Pay Dice! (PILOT)

[bighornbattle]

I keep it.

[Deleted]

Very well, so Immanuel will need at least a 45 to beat you, but I'm curious what we had behind those other two rows.

(ding)

Yikes -- George, you had two shots at a perfect score of 75! Let's see if your 44 holds up though. Computer, let's reset the board please.

(ding)

Immanuel, please select a number which you think holds a score higher than 44.

[babytims]

Hmm...2 please

[Deleted]

You bet, Computer show us row 2 please.

(ding)

- (audience applauds) -

Well, that's only 6 off the maximum, so can I assume that's enough for you Immanuel?

[babytims]

You bet!

[Deleted]

I figured as much, but had to ask. Out of curiosity, let's see the other two rows please.

(ding)

Row one was basically the same except a ten instead of a nine and row three was not enough to beat George's total. Your score of 69 though Immanuel wins it!

- (audience applauds) -

(ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding)

- (audience continues applauding as theme music begins) -

Immanuel's lead is just shy of a thousand dollars, but it's still anyone's championship as we head to our final game called "Done or Discard?"

Immanuel will start us off in that game when Pay Dice continues following these messages!

- (applause and music; widening shot of entire set; fade out) -

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- (fade in with music and applause) -

We are back with more Pay Dice! Immanuel currently holds a slight lead, but it's this final game that will determine our champion!

This game is called "Done or Discard?" and works slightly differently. This time, each row will contain 5 dice and you must select 3 of those dice from your first row. You will then select a second row and you can choose only one die from that row. The same goes for the third row. At this point, you will have 5 dice in your hand and you will have to decide if you're done and are keeping it or if you want to discard that hand. If you discard, we repeat the process, but only once, so the hand you get after a discard is the one you must keep. Mary Lou, what's our payouts this time please?

Mary Lou: "Jack, for this game, we are paying five hundred dollars a pair, so a thousand for two pair. We also pay a thousand dollars for three of a kind and twenty-five hundred for a full house. Four of a kind gets you four thousand dollars while five of a kind earns you five thousand dollars! This time, we pay a twenty-five hundred dollar bonus to whoever gets the highest hand."

Thank you Mary Lou and yes, with the scores this close, it could very well come down to that High Hand bonus to determine our winner. Let's find out, shall we? Computer, if you would be so kind, let's load up the board with 3 sets of dice for Mr. Tims!

(ding)

Gentlemen, good luck to you both! Immanuel, your first selection of this game please.

[babytims]

3

[Deleted]

Three it is! Computer, show us row three please.

(ding)

Okay, you must take three of those five dice Immanuel. Which would you like?

[babytims]

The Aces

[babytims]

Wait, I'm sorry...you mean I have to make a 3 of a kind or take 3 of the dices on display?

[Deleted]

Any 3 of those 5, but it must be three dice total that you take here.

[babytims]

The aces and a Jack please

[Deleted]

(ding)

Alright, now you'll have to choose just one die from each of the next two rows. Which row next Immanuel, 1 or 2?

[babytims]

1

[Deleted]

Computer, let's see that top row of dice please.

(ding)

Hmm, lemme guess Immanuel, you want the Ace right?

[babytims]

Yessir!

[Deleted]

Alright, well you'll have at least three of a kind there. Computer, now show us the second row please.

(ding)

Hmm, lemme guess Immanuel, you want the Ace right?

- (audience chuckles) -

[babytims]

You bet!

[Deleted]

(ding)

Alright, so that gives you a hand of four Aces and a Jack. It's a nice hand, but could be beaten by four Aces and a Queen, four Aces and a King or of course any hand of five-of-a-kind. Now, like the name of this game, are you done or are you going to discard and start over Immanuel?

[babytims]

My odds are pretty good, I'll stand where I be

[Deleted]

Very well, so for the moment at least, that nets you a total of four thousand dollars!

(ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding)

- (audience applauds) -

George, that's going to be tough to beat, but you will have two shots at it if you need it. Computer, let's reset the board for George please.

(ding)

George, have at it!

[bighornbattle]

Doesn't have Immanuel $8,275 not $8,344. In any case 3 please.

[Deleted]

Well, he had $4,344 prior to earning $4,000 for that 4-of-a-kind, so the math seems right to me.

(ding)

Alright George, just as Immanuel had to do, you must choose three of those five to be in your hand. Which three and which row would you like next?

[bighornbattle]

2 Kings and an Ace. #2 please.

[Deleted]

Okay, those dice are yours and let's see what we have behind the second row please Computer.

(ding)

- (audience gasps) -

Oh man George, looks like you should have started in the middle and not the bottom this time around. You can only take one die here though, I'm sure you want a King?

[bighornbattle]

Yes I do.

[Deleted]

Very good, so you have a third King now and let's see what that last row contains please.

(ding)

- (audience murmurs) -

No more Kings there, the best you can do here George is a full house which is not enough, so shall we discard and start again?

[bighornbattle]

Yes please.

[Deleted]

You got it! Computer, let's reset the board for George please.

(ding)

This is it, this will decide who our champion is going to be! Immanuel is sitting pretty with with four Aces, let's see if George can beat him!

Good luck to you both! George, which row do we begin with this time?