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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (12-9)
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James Holzhauer, the self-described “final boss” of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada (50-10)
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Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (11-5)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
It’s Super Bowl Wednesday in Jeopardy! terms. Our self-described “final boss”, James Holzhauer, is here to take on two players who have made it through their respective gauntlets—one through the Tournament of Champions, the other through the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament—to make it to the Masters final.
Here are the lifetime J! statistics of our three finalists:
Victoria Groce:
391 correct, 55 incorrect
12/14 on rebound attempts (on 48 rebound opportunities)
43.11% in first on buzzer (391/907)
20/25 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $117,305)
8/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,988
James Holzhauer:
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:
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
This will be a two-game total-point final; the scores from Game 1 will be added to the scores from Game 2 to determine the overall champion. While the prediction model does favor James (39.2% to Victoria’s 34.9% and Yogesh’s 25.8%), I do believe that this final will come down to who does the best on 8 specific clues in particular: the six Daily Doubles and the two Final Jeopardy clues. The winner tonight will receive $500,000; second place will receive $250,000, and third place $150,000.
Interestingly, Victoria has been given the champion’s podium for the final, with James in the middle and Yogesh at Podium 3. I’m not sure if it was done via “overall points in the entire event” or “draw”, but I certainly wouldn’t be opposed to “draw for podium” in every Masters match—if anything, it would allow for shows to post many more things earlier for the fans without eagle-eyed fans trying to spot spoilers in the show’s posts.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters final by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game 1:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Way Back In ’23; Second Letter “Y”; Farm Fun; A Dominating Performance; Utopian Literature; The World Revolves Around Jason Kelce)
James got to the Daily Double early, but fell back to 0. However, things were very close through 30, with all 3 players within 1,000 points.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Victoria 12 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 8 correct 0 incorrect
James 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Victoria 4,600
Yogesh 4,400
James 3,600
Today’s interviews:
Yogesh will donate to the Equal Justice Initiative if he wins Masters.
James will donate to Project 150 if he wins Masters.
Victoria will donate to a healthcare charity for the poor if she wins Masters.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Dry Places; Health & Medicine; Alliteration All Around; Wales & Whales-Pourri; From Page To Stage; Eponyms)
James and Victoria got to both Daily Doubles; they both doubled up. Going into Final, James had a 2,000 point lead over Victoria.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
James 20 correct 1 incorrect
Victoria 21 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 13 correct 0 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
James 27,200
Victoria 25,200
Yogesh 9,600
Game 1 Final Jeopardy category: Politicians
Game 1 Final Jeopardy! clue: This man was the 1st to be governor of one state & then senator from another; 173 years later, Mitt Romney became the second
Game 1 Correct response: Who is Sam Houston?
Yogesh and James were correct in Final, but James and Victoria went small (Yogesh went all in)—this is still anyone’s game! James’s “effective lead” is 3,454.50 over Victoria and 4,554.50 over Yogesh.
Game 1 results:
Yogesh 9,600 + $9,600 = $19,200 (Who Jackie Houston)
Victoria 25,200 – $3,800 = $21,400 (Who is Johnson? Hi, Nora! <3)
James 27,200 + $1,109 = $28,309 (Who is Houston) (18538-day total: $28,309)
Other Miscellaneous Game 1 Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) UTOPIAN LITERATURE $800 (clue #5)
James 1400 -1400 (Victoria 1400 Yogesh 0)
2) HEALTH & MEDICINE $1200 (clue #6)
Victoria 10200 +10200 (James 5200 Yogesh 4400)
3) ALLITERATION ALL AROUND $1200 (clue #16, $13600 left on board)
James 10400 +10400 (Victoria 22800 Yogesh 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Victoria 4 3 5
James 2 4*
Yogesh
DJ! Round:
Victoria 4 4 5 3* 5 4 4
James 3 2 3 2 3 2 3*
Yogesh 5 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
James 2.67
Victoria 4.10
Yogesh 4.50
Game 1 Stats:
James $19,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Victoria $16,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $9,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,200
Lach Trash: $6,600 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,200
Game 2 Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Numeric Geography; It’s All Greek Myth To Me; Tiny Bubbles; Names In Fashion; “I” Tunes; This! Isn’t! Jeopardy!)
