Nine more players return next week to the Alex Trebek Stage in the hope that they will become a champion. One of them will join Hari Parameswaran in Champions Wildcard later this fall.
Monday, September 18, 2023
| Elliott Goodman Culver City, California  22 correct, 0 incorrect 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities) 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57) 0/0 on Daily Doubles 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $16,800 Elliott’s past appearance: May 5, 2021 Elliott led going into Final Jeopardy, got the last clue correct, but lost because he made a small bet, perhaps thinking that fellow challenger Jamie Logan would also bet small. He’s certainly showed he’s capable of winning; will things break better for him this time? |
| Deanna Bolio Campbell, California  25 correct, 3 incorrect 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities) 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57) 2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $15,800 Deanna’s past appearance: November 18, 2020 Deanna led future ToCer Andy Wood going into Final Jeopardy in Andy’s third game, but ended up missing a Final Jeopardy about the Philippines. With 25 correct and a strong performance on the buzzer, Deanna is definitely capable of a victory. |
| Matt Walks Billings, Montana  18 correct, 4 incorrect 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities) 32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55) 1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $13,800 Matt’s past appearance: March 18, 2021 Matt is the third of three players in this match to have led going into Final Jeopardy but not led coming out of it. Matt unfortunately came on the wrong end of a Broadway final. |
Overall Thoughts: We have three players in this game with very similar game trajectories; all three players led going into Final Jeopardy, and none of them led after. Honestly, I could see any of these three winning this one. One thing to watch out for in terms of betting strategy: I could see Elliott making aggressive bets in this one to overcompensate for his past conservative ones.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
| Rob Kim Portland, Oregon  23 correct, 6 incorrect 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities) 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57) 1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $13,400 Rob’s past appearance: February 5, 2021 Rob had an interesting Final Jeopardy round in his first game: a standard shutout bet from the leader going into Final would have made him champion. However, it was a clue about “Popes & History”, and both of his opponents disliked the category enough to bet $0. |
| Morgan Halvorsen Silver Spring, Maryland  19 correct, 1 incorrect 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities) 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57) 0/0 on Daily Doubles 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $16,800 Morgan’s past appearance: February 9, 2021 Morgan played a very strong game in her first appearance against ToC semifinalist John Focht, trailing John by only $1,600 going into a Final Jeopardy that they both got correct. |
| Elizabeth Devereaux Lawrence, Kansas  15 correct, 3 incorrect 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities) 23.21% in first on buzzer (13/56) 1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,400) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $10,200 Elizabeth’s past appearance: July 21, 2021 Elizabeth was the third-placed player in Matt Amodio’s famous first game, where Matt barely squeaked by Josh Saak. In this game, Elizabeth put up a 5-figure Coryat on her own! |
Overall Thoughts: “Third player who played well between two other incredible players” has traditionally done well at Second Chance. By this metric, Elizabeth might be considered the favorite here. We shall see what happens, though!
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
| Brian Ross Los Angeles, California  20 correct, 4 incorrect 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities) 36.36% in first on buzzer (20/55) 1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $17,800 Brian’s past appearance: September 21, 2020 In his initial appearance, Brian led Sarah Twilley and Dana Hill going into Final Jeopardy, but an incorrect response on the last clue of the game dropped him to third. Will the 61st clue break better for him this time? |
| Alex Lamb Lake Forest, California  21 correct, 2 incorrect 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities) 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57) 1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $19,800 Alex’s past appearance: July 13, 2021 Alex picked up a nearly $20,000 Coryat and $22,200 going into Final—but wasn’t leading and didn’t win! Tim Moon picked up the victory that day, but Alex will be out for a second shot at glory this week. |
| Pam Sung Amherst, New York  21 correct, 3 incorrect 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities) 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57) 0/0 on Daily Doubles 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $14,200 Pam’s past appearance: February 16, 2021 Pam was leading going into Final Jeopardy; unfortunately, defending champ Phil Hoffman got the clue correct and Pam did not. |
Overall Thoughts: Another situation where you had three players leading going into Final, but weren’t leading coming out. This might be another game where it comes down to if any of these players can move to 1-for-2 in Final.
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Regarding “We have three players in this game with very similar game trajectories”, I had wondered if the show will have kind of matched up all these trios for similar playing styles or prior game circumstances or any other reason or if they are required to assign slots randomly even in a semi-tournament type of game that was only conceptualized in the last year (i.e., without four decades of precedence).
Perhaps it was just bad luck, but based on stats it looks likely that Elliott, Morgan, and Pam were NOT ‘Daily Double Hunters’, so it will be interesting to see if they have adopted that playing style now.
It is not obvious whether Deanna was a ‘Daily Double Hunter’ or just got lucky, but the whole group seems to demonstrate Andy’s theory that finding daily doubles is the key to winning, as none of these nine found 3 and few of them even found 2. [Sorry, Andy, if “theory” is not the best term here or if I seemed to be implying it is the ONLY strategy for winning and that is not the case.]