On the day where most of us are gathering with family and having an extravagant dinner together, Andy’s family is off to vacation again, so it’s up to us to hold the fort for him again for the next four weeks.
EPISODE #8264: 🎰DRAFTKINGS CASINO MULTIPLIER TOURNAMENT🎰
$1K Toss-Up: PHRASE
H E _D _ / _ R
T A I L _ ?
About Chorsie solving this one, HEADS OR TAILS? Regardless, he’s the first to score among these Thanksgiving Day contestants (including another man)…
Chorsie Calbert IV: man who loves escape rooms (he’s done over 170 and budgets more for escape rooms than food or lodging) and loved the Wheel board game as a child and started hosting it for his parents from Whitehall, OH
Lenora Hebert: fan of the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots (and misses Brady), and the Celtics whose mother had dementia, but she would still watch this show from Middleborough, MA
Mike Dean: poker chip collector from casinos and even has some in his pocket and loves photobombing photos, even before digital photos from Evansville, IN
$2K Toss-Up: OCCUPATION
_ L A _ K _ _ C K
D _ A _ _ _
Sorry, Mike, but it’s Chorsie who solves BLACKJACK DEALER to triple up.
Round 1: SONG TITLE
Chorsie: no R on $600
Lenora: 2 N’s on Multiplier near $800 (2X), 3 A’s, no I
Mike: $600 T, $600 K, 3 E’s, no L on $2,500
Chorsie: $1,200 C pair, solve…
T A K E / A
C _ A N C E / _ N / _ E
He IDs ABBA’s “TAKE A CHANCE ON ME”.
Mystery Round: NEVER HAVE I EVER
Lenora: $1,100 N pair, no G on $850
Mike: $1,300 T pair, 3 O’s, no H on MW near $650
Chorsie: 2 S’s on other MW, obviously flips…whoops
Lenora: L for WC, no A
Mike: $700 R, G repeat on $700
Chorsie: M on Multiplier near $700 (3X), $700 P, solve for $3,700…
P R _ T _ N _ _ _ / T O
_ _ / S O M _ O N _
_ L S _
He doesn’t pay attention to the category and says PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE.
Lenora: $900 B, 8 E’s, solve for $2K…
P R E T E N _ E _ / T O
B E / S O M E O N E
E L S E
There’s a certain troll who has PRETENDED TO BE SOMEONE ELSE multiple times in this game show community, but she gets the tense right (could’ve gone for the remaining D’s).
Mike: ZILCH | Chorsie: $4,200 | Lenora: $2K WC
PP/Express Round: LANDMARK
Mike: $800 S, 3 E’s, $1,700 T pair, $650 H, $600 R, 2 I’s, $1,200 N pair, solve for $4,450…
T H E / _ E _ N I N _
T _ _ E R / _ _ / _ I S _
He’ll visit THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA on his Gate1 Travel tour of ITALY worth $9,998- PR.
Mike: $14,448 cash & Italy | Chorsie: $4,200 | Lenora: $2K WC
Triple Toss-Up: FUN & GAMES
1.
S T _ A _ G _ T
F _ U S _
Chorsie solves STRAIGHT FLUSH.
2.
_ _ _ _ L
_ _ _ _ _
He nails ROYAL FLUSH.
3.
_ _ A _ / A / _ _ S H !
Lenora blanks out.
_ H A T / A / R _ S H !
WHAT A RUSH! Although Mike started to speak, it’s Chorsie who scores the total Toss-Up sweep!
Speed-Up: THING
Chorsie has spun $1,650 per consonant.
Chorsie: S
Lenora: L
Mike: T
Chorsie: 3 R’s
Lenora: P
Mike: D
Chorsie: 2 A’s
Lenora: N
Mike: G
Chorsie: O
R O _ _ / S T A R
P A R _ _ N G
Chorsie solves ROCK STAR PARKING for $6,600 and a spot in the Friday Finals even though he wasn’t sure.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | BANKRUPTS | REPEATS | MISSOLVES |
| Round 1 | R (Chorsie), I (Lenora), L (Mike) | |||
| Mystery Round | G, A (Lenora); H (Mike) | Chorsie | G (Mike) | Chorsie |
| PP/Express Round | PERFECT ROUND | |||
| Speed-Up | L (Lenora), D (Mike) | N/A | ||
| 11 TOTAL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
FINAL SCORES
Mike: $14,448 cash & Italy | Chorsie: $20,800 | Lenora: $2K WC
GRAND TOTAL: $37,248
NO BANKRUPT TRASH (besides MW flip)
Chorsie’s category list…
- PHRASE
- FOOD & DRINK
- THING
$100K Bonus Round
After we see her mother Tanya and father also named Chorsie, he lands on GAME. This was last used on Nov. 7, 2013 (wasn’t solved for $30K)…
_ _ _ _ L L _ N
_ _ _ E
CHMA causes me to stick a fork in him…
_ _ _ _ L L _ N
C _ _ E
…and he whiffs with MILLION, TRILLION, MILLION COKE, and COPE. Left behind in this BOUILLON CUBE are the keys to the Toyota GR86.
Postgame Chat: Vanna wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Ryan reminds everyone about the $500K Bonus Round tomorrow and notes the three returning players: Tanequa, Toni, and Chorsie.
MY RATING: 6 (D+)
WHEEL of FORTUNE with Andy Nguyen 