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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (13-9, 0 points)
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Yogesh Raut, an educational blogger, podcast host & writer originally from Springfield, Illinois (14-14, 1 point)
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Victoria Groce, a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (17-6, 3 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The round robin continues in the second half of this episode, with Victoria and Yogesh taking on Isaac Hirsch, and Juveria sitting out. (Don’t worry, Yogesh and Victoria will only play once apiece next Tuesday.)
I’d also at this time like to address the claims I’ve seen some make on the Internet regarding strength of schedule between Isaac Hirsch and Matt Amodio, the two players who ended the quarterfinal round in fourth and fifth place. Over their respective five games this season, Matt has had an average opponent strength of 15,962 (as per the Unified Prediction Model’s average Adjusted Performance Mean data), while Isaac has had an an average opponent strength of 16,097 (as per the same metric). Thus, I think we can say that any claims that Isaac qualified via a significantly weaker schedule than Matt as complete hogwash.
Using the data coming into the semifinals, as I haven’t seen the first game of the semifinals yet when publishing these predictions, Victoria has a 42.3% chance of winning as per the Unified Prediction Model, compared to 36.2% for Yogesh and 21.5% for Isaac.
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Final Jeopardy category: Medical Words
Final Jeopardy! clue: Charles Richet coined this term for a bad response to an antigen; the N-A was a late add to make it better-sounding (& harder to spell)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historic Americans; Truth Be Told; Musical Instruments; Modern Communication; TV Comedies; Adjectives)
Yogesh had a much better start in this one, finding the Daily Double and having a $5,000 lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Yogesh 14 correct 0 incorrect
Victoria 9 correct 3 incorrect
Isaac 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Yogesh 9,600
Victoria 4,600
Isaac 3,000
Today’s interviews:
Isaac wants to buy an engagement ring with his winnings.
Yogesh doesn’t think he’s doing well on the buzzer, but took Victoria’s advice to play rhythm games.
Victoria uses a hair dryer to cook duck.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Country Parts; Economics; Triple Rhyme Time; Movie Roles; Ancient Literature; What A “Wo”man!)
Isaac found both Daily Doubles in the round, losing 2,000 on the first one but doubling up through the second. Yogesh had 10 correct in this round to get very close to a runaway, but in a turnabout from game 1, Victoria was barely in contention.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Yogesh 24 correct 1 incorrect
Victoria 18 correct 5 incorrect
Isaac 11 correct 4 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Yogesh 19,600
Victoria 10,200
Isaac 8,800
Correct response: What is anaphylaxis?
Victoria was the only player correct in Final—and that gives her the win! 3 points to Victoria, 1 point to Yogesh.
Tonight’s results:
Isaac 8,800 – $1,402 = $7,398 (What is rosecea?)
Victoria 10,200 + $8,601 = $18,801 (What is anaphylaxis? Hi, Nora!)
Yogesh 19,600 – $801 = $18,799 (What)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
- Victoria Groce, 6 points, 2 wins, 43 correct, $29,600 Coryat, $29,600 pre-Final
- Yogesh Raut, 2 points, 0 wins, 45 correct, $33,200 Coryat, $29,600 pre-Final
- Isaac Hirsch, 0 points, 0 wins, 11 correct, $6,200 Coryat, $8,800 pre-Final
- Juveria Zaheer, 0 points, 0 wins, 9 correct, $5,000 Coryat, $6,000 pre-Final
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000 (clue #6)
Yogesh 2400 +2400 (Victoria 1000 Isaac 800)
2) ANCIENT LITERATURE $1200 (clue #1)
Isaac 3000 -2000 (Victoria 4600 Yogesh 9600)
3) ECONOMICS $1200 (clue #11, $18800 left on board)
Isaac 5800 +5800 (Victoria 6200 Yogesh 13200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 133
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Victoria 4 3
Yogesh 5 4 5*
Isaac 5
DJ! Round:
Victoria 4 5 3 5
Yogesh 5 4
Isaac 3* 4† 3 4 3*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Victoria 4.00
Yogesh 4.60
Isaac 3.67
Game Stats:
Victoria $10,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $18,200 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Isaac $6,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,600
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Player Statistics:
Victoria Groce, career statistics:
606 correct, 81 incorrect
21/25 on rebound attempts (on 70 rebound opportunities)
42.32% in first on buzzer (601/1420)
30/36 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $159,905)
15/25 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,680
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
652 correct, 58 incorrect
47/53 on rebound attempts (on 116 rebound opportunities)
35.23% in first on buzzer (602/1709)
23/25 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $138,094)
17/30 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,047
Isaac Hirsch, career statistics:
494 correct, 97 incorrect
30/37 on rebound attempts (on 95 rebound opportunities)
38.24% in first on buzzer (501/1310)
20/30 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,000)
13/23 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,322
Andy’s Thoughts:
- With 15, Yogesh ties Andrew He for 4th place all-time on the list of “most games lost on Jeopardy!“.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Yogesh $19,600 Victoria $10,200 Isaac $8,800)
Victoria: Bet at least $8,600 to have a shot at victory. (Actual bet: $8,601)
Yogesh: Cover bet is $801. (Actual bet: $801)
Isaac: You’ve got a shot at one point here. Bet no more than $7,200. (Actual bet: $1,402)
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Hats off to Victoria. At this point, she is playing a great tournament. Yogesh played very well in the second game. He was close to making it a runaway but couldn’t quite get there. In the end, that cost him (that and not knowing the FJ answer). At this point, it seems that the final will come down to either Yogesh or Victoria (and if I had to pick one, I would say Victoria). With Isaac and Juveria battling to see who will get the auto bid to next years Masters Tournament. But we shall see.
Depending on the categories, I can hold my own in regular Jeopardy games. But with the Masters Tournament, I am much more of an observer. Still enjoyable to watch people at the top of their specialty at work.
I figured it out after some 10-15 seconds while watching the episode. To make sure I could finish writing down the response before the time runs out, I would have written “anafilaxis” even though I knew the proper spelling.