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Today’s game recap and statistics for the Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Jeopardy! Masters second game (Yogesh Raut, Paolo Pasco, Victoria Groce).
Jeopardy! Masters Recap - Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (Game 2)
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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Jeopardy! Masters Standings
(through 1 episode)
1) Victoria Groce, 3 points, 1 win, 30 correct responses, $23,000 Coryat Score, $24,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Paolo Pasco, 3 points, 1 win, 23 correct responses, $16,800 Coryat Score, $18,300 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Yogesh Raut, 1 points, 0 wins, 14 correct responses, $8,600 Coryat Score, $8,600 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 1 points, 0 wins, 8 correct responses, $6,000 Coryat Score, $6,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Andrew He, 0 points, 0 wins, 16 correct responses, $2,200 Coryat Score, $2,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Juveria Zaheer, 0 points, 0 wins, 13 correct responses, $7,400 Coryat Score, $12,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
Upcoming Encore Presentations
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
September 1: S42 E112 (February 10, 2026)
September 2: S42 E113 (February 11, 2026)
September 3: S42 E114 (February 12, 2026)
September 4: S42 E115 (February 13, 2026)
September 5-6: S41 E144 (March 27, 2025)
September 7: S42 E116 (February 16, 2026)
September 8: S42 E117 (February 17, 2026)
September 9: S42 E118 (February 18, 2026)
September 10: S42 E119 (February 19, 2026)
September 11: S42 E120 (February 20, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
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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Warning: This page contains spoilers for the August 26, 2026, second game of Jeopardy! Masters — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. As this game is being aired earlier in Canada, this page will be updated once this game finishes airing on CTV Halifax (at about 8:00 PM Atlantic / 7:00 PM Eastern).
This game's Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Yogesh enters this game with a 16-16 career win-loss record and 1 point thus far in the tournament. Paolo enters this game with a 13-1 career win-loss record and 3 points thus far in the tournament. Victoria enters this game with a 20-7 career win-loss record and 3 points thus far in the tournament.
Andy's Pre-Game Thoughts:
Our second half of Match Day 2 features our two winners from Match Day 1—Victoria Groce and Paolo Pasco—facing off against Yogesh Raut. Interestingly, Yogesh being drawn into this game, after only scoring 1 point in the opener, drops his chances of qualifying for the semifinals so significantly that it reduces his overall chances of winning Masters by a full 2% as compared to a random draw. (Not that this has stopped Yogesh before; he famously got off to a slow start in the 2024 Tournament of Champions final before coming back to win that event as well.)
Both Victoria and Paolo come into this game on a high, with Victoria having seemingly perfected her buzzer timing already, while Paolo became only the 4th player to run a category in Jeopardy! Masters (after James Holzhauer, Brad Rutter, and Juveria Zaheer). Certainly, Yogesh's buzzer success rate of only 16-for-45 on Match Day 1 is worrisome for his title-defense chances.
In terms of what the Unified Prediction Model says, here are our players' chances of victory today:
Victoria: 39.2% to win, 29.6% to finish second;
Paolo 28.0% to win, 33.9% to finish second;
Yogesh 32.8% to win, 36.5% to finish second.
Finally, on a scheduling note for the Canadians: While tonight's episode airs as normal at 8:00 (7:00 Central) on ABC, tonight's game is airing at 7 PM local time in a number of Canadian markets this evening, which means that tonight's results will be posted once the game has finished airing on CTV Halifax, which is 8:00 PM Atlantic time (7:00 PM Eastern).
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