So far, the other qualifiers are Survivor alum Drew (7 wins), Adriana (15 wins), Alison Betts (5 wins) and Dr. Amy Hummel (5 wins), and Celebrity Jeopardy!’s Lisa Ann Walter.

With four wins, Grant DeYoung and Amar Kakirde will also likely join in.

Isaac will go for his eighth win on Friday’s episode, which would give him the second-longest winning streak all season.

Jeopardy! airs at 7 pm ET – check your local listings.

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