The semi-finals bought underway within the Jeopardy! Masters match on Monday (May 22) night time, and James Holzhauer continued the place he left off, racking up extra wins and topping the leaderboard.
However, for a second, it appeared like Mattea Roach was going to beat the self-styled sport present supervillain. In the second sport of the night time, Roach made a formidable comeback within the Double Jeopardy spherical, touchdown on two Daily Doubles and boosting their complete to 26,800, whereas Holzhauer stood at 18,800 and Andrew He at 6,400.
This meant for the primary time this season, Holzhauer was not main going into Final Jeopardy. Unfortunately for Roach, they did not reply the ultimate clue (This Sixteenth-century ship bought its title from the crest of Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer). Holzhauer and He each answered appropriately (the Golden Hind), giving the previous a successful complete of 24,700 whereas Roach dropped to fifteen,999 (He completed on 12,484).
“Look at Mattea making this game interesting!” wrote one fan on the Jeopardy! Reddit discussion board.
“Even with the loss, that was probably the best performance against James of the tournament and Mattea did great,” stated one other viewer. “Sucks that they lost but I hope them being the only person to be leading James going into FJ this special gives them the respect they deserve against the naysayers.”
“Bummer Mattea’s great performance didn’t materialize into a W. They did a fantastic job,” added one other.
Even Holzhauer praised Roach, taking to Twitter after the episode to share his ideas. “@mattearoach turned both of these halftime scores into commanding leads at the end of Double Jeopardy,” he tweeted alongside a photograph of the episode’s stats. “Do not piss off a Canadian, no matter how friendly they seem.”
.@mattearoach turned each of those halftime scores into commanding leads on the finish of Double Jeopardy.
Do not piss off a Canadian, regardless of how pleasant they appear. pic.twitter.com/gQddhDX4Vp
— x – James Holzhauer (@James_Holzhauer) May 23, 2023
It was a terrific night time for Holzhauer throughout, as he additionally gained the primary sport of towards He and Matt Amodio. It was particularly spectacular as Holzhauer was trailing going into the Double Jeopardy spherical however shot into first place after a pair of True Daily Doubles. All three gamers bought the Final Jeopardy! clue right, however He and Amodio didn’t have sufficient to beat Holzhauer’s rating of 30,401.
The second semi-finals happen tonight (Tuesday, May 23), adopted by the finals on Wednesday, May 24. As of now, the semi-finals leaderboard appears to be like like this:
1st: James Holzhauer (6 factors, 2 wins, 49 right)
2nd: Andrew He (1 level, 0 wins, 29 right)
third: Mattea Roach (1 level, 0 wins, 20 right)
4th: Matt Amodio (0 factors, 0 wins, 11 right)
Jeopardy! Masters, May 23 & 24, 8/7c, ABC