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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Mattea Roach, a writer & podcast host from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (25-15, 2 points)
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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California (48-16, 4 points)
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Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (11-5, 10 points)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Our second Masters match of the evening is between Yogesh Raut, Amy Schneider, and Mattea Roach. Much like the first game, this game is between a player who has clinched a spot in the semis (in this case, Yogesh), a player who’s in a good position (Amy) and a player who needs a pair of great performances in order to advance (Mattea). As Yogesh only knows “full send”, I think he’s most likely to end up winning this one.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Monday, May 13, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Middle Name, Please; Mais Oui, French Lit; Having An In-Of-Body Experience; What Month Is It?; 3-Word Phrases; I’m Chris Pratt)
Amy found the Daily Double, doubled up through it, and had a 1,400pt lead over Yogesh after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Amy 12 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 9 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 5 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy 6,600
Yogesh 5,200
Mattea 2,600
Today’s interviews:
Mattea still has a roommate—their brother.
Amy is a big fan of the New York Times’ Spelling Bee.
Yogesh is the 2023 Connections Online Quiz League world champion.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Naval Gazing; German Words; Names In Songs; Getting Tough On The Borders; Why Are You Running?; The “F.B.”, I)
Mattea picked up both Daily Doubles to jump into the lead; they maintained their lead going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Mattea 14 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 20 correct 2 incorrect
Amy 17 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Mattea 20,400
Yogesh 17,200
Amy 9,800
Final Jeopardy category: Anagrams
Final Jeopardy! clue: One is a procedure foundational to computer science; the other was made in large part obsolete by computers
Correct response: What are algorithm & logarithm?
This Final was a Triple Stumper; with the way the wagers broke down, Mattea gets 3 points and Amy 1.
Tonight’s results:
Amy 9,800 – $7,401 = $2,399 (What is coding)
Yogesh 17,200 – $17,200 = $0 (What binary)
Mattea 20,400 – $14,001 = $6,399 (What are ?)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
(through May 13)
1st: Victoria Groce (13 points, 4 wins, 123 correct, 109,800 Coryat, 169,000 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Yogesh Raut (10 points, 3 wins, 108 correct, 84,000 Coryat, 110,195 Pre-FJ)
3rd: James Holzhauer (6 points, 1 win, 106 correct, 77,400 Coryat, 110,600 Pre-FJ)
4th: Amy Schneider (5 points, 1 win, 75 correct, 51,200 Coryat, 65,600 Pre-FJ)
5th: Mattea Roach (5 points, 1 win, 68 correct, 46,800 Coryat, 58,400 Pre-FJ)
6th: Matt Amodio (1 points, 0 wins, 72 correct, 40,000 Coryat, 37,400 Pre-FJ)
Chances of winning:
James 28.09%
Victoria 27.56%
Yogesh 23.32%
Amy 11.80%
Mattea 9.23%
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) HAVING AN IN-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE $800 (clue #11)
Amy 1600 +1600 (Yogesh 3000 Mattea 1200)
2) GETTING TOUGH ON THE BORDERS $800 (clue #1)
Mattea 2600 +2600 (Yogesh 5200 Amy 6600)
3) GERMAN WORDS $1600 (clue #15, $14000 left on board)
Mattea 8800 +8800 (Yogesh 16400 Amy 7800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Yogesh 5 4 3 5 5 5 4
Amy 3 4*
Mattea 5 4
DJ! Round:
Yogesh 4 5 5 4 5 2 5 4 3
Amy 4
Mattea 2* 3 3 2 4*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Mattea 3.29
Amy 3.67
Yogesh 4.25
Game Stats:
Mattea $11,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Amy $9,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $17,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,600
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,800
Player Statistics:
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
401 correct, 32 incorrect
30/33 on rebound attempts (on 58 rebound opportunities)
38.22% in first on buzzer (370/968)
12/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $88,595)
10/17 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,259
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
1779 correct, 128 incorrect
88/106 on rebound attempts (on 251 rebound opportunities)
43.71% in first on buzzer (1640/3752)
80/95 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $257,800)
45/66 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,588
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
957 correct, 104 incorrect
48/56 on rebound attempts (on 165 rebound opportunities)
37.42% in first on buzzer (912/2437)
41/50 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $118,600)
25/43 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,205
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Episode 6 pairings, per ABC: Yogesh/James/Matt; Victoria/Amy/Mattea. With these pairings, James has all but guaranteed a spot in the semifinals; I’d place his chances of not qualifying at somewhere less than 1 in 2500.
- I don’t think Amy made a wagering mistake here. I do think Yogesh did.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Mattea 20,400 Yogesh 17,200 Amy 9,800)
Yogesh: Standard cover bet over Amy is 2,401. (Actual bet: 17,200)
Amy: If Yogesh bets small, you can’t both bet to pass him and win a Triple Stumper. You either need to bet less than 3,400 and hope he bets big, or bet more than 5,000 and hope you’re the only player to get Final correct. (Actual bet: 7,401)
Mattea: Standard cover bet over Yogesh is 14,001. (Actual bet: 14,001)
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I think that in a vacuum, Yogesh made a mistake. But I have to wonder if he was trying to manipulate the matchups to make for an “easier” semifinal?
