TPiR Recap - 10/14/2013 (TPiR Season 42 Big Money Week - Day 1)

[MannyCav]

Interesting way to start off our second round of Big Money week.

Half Off was set up to be surprising easy. I guess Mike wanted to start off with something exciting, and he apparently got it. In any case, Half Off as the big money game is a lot more palatable than Pay the Rent or the still-$25,000-less Punch-a-Bunch.

Even Stack the Deck's groceries weren't their usual evil selves, and we got a contestant that actually knew which free numbers are best to select. You're left with a $21,### Carolla, a $18,### Carolla, or a $13,### Carolla. Not a difficult decision, and thankfully, Terrence made the right one. Nice job, Terrence (and thank you for giving Stack the Deck its first win in ages)!

The BMW at the end was also a nice touch. I liked seeing the extra prize juice spread out a tad bit, even if it's not as spread out amongst all the games and prizes as I'd like. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the week brings.

[whammy007]

Not much that hasn't already been said, but I will add that it seems the easy setups from PCH week seem to be carrying over, in an attempt to foster some extra wins. It worked out well here, with the $100,000 Half win and also the great Stack playing (string together another win or two like that and maybe my faith in that game will be restored).

[whinbaby]

The 7,875th episode (3rd for Season 42)

Showcase #1

• Trip to Sequoia:  $3,763
• Palm Beach Pontoons Ultra Sport 180:  $25,944

My bid:  $26,000 (Difference of $3,707)

Showcase #2

• Massages:  $2,000
• Trip to San Diego:  $2,199
• BMW 128i:  $33,175 (priced on cars.com)

My bid:  $39,000 (D'oh!)

Modeling Totals:  October 14, 2013 (OSAD 9/25)
Highs and lows among shows for the OSAD in previous years
High:  $166,698 (9/25/2008)
Low:  $16,197 (9/25/2006)

Rachel Reynolds
Total:  9/$67,066.00 (4/$35,072.00, 5/$31,994.00)
Cars:  2/$50,598.00 (1/$33,175.00, 1/$17,423.00)
Trips:  1/$3,763.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$3,763.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Carrie Keagan
Total:  12/$67,207.00 (9/$34,168.00, 3/$33,039.00)
Cars:  1/$18,654.00 (1/$18,654.00, 0/$0.00)
Trips:  2/$9,067.00 (2/$9,067.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

$141 apart between the two!

All Prizes
Total:  25/$231,615.00 (18/$170,382.00, 7/$61,233.00)
Total (had regular ½ Off rules been used):  25/$141,615.00 (18/$80,382.00, 7/$61,233.00)
Cars:  3/$69,252.00 (2/$51,829.00, 1/$17,423.00)
Trips:  3/$12,830.00 (2/$9,067.00, 1/$3,763.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$100,000.00 (1/$101,000.00, 0/-$1,000.00)
Cash Prizes (had regular ½ Off rules been used):  1/$10,000.00 (1/$11,000.00, 0/-$1,000.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (16 shows)
Total:  236/$1,033,642.49 (Fastest million!) (147/$484,861.00, 89/$548,781.49)
Cars:  22/$459,544.00 (8/$175,824.00, 14/$283,720.00)
Trips:  36/$257,433.00 (23/$173,652.00, 13/$83,781.00)
Cash Prizes:  2/$32,000.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$32,000.00)

All Prizes (16 shows)
Total:  436/$2,558,173.71 (267/$1,101,855.00, 169/$1,456,318.71)
Cars:  49/$976,363.00 (19/$385,360.00, 30/$591,003.00)
Trips:  55/$390,141.00 (33/$244,758.00, 22/$145,383.00)
Cash Prizes:  18/$553,500.00 (2/$140,250.00, 16/$413,250.00)

Career to date
Rachel Reynolds (1,221 shows)
Total:  11,537/$60,963,242.66 (7,179/$27,404,593.15, 4,358/$33,558,649.51)
Cars:  1,242/$28,051,974.00 (485/$10,470,909.00, 757/$17,581,065.00)
Trips:  1,023/$7,736,729.83 (538/$3,940,191.20, 485/$3,796,538.63)
Cash Prizes:  196/$2,276,227.00 (39/$397,198.00, 157/$1,879,029.00)

My viewing to date (2,382 shows)
Total:  62,113/$339,176,235.38 (38,661/$147,572,488.72, 23,452/$191,603,746.66)
Cars:  6,734/$145,060,431.51 (2,609/$54,917,688.51, 4,125/$90,142,743.00)
Trips:  5,008/$35,023,471.20 (2,578/$17,949,283.20, 2,430/$17,074,188.00)
Cash Prizes:  1,774/$38,454,315.00 (349/$6,367,540.00, 1,425/$32,086,775.00)