Time to start Game 53 of Net Poker. Before we deal out the cards, the winnings and the fun, some notes are in order.
\ Robert McBride is our current champ with one win and exactly CY$100,000 in winnings.
\ With this being Game 53, if you played in the main game of our 50th, 51st or 52nd episode, please sit on your hands and let someone else in on the fun. A recently retired champ will have a longer wait, per the rules.
With those pieces of business out of the way, let's play the qualifying round. The two players closest to the right answer, high or low, play against Robert.
On September 12, 2011 at 11:00am on the Meridian, Mississippi-based ABC station, we watched a rerun of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"; this episode originally aired during the second, and subsequently final, syndicated season. The contestant in this episode won at least $500 in cash (read: no consolation gift card). Out of a possible $250,000, how much did the contestant actually win? Given their scoring system, please respond in increments of $500.
(time passes)
And that's time. Let's see how the player did.
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Five grand. She declined a chance at a World History question which could've paid $50,000. Who's the closest?
Ed Lowe $1000
It's Ed. You're player 2. And player 3 is...
James Greek $500
...James. Net Poker -- next.
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Scarlett: From CDM Enterprises, a division of Trax Productions, it's the card game where the high hand can bring a reward as high as CY$1,000,000. This is Net Poker.
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Scarlett: And now, here's our host, Doug Morris!
(Doug walks out from behind the video poker screen)
Doug: Thanks, Scarlett Gray. Helloooooo, everybody. Welcome to Net Poker. We've got an affluent one-time champ -- and two players ready to take away his crown. Here to introduce our players is D.J. Hamilton.
(audience cheers) (D.J. walks out wearing a sparkling black dress)
D.J.: Hi, ya'll. Wow, what a big night for the champ, Robert McBride, who won CY$100,000.
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D.J.: Challenging him are Ed Lowe and James Greek.
Doug: Thanks, Deej, we'll see you later in the round. Players, welcome to this evening's game. We're going to commence with Video Poker and...
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Doug: ...a theme we call Double Meanings of Proper Names. I'll give you descriptions of two famous people who share the same first and last name -- and you tell me the shared first and last name.
An example from an earlier show, if I gave you the clues "Former contributor to TNN's 'Crook & Chase'" and "39th President of the U.S.", you'd buzz in and respond Jimmy Carter.
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Doug: We'll start you off with 10 points each. Each pair of descriptions is worth an additional 10. Buzz in with a wrong answer and it will cost you 10. Hands on the buzzers and away we go.
ADVANCE TO VIDEO POKER
