Card Sharks

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'saussage\' date=\'May 22 2005, 07:16 PM\']The guy with 4 3's may have wanted to use a rule like that

I think Modor would want to throw a pie in my face. I have a 1 in 12 chance...
* ducks *

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No, Modor, like the rest of us, are just going to put your exciting 'contributions' into the ignore user file.

[mystery7]

[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' date=\'May 23 2005, 05:23 PM\']Let's move on, people...

I was too young to remember the original Perry version, but the mid-'80s with Eubanks/Rafferty had a flashier set and exciting gameplay.

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What, Jim Perry's version wasn't exciting?

I think the word you're looking for to describe the set in '86 is "cheaper". More lights do not equate directly to "flashier." I personally liked the '78 set for its mirrors and the glitz on the cards you'd see in the background during the Money Cards.

[gameshowguy2000]

My 2 cents:

I prefer the '86 versions (both Eubanks and Rafferty), due to both having the "No Loss on a Push" rule in the Money Cards (something the '78 and '01 versions didn't have).

I mean, seriously, you're playing against the House. You shouldn't lose on a double.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'May 27 2005, 07:32 PM\']My 2 cents:

I prefer the '86 versions (both Eubanks and Rafferty), due to both having the "No Loss on a Push" rule in the Money Cards (something the '78 and '01 versions didn't have).

I mean, seriously, you're playing against the House. You shouldn't lose on a double.

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The last year of the NBC CS did have the push rule intact, as did most of the 2001 version. The last batch of episodes of the 2001 version taped had the push=loss rule.

[Radiofreewill]

Hands down, the '78 NBC version. Jim Perry, poetry read by Gene Wood, the motorized freeze bars.

I'm just getting into the 80s Rafferty version (thanks GSN); seems about on par with the Eubanks/CBS take.

I've never seen this 2001 version that seems to turn every stomach on the board; Toledo's big four stations weren't too big on game shows that year.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Radiofreewill\' date=\'May 28 2005, 06:36 AM\']I've never seen this 2001 version that seems to turn every stomach on the board; Toledo's big four stations weren't too big on game shows that year.
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Don't worry. It ate so much ass that even an Olsen Twin would have been full up on it when it was over. "My God, was that an awful lot of ASS."

[gameshowguy2000]

And another reason for liking the '86 versions is the rules concerning changing cards in the Money Cards:

On the '78 version, when it first began, you could only change the base card on the bottom level, which didn't help much. Then, they changed the rules to where you could change the base card of each level. That was better, but often you were stuck with middle cards that preceded your base card.

With the '86 versions, you could change any one card on each level (and it didn't even have to be the base card!).

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'May 28 2005, 05:54 PM\']With the '86 versions, you could change any one card on each level (and it didn't even have to be the base card!).

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I believe early in the Eubanks run, you weren't limited to change one card per line.

I seem to recall one player changing the same card twice.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'May 28 2005, 04:15 PM\']I believe early in the Eubanks run, you weren't limited to change one card per line.

I seem to recall one player changing the same card twice.
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That's correct. If you wanted to burn all three change-cards on your base card, you were welcome to. I would guess that prolly changed when they realized that if someone played straight through to the Big Bet without changing a card, they had four shots at something decent to bet on, and that could become expensive.

[NickintheATL]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 28 2005, 07:29 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'May 28 2005, 04:15 PM\']I believe early in the Eubanks run, you weren't limited to change one card per line.

I seem to recall one player changing the same card twice.
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That's correct. If you wanted to burn all three change-cards on your base card, you were welcome to. I would guess that prolly changed when they realized that if someone played straight through to the Big Bet without changing a card, they had four shots at something decent to bet on, and that could become expensive.
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Exactly. I remember early in the run when this particular rule was in effect, someone ran the money cards for $29,000. I guess the folks at the mighty ship Goodson realized that the rule might break the budget a bit and had to modify it...

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'NicholasM79\' date=\'May 28 2005, 07:10 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 28 2005, 07:29 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'May 28 2005, 04:15 PM\']I believe early in the Eubanks run, you weren't limited to change one card per line.

I seem to recall one player changing the same card twice.
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That's correct. If you wanted to burn all three change-cards on your base card, you were welcome to. I would guess that prolly changed when they realized that if someone played straight through to the Big Bet without changing a card, they had four shots at something decent to bet on, and that could become expensive.
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Exactly. I remember early in the run when this particular rule was in effect, someone ran the money cards for $29,000. I guess the folks at the mighty ship Goodson realized that the rule might break the budget a bit and had to modify it...

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They had quite a few five digit MC wins during the first few weeks of the run due to that card change rule. The only contestant in Eubanks CS history who was forced to retire before they won their fifth game occurred during that period(retire at $50K was the norm through late 1986)

[NickintheATL]

Well, I looked back on my recordkeeping I was doing at the time GSN aired these episodes, and apparently the $29,000 win came well after the "one card per line" rule was in effect.

The champ you're referring to, Chris, only played the MC twice, but won $28,000 and $22,400 successively. He did in fact retire with $50,800 total. This was on the third on-air week.

Overall, there were 10 five digit wins in the four weeks these rules were in effect. Unbelieveable!

[WorldClassRob]

Hands down...Jim Perry's Card Sharks were the best.

[ChuckNet]

Overall, there were 10 five digit wins in the four weeks these rules were in effect. Unbelieveable!

And one of those 5-digit wins from the first month or so of Eubanks' CS was ALMOST a perfect $32K...contestant had $16K on the Big Bet, but chickened out over a less-than-ideal card and only wagered the required "1/2 of what you have" minimum.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'May 30 2005, 09:40 PM\']

Overall, there were 10 five digit wins in the four weeks these rules were in effect. Unbelieveable!

And one of those 5-digit wins from the first month or so of Eubanks' CS was ALMOST a perfect $32K...contestant had $16K on the Big Bet, but chickened out over a less-than-ideal card and only wagered the required "1/2 of what you have" minimum.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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This was a bit later in the run(1988 IIRC), but there was one time a $32K win would have happened if the contestant had picked the other remaining card to change on the Big Bet. Contestant had $16K at the Big Bet, picked a less-than-stellar card to change with, and the other card left to change was revealed to be an Ace.