TPiR Recap - 10/9/2014

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6834K
Aired – 10/9/2014; Taped – 7/23/2014
Models: Amber Lancaster, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Amber
First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed

First IUFB: Camcorder (12hr video on Canon: 53x advanced zoom, memory card); ARP: $530 (Overhead)

CHRISTOPHER	JAY	ILDA	CINDY
750	500	800	801

The winner is...
JAY

Jay is playing Danger Price for:

1. Desktop Computer (23in all-in-one PC, 8GB and 1TB HD, speaker system) (Amber)
2. ATV (Polaris: Outlaw 90 with 89cc engine, running lights, 2WD) (Amber)
3. Washer and Dryer (Ultra-large capacity washer and gas dryer) (Rachel)
4. Designer Accessories (Cole Hahn: Ankle boots, wet sandals, tote) (Rachel)

$1550

ATV

WASHER/DRYER

COMPUTER

ACCESSORIES

$1550

ATV

$3400

COMPUTER

ACCESSORIES

$1550

$2699

$3400

COMPUTER

ACCESSORIES

$1550

$2699

$3400

$1550

ACCESSORIES

$1550

$2699

$3400

$1550

$904

LOSS

Second IUFB: Trip to San Diego (RT Limo to San Diego, CA for a 3n stay at Catamaran Resort and Spa + dinner, two massages, boat cruise, paddleboard); ARP: $2,685 (Rachel)

CHRISTOPHER	EDELIA	ILDA	CINDY
2100	1250	2000	2001

The winner is...
CHRISTOPHER

Christopher is playing Money Game for a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic LS (1.8L engine, 6-speed AT, paint/fabric protection, Chevy MyLink Radio) (Amber).

MONEY GAME

		95	43	18
		19	60	74
		52	17	86
		F	4	R

Christopher picks [17] - [F]

		95	43	18
		19	60	74
		52		86
		17	4	R

Christopher picks [74] - [$$]

74		95	43	18
		19	60
		52		86
		17	4	R

Christopher picks [95] - [$$]

74			43	18
95		19	60
		52		86
		17	4	R

Christopher picks [86] - [$$]

74			43	18
95		19	60
86		52
		17	4	R

Christopher picks [43] - [$$]

74				18
95		19	60
86		52
43		17	4	R

LOSS (Total Winnings: ARP: $298; ARP: $17,452)

Third IUFB: DJ Package (Musician's Friend: PA Speakers, Headphones, stand); ARP: $1,519 (Amber)

BROOKE	EDELIA	ILDA	CINDY
1200	1350	1800	1801

The winner is...
EDELIA

Edelia is playing PLINKO! for a chance to win $50,000!.

Drew gives him/her a free Plinko chip.

$

Chip #1 (BPA-Free Salad Dressing Shaker) (Rachel):

4

5

She picks 5...

WIN!
$15

$

Chip #2 (Electric Wine Bottle Opener):

3

4

She picks 4...

3

0

Chip #3 (Steamer):

2

0

She picks 0...

WIN!
$50

$

Chip #4 (Greek Yogurt Maker):

6

7

She picks 6...

$

WIN!
$63

Edelia drops the first chip...

							$
1 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0 0	0	10 0 0 0	0	1 0 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0

$

500

Edelia drops the second chip...

					$
1 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0 0	0	10 0 0 0	0	1 0 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0

$

500

Edelia drops the third chip...

							$
1 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0 0	0	10 0 0 0	0	1 0 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0

$

1,000

Edelia drops the fourth chip...

