Jeopardy! Masters Recap - Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (Game 2)

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Game Recap & Tonight's Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here's the Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historic Americans; Words That Should Rhyme; Some Vexsome Vexillology; Totally Rad '80s TV; Regional Food & Drink; Stephen King: Master Of Horror)

Victoria dominated this opening round, picking up 19 correct to sit in five figures through 30 clues. She ran 80s TV and regional food and got 3 in flags and words that should rhyme.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Victoria 19 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 6 correct 0 incorrect
Long 5 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria 11,000
Yogesh 4,000
Long 2,000

Today's interviews:

Long has played with and against Yogesh in trivia competitions.
Yogesh gave "Parable of the Bear" advice to Long.
Victoria would play the Jeopardy! Think music to get kids back in line two decades ago.

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Cities With The Same First & Last Letter; I Can Tell You What It's Not; Pop Music Between Covers; Weights & Measures; Bow Down To The Master; Bathroom Culture)

Victoria continued to completely dominate. However, Long found DD2, and that was enough to let him sit second ahead of Yogesh entering Final Jeopardy. Victoria got 3 in cities, weights, masters, and bathrooms.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Victoria 34 correct 7 incorrect
Long 9 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 13 correct 3 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Victoria 29,600
Long 4,000
Yogesh 3,600

Final Jeopardy category: Words In The U.S. Constitution

Final Jeopardy! clue: Coming immediately after "nor", it's the first adjective in Section 1 of the 13th Amendment

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Correct response: What is involuntary?

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Yogesh's correct response put the pressure on Long, but Long wasn't correct. That advances Andrew to the semifinals on the correct response tiebreaker.

Tonight's results:

Yogesh 3,600 + $3,600 = $7,200 (What involuntary)
Long 4,000 - $398 = $3,602 (What is free)
Victoria 29,600 - $4,967 = $24,633 (What is free? Hi, Nora!) (Winner)

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Jeopardy! Masters Standings:

(through 6 episodes)
1) Victoria Groce, 15 points, 5 wins, 172 correct responses, $126,000 Coryat Score, $121,000 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 12 points, 3 wins, 106 correct responses, $69,000 Coryat Score, $69,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 8 points, 1 win, 94 correct responses, $62,400 Coryat Score, $71,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Andrew He, 5 points, 1 win, 89 correct responses, $53,000 Coryat Score, $50,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 68 correct responses, $40,200 Coryat Score, $45,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 86 correct responses, $60,600 Coryat Score, $68,400 earned before Final Jeopardy

Chances of winning Jeopardy! Masters:

Victoria Groce 33.00%
Yogesh Raut 27.44%
Andrew He 20.28%
Paolo Pasco 19.28%

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Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $800 (clue #12)
Victoria 5400 +400 (Yogesh 1800 Long 1000)
2) CITIES WITH THE SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1600 (clue #1)
Long 2000 +2000 (Victoria 11000 Yogesh 4000)
3) BATHROOM CULTURE $1200 (clue #21, $4800 left on board)
Victoria 25000 +5000 (Yogesh 800 Long 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 127

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Victoria 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 4*
Yogesh 5 5
Long 2 5

DJ! Round:
Victoria 5 3 5 3 4 5 3 2 2 4 5 3 2 4 5 3*
Yogesh 5† 3†
Long 4* 4 4

† - selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Victoria 3.67
Yogesh 4.50
Long 3.80

Game Stats:

Victoria $26,200 Coryat, 34 correct, 7 incorrect, 64.91% in first on buzzer (37/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $3,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Long $3,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,400
Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,800

Player Statistics:

Victoria Groce, career statistics:

848 correct, 130 incorrect
31/40 on rebound attempts (on 101 rebound opportunities)
44.02% in first on buzzer (851/1933)
43/53 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $173,705)
19/34 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,229

Yogesh Raut, career statistics:

827 correct, 81 incorrect
66/75 on rebound attempts (on 165 rebound opportunities)
34.29% in first on buzzer (762/2222)
28/32 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $160,294)
23/39 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,236

Long Nguyen, career statistics:

262 correct, 53 incorrect
20/27 on rebound attempts (on 80 rebound opportunities)
27.52% in first on buzzer (251/912)
19/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $51,000)
7/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,150

Andy's Thoughts:

• Victoria now holds the career record for category runs during Masters play with 5. She's also the first player to run 2 categories in a single Masters game.
• Today's box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Victoria $29,600 Long $4,000 Yogesh $3,600)

Victoria: Just bet 0.
Yogesh: Bet between 801 and 2,800.
Long: Cover bet over Yogesh is 3,201.