Yogesh got the Daily Double, and that was enough for him to hold a lead through 30 clues of Game 2. However, it was still incredibly close for the overall lead at this point.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Yogesh 9 correct 1 incorrect
Victoria 10 correct 1 incorrect
James 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Yogesh 5,799
Victoria 5,600
James 2,800
Today’s interviews:
Yogesh would like to thank the Atlanta Braves.
James would like thank his aunts and uncles and the production team in 2019.
Victoria would like to thank her family, friends, and academic bowl coaches.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: African History; “K” “J” For The Win; New Material About Old Material; Women In Poems; Tv; Famous Hosts)
Victoria got to both Daily Doubles; her correct responses on both—among 15 correct in the round—means she has a runaway going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Victoria 25 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 17 correct 2 incorrect
James 11 correct 0 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Victoria 34,000
Yogesh 15,799
James 8,800
Game 2 Final Jeopardy category: American Women
Game 2 Final Jeopardy! clue: The New York Times wrote of this woman who had died in 1951, “though she was forgotten at the time, part of her remained alive”
Game 2 Correct response: Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Everyone got Final correct. Victoria is your winner, Yogesh second, James third!
Tonight’s results:
James 8,800 + $908 = $9,708 + $28,309 = $38,017 (Who is Henrietta Lacks final boss death music)
Yogesh 15,799 + $10,911 = $26,710 + $19,200 = $45,910 (Who Could it be Lacks?)
Victoria 34,000 + $0 = $34,000 + $21,400 = $55,400 (Who is Lacks? Great games, y’all – see you next year! <3)
Other Miscellaneous Game 2 Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) “I” TUNES $1000 (clue #4)
Yogesh 1800 +1799 (Victoria 0 James 0)
2) WOMEN IN POEMS $800 (clue #11)
Victoria 13600 +13600 (James 4000 Yogesh 10999)
3) NEW MATERIAL ABOUT OLD MATERIAL $800 (clue #20, $6800 left on board)
Victoria 29200 +800 (James 7600 Yogesh 14999)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 203
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Victoria 5 4
James
Yogesh 5 5*
DJ! Round:
Victoria 4 3 4 3 5 2* 5 2 2 2*
James 3 4 4 3
Yogesh 5 5 4 3 5 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Victoria 3.42
Yogesh 4.63
James 3.50
Game 2 Stats:
Victoria $21,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $15,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
James $8,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 0 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,000
Lach Trash: $6,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
Player Statistics:
Victoria Groce, career statistics:
438 correct, 59 incorrect
12/14 on rebound attempts (on 50 rebound opportunities)
42.80% in first on buzzer (437/1021)
23/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $141,905)
9/18 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,956
James Holzhauer, career statistics:
2031 correct, 112 incorrect
66/72 on rebound attempts (on 162 rebound opportunities)
48.70% in first on buzzer (1879/3858)
112/124 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $935,393)
52/68 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,194
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
501 correct, 44 incorrect
35/39 on rebound attempts (on 79 rebound opportunities)
35.57% in first on buzzer (466/1310)
16/17 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $118,194)
14/23 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,478
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Congratulations to Victoria!
