Pro Sports Bettor James Holzhauer To Compete In Jeapordy Masters

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‘Jeopardy James’ Holzhauer to return for ‘Jeopardy! Masters​

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James Holzhauer is returning to the game show that made him famous.

The Las Vegas-based professional sports bettor, aka “Jeopardy James,” will compete in “Jeopardy! Masters” starting at 8 p.m. Monday on ABC (KTNV-13).

Six of Jeopardy!’s highest-ranked champions will compete in the Masters tournament, which will air as 10 hourlong episodes containing two half-hour games. Shows also will air Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and the winner will walk off from the final episode May 24 with $500,000 and the Trebek Trophy.

The other contestants are Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Andrew He, Mattea Roach and Sam Buttrey. All five competed in the 2022 Tournament of Champions won by Schneider.

“This poster screams ‘We know you saw this tournament last year but a new supervillain has joined the cast for the sequel!’ and I am here for it,” he wrote on Twitter (@James_Holzhauer).

Holzhauer won $2.46 million on “Jeopardy!” during a 32-game winning streak in 2019, making him the show’s second-biggest money winner in regular play behind Jennings, who won $2.52 million during a 74-game win streak in 2004.

Holzhauer poked fun at the field for the event when he retweeted a poster with the returning champions standing behind host Ken Jennings.


Holzhauer also won $250,000 for winning the 2019 TOC and $250,000 for placing second to Jennings in the 2020 Greatest of All Time tournament.

But he stopped short of proclaiming himself the favorite to win the Masters.

“Statistically I’m the most accomplished player, but I think the other contestants may have an advantage from having played more recently,” he told the Review-Journal in an email. “The stage still feels like home to me, but I may have some ring rust.”

Schneider has the second-longest win streak in the show’s history at 40 games. She is the most successful woman and transgender contestant to compete on the show with $1.6 million in winnings.

Amodio has the third-longest win streak at 38 games and $1.5 million in winnings.

In the early rounds, the winner of each game receives three standings points, with one point for second place and none for third. After seven episodes (14 games), the top four players will advance to the semifinals before one more player is eliminated. The championship culminates with the top three players competing in a two-game total point match.

Second place receives $250,000, third $150,000, fourth $100,000, fifth $75,000 and sixth $50,000.

“The most exciting part of this tournament for me is that the winner gets to donate $100,000 to the charity of their choice,” Holzhauer said. “I hope I can bring that money home for Project 150.”

Project 150 is a local charity that provides free support and services to homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students in Nevada.

For the second straight year in August, Holzhauer will help run the Game Show Boot Camp in Las Vegas to benefit Project 150. The camp includes seminars on how to get cast on a game show and be a great contestant.

 

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LOL....new info for me

The most successful woman on this show is actually a man,

 

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Yikes

 

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Holzhauer wins ‘Jeopardy! Masters,’ $100K for Las Vegas charity​

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As a professional sports bettor, James Holzhauer has sweated out countless games that came down to the final play.

But none compared to his comeback win in the finale of “Jeopardy! Masters,” which the Las Vegas resident called “the biggest backdoor cover of my career.”

Holzhauer was crowned Masters champion Wednesday night after edging Mattea Roach in a two-game, total-point title match that was decided in Final Jeopardy.


The self-described game show villain claimed the $500,000 grand prize and Trebek Trophy, and he also won a $100,000 donation to Project 150 — a local charity that provides free support and services to homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students in Nevada.

“The charitable donation definitely means the most to me,” Holzhauer told the Review-Journal. “(My wife) Melissa and I pushed hard for this to be part of the prize. If I had lost, I’d have been fine missing out on 500K but would have felt like I failed Project 150.”


Holzhauer dominated the three-week tournament of high-ranked “Jeopardy!” champions, winning nine of 10 games, including all three in the semifinals, en route to the finale against Roach and Matt Amodio, who dealt him his lone loss.

But Holzhauer trailed Roach heading into the final clue of the event. The last category was “Latins in Literature,” and the clue was “A work by this 15th century English writer quotes the phrase ‘rex quondam rexque futurus.’”

Roach wagered 5,915 points, which would’ve ensured a one-point win over Holzhauer if he doubled up on Final Jeopardy and they both answered correctly.

But Roach, who uses they-them pronouns, gave the wrong answer when they wrote, “Who is Chaucer?”

Holzhauer also incorrectly guessed “Who is T.H. White?” (the answer was Thomas Malory). But he wagered only 119 points — which represented his daughter’s birthday of November 9 — to top Roach by 2,110 points.

His two-game total was 43,795 and theirs was 41,685.

“I knew Final was a game theory problem: if Mattea bets big I need to go small, and vice versa,” Holzhauer said. “I mentally flipped a coin — next time I might bet everything.”

Roach, whose father died suddenly of a brain aneurysm during the filming of the tournament, won $250,000 for second place.

“You played amazingly, your dad is so proud of you,” Holzhauer told Roach as they hugged after the finale. “Your mom, too.”

Amodio won $150,000 for third place, Andrew He $100,000 for fourth, Amy Schneider $75,000 for fifth and Sam Buttrey $50,000 for sixth.

“This was a tough field and I’m surprised I won as many matches as I did,” Holzhauer said. “Everyone is playing strategically and aggressively, and I love to see it.”

Holzhauer, who won $2.4 million on “Jeopardy!’ during a 32-game win streak in 2019, increased his all-time winnings on the quiz show (including tournaments) to $3.4 million, which is third behind Brad Rutter ($4.9 million) and host Ken Jennings ($4.3 million).

All three finalists in the Masters will have the chance to return to the competition for next year’s show. Holzhauer, who will return to the ABC quiz show “The Chase” in late June, joked about his “Jeopardy!” future on Twitter.

“Maybe I’ll enroll at USC for a year, play College Jeopardy,” he posted (@James_Holzhauer). “Never used up my eligibility.”

He hinted to the RJ that he won’t be back to defend his title.

“Will I be back next year?” he said. “Going out on top seems to have worked out OK for Ken.”

Holzhauer will help run the Game Show Boot Camp in Las Vegas on Aug. 5 to benefit Project 150. Those interested should visit gameshowbootcamp.org.