GRECO!8 Week 12: 4/20 to 4/24

[Wayoshi]

This playing will presumably cover 1391-95L in production order, but there are no guarantees.

1395L is expected to be an all-cash Friday. I have no idea on tapedates for this week, so there could be ghost(s), but it's less likely given we just got three of them... use your best judgment when making picks.

There are two Youtube TV spoilers, check back for maybe one more by Sunday night... The Lion's Share, Secret X

The DIAMOND is the PATTERN for this playing.

Good luck!

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General announcement: I will conduct the GRECO!8 playoffs from May 11 to 29. This is the three-week pocket right after an expected ghost week (won't play the week before) and before June, which is full of all-cash shows every week and more ghosts at least for the first week of June. This is the best chance we have at a "normal" playoffs with this taping schedule, but I will stress while all-cash shows should be dodged, ghosts are popping up unannounced, so best of luck. That leaves just two more weeks, including this one, in the regular season - I will figure out a fair bottom line for playoff qualification and bonus points in the last week of April.

[Wayoshi]

This was a curious enough start, I missed the car games myself but most did well. A# on a short 2 and I gambled Path might wait one more week given some of the other SP games spoiled and one more all-cash Friday to come this week before June, but I lost that gamble.

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6: Card Game, Cliff Hangers, Do the Math, Double Prices, Grand Game, Money Game, Now....or Then, Vend-O-Price
5: 1 Right Price, Freeze Frame, Most Expen$ive, One Wrøng Price, Punch a Bunch, Secret "X", Squeeze Play, The Lion's Share
4: Back to '76, Dice Game, Temptation
3: Bonkers, Double Cross, Hole in One, Line em Up, Master Key, Pathfinder, Stack the Deck
2: 2 for the Price of 1, Danger Price, Flip Flop, It's in the Bag, Lucky $even, Plinko, Swap Meet
1: 10 Chances, 3 Strikes, Any Number, Bargain Game, Bullseye, Cover Up, Gas Money, Golden Road, Hi Lo, Hot Seat, One Away, Pick-a-Pair, Push Over, Range Game, Side By Side

[Wayoshi]

Due games besides Flip accompanied Lion, and many are off to a strong start this week. I called that Danger would show over Swap, or will it be in addition to? Really hope Card shows now...

[Wayoshi]

Another Bag & Key show this season? Due enough I guess, with Math & Money also due. Range & Race on back-to-back weeks, well Range can do what it wants at times, but that's a ghost-induced reason for Race for sure.

[Wayoshi]

This is the first Tempt & Hole together since 1985, which is... a choice (and Flerb was delighted for his bottom row, I'm just noticing). In general they went with due fee/cars this week over some other options (Card is missing a full month now or so, and Line is not played early for once). But with so many due quickies actually played, I have high hopes for some good final results tomorrow. Already managed 3 GRECOs and a pattern on the board today.

[Wayoshi]

This week really went beautifully despite Card not showing - if I played even more into due games, I think I could have scored even higher than 22 hits. I was THAT close to a 97 if 90 cents held up in SD2, that was a heartbreaker for me to go to a 0.5x instead. That would have flipped the leaderboard with one week to go, and every playoff bonus point matters. Oh well...

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6: Card Game, Cliff Hangers, Do the Math, Double Prices, Grand Game, Money Game, Now....or Then, Vend-O-Price
5: 1 Right Price, Freeze Frame, Most Expen$ive, One Wrøng Price, Punch a Bunch, Secret "X", Squeeze Play, The Lion's Share
4: Back to '76, Dice Game, Temptation
3: Bonkers, Double Cross, Hole in One, Line em Up, Master Key, Pathfinder, Stack the Deck
2: 2 for the Price of 1, Danger Price, Flip Flop, It's in the Bag, Lucky $even, Plinko, Swap Meet
1: 10 Chances, 3 Strikes, Any Number, Bargain Game, Bullseye, Cover Up, Gas Money, Golden Road, Hi Lo, Hot Seat, One Away, Pick-a-Pair, Push Over, Range Game, Side By Side
0: Race Game