2025-26 Second Chance – Week 3 Preview

Keegan Olson
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Original appearance: May 6, 2025

21 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$14,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,000

29.693% to advance to final
6.974% to win Second Chance

In his game, Keegan had a $17,000 Coryat in a game with a combined Coryat of just $27,400. Unfortunately, Keegan also missed a pair of Daily Doubles, leading to his return here in Second Chance.

Abigail Arnold
Waltham, Massachusetts
Original appearance: April 23, 2025

25 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,800

35.474% to advance to final
10.100% to win Second Chance

Abigail picked up 25 correct against Liam Starnes; unfortunately, she went for a big Daily Double early and couldn’t recover from the incorrect response. One thing to look out for as well is if Abigail will forget where DD2 was in the search for DD3; that mistake in her first game let Liam find DD3 en route to victory.

Mustafa Hameed
Los Angeles, California
Original appearance: March 24, 2025

22 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,200

34.833% to advance to final
9.547% to win Second Chance

Mustafa probably should have ended Josh Weikert’s win streak at 1 after picking up 22 correct; however, a poor Final Jeopardy wager left him with insufficient funds to take victory after both he and Josh missed Final. Will Mustafa learn from his error, or do we have another Chris Turner-Neal?

Emily Johnson
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Original appearance: March 11, 2025

21 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,400

30.838% to advance to final
10.427% to win Second Chance

Emily picked up over 20 correct in a game against James Corson and Harvey Silikovitz; unfortunately for Emily, the “Just Wager $4,000” strategy did not work for her as a more aggressive Daily Double wager might have seen her take victory the first time out.

Dondi DeMarco
New York, New York
Original appearance: April 15, 2025

17 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,600

28.261% to advance to final
8.990% to win Second Chance

We saw Dondi a few weeks ago in reruns; he picked up a $17,600 Coryat and led Andrew Hayes entering Final Jeopardy; unfortunately, he was unable to seal the deal on the 61^st clue.

Ricky Chandak
Boston, Massachusetts
Original appearance: July 4, 2025

21 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $12,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400

40.901% to advance to final
16.994% to win Second Chance

Ricky is one of the favorites to advance here, as a result of nearly ending Scott Riccardi’s run before it even began. In Scott’s second game, Ricky picked up a $12,000 True Daily Double and came very close to victory.

Ryan Sharpe
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Original appearance: September 15, 2025

21 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600

41.115% to advance to final
17.352% to win Second Chance

Ryan’s return might come as an incredible surprise to anyone who has read a local newspaper’s website in Ontario over the last couple of weeks. The …Today collective of news websites in Ontario has been running an article claiming that Ryan’s journey has somehow come to an end, when it very clearly has not, as evidenced by Ryan’s return in Second Chance. Granted, coming from a newspaper collective that referred to a Pop Culture Jeopardy team losing only because their opponents made an unorthodox Final Jeopardy wager as having been “walloped”, this is apparently par for the course for them; their Jeopardy! coverage has certainly left a lot to be desired in 2025.
On to Ryan, though, he had a commanding lead over Paolo Pasco, only to get Final Jeopardy incorrect. Having $27,600 entering Final against Paolo, though, does make Ryan the overall favorite to advance.

Jenna Hayes
New York, New York
Original appearance: December 24, 2024

20 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,200

28.734% to advance to final
9.341% to win Second Chance

Jenna picked up 20 correct in Laura Faddah’s fourth game, unfortunately, Laura had a singleton get in Final Jeopardy to take victory #4 from a distant third.

Dan Puma
Chicago, Illinois
Original appearance: July 8, 2025

24 correct, 8 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600

30.151% to advance to final
10.275% to win Second Chance

Dan picked up 24 correct in Scott Riccardi’s fourth game, giving Scott another early strong game; will Dan be more aggressive on the Daily Doubles, though, after the margin entering Final was less than what Dan left on the table with his Daily Double bets?