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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Sam Buttrey, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California (0 points)
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Mattea Roach, a writer & podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (0 points)
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James Holzhauer, a self-described game show villain from Las Vegas, Nevada (0 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
James is certainly the prohibitive favorite overall, and he’s drawn Mattea Roach and Sam Buttrey to start. If either Mattea or Sam beat James today, that would be a monster confidence boost for either of them. Much like the first half of the episode, this game’s winner will automatically play in tomorrow’s second game. Again, this game’s winner will get 3 standings points, second place will get 1, and third place will get 0.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Monday, May 8, 2023 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: From The Arabic; A Little Reading Material; “G.P.”; Comin’ To Your City; Sing You A Country Song; Flyin’ Higher Than A Jet Airliner)
James found the Daily Double on clue #1—advantage to James’ opponents for sure! Sam rose to the occasion and sat only $200 behind James after the Jeopardy! round!
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
James 11 correct 1 incorrect
Sam 12 correct 0 incorrect
Mattea 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $6,400
Sam $6,200
Mattea $1,600
Today’s interviews:
Sam knows an Art Fleming Tournament of Champions winner—Rock Johnson.
Mattea was recently accepted into law school, but may or may not go.
James loves “The Chase”.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Back In The 12Th Century; Same First & Last Letter; Women Writers; Pop Culture In Black & White; Religion; Build Your Own Spy Novel Titles)
This was a close game—and then James quadrupled his score on back-to-back Daily Doubles! From there it was pretty much academic, though Mattea and Sam are still battling for second.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
James 22 correct 2 incorrect
Sam 19 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 13 correct 1 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
James $40,800
Sam $12,200
Mattea $9,200
Final Jeopardy category: USA
Final Jeopardy! clue: Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown
Correct response: What is the Manhattan Bridge?
Sam was the only correct player in Final—3 points to James, 1 to Sam, 0 to Mattea!
Tonight’s results:
Mattea $9,200 – $3,001 = $6,199 (What is the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge?)
Sam $12,200 + $6,201 = $18,401 (What is the Manhattan Bridge?)
James $40,800 – $9,812 = $30,988 (Stop ducking a rematch, Ken)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
1st: Andrew He (3 points, 1 win, 28 correct)
2nd: James Holzhauer (3 points, 1 win, 22 correct)
3rd: Sam Buttrey (1 point, 0 wins, 20 correct)
4th: Amy Schneider (1 point, 0 wins, 17 correct)
5th: Mattea Roach (0 points, 0 wins, 13 correct, $9,200 Coryat)
6th: Matt Amodio (0 points, 0 wins, 13 correct, $7,800 Coryat)
Tomorrow’s pairings:
Game 1: Sam, Amy, Mattea
Game 2: Andrew, James, Matt
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) COMIN’ TO YOUR CITY $1000 (clue #1)
James 0 +1000 (Mattea 0 Sam 0)
2) WOMEN WRITERS $800 (clue #8)
James 8000 +8000 (Mattea 4400 Sam 7000)
3) RELIGION $1200 (clue #9, $26400 left on board)
James 16000 +16000 (Mattea 4400 Sam 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
James 5*
Mattea
Sam
DJ! Round:
James 3 2 2* 3*
Mattea 4 4 3
Sam 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
James 3.00
Sam 3.00
Mattea 3.67
Game Stats:
James $18,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Sam $12,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Mattea $9,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,200
Lach Trash: $8,000 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Player Statistics:
James Holzhauer, career statistics:
1523 correct, 64 incorrect
44/48 on rebound attempts (on 96 rebound opportunities)
53.78% in first on buzzer (1400/2603)
86/93 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $741,588)
41/46 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,622
To win: 21.8%
To make finals: 68.0%
To make semifinals: 94.2%
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
708 correct, 72 incorrect
36/44 on rebound attempts (on 110 rebound opportunities)
44.09% in first on buzzer (672/1524)
30/37 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $60,000)
18/27 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,237
To win: 13.0%
To make finals: 35.8%
To make semifinals: 44.2%
Sam Buttrey, career statistics:
283 correct, 35 incorrect
13/15 on rebound attempts (on 43 rebound opportunities)
37.70% in first on buzzer (279/740)
8/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,000)
7/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,877
To win: 11.6%
To make finals: 34.2%
To make semifinals: 45.4%
Andy’s Thoughts:
- James is the second player (after Andrew He) to post an individual Daily Double Efficiency of 300 in a game.
- Today’s box score: Jeopardy! Masters Box Score for May 8, 2023 (Game 2).
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: James $40,800 Sam $12,200 Mattea $9,200)
James: Limit your bet to $16,399. (Actual bet: $9,812)
Mattea: Bet between $3,001 and $3,199. (Actual bet: $3,001)
Sam: Cover bet over Mattea is $6,201. (Actual bet: $6,201)
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James is having fun with his Chase persona, and. with his past (and, future competitions) with his friend Ken.
But despite his dominance is this game,mis ranked second, having less correct responses than the winner og game one.
The 300 score on Daily Double Efficiency is incredible. That was so bold (also known as typical Holzhauerish) to go all in on the last daily double.
I was worried when I saw the clue, thinking “Am I going to have to remember all the bridges and pick the right one?!”. Then I thought about NYC geography and where Chinatown was.
Slightly better than a lucky guess🍀
Absolutely zero shock on the outcomes of the first 2 games. Everyone ended up where I suspected they would.
I wonder why the show decided to show the audience where the daily doubles are? I personally didn’t see a difference in my enjoyment/engagement in the game. I’m curious to hear other people’s thoughts.
It’s nothing out of the ordinary for game shows to do. It’s like when classic concentration would tell you the solution to the puzzle for a brief time. One can just look away and be fine so I have no issues with this change
a probable more apt analogy would be when the original Hollywood Squares, and, I think the version hosted by John Davidson, would show the “secret square” to the home audience.
It’s as I assumed it would be, no big deal. Me knowing where the DDs are doesn’t have anything to do with their impact on the game. The real excitement comes when the players find them. If some people in the viewing audience like it, I suppose it has contributed something.
I agree that it is never going to be a big deal and will make no difference at all to many [most?] members of the audience, but for the those for which it does heighten the interest a bit, I think it would have been less so in this game because they got “hit” pretty quickly. I think interest would be heightened more if contestants happened to be picking “all around” them, but missing them for a while.
I obviously don’t know as much as James, but that was an unnecessary risk going for the 2nd all-in for $16K. He has occasionally missed and he would’ve ended up in 3rd going into the Final, all other things unchanged, whereas just wagering the $8k he just won would’ve still gotten a lockout even if he missed. Considering he’s not overwhelmingly dominant (behind Andrew for instance) a little more finesse may be in order. But of course that’s not his personality.
A strikeout or two isn’t going to doom James at this stage of the competition; however, his reliance on Daily Doubles is one of the reasons why his win chances were hurt as much as they were when the format change was announced.
In theory, you could apply the same logic to Andrew He’s $16,800 Daily Double in his ToC semifinal. Both players felt confident in their knowledge of the category, knew that giving their two competitors room to catch up wasn’t a great thing, and if they missed (which neither of them did) there’s still plenty of money left on the board for a comeback. Gutsy, yes. But unnecessary? No.
That’s also the way I saw it.
I presume James’ auto-correct comment referred to the word “ducking”. Since Ken is now a jeopardy employee he can never play again.
this is why James is a lethal opponent !