TPiR Recap - 12/5/2019

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #8961K
Aired – 12/5/2019; Taped – 10/16/2019
Models: Melissa Ordway, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Left to Right

First IUFB: Designer Watches (Gucci: His and her watches); ARP: $2,040 (Overhead)

SUSIE	JOHNNIE	LAURA	MARC
850	1000	1400	1401

The winner is...
MARC

Marc is playing Any Number for random cash, a new smartphone (128GB smartphone with 6.1in display) or a 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback SE (2L engine, 6-speed MT, FWD, door edge guards, rear bumper protector, paint/fabric protection) (Melissa).

CAR	2
SMARTPHONE
PIGGY BANK

Marc picks 8

CAR	2
SMARTPHONE			8
PIGGY BANK

Marc picks 0

CAR	2
SMARTPHONE			8		0
PIGGY BANK

Marc picks 1

CAR	2	1
SMARTPHONE			8		0
PIGGY BANK

Marc picks 3

CAR	2	1		3
SMARTPHONE			8		0
PIGGY BANK

Marc picks 7

CAR	2	1		3
SMARTPHONE			8		0
PIGGY BANK					7

Marc picks 5

CAR	2	1		3
SMARTPHONE			8	5	0
PIGGY BANK					7

LOSS. Board was:

CAR	2	1	6	3	4
SMARTPHONE			8	5	0
PIGGY BANK			9.	2	7

Second IUFB: Shuffleboard Table (Game Room Guys: 9ft shuffleboard table with abacus scoring + 8 pucks, table brush); ARP: $1,310 (Rachel v. Melissa)

SUSIE	JOHNNIE	LAURA	DAPHNE
1200	2001	1201	600

The winner is...
LAURA

Laura is playing Most Expen$ive for:

1. Designer Handbags (Coach: Shoulder bag, hobo bag,2 crossbody, shoulder bag) (Melissa).
2. Sauna (2-person sauna with radio, carbon heating panels) (Rachel).
3. Television (55in OLED smart 4K television) (George).

Guess: 1.

1	2	3
$3790	$1529	$2800
WIN

Third IUFB: Countertop Appliances (Hamilton Beach: 4-piece set); ARP: $620 (Rachel)

SUSIE	JOHNNIE	ALEXIS	DAPHNE
450	1200	600	800

The winner is...
ALEXIS

Alexis, an electrical contractor from New Jersey, is playing Punch-a-Bunch for a chance to win up to $25,000!

Item #1 (Jewelry Cleaner) (Rachel):

$19

Guess: HIGHER

HIGHER
$30

Correct!

Item #2 (HEated Travel Mug):

$200

Guess: LOWER

LOWER
$130

Correct!

Item #3 (LED Flashlight):

$30

Guess: HIGHER

HIGHER
$44

Correct!

Item #4 (Picnic Backpack (21-piece set)):

$125

Guess: LOWER

LOWER
$80

Correct!

Alexis has 4 punches

$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$
$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$
4	$	3	$	$	$	$	1	$	$
$	$	$	$	$	2	$	$	$	$
$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$	$

1. $5000
   Throws it back.
2. $1000
   Throws it back.
3. $500
   Throws it back.
4. $1000
   LOSS (Total Winnings: $1,284)

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Alexis	$1,904	70	STAY	.70
Marc	$2,890	10	65	.75
Laura	$9,429	85	–	.85	*SHOWCASE*

Fourth IUFB: Vanity (Modern vanity with stool; Chanel: makeup set with 10-pieces and flat iron); ARP: $1,184 (Melissa)

SUSIE	JOHNNIE	CRIS	DAPHNE
1	1201	1200	700

The winner is...
DAPHNE

Daphne is playing Pick-A-Pair for a new motorcycle (Harley-Davidson: Street Rod with 750cc engine, 6-speed transmission, bluetooth helmet; ARP: $9,148) (Rachel).

Today's grocery items are:

1. Fisher Walnuts (10oz)
2. Blake's Pot Pie (8oz)
3. Dannon Yogurt (4pk)
4. Friskies Cat Treats
5. French Dressing (8oz)
6. Lipton Raspberry Iced Tea Mix

WALNUTS	POT PIE	YOGURT	CAT TREATS	DRESSING	ICED TEA MIX

Daphne picks the walnuts and dressing.

WALNUTS				DRESSING
$5.99	POT PIE	YOGURT	CAT TREATS	$3.99	ICED TEA MIX

Daphne keeps the walnuts and picks the cat treats.

WALNUTS			CAT TREATS	DRESSING
$5.99	POT PIE	YOGURT	$1.99		ICED TEA MIX

LOSS

Fifth IUFB: Ski Package (K2: His and her skis, boots, bindings, and poles); ARP: $3,030 (Rachel)

SUSIE	JOHNNIE	CRIS	MALLORY
1250	1500	1399	1700

The winner is...
MALLORY

Mallory, from Boston, Massachsuetts, is playing Double Prices for a trip to Quebec (RT Coach to Quebec City, QC for a 5n stay in a suite at Fairmont Le Cheatau Frontenac + daily breakfast, 5-course dinner, private ski lesson for two) (Melissa).