- Game 2 was the first time in James’s entire career that he had fewer than 17 responses, and the first time he was in first on the buzzer fewer than 16 times. It’s also his first-ever sub-$10,000 Coryat score.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Victoria $34,000 (21,400) Yogesh $15,799 (19,200) James $8,800 (28,309)
Victoria’s current score: 55,400
Victoria’s maximum possible score: 89,400
Yogesh’s current score: 34,999
Yogesh’s maximum possible score: 50,798
James’s current score: 37,109
James’s maximum possible score: 45,909
Victoria: You have a runaway. Bet 0. (Actual bet: $0)
James: If Yogesh covers and is incorrect, he falls below your Day 1 total. Go all in and force Yogesh to do the math right. (Actual bet: $908)
Yogesh: In the battle for second, bet 10,911 to cover James. (Actual bet: $10,911)
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I’m predicting James will win! I want to see all True Daily Doubles tonight!
I predict the Queen will win and dethrone the King.
Victoria did win. She and Yogesh were quicker to ring in during the second game than James. That (and, being correct, of course,) seems to be the way to beat James.
This has been such amazing television, I don’t want it to end… but at the same time, I don’t know how many more heart attacks I can take! 🙂
I hear ya MasterDoge! 🙂
Ditto! Victoria has been my favorite the entire tournament. Nonetheless, I found myself scrolling, ever so slowly, through the results on this page until I did the math prior to the last Final Jeopardy! and realized she couldn’t lose. Only then was I able to breathe a sigh of relief. Great tournament!
Congrats to everyone involved. This truly was anyone’s game to win. I get James FJ bets as you have to be defensive and not reckless… that being said I’m just a little shocked he didn’t go all in or close to it in the first game just with the calibur of competition James was up against.
It feels brutally wrong for all 3 players to not bet everything in game 1 final
The right person won in the end though. I remember telling my wife Victoria was going to be trouble after seeing her first game in the J.I.T.
Congratulations, Victoria!
I thought there might have been a chance James could sneak away with a win, but Victoria has been an absolute beast all tournament long and is so deserving of this that there’s not enough words to describe it. And hey, finishing second against THAT is no mean feat!
I can’t wait to see these three return next year, as well as what competition lays in store for them… I wonder what James will list his profession as next year?
What would the betting situation have looked like if James went all-in on the first Final Jeopardy? Would he still have won or at least gotten second? I’m curious. I was hoping for him to beat Victoria!
The scores then would have been:
James 54,400
Victoria 21,400
Yogesh 19,200
The highest possible scores for the second game would have been:
Victoria 89,400
James 72,000
Yogesh 50,798
So he probably wouldn’t have won (especially considering Victoria would’ve probably bet much more than 800 on DD3) but he’d have had a superlock for second place, considering Yogesh wouldn’t have had enough to pass his Game 1 score even if both of them went all-in in game 2 and Yogesh was correct while James wasn’t.
Thank you for the score information. Looking forward to next year!
Flummoxed by the first masters FJ; best I can see he was only Texas governor and senator
He was also Governor of Tennessee.
Indeed, the only person to be governor of two different states. As close to an instaget for a final in this tournament as you can get for a native Texan.
James should have went all in on Double Jeopardy in the first game!!
However Victoria is a Master on the buzzer. Her second game double jeopardy was dominating
She was the best player throughout and deserved to win. Congrats to Victoria.
I wasn’t aware prior to tonight that the winner’s charity of choice would receive such a generous sum. Very cool. I’m guessing neither runner-up received a similar prize?
Also, does Amy now have the distinction of most J! losses?
By far (relatively). She has 21 losses, with Mattea in second (16) and Matt and Andrew He tied for third (15).
Ah, thank you, MasterDoge. Looking forward to seeing who gets to compete next year, whether Invitational-ly, Master-ly or otherwise. Always great to watch.
“Odenkirk” should have warranted a “be more specific” as I think a Coppola answer (or other Hollywood sibling/family) should have very recently on Regular Jeopardy!
Thx,
Jay!
Viva Victoria! Excuse me while I listen to Diva by Dana International.
A few asides:
FJ 1: I had absolutely no idea. FJ 2: I knew it.
I, for one, welcome the new form of a question. I hope that future contestants adopt it.