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March 24, 2008

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Next, Andy & Amanda head to West 18th between Fifth & Sixth. Their $450 triggers a Red Light Challenge: four Japanese motorcycle makers. Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Yamaha give them $700. They win $1100 at the last second thanks to a Mobile Shoutout. But that's as far as they go.

Phil, Juan & Ingrid head uptown to H&H Bagels at 88th & Broadway. Their Red Light Challenge: four nations repeating as host of soccer's World Cup. Germany, France, Italy, and Mexico are right for $550. Thanks to a Street Shoutout, they win $1050. That'll buy a lot of bagels.

Tami's what we call a "repeat offender". She was last seen on a special Presidential look-alike episode of "Win Ben Stein's Money" (she played Chelsea).

We start the Hustle with Jodi Lyn O'Keefe from "Prison Break", "Studio 60's" Steven Weber, "Nip/Tuck's" Kelly Carlson, Ne-Yo, and Taylor Swift. Tami leads with 300 against Leche's 200 and Amy's 100.

Time for Who Said It, where we learn that "The Office's" Melora Hardin was a serious ballerina, Joey McIntyre had Korean fans hiding in his bathroom, and that Dean Cain's friends call him "Big Daddy."  Tami has the lead still with 700 to Amy's 500 and Leche's 400.

After the Speed Round, Amy rushes back to win 1700 against Tami's 1600. Leche's for 700. But will she do right by John Travolta in the Storm Again Round? Sure does. She wins $5000 cash money.

Lisa ended last week as champ. But this is a completely different beast altogether.

Lisa starts the game with $200 In Pursuit of “Happy Days”. At the TV time out, John is out in front with $4600 to Lisa’s $1400. Sara is $400 down.

John finds the Daily Double under $400 One of the 7 Deadly Sins. He fronts $1000 on this: phonetically it sounds like 2 letters of the alphabet. “What is lust?” Nope, it was envy, leaving him with $4800. He moves up to $6600 to Lisa’s $7000. And Sara, with $200 in the red, starts up Double Jeopardy!...

... with $400 Oscar-Winning Movie Synopses. $1200 Explorers is the first Daily Double. Lisa finds it and bets $1600 on this: this Italian explorer in the service of France may have “narrowly” visited the Maryland region in 1524. “Who is... da Gama?” Nope, it was Verrazano, leaving her with $8300. She gets a shot to recover with $800 Nonfiction. She bets $1000 on this: “The Nine” in a 2007 book by CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin refers to the 9 of these. “What are Supreme Court justices?” Correct for $14,900! She holds on to lead with $18,900 against John’s $17,400. Sara can play spoiler with $4200.

Final Jeopardy! in “The Social Sciences”: coined in 1899, this word suggests that things like rivers & boundaries affect nations’ foreign affairs. Correct response: what is geopolitics?

Sara is the only one correct, while the other two bet against each other. Sara gets the spoiler win with $8199. Lisa leaves with $41,000.

We're reaching into the vaults for this new show, taped in the Getaway era, hence why Katie is going to San Francisco after solving clue #2. Ruben, though, finds the Extra in this round. He goes yard on this: cosmetician Lauder (- - - E -). ESTEE gives him the lead at round's end, $600-$350... but if you want to San Fran, you can always spoil Katie... Speaking of...

Katie gets the Extra in round 2, betting $450 on this: courageous film star Christopher (- - - - E). REEVE? Too easy. She doubles up to $900. Meanwhile Jean learns the hard way that spelling counts. Katie drops to a still-ahead $600 to Ruben's $300.

Who wants to go to Australia? Here's your Crossword Extra at Home...

Qantas Airways is "the - - - - - - of Australia": a) spirit b) friend c) center.

Text your answer to 27677 or play for free at crosswords.tv

Ruben finds the third Extra of the game, fronting $450 on this: Maverick of "Maverick" (4)... Nothing on BRET. Ruben's still in the lead, but with $750 to $700 for Katie, it's just. He builds his stack back to win, $1050 to $700. All three spoilers... NO action.

Ruben's headed to Antigua with another $2000 if he can finish the puzzle in 90 seconds. This shouldn't be hard, judging on the squares left. Last clue... porticos of Greek architecture (S T O - S)... Once wrong. Twice wrong. Three times... out of time. What the heck was that word? STOAS! Of course! Anyway, Ruben leaves with $1050.

What do these six poker stars have in common? Other than the fact that none of them were at the WPT season six premiere earlier tonight? They all like to take charge at the table. Thus was born... Jam-Up Week.

Howard starts with a big pair, pocket rockets. Barry raises with 10-4. Eli goes all-in with Big Slick (Ah-Kc). Howard calls, and one hand in, someone's going home. Flop: 5-K-8. Helps Eli a little... VERY little. Turn: 2d. River: Qh. That'll do it for Eli, as Howard starts with $42,500.

Now this is quite interesting, because for this week, there is a kickback rule saying that anyone who craps out in the first six hands can rebuy for $20,000 more. That's precisely what Eli has done, as this week's take has risen to $140,000.

Action cools until we have a four-handed flop: 10-K-2. David flops the best hand: 10s with an Ace kicker. Barry is close behind with 10s and a King kicker. Then Mike with 8s... who drops out. We're down to heads up. Turn: 3c. Barry bets $1500, while Antonio talks about giving us a good show. David does just that, raising to $3500. Barry mucks his hand, and David picks up $8600.

Barry plays Q-J against Antonio's K-10. Flop: 9-7-8. That gives both players a straight draw; Antonio can complete it with a 6 or a Jack. Barry needs a 10. Turn: Js. Straight for Antonio, a pair for Barry. Quick check. Quicker bet with $10,000 on the line. Barry throws it away, and Antonio wins.

