TPiR Recap - 4/23/2013 (Big Money Week: Day II)

[plinkoboard]

Wow another episode with 3 perfect bids in Contestant's Row.  I had a feeling the 0 was wrong in Squeeze Play.  More or Less was easy today.  Bad luck on Pathfinder.  I was confused about the deep fryer price but had a feeling about the other 2 small prizes. 

[john cage bubblegum]

What a shame about Grand Game.  I won't lie; in real time, I thought it couldn't possibly be this obvious, and I had the body wash as the last product over the jelly.  But come on, the potatoes were an easy one.

Easiest More or Less that I can recall seeing.

Hopefully the fact that they clearly want to give away big money will mean fair setups in the remaining big money games.

[SilverFirePrime]

While I agree that the potatoes should have been chosen third, I'm still not sure if she would have won $100K.  Both my wife and I were torn between the body wash and the jelly because it was such a big jar of jelly.


Otherwise, another fine show, and good enough not to be brought down by YAEPS (Yet Another Evil Pathfinder Setup)

[PriceBusterXL]

Is that really appropriate?  "Take out the 0" isn't the easiest setup in the world, and $9,0xx doesn't look any more right/wrong than $9,8xx for a trip.

So far, no one else is complaining..........And I really don't think that a trip to Hawaii is worth more than $9800. A European trip, maybe..........

[whinbaby]

The 7,824th episode (141st for Season 41)

Showcase #1

• Facebook:  $2,100
• Motorscooters:  $10,578
• Trip to Perugia, Italy:  $10,711

My bid:  $24,356 (D'oh!)

Showcase #2

• Dior Watch:  $2,450
• Burgundy Cruise:  $14,964
• Chevrolet Spark:  $14,362

My bid:  $30,700 (Difference of $1,076)

Modeling Totals:  April 23, 2013 (intended for 4/25)
Records (past shows intended for April 25)
High:  $93,576 (2011)
Low:  $18,329 (2011)

Manuela Arbeláez
Total:  12/$63,489.00 (7/$45,923.00, 5/$17,566.00)
Cars:  1 /$23,190.00 (1/$23,190.00, 0/$0.00)
Trips:  2/$25,675.00 (1/$10,711.00, 1/$14,964.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Amber Lancaster
Total:  8/$42,562.00 (7/$20,044.00, 1/$22,518.00)
Cars:  1/$22,518.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$22,518.00)
Trips:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Rob Wilson
Total:  5/$30,848.00 (3/$6,652.00, 2/$24,196.00)
Cars:  1/$14,362.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$14,362.00)
Trips:  1/$9,834.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$9,834.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  26/$234,604.00 ($144,604.00 with regular Grand Theft Auto rules) (17/$71,324.00, 9/$163,280.00)
Cars:  3/$60,070.00 (1/$23,190.00, 2/$36,880.00)
Trips:  3/$35,509.00 (1/$10,711.00, 2/$24,798.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$100,000.00 (0/$1,000.00, 1/$99,000.00)
Cash Prizes (regular Grand Theft Auto rules):  1/$10,000.00 (0/$100.00, 1/$9,900.00)

Season to date
Manuela Arbeláez (134 shows)
Total:  1,267/$6,852,439.11 (781/$2,805,605.49, 486/$4,046,833.62)
Cars:  136/$3,002,352.00 (39/$851,590.00, 97/$2,150,762.00)
Trips:  159/$1,359,254.00 (80/$674,567.00, 79/$684,687.00)
Cash Prizes:  28/$397,468.00 (7/$74,818.00, 21/$322,650.00)

Amber Lancaster (125 shows)
Total:  999/$6,563,706.00 (653/$2,741,284.00, 346/$3,822,422.00)
Cars:  133/$2,951,323.00 (41/$880,728.00, 92/$2,070,595.00)
Trips:  149/$1,254,947.00 (93/$761,197.00, 56/$493,750.00)
Cash Prizes:  21/$517,449.00 (6/$61,449.00, 15/$456,000.00)

Rob Wilson (54 shows)
Total:  397/$2,360,341.00 (278/$1,147,459.00, 119/$1,212,882.00)
Cars:  56/$1,127,669.00 (21/$444,837.00, 35/$682,832.00)
Trips:  36/$310,108.00 (21/$183,765.00, 15/$126,343.00)
Cash Prizes:  6/$91,500.00 (1/$19,500.00, 5/$72,000.00)

All Prizes (138 shows)
Total:  3,686/$22,363,824.41 (2,292/$8,942,538.22, 1,394/$13,421,286.19)
Cars:  424/$9,172,063.00 (136/$2,927,984.00, 288/$6,244,079.00)
Trips:  470/$3,950,247.00 (265/$2,199,464.00, 205/$1,750,783.00)
Cash Prizes:  134/$3,295,884.00 (29/$399,706.00, 105/$2,896,178.00)

[SteveGavazzi]

Wow, Grand Game was really easy.  I'm not sure how Jamie managed to lose that.  Actually, the entire first half was set up to be won, and so was Double Cross.

I'd like to think it was intentional that Drew corrected the Grand Game winnings during the first Showcase Showdown.  It probably wasn't, but I'm glad he did it regardless.

In fact, I guaranteed weeks ago that if there wasn't a PtR win by the time this week came around, there should be this week (but it might still not happen).

You do realize that this statement literally doesn't mean anything, right?

[BillyGr]

While I agree that the potatoes should have been chosen third, I'm still not sure if she would have won $100K.  Both my wife and I were torn between the body wash and the jelly because it was such a big jar of jelly.

The jelly seemed (at least to me) to be a good choice only since plain grape tends to be the cheapest type (as opposed to other fruit jams, jellies, etc.), even in a larger size.