						$
1 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0 0	0	10 0 0 0	0	1 0 0 0	5 0 0	1 0 0

$

2,000

LOSS (Total Winnings: $2,128)

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Jay	$530	5	100	1.05	OVER
Christopher	$2,983	95	STAY	.95	*SHOWCASE*
Edelia	$3,647	85	65	1.50	OVER

Fourth IUFB: Kayak Package (Kaku: 12ft kayaks + paddles); ARP: $2,160 (Rachel)

BROOKE	RICHARD	ILDA	CINDY
1601	1250	1600	1500

The winner is...
BROOKE

Brooke is playing RANGE GAME for a trip to Beijing (RT Coach to Beijing, CH for a 6n stay in an amabassador suite at Four Seasons Hotel + food, beveraege voucher, spa treatment) (Amber).

$14,200

$13,600

R
A
N
G
E

G
A
M
E

Brooke stops the range finder at $13,820–$13,970

ARP: $13,965. WIN

$14,200

←

$13,600

R
A
N
G
E

G
A
M
E

Fifth IUFB: Selection of Coffee Makers (Cuisinart: Hot Cocoa Maker, Burr Mill, etc); ARP: $865 (Amber)

AUDREY	RICHARD	ILDA	CINDY
650	749	900	850

The winner is...
CINDY

Cindy is playing Stack The Deck for 2015 Hyundai Elantra SE (1.8L engine, AT, popular equipment packge, floor mats, auto armor) (Rachel).

STACK THE DECK

0

1

2

3

5

7

9

1) Thai Tuna Snack

$2.49

$2.49

 

2) Glade Candle

2

3) IcyHot Patch

$7.49

$7.49

 

4) Under Eye Firming Serum

2

0

5) Men's Deodorant

$4.99

$4.99

6) Steel Cut Oats

2

5

0

STACK THE DECK

2

1

5

7

0

3

9

2

1

5

3

0

2

1

5

7

0

3

9

LOSS

This never ends, does it? Ilda joins the list this week in making me talk about the limo. She's been upped multiple times unfortunately by Cindy, who just departed, so unless she gets some luck, Metea, Indiana is calling for her.

Sixth IUFB: Barbecue Smoker (Bradley: 6-rack digital smoker); ARP: $649 (Rachel)

AUDREY	RICHARD	ILDA	LYDIA
1400	749	1501	499

The winner is...
LYDIA

Ilda heads to Metea while Lydia is playing BARGAIN GAME for television (50in LED SMart HDTV with hub) (Amber) and a treadmill (Avanti Fitness: 24-built in programs) (Rachel).

She picks the television.

ITEM	PRICE TAG	ARP	DIFFERENCE
TELEVISION	$1300	$1700	$400	LOSS
TREADMILL	$1999	$2999	$1000

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Lydia	$649	55	10	.65
Cindy	$865	20	45	.65	*OVERTIME*
Brooke	$16,125	10	10	.20

Bonus...

Contestant	Winnings	Spin	Result
Lydia	$649	35	*SHOWCASE*
Cindy	$865	30

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Christopher has the honors...

SC1 - Lydia

PLATO AND ARISTOTLE AND THE SHOWCASE OF REASON

• Living Room (Ashley: 8-piece collection with sofa, two end tables, etc) (Rachel)
• Trip to Turks & Caicos (RT Coach to the Turks & Caicos for a 6n stay in a junior suite at Ocean Club Resort + 3 breakfasts, lunches, dinners, champagne sunset sail) (Rachel)
• 2014 Toyota Yaris (1.5L engine, 4-speed AT, carpeted floor mats, cargo net, paint/fabric protection) (Amber)

Bid: $26,500

SC2 - Christopher

SPOIL YOUR SHOWCASE

• Cell Phones (4G phones with 1080P display, gesture recognition) (Rachel)
• Bluetooth Helmets on Motorcycles (Yamaha: V-Star with 649cc engine, cruiser styling, two way helmets) (Amber)
• Trip to Spain (Coach to Barcelona, SP for 10d tour courtesy of Insight Tours + 8 breakfasts, 2 dinners, then back to LA from Madrid) (Rachel)

Bid: $29,000

Lydia

$26,500

TRIP/CAR

$26,673

$173

TRIP/CAR

*DSW (1st)*
$55,302

Christopher

$29,000

SPAIN

$27,980

SPAIN

Results: 1 out of 6
Winnings: $79,452
Biggest Winner: Lydia

This Recap is solely intended for the purpose of Golden-Road.net.
Reproduction of this without authorized consent is prohibited.
Recap produced by Roadgeek Adam
Templates by Visualbasicwizard and WhammyPower788
CSS work provided by cu2010.