Eli plays suited A-8s against Mike's 9s. Flop: 6-8-2. Mike raises. Turn: 2h. A bet and a call.... and Mike's throwing his hand out before we see the river. "You ain't gonna bust me again with these (^_^)ing hands." Mike DQs his hand, and Eli picks up $12,500 out of nowhere.

Barry calls all-in with Jacks against Antonio's Eli special... A-J. Flop: 4-K-4. That gave Antonio two pair. Turn: 10c. River: 6d. No mulligans here. It's time for Barry Greenstein to go to the house.

Our night of action ends with Eli with Q-8 against Mike's Q-J. Flop: 5-10-10. Mike could take this hand, but he mucks out, as Eli takes a pot and is still in the game. Will that change tomorrow? Stay tuned...

Record today: breakeven
Record this week: 3-3
Record this season: 310-334-10
Total today: $49,689
Total this week: $49,689
Total this season: $9,860,595
Perfect Shows/Skunks: 3/5
DSWs/DOBs: 8/7
$1,000,000 Winners: 2
 

At the end of the rainbow, a pot of gold... a guarantee of $20,000.... and the possibility of up to $80,000.

Trivia time: the Veras family was the FIRST champion since the show moved production from Mexico City to Miami.

Right now, the Portillos are up, 133-47. Double: something of your baby's that you can find around the house (4). Diapers (more or less clean) are #4, but Sandra's bottles are #2. Adalberto gets the big one, toys. Clothes and pacifiers sweep for 247.

Triple: a country that begins with "F" (3). Adalberto fires with France for #1. Finland and Filipinas (the Philippines) give the very first champions the win, 517-133.

Dinero Rápido: Adalberto & Geraldo get 194... so close, but we're still at $20,000 in our winner-take-all wingding.

Carrillos lead, 248-107.

Triple: every chef needs a good... (4). Seasoning is #1 for Martha. The Carrillos get knife for the win, 458-107. Other answers: oven, measuring cup.

Dinero Rápido: Alberto & Daniel score 203 to move on with $26,000 in the kitty for the winner (thanks to them having all the number ones as well)

STATS
Total for today: $136,700
Total for Week 29: $136,700
Charity Donations: $292,452
Total for the Season: $6,837,470
Bonus Win Percentage: 51/141
Gooseeggs: 27
Toss Up Sweeps/Group Misses:16/1
Mystery Round Prizes won: 8
Car Wins: 11
$100,000 Losses/Wins: 8/2
$10,000 wedge wins: 15
Wild Cards Hit/Offered/Used: 95/141/31
Prizes added to the wheel hit/won: 70/38
Free Spins Hit/Used: 77/65
"25" Prizes Hit/Won: 35/15
BIG MONEY SPOT Hit/Won: 24/13
Jackpot wins: 10
$6,000 FINAL SPINS: 21/141

Will we ever see a bonus round win...our streak of losses is now 10...we start a new week and we are going to "Hawaii's Big Island". And you can too...find out about that later....

The $1,000 Tossup is THING. Sheila DeWalt is a 5th grade teacher from Milwaukee. She solved TRAVEL BROCHURE for $1,000. Josh Bain is a senior at the Universoty of Georgia with a journalism major. He is engaged. Jamie Christenson is from Illinois. She is an organizer for a non-profit organization.

The $2,000 Tossup is EVENT. Jamie has $2,000 with SPRING CLEANING. We add this to the wheel...a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii with ATA Airlines Airfare and accommodations at the Hilton Waikoloa Village worth $5,000. Jamie starts this round which is OCCUPATION. She dominates, hits the $10,000 wedge and solves BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR for $12,700. She has $14,700!

Campbell's Jackpot Round is PHRASE...Sheila starts and after a lot of work she hits Lose A Turn. Josh misses. Jamie misses. Sheila misses. Josh hits the Hawaii Trip and solves MELT YOUR CARES AWAY for $800, the Hawaii Trip and a vacationcompare.com trip to St. Barts worth $5,000! If you have the SPIN ID of RS0398831, you are off to St. Bart's. Remember the SONY CARD bonus...he has $10,800 in cash and honeymoons!

Norwegian Cruise Line Big Money/Mystery Round is FICTIONAL FAMILY. Josh starts and misses on the mystery wedge. Jamie risks $1,550 and gets the $10,000 on the Mystery Wedge. She calls a used letter and it's Sheila's turn. She hits the $1,000 Cash from Transitions Lenses and solves DARTH VADER & LUKE SKYWALKER for a total of $3,300. She has $4,300.

The $3,000 Tossup is RHYME TIME. Sheila misses...Josh has $13,800 with TRUE-BLUE. It's FUN AND GAMES...we go right into a $1,300 a letter FINAL SPIN. Sheila solves RECREATIONAL BOATING for $3,900. She leaves with $8,200. Josh leaves with $13,800 in cash and trips to St. Bart's and Hawaii! But Jamie's one big round held on...she has $14,700 in cash!

Let's see if she can end the dry spell in the bonus round. She lands on the C in CASH. Her category is PLACE. With the RSTLNE and her choices of C H P O we have:

_ _ C _
P _ T _ O

Streak over! She solves BACK PATIO for.....LOOK AT THIS! THE 2ND $100,000 WINNER OF THE SEASON!!!! She leaves with $114,700 in cash!

Now...take BACK PATIO to wheeloffortune.com and enter the "Take Me To Paradise Sweepstakes" and you can win one of 10 trips to Hawaii and see a taping of Wheel of Fortune!