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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California (48-20, 0 points)
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Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (12-8, 4 points)
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James Holzhauer, the self-described “final boss” of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada (49-10, 4 points)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
The final semifinal will see #1 seed Victoria Groce sit out while James Holzhauer, Yogesh Raut, and Amy Schneider play. If the first semifinal sees James win with Victoria in second, this semifinal would be a dead rubber. The situation will become much more clearer once the opening game tonight finishes.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Monday, May 20, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Shooting My Literary Shot; Thirtysomethings; Rectangled; American Idol Alums; Naked Without Their Prefixes; “H” Town)
In this dead rubber, all three players still played just as hard; James went all-in on a Daily Double, while Yogesh picked up 9 correct to sit second.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
James 13 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 9 correct 0 incorrect
Amy 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James 8,400
Yogesh 6,400
Amy 3,000
Today’s interviews:
Amy wants to thank her mom.
Yogesh wants to be on “Lateral” and “Um, Actually”.
James watched “The Chase” with his least-observant friend.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Biology; Make It Flirty; Statue Of Limitations; Business; People In American History; Acting Teachers)
Double Jeopardy saw Yogesh and James put on a show, both with 5-figure Daily Double bets. James led going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
James 24 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 17 correct 2 incorrect
Amy 11 correct 1 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
James 32,000
Yogesh 24,800
Amy 8,200
Final Jeopardy category: 21st Century Literary Characters
Final Jeopardy! clue: The last name adopted by Damon Fields, the title character of this noval, refers to his red hair
Correct response: What is Demon Copperhead?
Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct; 3 points to James, 1 to Yogesh. Amy goes home with $100,000 In fourth place.
Tonight’s results:
Amy 8,200 + $8,000 = $16,200 (What is Demon Copperhead?)
Yogesh 24,800 + $7,201 = $32,001 (What Demon Copperhead)
James 32,000 + $17,601 = $49,601 (What is Demon Copperhead)
Jeopardy! Masters Semi-Final Standings:
(through May 20)
1st: James Holzhauer (7 points, 2 wins, 65 correct, 47,200 Coryat, 66,400 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Yogesh Raut (5 points, 1 win, 56 correct, 39,800 Coryat, 62,400 Pre-FJ)
3rd: Victoria Groce (4 points, 1 win, 63 correct, 49,800 Coryat, 56,000 Pre-FJ)
4th: Amy Schneider (0 points, 0 wins, 26 correct, 6,400 Coryat, 6,400 Pre-FJ)
Chances of winning Masters:
James 39.24%
Victoria 34.91%
Yogesh 25.85%
(Editor’s note: These are revised predictions. Masters Breakdown #8 explains why.)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) “H” TOWN $1000 (clue #11)
James 3200 +3200 (Yogesh 2200 Amy 2000)
2) MAKE IT FLIRTY $1600 (clue #8)
Yogesh 12000 +12000 (James 10400 Amy 3000)
3) PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (clue #16, $12800 left on board)
James 14000 +14000 (Yogesh 23200 Amy 5800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
James 5 4 2 3 2 5*
Yogesh 4 5 5
Amy 4 3
DJ! Round:
James 4 3 3 2 2*
Yogesh 5 5 4 4 4* 4 5 5
Amy 2 3 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
James 3.18
Yogesh 4.55
Amy 3.00
Game Stats:
James $16,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $14,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Amy $8,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,200
Lach Trash: $9,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Player Statistics:
James Holzhauer, career statistics:
1998 correct, 111 incorrect
64/70 on rebound attempts (on 157 rebound opportunities)
49.44% in first on buzzer (1851/3744)
111/122 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $926,393)
50/66 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,500
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
469 correct, 42 incorrect
34/38 on rebound attempts (on 76 rebound opportunities)
36.45% in first on buzzer (436/1196)
15/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $116,395)
12/21 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,971
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
1816 correct, 140 incorrect
90/110 on rebound attempts (on 268 rebound opportunities)
42.26% in first on buzzer (1682/3980)
80/95 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $257,800)
46/69 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,557
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I was impressed by how hard James and Yogesh played this game, considering the relatively small stakes of its outcome.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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This final is going to be amazing. I couldn’t even begin to pick the winner.
I’m excited as it’s a 2 game point total affair. James is the only one with experience on playing in this format so that may give James the slightest of advantages. Whoever has the best luck hunting down daily doubles will likely take the finals but what I love is you just never know.
Why was Amy in a chair?
She wanted to be in a chair. The show will accommodate any contestant who does ask to sit.
Amy, Matt, and, Mattea, all played well. But ran into the ripple buzzsaw of James, Victoria, and, Yogesh.
The Finals will be interesting with the three powerhouses battling each other.
This final is going to be crazy to watch. It’s going to come down to knowledge of the material, being quickest on the buzzer, and who can find those daily doubles and when they find them. This truly is a pick’em
This tournanent was 2 tiers with Victoria, Yogesh and James in the top tier. I am sure that many were surprised how good Victoria and Yogesh were.
A couple of questions for you to possibly address in tomorrow’s Masters Breakdown:
Entering the semifinals, what was the prediction model’s estimate of Amy not obtaining a point?
It having been the case that the model gave Amy a better chance of both advancing and winning the whole tournament than Yogesh, what changes, if any, would you consider introducing?
The Amy over Yogesh jumped out to me after the quarterfinals, as did the favoring of James; but I withheld judgment, given the backdrop of Ike Barinholtz’s Tournament of Champions performance. But it has since occurred to me whether some sort of time-weighting of performances might be valuable.
What interesting food for thought. I wonder what the stats are for the timing and duration of the “peaking” of top players, as well.
I wondered about whether (in these types of tournament games) incorporating head to head data would be practical.
Matt – do you happen to have any head to head (win / loss) stats. It may not be so easy given 3 players not a competition of 2.
I wondered about whether head to head results could be incorporated in the prediction model for tournament type games.
Matt – do you happen to have any stats on head to head results? I know it is not as easy with 3 competitors as opposed to just 2.
Fierce fight tonight between James and Yogesh.
Wednesday will be epic between James, Yogesh, and Victoria. The 2 times these 3 have matched up in a game, Yogesh won both. This being a 2 game total point affair makes it a true mystery as to who will win.
Bring on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Pacific!
I like the total points carryover format better than the first to win three games. Short and sweet
I would love to see these three fight it out in a first-to-three, but the need for a fixed predetermined number of episodes probably precludes that format.
I’d like to see a combo of first to 3 (or 2) with the 2-game carryover format. And the prediction model details.
Considering the number of people annoyed about knowing how long the series was going to go with GOAT in 2020 specifically based on ABC having to schedule a supposedly indeterminate number of games…such a system would be completely unworkable.
Whichever format you have to use, is fine with me. Love these Masters Matches!!! Happy for whomever comes out ahead. Looking forward to Wednesday.