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SHORTSHOTS TUESDAY
June 23, 2009

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Hand 1: Bonnie has a king, Arron a jack, and Conor a 3. Conor passes a 9 to Aaron for 19. Arron passes a 3 to Bonnie for 13. Arron catches 21 to win the round, 700 to Conor's 100. Bonnie's still at the gate.

Hand 2: Arron's a 4 in a 10 sandwich. Conor gets Arron's 5 for 15. Arron then passes a 3 to Bonnie for 13 and keeps a 5 for 9. Bonnie passes an ace to 16. Bonnie then takes a 7 and freezes on 20. Arron then decides to bust Conor on an 8 to send him out of the game. Arron draws a 9 for 18... and a 6 to bust. But he and Bonnie will continue.

Final Hand: Bonnie gets a 10 to Arron's 2. Arron sends a king to Bonnie for 20, then busts her on a jack. Arron wins!

Bonus Round with three Power Chips:

Hand 1: J - 2 - 2 - 7 = $5000
Hand 2: 4 - 6 - 4 - 7 = $1000
Hand 3: 10
PASSED: K, K

We just need one single spoonable ace. A 4... chipped. Next card... King has to go on the hand for 20. Arron quits there with $6000, $6599 total. The next card... a 3!

Ingrid starts with $200 Everything's Coming Up "Rose"s. Rae finds the Daily Double under $600 Name That June. She bets the max of $1000 on this: in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US & USSR agreed to establish a "red phone" link on this June 20. "What is 1963?" CORRECT for $1000! She comes out to a strong lead with $5400 to $2800, while Ingrid is off to a slow start on $600. She'll get a shot to turn it around starting Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Vocabulary, finding the first Daily Double under $1600 Seafood. She bets $1000 on this: at a sushi bar, depending on its age & size, this "colorful" fish may be called hamachi, inada or buri. "What is yellowfin tuna?" Nope, it was yellowtail, leaving her with $3600. James finds the other under $1600 Everything's Coming Up Moses. He bets $1500 on this: Exodus reveals that, through his father, Moses was from this priestly Hebrew tribe. "What is Levi?" Correct for $13,500! He loses it on the last clue, as he leads with $11,500 to Ingrid's $8000 and Rae's $5400.

Final Jeopardy! in "Leading Men": up for producing, directing, acting & writing for 1978 & 1981, he's the only man to twice get 4 Oscar nominations for one film. Correct response: who is Warren Beatty (for "Heaven Can Wait" and "Reds")?

Everyone's wrong, but James has enough to win, $6999. Ingrid leaves with $29,802.

Don plays A-J against Phil's 7-5. Flop: 8-A-4. Don flops a pair of aces. Phil has a gut-shot draw. Turn: Ks. Check from Don, Phil bets. Don raises. Phil folds. Don collects $15,300.

Then Jason leaves.

For the second time this week, Don gets dealt Aces, while Barry has 8-7. Flop: K-4-2. Check-raised, and Barry Greenstein is another in Don Cheadle's list of check-raise victims, taking him for around $4000.

Gavin pushes all-in with A-Qc. Orel has A-9 and is in bad shape. Flop: 4-Q-6. Orel needs runner-runner to stay in the game. Turn: 7d. Orel Hershiser just struck out in fifth.

So it's Don Cheadle and his check-raise of death versus three poker pros. Stay tuned...

Starting the party today is Jerome Flournoy, Bridgette Ridenour, Beverly Lew, Brent Williams, and a set of accessories. The price: $1655. Winner... Brent, as he gets to play for a trip to Palm Springs with $1000 in Pushover. The board: 8 5 6 9 4 2 7 0 1. He pushes to $5694... Not quite. It's $4270.

Bridgette makes off with a $1206 grill. Speaking of Palm Springs, this resident will get a shot at digital cameras, a silver tea set, and a Hyundai Elantra. It takes two chances to win the $90 cameras, two to win the $950 tea set, and just one to win the car... $17,920.

Kathy Smith gets a $1499 wakekite package. Dinette marked at $2499 and HDTV marked at $3200. Stay or switch? She stays... Should've switched. But she does get a win at the Big Wheel.

Jerome wins a $750 wardrobe and a shot at a bedroom with sleep set in Pick-a-Pair. Nesquik... $4.49. C&H sugar... $7.49. He stays with the chocolate milk and goes with the Gold Bond foot cream... which is ALSO $7.49. The product he wanted... the Pillsbury cookie dough.

Beverly gets a $500 sound system. Now it's all about a Scion xB in That's Too Much! She thinks $19,980 is Too Much... That IS too much to win! It was $18,465.

Finally, high school senior Kathryn Nicholson wins a $729 bike. Can she win a trailer and camping package in Secret X? The freebie goes top left. Two Xes also come from a $30 shower radio and a $130 speakerphone kit. They go top right and bottom right. We're looking for top or middle. The Secret X... MIDDLE!

Beverly is also headed to the Showcase...  with an iPhone and trips to Vegas, Australia, and an African safari. Also, a donation will be made to WWF. Top winner Beverly passes to Kathy, who bids $20,925. Beverly gets the ultimate garage with a workbench, fridge, HDTV, and something to put inside... a Harley-Davidson! The bid is $28,500. Actual price: $20,241. She's over. Actual price of Kathy's Showcase... $29,012! She wins it and $30,511!

Five shows airing, and Bridgette hits the floor...
Half her 10 chances gone, and then there were four.

Nick (22, Oceanside, NY)
Charles (22, Baltimore)
Anthony (23, Valley Stream, NY)
Adam (22, Oceanside, NY)
Vinny (22, Oceanside, NY)
Sean (22, Summit, NJ)

$300 Round starts with Charles doing "Marine Slap". He's not slapped by a marine, but by a fish on a machine. The fish flies away, but the money is on the board. PASS. Then comes "Not Wanted Hug". Adam has 30 seconds to remove a midget that just landed on top of him. He does it in 28 and almost takes out his mic in the process. PASS. Finally, Charles gets "Deli Mix Up". Cream soda, coleslaw, a corned beef sandwich, and a pickle. Good separate. Blitzed... Not so much. But he downs it for a PASS.

Total: $900

$400 Round: Adam gets "Troll Lick". He has to lick all the cottage cheese out of the hair of a wishing troll. And after that's done, Adam wishes he didn't spend so much time gagging. FAIL. Then Adam draws the skull-and-bones a THIRD time for "Formal Strike". He's all dressed up for the snapping of the bowtie. Five times. No strike two here. PASS. Finally, it's "Gum Table". Adam... gets a break. Anthony has to chew ABC gum from a school table and blow a bubble. We get a bubble. But we also get a FAIL for excessive noise. .

Total: $1300.

$800 Round: We start with Anthony getting "Santa Lapped". Anthony's dressed as Santa and must play the part for a really big kid. The team gets naughty late. FAIL. Charles gets "Electric Puzzle". He puts the pieces together and resists the shock of failure. PASS. Adam's back in the drivers seat for "Car Wash Man". He's rolling through the car wash in his Escalade... but it's a miniature version. After the airbag deploys, Zero pays them their tip. PASS

Total: $2900

The big $1000 challenge today goes to Anthony.... It's "Shoot Off Rubber". A hundred forty-four rubber bands later,...  They manage to keep it down enough to PASS. That's another $1000 for a grand total of $3900, $650 a piece based on TV time.