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2024 Masters Breakdown #2 — Top Of The Table

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s my second instalment of Masters Breakdown!

Top Quizzer + Recent Jeopardy Experience = The Top Of The Table.

I am still completely unsurprised that Victoria and Yogesh have been doing as well as they have. Their respective incredibly deep knowledge bases + recent game experience have equalled some excellent performances thus far. I would say that the major difference between Victoria and Yogesh right now in the tournament is Victoria’s supreme buzzer timing; she’s a full 10% ahead of Matt Amodio in second of the six Masters in that stat.

Again, I Didn’t Really Mind Amy’s Clue Selection

Amy is the only player yet to get off of 0 points at this point, and her loss last night tied Andrew He with 15. She was behind far enough last night that I didn’t mind her going back into a strong category after finding DD2 immediately—if it’s a good category, it’s worth the gambit of trying to pick up some more money before going in search of DD3. I would say that Wednesday is definitely “must-point” territory; a win would be even better.


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Matt Looks Like He’s Found His Stride

Matt Amodio got off to a great start in last night’s game; unfortunately for him, James’s Daily Doubles relegated him to second, but I hope that Matt was able to take some positives from his good start yesterday. I could definitely see him at least getting to the semifinals.

Lightning In A Bottle Does Not Appear To Be Forthcoming

Mattea’s buzzer timing, which was the reason why they finished second last year, has not been kind to them: they are all the way down at 29% on the buzzer. That will need to turn around—and quickly—for Mattea to have any chances this year.

I Don’t Normally Talk About Clues, But…

Hyrule in the $2,000 box in Jeopardy! Masters is massively overvalued.


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Episode #3 Preview

The pairings for Match Day 3, on Wednesday:

Game 1: Yogesh — Matt — Amy

Game 2: Victoria – James — Mattea

Here’s how the prediction model breaks it down:

Game 1:

Player

Win %

Second %

Third %

Yogesh Raut

31.807%

36.272%

31.921%

Matt Amodio

36.643%

29.511%

33.846%

Amy Schneider

31.550%

34.217%

34.233%

Game 2:

Player

Win %

Second %

Third %

Victoria Groce

36.686%

34.174%

29.140%

James Holzhauer

44.997%

28.044%

26.959%

Mattea Roach

18.317%

37.782%

43.901%

Mattea has their work cut out for them this time; I could definitely see Amy putting Mattea down in 6th after 3 quarterfinals. I’m expecting two close battles at the top, though!



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