First of all, if they had 3 aces in a row, that means somebody did a bad job shuffling the deck.
Second of all, they need to change the rules regarding same-value cards. When the original Card Sharks premiered in 1978, cards in the Money Cards round that were the same value counted as a loss; however, in response to viewer complaints, that rule was changed. From that point on, same-value cards counted as a push - no money won or lost - and the bet was carried through to the next card. The daytime Card Sharks eventually went overboard trying to guarantee a big payout; by the time of the Bob Eubanks version in 1986, the contestant was allowed to change his/her card three times in the Money Cards round. That was a little ridiculous. But what happened to that second contestant on Wednesday night was ridiculous too. I'm pretty much in full agreement with BuzzerBlog's review: http://buzzerblog.com/2019/06/13/review-card-sharks-abc-2019/ On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 8:37:52 PM UTC-4, Doug Eastick wrote: > > The Wednesday ep of card sharks was intense. A come from behind winner, > and a guy that lost it all on 3 aces in a row. > > > On Wed., Jun. 12, 2019, 11:25 p.m. M-D November, <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I see what you did there. >> >> And did you not catch Banks’ commentary on the very first answer on >> Tuesday’s ep (the “Slim Shady” buzz-in)? >> >> As an old school PYL fan (I remember watching the Michael Larson ep in >> first run), this revival pleases me. Banks surpassed expectations as >> not-Tamarkin, and they kept all the classic elements of the original run >> (rotating set, 2D Whammys, the beep-boop-beep of the lights bouncing around >> the board, the dramatic split screen on the final spins) without making it >> feel dated. And I was prepared to hate the new endgame, but they were >> smart to root it in the main gameplay. >> >> The only minor quibble? Not having commercial breaks before/after the >> spin rounds made the pacing feel a bit off. >> >> (Oh, and I miss Rod Roddy doing the intro.) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c1904762-a19b-4229-a6d2-3e60b72046a2%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3ef5e9a6-4291-409b-81ed-0f904eb657fe%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
