(winning bells; audience applause)

Doug: Not only a winner -- a King!

 

 

 

MICHAEL CY$00	CHRIS CY$00	DEAN CY$00
WIN! CY$1,500	WIN! CY$1,200	WIN! CY$1,200

Doug: Now, gentlemen, let me explain the situation. If you freeze right now, you ensure you'll end this round with your score doubled.

But, if you risk and the next card is an Ace, you'll get the big Blackjack bonus. For Chris and Dean, that means CY$38,400; for Michael, it's an even 48-grand and for Harry it's a boat load of Maalox. (audience laughs) Anything other than an Ace or a Joker and the scores just double again.

Only bad card right now is a Joker. Freeze or risk?

(players secretly lock decisions)

 

 

 

MICHAEL CY$00	CHRIS CY$00	DEAN CY$00
RISK CY$1,500	RISK CY$1,200	RISK CY$1,200

(smattering of cheers from the crowd)

Doug: All righty. The scores are either going to double again, increase into the tens of thousands or go down to zero.

Naturally,

they

hope

the

next

card

is

any

Ace

for

a

huge

payoff

of

sixty-

four

times

their

original

wagers.

Let's

reveal

the

second

card

now.

 

(winning bells; audience applause) (a few groans in the crowd)

Doug: Well it's an 8 -- meaning the count goes up to 18.

 

 

 

MICHAEL CY$00	CHRIS CY$00	DEAN CY$00
WIN! CY$3,000	WIN! CY$2,400	WIN! CY$2,400

Doug: Gentlemen, dare I say this is the first real test of luck in this CY$250,000 playoff. The question is -- do you take the safe route and freeze -- or take a big risk and hope that next card is an Ace, a Deuce or hopefully a Trey.

Should you decide to risk and we see an Ace or 2, your total winnings double. If you risk and it's a 3, the payoff is 32 times your original wager. This means Michael would have CY$24,000; Chris and Dean would each have CY$19,200.

That is -- *if* you take this huge gamble. Freeze or risk?

(players lock in decisions)

 

 

 

MICHAEL CY$00	CHRIS CY$00	DEAN CY$00
FREEZE CY$3,000	FREEZE CY$2,400	FREEZE CY$2,400

Doug: I had a feeling all of you would stop here. Nice run, guys.

(audience cheers)

Michael: Sorry, Dirty Harry.

(DH sneers) (audience laughs)

Doug: BTW, just for fun, would the next card have been a bust? Let's just see it.

 

(loud groans from the crowd)

(cut to Doug with his jaw dropped to the floor, so to speak)

(cut to Harry now smiling)

(back to Doug and a shot of the players)

Doug: If Alex Davis were here, would he classify this as a technical dealer win? Maybe an outright win?

 

 

 

MICHAEL CY$3,000	CHRIS CY$2,400	DEAN CY$2,400

("A Little Less Conversation" plays)

Doug: Well, we still have a good game. Michael with three-grand, the others tied at 2400. When we come back, we'll tell you about one of the prizes at stake in this tournament -- and we'll play this game's Final Risk. It's The Big Risk Quarter Million Playoff at the Bonus Island Resort and Casino in Gulfport, Mississippi.

(audience cheers) (wide shot of stage of auditorium)

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