$15,802

$

$12,721

$15,802

$12,721

LOSS

Hey it's a doublewide appearance. Only one of Susie or Johnnie can escape. Can Johnnie escape for real this time or will it be Susie? A trip to Beachwood, New Jersey is in their future.

Sixth IUFB: Laptop Oven (Asus: 15.6in laptop with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HD, stand); ARP: $1,431 (Melissa)

SUSIE	JOHNNIE	CRIS	RUBIN
1400	1501	1299	779

The winner is...
SUSIE

Johnnie departs while Susie is playing Card Game for a 2019 Subaru Impreza 2.0i (2L engine, CVT, AWD, remote start, cargo cover, paint/fabric protection) (Rachel).

The starting price is

$15,000

. The target range is

$1,000

Susie draws a

9♠

.

$15,900

Susie draws a

3♦

.

$16,200

Susie draws a

J♠

.

$17,200

Susie draws a

5♣

.

$17,700

Susie draws a

A♥

.

$21,000

Susie stops at

$21,000

ARP is

$22,291

For a difference of

$1,291

For a result of

LOSS

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Daphne	$1,184	90	STAY	.90
Susie	$1,431	100	–	1.00	*$1,000!*
Mallory	$3,030	75	85	1.60	OVER

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	TOTAL	RESULT
Susie	$2,431	90	.90	*SHOWCASE*

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Laura has the honors...

SC1 - Susie

THOSE NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

• $5,000 in cash (Melissa)
• Kitchen (Over the range microwave, 5-burner gas range, French door fridge, dishwasher courtesy of Plessers.com) (Rachel)
• Trip to South Africa (RT Coach to Nelspruit, ZA then to Hazyview for a 6n stay at Aha Casa Do Sol Hotel + daily breakfast, dinner, RT airport transportation, full-day safari with guide) (Melissa)

Bid: $23,500

SC2 - Laura

WALKING ON SUNSHINE

• Designer Sunglasses (Raen: 4 pairs for him, 4 for her) (Rachel)
• Trip to Maui (RT Coach to Maui, HI for a 5n stay in an ocean bungalow with private lanai at Travasa Hana Maui + 3 meals a day, $350 spa credit daily, private exercise and meditation classes) (Rachel)
• 2019 Fiat 124 Spider Classica Convertible (1.4L engine, 6-speed MT, RWD) (Melissa)

Bid: $30,777

Susie

$23,500

TRIP

$21,422

TRIP

Laura

$30,777

MAUI/CAR

$39,582

$8,805

MAUI/CAR

*WIN*
$49,011

Results: 1 out of 6
Winnings: $60,450
Biggest Winner: Laura

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[Teddy]

Oh Alexis...you should've kept that $5,000, although I don't blame you taking the risks that obviously weren't paying off.

And Susie being $291 away from winning the car was the most painful moment of the entire show.

[geniusinmath]

Oh Alexis...you should've kept that $5,000, although I don't blame you taking the risks that obviously weren't paying off.

I couldn't agree with you more about that decision. I would have kept the $5,000.

Fixed broken code.

[ooboh]

I will never understand people who throw away $5,000 on Punch-a-Bunch given that there are only three cards higher. A couple did the same thing in 2016 (husband wanted to stop, wife kept going), and I don’t remember how much they won, but it was significantly less than $5,000.

[moneygamelover]

I think Punchy strategy is usually easy. If you have less than $2500, then go on. If you have more than $2500 stop. $2500 is the only amount that requires some real thought.

[bigblue999]

Alexis tried to pull a Brian and was unsuccessful.

[Gerald78]

Audience, if you're scared get a dog...I going on 

[tpir04]

I really liked this lineup, but it got soured by some really unnecessary losses. First there was Punchy. Okay, so he was a gambler. Fair enough. But given the distribution on the board, I really can't justify that kind of risk. Then there was Pick-a-Pair. Maybe it's because everybody else is really clueless about grocery prices, but that one looked like an easy setup to me. Then there's Double Prices. I mean, come on now. 15k for a trip to Quebec? No way. Then there was Card Game. I will admit, it was played well, but that $291 difference was just rotten luck.

The only game won was Most Expensive, which explains why I rate this show a 

[kingpin623]

I really liked this lineup...

I thought that this episode’s lineup was interesting with regard to the fact that Pick-A-Pair was the newest/most recently debuted pricing game of the six, and the only one to have debuted after 1980.  All the rest premiered in the 70s, two of them on the first show.  Just kind of struck me as intriguing; while ~half of the games (and I’m talking very “ballpark” figure here) still in the rotation premiered in the 70s, to have a lineup of games that are all >35 yrs old in the same episode is something that just jumped out at me somehow.

JBK