Anyways, we know that James and Matt are going to be in Game 1, which bodes, in theory, well for James (a point sees him through unless both Amy and Mattea win, and there’s a 50/50 chance as we speak of that being impossible.)
As far as I know there is no possible advantage one could have on how the brackets play out in the semi finals as if it’s like last year it’s a 4 game semi with every possible player match up being played.
By manipulating for an “easier” semifinal, I meant trying to influence who qualifies for the semifinal.
I don’t think he has much control on that at this point so I misunderstood your comment
Uggggghhhhhhhhhhhh…
I liked Yogesh wager best situation is being 3rd so he still has a chance to eliminate James before semifinals. Not sure what the final match will be but if a chance to eliminate James now you take it.
If Yogesh is going to try and knock James out in the semifinals, he can’t do it by his own hand.
If Yogesh is in Game 1 with James and Matt, then Amy is in with Mattea and Victoria in Game 2. James has enough of a lead on most correct answers that it’s highly unlikely that someone will make up a 30 response deficit on James while also finishing second (for James to be eliminated, not only does he have to finish 3rd, but Victoria would have to as well in Game 2.)
If it’s James, Amy, and Matt, there’s more of a chance that James could be out, as Amy and Mattea could both win, locking James out.
As you’ve noted Wednesday’s matchups, the scenario is fairly simple:
James has all but clinched a semifinal spot. The only way he falls into a tie for fourth is if he AND Victoria both finish third, and he presently has virtually insurmountable tiebreaker edges over either Amy or Mattea (aggregate correct responses).
The other available semifinal spot goes to whoever finishes higher between Amy and Mattea in Game 2.
Mattea needs 38 correct responses to usurp him, and Amy 32. And both of those are assuming James gets 0 correct in the opening game for some reason.
I’m interested in what the prediction model thinks about the chances for those events to happen.
Or maybe the numbers are so low that the prediction model doesn’t even bother. 🙂
Considering there are only 62 possible combined correct responses, and 38+32=70…0%.
Perhaps I’m missing something here, but:
Only one of Amy or Mattea would finish tied with James on 6 points; the other would win the game and go to 8, and finish in solo third in the table. So only that one tied player, be it Amy or Mattea, would need to overcome James on correct responses.
It’s extremely unlikely (as in, about as likely as Luton Town overcoming its inferior goal difference to Nottingham Forest and staying up) but it’s not mathematically impossible.
I hadn’t considered that. Thank you.
Well now, after this great matchup, Wednesday is going to be very very interesting!
While I’m somewhat surprised that no one got “algorithm”, which was straightforward, in my opinion, I’m relieved that the result did not depend on someone getting one half of the correct response, as the second half is not that obvious even if one gets “algorithm”. Personally, I thought that the clue was asking about a brand name of an arithmometer, something like “Rithmalog” or something of the sort.
The logarithm (as in “the inverse of the exponential function”) per se has not lost its use at all. In particular, the rocket equation has a logarithm in it. It is the logarithmic tables which have been rendered obsolete by computers, but I have a hard time finding a dictionary which would list “a logarithmic table” as one of the meanings of “logarithm”.
Very agree. Logarithms are more important now than ever.
A lot of things have been made obsolete by computers
Leo, I was scratching my head as well about how computers caused the demise of logarithms. I’d love to hear, from the show gurus or otherwise, how it could be a correct statement.
All I can think of is the old-fashioned slide rule where a number was represented by its logarithm. One multiplied two numbers by adding their logarithms (moving the slide was equivalent to addition). This technique was made obsolete by modern calculators and computers. I agree, however, that the natural logarithm function is here to stay.
Using a slide rule (thus using logarithms) is what I thought they were referring to, too. However, that was after Ken announced the correct response. I had anagrams confused with acronyms, so I had had no hope of coming up with the correct response myself.
The chances of winning have James with the highest chance of being Masters champion but Victoria has been the best so far in this tournament. Is James rated higher to win the tournament based on his much more playing time in Jeopardy?
Basically, James has a longer and more sustained record of strong play, and the prediction model is taking that into account.
Thank you for the reply.
I understand the correct response to this Final Jeopardy in regards to the category; Anagrams, especially seeing them spelled out.
Not that I understand them, as I am in near total ignorance in their meaningin science.
I DO know their meaning in science, but even if I hadn’t confused anagrams with acronyms, I would have never thought of them.
I don’t think Yogesh made a wagering mistake here, especially given that he is really not risking anything by a loss. Showing his opponents that he is willing to use mixed strategy and go all-in from that position keeps them honest in future games. (i.e. if in a similar future game the leader knows Yogesh might go all-in, it pushes that leader to actually make the cover bet and not a smaller bet. This then increases success of the small bet by Yogesh from 2nd). Plus, it would be such an intimidating momentum changer if he gets it right here.