[PriceBusterXL]

Good thing Range was won...........And good on Brooke for getting that BEIJING* trip. And Lydia was the first  of this season.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

A decent lineup except for Stack's futility..........But at least, there was a silver lining in today's dark cloud at the end, thanks to Lydia (Poor Christopher, though). The selfie thing was OK.

*I kinda messed that up on today's chat when I confused Japan over Beijing........And Japan is a country. SMH

[Swingbatta0]

My two cents:

Danger Price: Glad to see it back, not glad to see a loss. And right down to the wire!
Money Game: Tough break. 'Nuff said. (NOTE: Don't think the 43 is there just for decoration this season)
Plinko: $2,000. Better than last time. And not a bad payday, either.
Range Game: Wow! Just barely made it! And what a pricey trip that was.
Stack the Deck: OUCH! That's gotta hurt.
Bargain Game: Tough break. 'Nuff said. But at least she won both Showcases!

Showcases: Both Showcases were okay, and seeing them both won makes them even better!

And I liked that selfie in one of the SCSD's.

[htmlcc92]

I always find it funny: usually when the first person is over, Drew doesn't make a comment, and it's either a double overbid or the second person was off by a couple of thousand dollars. On the other hand, it seems that every time when Drew says that he hates starting with an overbid because it spells trouble, it ends up being a DSW. So it almost seems to be a pattern and a good predictor - we get a DSW if Drew says he hates starting with an overbid.

At least, that seems to be my observation when I've seen DSW clips from the past few years.

And incidentally, it seemed the DSW sounds went on for longer than they usually do, either for a DSW, Grand Game win, or whenever else it's used.

[Grand_game2004]

I think sometimes the clanging & whooping sound goes on for a long time myself. I know they'd do this sometimes when Bob Barker hosted.

[Bobby McBride]

The car game winning streak couldn't quite be sustained today, but at least we had a DSW today on what was an otherwise meh show.

[Charizard632]

Money Game was played for the third time in this season. This game has been really rough, having been lost all 3 plays during the season.
Those first two spins in the first showcase showdown, that was painful, although I remember it happening on the second day of Celebrity Week 2012.
It's nice that the contestant got all 3 of the grocery prizes right in Stack the Deck, but it's a bummer that she failed. Never choose the first digit if you're playing for a car worth about $10-30 grand.
Bargain Game was also played for the third time in this season.

That was an amazing Double Showcase Win! I did not see that coming, as I felt very excited for the contestant.

[Swingbatta0]

It's nice that the contestant got all 3 of the grocery prizes right in Stack the Deck, but it's a bummer that she failed. Never choose the first digit if you're playing for a car worth about $10-30 grand.

Even if she chose the last 3 digits, the remaining numbers would've been:

1 2 7 9

It would've been a toss-up between 1-9 and 2-1 for the first 2 numbers in the price of the Elantra.

[PriceBusterXL]

Even if she chose the last 3 digits, the remaining numbers would've been:

1 2 7 9

It would've been a toss-up between 1-9 and 2-1 for the first 2 numbers in the price of the Elantra.

Either way, the setup, in general, wasn't even that terrible if you stop and think........So maybe Mike's really trying his hardest to make sure someone would win it..........But somehow, we're seeing a decent number of "close but no cigars" on Stack as of late.
 

[JustBecause]

Even if she chose the last 3 digits, the remaining numbers would've been:

1 2 7 9

It would've been a toss-up between 1-9 and 2-1 for the first 2 numbers in the price of the Elantra.

