A quantitative researcher from New York, New York...

Matt Amodio

"...the only current player to have won a game against James Holzhauer."

2024 Jeopardy! Masters 6th place player: $50,000.
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000.
2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37/38 38-time champion: $1,518,601 + $1,000.

At the time of his original appearance, Matt was a fifth-year computer-science doctoral student at Yale University, but since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he had been doing his academic work remotely from home in Medina, Ohio. Matt was the 2009 Medina High School valedictorian, and graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in actuarial math.

Matt appeared in the following 6 archived games:
Jeopardy! Masters #31, aired 2024-05-15 Yogesh Raut vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 11.
Jeopardy! Masters #29, aired 2024-05-13 Victoria Groce vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 9.
Jeopardy! Masters #27, aired 2024-05-10 Matt Amodio vs. Amy Schneider vs. Mattea Roach 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 7.
Jeopardy! Masters #25, aired 2024-05-08 Yogesh Raut vs. Matt Amodio vs. Amy Schneider 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 5.
Jeopardy! Masters #23, aired 2024-05-06 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 3.
Jeopardy! Masters #21, aired 2024-05-01 Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio vs. Victoria Groce 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 1. Ken Jennings hosts.
Matt previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Matt Amodio in the following 12 archived games:
Jeopardy! Masters #20, aired 2023-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 2.
Jeopardy! Masters #19, aired 2023-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #18, aired 2023-05-23 Mattea Roach vs. Andrew He vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 4.
Jeopardy! Masters #17, aired 2023-05-23 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 3.
Jeopardy! Masters #15, aired 2023-05-22 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #13, aired 2023-05-17 Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 13.
Jeopardy! Masters #12, aired 2023-05-16 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Amy Schneider 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 12.
Jeopardy! Masters #9, aired 2023-05-15 Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio vs. Amy Schneider 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 9.
Jeopardy! Masters #8, aired 2023-05-12 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 8.
Jeopardy! Masters #6, aired 2023-05-10 Andrew He vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 6.
Jeopardy! Masters #4, aired 2023-05-09 Andrew He vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 4.
Jeopardy! Masters #1, aired 2023-05-08 Amy Schneider vs. Matt Amodio vs. Andrew He 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 1. Ken Jennings hosts.

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