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July 21, 2008

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We start with one card each. Patricia gets a Queen, Bob gets a 6, and Gordon gets a 5. You earn more cards by answering questions. You can keep a card you win, or pass it to your opponents. You can freeze if you think you'll bust out on the next question, but remember this... It's 100 points a question and 500 for winning the round.

Round 1: Gordon gives a 4 to Pat for 14. Pat gives Bob a Jack for 16. Gordon gives Bob a Queen to bust him out. Bob keeps an Ace for 6/16. Pat passes a deuce to Gordon for 8/18. Gordon passes Pat a 9 to bust, giving Gordon 900 for the round to Pat's 200. Bob has zero.

Round 2 is an elimination round. Player with the lowest score is going bye-bye. Pat gets a bullet for 1/11, Bob gets a 3, and Gordon has a 7 to start. Gordon's 6 goes to Bob. Gordon's 3 goes into his bank. Bob scores a King and freezes at 19. Pat needs a face... She catches 21 for 500, giving her 800. Gordon's 1100 also holds up, but Bob with 100 is out.

Round 3 is all about the cards. First, Pat gets a 5 and Gordon gets a 4. Gordon gets a 6 for 10 and passes an 8 to Pat. Pat gets a 7 for 20. She freezes. Gordon gets the deal... 10... He needs an Ace to win... 5 busts, and Pat wins the game and $1000.

Now it's Pat vs. the house. Three hands for Pat... a 3, a 7, and a 6. This round plays like the Flash game. She'll win $1000 for one 21, $5000 for two, and $25,000 for all three. She gets two power chips she can use to pass cards. But if she busts out, it's over.

3 - 8 - K = 21
7 - 6 - 3
6 - 2 - 2 - A = 21
Passed: 7

One hand left... will she play it or take the money and run? She'll take the $5000. That gives her $6000 for today. Was it a good move? Next two cards: Queen... and King! Good move!

Daria starts with $200 1980s Rock, leading at the TV time out with $5400 to Daniel's $2800 and Amy's $800.

Last category is The Navy SEALS, and the Daily Double is under $600. Daniel bets $5000 on this, Jimmy? "On the Navy SEAL emblem, the anchor, eagle, and pistol stand for sea, air, and land, and this weapon represents all three, and is the name of the emblem itself." "What is a trident?" Correct for $12,600! He leads at the half with $13,400 to Marks' $6200. Amy has $2800 and will start Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 "En"chanted. Mark finds the Daily Double under $1200 Dan in Real Life. He bets $7000 on this: in 2004 he had 4 novels on the bestseller lists at the same time. "Who is Dan Brown?" Correct for $17,200! The other is under Juneau for $1200. Daniel, after getting docked a few for mispronouncing Castellaneta (as in the voice of Homer Simpson), he goes big, $12,000 big, on this: the annual fishing derby for this fish features one tagged specimen worth $100,000. "What is salmon?" That works for $31,400! He leads going into the final with $33,000 to Mark's $24,800 and Amy's $4400.

Final Jeopardy! in "Nonfiction": in 1947 editor William Styron said this book was a long, "tedious Pacific voyage best suited for National Geographic." Correct response: what is "Kon-Tiki"?

Mark's right. Daniel.... Wrong. Mark will repeat with $33,001, giving him a two-day take of $55,002.

This week, we return to the standard PAD format in a battle we're calling "Nets vs. Vets," online poker's greatest vs. some of the game's legends.

Doyle has A-K to Durrrr's Q-Js. The flop: 2-Q-2, giving Tom two pair. Turn: 4s. River: 4d. Doyle's got two pair, but so does Tom, Queens over 4s. Tom bets into it on the river. Doyle mucks his hand and Tom wins $7350.

Tom calls Huck's reraise with 5s to his Kings. Flop: 10-9-K. Huck flops top set. Turn: 8c. Tom's drawing dead here. Huck raises on the river... and gets $6900 as Tom check-folds. He'll try to get some of that money back with 3s to Andrew's K-Q. Flop: K-4-3, giving Tom the set to Andrew's pair. Andrew bets, though. Turn: 8d. Andrew's now dead. Johnny heads to the couches to crash for a bit while this hand plays out. Andrew calls. River: Jd. Tom's all-in... and Andrew says... take it. He wins $29,025.

Price of poker goes up to end the night. Andrew bets with A-8. Brian calls with K-Q. So does Tom with 5s. Flop: 3-8-7. Andrew flops top pair, top kicker.... and chases out everyone for $5700.

One net is up, but that can change at any time.

Today's show is a special... three people from the same band, Fools and Horses.

Playlist for Candy to start is "Hero", "The Long and Winding Road", "I Fought the Law", "Ugly", "It's My Life", and "Genie in a Bottle". First Centerstage Challenge: it's a battle of the one-man bands.

Video Playlist: "Waiting on the World to Change" by John Mayer, "4 Minutes" by Madonna & Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland, "Stop and Stare" by Onerepublic, "Where is the Love" by the Black Eyed Pea, and "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey. Centerstage Challenge #2: Jazzercising to Kanye West's "Stronger". Headbands and all.

Time to get the audience's feedback.... 60% like Steve, but Matt is only in for a paltry 4%, meaning it's time for him to go solo. Will his plea for her affection work? Yep. Tim gets booted, so Matt and Steve are on the bill.

Time to hit the stage. The frontman sings the original "Would You Know". The drummer counters with original "The Therapy". A concert hangs in the balance in New York City, and who'll get a sweet taste of Candy? That'll be Matt.