Split Decision Episode 12 *Ready For Archives*

[billmcdee]

It's almost December now, the season of giving is upon us, Kourtney you gave that 8 to Shederick, and now that means the common card for both of you is...


















Jack Frost nipping at your noses!  Tight squeezes for both players, a 4 card split for both.


Kourtney, time for our next Hi Lo toss-up.  This will determine who wins control of the last card for this particular hand.





Mr. Wilson, kindly at this time pick a pair of boxes and in the order in which you'd like them to be revealed sir.

[pathfinder20]

14 and 1.

[billmcdee]

Still no Joker.

14 is a Jack.  You can predict higher or lower on card 1 if you wish Kourtney, or you can pass and have Shederick do so.

What's your pleasure?

[pathfinder20]

I will play and say lower.

[billmcdee]

To keep control of the cards, lower than a Jack?
















It is!






Kourtney, the fate of the next card is in your hands.  Do you want to keep it, knowing you'll need a Jack, Queen, King or Ace to win, or pass it to Shederick, who will need for it to be an 8, 9, 10 or Jack to win this hand?

[pathfinder20]

I will pass.

[billmcdee]

Should this next card be anything other than an 8, 9, 10 or Jack, Kourtney will win the hand, the game and the match as well, and will have pitched the first shut out in Split Decision's history.

















And the card he has passed to you Shederick is...









A deuce!  That's a bust, and that's a win for Kourtney Wilson!


(main theme begins to play)





Well Kourtney, you did it, that hand was worth $500 to you as all winning hands pay double the hand value, plus another $500 for your second Clean Sweep.  Those 2 clean sweeps will give you 2 Bonus Draw tokens for the Pot Limit game coming up in a moment as well.


Well Shederick, unfortunately you were on the short end of this historic moment today.

I appreciated you coming back to play again and want to wish you continued success with your military and broadcasting careers.

A nice round of applause for Lieutenant Shederick Weatherspoon Jr.!


And when we return, Kourtney will be once again playing Pot Limit and hopefully a really huge win to finish off 2023!


Back with that right after these words of interest!

[djshadowwolf420]

GG Kourtney

[billmcdee]

(applause)




We have returned with Kourtney Wilson who basically blew through today's front game of the match.

$2,650 you won today, and a grand total now of $4,875 and now a chance to earn tens of thousands of dollars more playing Pot Limit.




Kourtney, as always, the first order of business is for you to cut this special deck of 56 playing cards which is now being presented to you.

Select a number higher than 0 but lower than 56 to represent how deep into the deck you'd like the cards cut.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go with 38 for my age.

[billmcdee]

Oh to be 38 again...





I have a very good feeling that you're going to win big here today Kourtney!  I sure hope my Spider sense is right.


This round you will select 4 of 13 cards from our game board.  You will establish a split and then wager money on the top card fitting between that split.

We also give you 3 bonus draws, you may use one per hand.  You also earned 2 extra bonus draws in the match, one for each clean sweep you had.

But now you may add 2 more still.  One of the 4 suits is hiding 2 more bonus draw tokens, one suit has 1, the other 2 are sad faces.

Please select a suit Kourtney.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go with Diamonds again.

[billmcdee]

And we have under the Diamond today...















Nada.  But that's okay Kourtney you still have FIVE bonus draws, you can use one per hand so you're still in terrific shape.


Remember too in your deck there are 4 jokers.  Any time a joker turns up, regardless of what your wager is, we will automatically double your bank, so you'll win the pot limit.


Minimum bets are $50 during the first six hands of play, the final hand is the Major Wager where you must risk at least half of your total winnings.





And if during that last hand a Joker should turn up then, you will not only win your pot limit, but you will also win a growing Joker's Jackpot.

It starts at $25,000 and grows by $1,000 per show until hit.  It has not yet been won so today it is worth...





$36,000!  That will make for a very happy holiday season to be sure!





Kourtney please select any four boxes and best of luck to you!

[pathfinder20]

Let’s go with 1, 5, 9, 13.

[billmcdee]

Doing the 4 corner strategy.










A 4, a 3, a 9 and a 5.  Not the greatest of splits with a 9 high and a 3 low.  Kourtney of the 9 remaining boxes, 6 of them will improve your split, 3 of them will not.

Did you wish to spend one Bonus Draw at this time?

[pathfinder20]

Let’s use a bonus draw with number 6.

[billmcdee]

A Jack.  A little bit better now.  Jack high, 3 low.  Kourtney how much of your $300 do you wish to wager?

[pathfinder20]

I will wager $150.

[billmcdee]

Going half in with the knowledge that a 2, Queen, King or Ace would lose for you.







For $150, does Kourtney's top card fit the split?












Oh a JOKER!  That means your pot limit automatically doubles to $600!





The only bad news is that, hindsight being 20/20, that bonus draw did not really matter, but we had no way of knowing this.


Please select 4 numbers Kourtney.

[pathfinder20]

2, 4, 6, 8.

[billmcdee]

Sorry for the lack of a visual update on this one.



Jack, 10, 8, 7, not a very good split there at all.

Jack high, 7 low as it stands Kourtney.

1 _ 3 _ 5 _ 7 _ 9 10 11 12 13


Only 5 cards would win for you, 8 would lose for you.

You do have 1 bonus draw you could use here.

Virtually all but one card remaining on the board can only improve your split.

Do you wish to use it?

[pathfinder20]

I better use it here. 10.

[billmcdee]

And that bonus draw yields for you sir...











A Queen.  So an ever so slight improvement upon your split Kourtney.  Queen high, 7 low, more than half the cards in your deck will not fit that split.

You have $600, you must wager at least $50.  What is your bet that the next card from your deck will fit that split?

[pathfinder20]

I will bet $100.

[billmcdee]

I wise bet I'd say.  Just $100 that this next top card will be between a 7 and a Queen.





Witney, please deal the card.







It's a winner!





Again a bummer that you used that Bonus Pick as it turns out you would have won without it, but again the mystery of the cards is part of what makes this game fascinating to me.

$700 to wager and a new board Kourtney.  You still have 3 bonus draws remaining.  Hopefully you can hold onto a couple of them and carry them over to the top 2 hands.

Please select any 4 numbers and let's get an Ace and a 2 this time!  Good luck.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try 3, 6, 8, 11

[billmcdee]

Going for the diamond pattern.





Well not an Ace-Deuce spread, but the next best thing with an Ace high and 3 low Kourtney.

I assume you want to play that and not use your bonus pick for a 1 in 9 chance at finding the deuce?

[pathfinder20]

You assume correctly. I am going to bet $550 that it would fit.

[billmcdee]

If this next card is anything other than a deuce, you'll be up to $1,250 Kourtney.









Witney, lay it on us girl!
















Oh NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(screaming from the crowd)

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I............I...............





I am sorry.





I hope our re-designed Pot Limit board will soften the blow for you a little anyway.

Down to $150, so at least you didn't lose it all.

And further good news Kourtney, we're moving up to hand 4 and you'll have another $600 added to your total.



(ding)






And you still have 3 bonus draw tokens, with just 4 hands left to play.

Kourtney, please select four more boxes sir.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try 2, 4, 7, 10