Absolutely right. And even if she went for the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th digit with her picks (leaving her with a $-15-0 board & accounting for common sense in knowing it'd be a $21,5-0 car), it'd come down to pick-a-number for the 4th digit, with 3, 7, and 9 all equally likely to be correct.

Cindy certainly didn't do herself any favours by asking for the 1st digit for free, but the end result would likely be the same even if she didn't ask for the 1st digit: a loss.

[moneygamelover]

Danger Price: Setup to be won. Too bad it wasn't. The computer and the washer/dryer set were very nice prizes although designer shoes certainly aren't my thing.

Money Game: While finding the back is always going to be harder than finding the front, contestants should REALLY be picking up by now on the fact the season number is almost always going to be wrong. NEVER call the season number when you're on your final pick. It's unfortunate the Chevy Sonic won.

Plinko: $2000 is a little less than I'd like here. I need to see at least $2500 won in a cash game before I feel we had "decent amount" won.

Range Game: Waited jusssst long enough. Our only win of the day. Beijing  is a nice trip and thank goodness this saved from a winless show.

Stack the Deck: More than one thing can be true. Today's contestant was quite stupid to waste a free pick on the ten thousands digit. But as others have already pointed out, that setup was brutal regardless. The recent setups in Stack the Deck have been so difficult that it might as well be a luck based game. And it's really a shame the Hyundai Elantra wasn't won, especially since today's contestant did so well in the GP portion. Also, while I normally don't like Drew commenting about games being hard or tough I had no problem with the mention today because it's so obviously true here.

Bargain Game: TVs and treadmills are both items that can have wide variations in pricing so that was quite tough though I would have won it.

Showcases: The Toyota Yaris showcase was the better showcase but the Spain showcase was good in its own right and GREAT to see BOTH showcases won.

Lineup: Good. Danger Price, Range Game, and Money Game are all favorites and Danger Price makes a strong lead off hitter and it was nice to see it turn up. Bargain Game is enjoyable and is a good closer. I don't like Plinko because it's so luck based and I've come to dislike Stack the Deck owing to the difficult setups. Good overall lineup.

Overall: The DSW turned this show from below average to good. That was a real show saver today.

[BillyGr]

Even if she chose the last 3 digits, the remaining numbers would've been:

1 2 7 9

It would've been a toss-up between 1-9 and 2-1 for the first 2 numbers in the price of the Elantra.

Absolutely right. And even if she went for the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th digit with her picks (leaving her with a $-15-0 board & accounting for common sense in knowing it'd be a $21,5-0 car), it'd come down to pick-a-number for the 4th digit, with 3, 7, and 9 all equally likely to be correct.

Cindy certainly didn't do herself any favours by asking for the 1st digit for free, but the end result would likely be the same even if she didn't ask for the 1st digit: a loss.

Except that the last 3 gives you only 2 options (19 or 21 - 50% chance of a win) where what she did gave 2 options (21 or 23) and then the choice of several for the (1or3) 7 or 9 for the 4th # and the 2nd/4th/5th combo gives you a 1 in 3 chance (assuming you then know the 1st number).

Thanks also for the recap for those (locally) who missed the 1st half for one of those "press conferences" which was 5 minutes of info followed by 15 minutes of questions that were answered 99.9 of the time by "No Comment" or "We don't have that information yet" (crime investigation).  The 5 minutes would have been just fine

[BRB_TheFireball]

A thoroughly unimpressive episode... until Lydia hit the .

My showcase bids:
Car--$25,707
Spain--$18,707

[catdogwheel]

I think sometimes the clanging & whooping sound goes on for a long time myself. I know they'd do this sometimes when Bob Barker hosted.

I'm not sure if they did it a lot back then, but there was an episode from the 80's on YouTube where the clanging and whooping went on throughout the entire credit roll.

[Grand_game2004]

I never knew that! I I bet the whole place was going nuts while the credits were rolling.