EPISODE #6057: BANQUET MEAL OF FORTUNE
$1K Toss-Up: PEOPLE
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Brooke blows it w/ BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
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John has some FAITHFUL FRIENDS rooting him on. The Tues. trio…
John Fernandez: general practitioner attorney, likes the beach and anything marine from Vegas
Brooke Reynolds: full-time mom and healthy food/fitness studio entrepreneur married to Michael w/ two daughters from Omaha
Doreen Barron: an Eagle Scout who was one of the flag holders at the 2010 MLB All-Star Game that Pat attended and married for 26 years w/ three boys (they’re also Eagle Scouts) from Mission Viejo
$2K Toss-Up: EVENT
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John spots a LUNAR ECLIPSE to triple up.
Round 1: PHRASE
He kicks off w/ two S’s for $1,400, buys three A’s and six E’s, but then LaTs out. Second, Brooke calls up two T’s for her own $1,400, three W’s for $1,500 more, and three H’s for the Banquet gift tag…
W H E _ E
T H E _ E ‘ S / A / W _ _ _
T H E _ E ‘ S / A / W A _
…she says “WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY” for $5,400.
SOLE LaT: John
Mystery Round: SAME NAME
The early leader FPs two A’s to start, then she picks two R’s for $1,400, three E’s, and a S while on the MW near LaT. She gambles her $1,150 remainder…and BANKRUPTs. Second, Doreen takes a TD T, buys the last vowel of I, but then says a baffling dud of K. Third, John BANKRUPTs next to TD. Brooke then lights up a $1,300 N pair, an $1,800 B double, and twin FP G’s…
G I N G E R B R E A _
& / B E S T
_ A N
…GINGERBREAD & BEST MAN is correct for another $4,100.
SOLE DUD: K (Doreen)
BANKRUPTS: 2 (Brooke, John)
Doreen: ZERO/John: $3K/Brooke: $9,500
PP/Express Round: THINGS
The scoreless Doreen starts w/ two R’s for the 1/2 CAR near the pink $900, an E, two TD T’s, and four A’s, but she then BANKRUPTs next to $650 to take the Fiesta out of play and lose $7,500. Second, John gets the other normal one. Brooke makes it three in a row w/ the same one Doreen just got. Back to said red player who plugs in a $900 S, the other three vowels (two I’s, four O’s, and two U’s), and a $550 N, but she then gets the same BANKRUPT John got to hand over $700. After that man hits the one near $650, Brooke just gets this round over w/ (and I don’t blame her)…
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A _ _ O _ _ O _ A T I O N S
…her pronunciation of the fourth word in A VARIETY OF LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS is questionable (she said it as lux-UR-y)…but it’s accepted and she’ll get some on her hotwire.com trip to the Grand Palladium Punta Cana Resort & Spa in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC worth $6,950.
BANKRUPTS: 5 (twice by John and Doreen)
Doreen: ROTTEN LUCK/John: $3K/Brooke: $16,450 cash & D.R.
$3K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION
M A _ _
T E A _ _ _ R
Brooke doesn’t need a MATH TEACHER to know that she’s up to $19,450.
Round 4: WAYD?
First up are two N’s for $1,300, a $900 G, the obvious I, but then T for trouble. Second for Doreen are two R’s for $1,800, an A, but then the bells for S-U Mode…
_ _ R _ I N G / _ N
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…and the leftover consonants each pay off at $1,800.
Doreen: S
John: T (DUPE)
Brooke: L (DUD)
Doreen: C
John: H (DUD)
Brooke: B
Doreen: 2 K’s
John: 4 O’s
_ O R K I N G / O N
_ _ / S C R A _ B O O K
I’m not WORKING ON MY SCRAPBOOK (because I don’t have one), but John makes the house minimum solve.
SOLE DUD BEFORE FS: T (Brooke)
DUDS AFTER BELL: L (Brooke), H (John)
SOLE DQ: John (T duplication)
FINAL SCORES
Doreen: $1K GOOSEEGG/John: $4K/Brooke: $19,450 cash & D.R.
GT: $24,450
BANKRUPT TRASH (not counting plate): $9,350
“Mof” PUZZLE #2: LAUGHING OUT LOUD
$100K Bonus Round
There’s nobody with Brooke, but she lands on the potentially valuable ‘.
Category: THING
Only a pair of something to start…
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She quickly calls PHDO…
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…but no guess from her; she doesn’t take a GUIDED HIKE for the minimum.
$5K SPIN ID: KK1090008
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MY RATING: 5 (originally a 6; too many penalty spins)
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