Welcome to Game 38 as we continue to celebrate five years of Net Poker. Thanks for your patience while we worked on the fifth anniversary special -- which you can see right now at www.dougmorris.net/poker in the archives under "Net Poker Live!"
Since we've been away for awhile, notes are in order...
\ Josh Warren is our returning champion. He has one win, CY$9500 and a trip to Paris, France.
\ This is Game 38. So if you played in the main game of our 35th, 36th or 37th episodes -- or if you're on retired status -- please sit on your hands and let someone else win.
\ The outlaw's jackpot is up to CY$55,000 and the fifth anniversary side pot starts over at a fresh CY$5000. Stands to reason with all those fives, huh?
...now it's on to the qualifying question. Two players closest to the right answer high or low play against Josh. The question...
On May 16, 2008, at 10:00pm Central, we watched "Bingo America" on GSN. The winner of this episode's main game collected how much money from the bank? Please respond to the nearest dollar and please make sure your answer is higher than $809.
(time passes)
OK, before we reveal the correct answer, here's why we called for answers higher than $809. The main game starts with the producers seeding the bank at $500. If a player buzzes in with the right answer, (s)he earns a letter in "BINGO" and the producers add money based on the number on the ball drawn (33 under the N adds $33; 75 under the O adds $75; a 4 under the B adds a whopping $4).
If a player is lucky enough to sweep in the best of three series but only have the lowest numbered balls in B, I, N, G and O drawn in each of the first two games, that means the bank would only increase by $310 ($155 per game for the 1, 16, 31, 46 and 61 drawn) for a minimum payoff of $810 to the winning player.
That said, the bank usually ends up higher than a grand. And this show was no different...
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...eleven-hundred sixty-five big ones. Who's the closest?
Ian Laudato $1202
Nice guess, Ian. Only off by $37. Next closest?
Jay Cross $1104
Oh, it would be Jay. Unfortunately, our records show he was in Game 36. Gotta wait a little while longer, my friend. So the next closest is...
Michael Clifford $1082
...Michael, the world's biggest Jill Manas fan. To everyone else, thanks for playing. Net Poker's coming up next.
======================================================================Rich Jeffries: "The Apprentice: Cosmo Spacely" (audience laughs) will not be seen today -- so that we may be able to get you *FIRED* up with this out of this world replacement. ======================================================================
Rich: From CDM Enterprises, a division of Trax Productions, welcome to the card game where high hands can bring high rewards. Celebrating five years on VBS, this is Net Poker.
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Rich: And now, here's the star of our show, Doug Morris!
(Doug walks out from behind the video poker screen)
Doug: I thank you, Rich. Helloooooo, everybody -- and welcome to Net Poker. We have a champ going for his second win -- and two challengers waiting to take away his crown and play for 55-grand. Say, Rich?
Rich: Yes?
Doug: Remember that show you once announced for and later did the warm-ups for where jackpots went up to 55-grand?
Rich: Ah, I think I know where this is going.
Doug: It is. Hit it, fellers!
("Super Password" intro theme plays) (light laughter from the crowd)
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Rich: It's Password.
(flutes' portion of the intro building to crescendo)
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Rich: It's Back and Forth Password! (intro theme continues to play) Our special guest clue-giver -- from Net Poker, D.J. Hamilton!
(audience cheers) (D.J. walks out wearing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt with a resemblance of the first "Password" logo when the show started on ABC) (SP theme fades)
D.J.: Thanks, ya'll. And playing Back and Forth Password with me are Michael Clifford, Ian Laudato and our current champion. With one win and CY$9500 plus a trip to Paris, Josh Warren.
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Doug: Nice to have all of you here. Now, we've played this before. But to refresh your memory, D.J. is going to give you two one-word clues to two different passwords. The first password in each pair of passwords can be spelled in reverse to lead to the identity of the second password.
Let's play an example from the last time we played this theme.
D.J.: banister, fibber
Doug: OK, a banister would be another word for a "rail" -- and "rail" spelled backwards is "liar". We'll try another example.
D.J.: boat, canoe
Doug: Well, both of those words are synonymous with "kayak". And you'd have to respond "kayak" twice. Passwords in a pair *could* be palindromes of each other.
Ten points are awarded every time a player chimes in and correctly identifies a pair of passwords. After five pairs, we'll go for more points at the video screen. Let's give each of you a head start at 10 points.
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Doug: And here come the first clues for the first pair of passwords.
ADVANCE TO VIDEO POKER
