Victoria Groce won the second game of Jeopardy! Masters on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, and finished with 3 points. Paolo Pasco also ended with 3 points, but Groce was listed first as the winner after a game in which she answered 30 questions correctly and posted a $23,000 Coryat score.
That result matters because the recap was tracking the opening shape of the tournament as the August 26 match closed and the next game was already set for August 27. In Jeopardy! Masters, points can matter more than raw dollar totals in any single game, which is why a player can finish with the same point total as another competitor and still be placed ahead in the recap.
Groce’s line was the strongest of the field. She earned $24,800 before Final Jeopardy, while Pasco finished with 23 correct responses, a $16,800 Coryat score and $18,300 earned before Final Jeopardy. Yogesh Raut had 1 point, 14 correct responses and an $8,600 Coryat score, and Long Nguyen also finished with 1 point after 8 correct responses and a $6,000 Coryat score. Andrew He had 0 points despite 16 correct responses and a $2,200 Coryat score, while Juveria Zaheer also had 0 points with 13 correct responses, a $7,400 Coryat score and $12,400 earned before Final Jeopardy.
The point totals show how the format works: the match is not decided by Coryat score alone, because that number measures what a player would have earned on correct responses without the effect of wagering, while the game’s standing turns on the points awarded in the Masters format. That is also why the recap could show Groce ahead while Pasco shared the same total, a small gap that leaves the exact tie-break or ordering method unexplained in the game summary itself.
The schedule now stretches forward through August 28, August 29-30, August 31, September 1, September 2, September 3, September 4, September 5-6, September 7, September 8, September 9, September 10 and September 11, with Matthew Riggle’s next game listed for September 14. The broader tournament table also includes Riggle’s career line: 47 correct responses, 6 incorrect, 1/1 on rebound attempts, first on the buzzer 41.23% of the time on 47 of 114 attempts, 3/3 on Daily Doubles, $7,600 net earned, 1/2 in Final Jeopardy, a $21,300 average Coryat score and an average streak of 4.128 games.
