It's the card game where Ace is always high, and Deuce is always low. Turn any two cards face up, then just try to fit a card in between that neither higher nor lower!

 

It's just that simple to play the all-new big money big prize game....

and now here's your host...

Jim McKrell!

Information

VTR: July 11, 1985

Host: Jim McKrell

Announcer: Charlie O'Donnell

Network: NBC

Packager: Richard Reid Productions

Origination: NBC Studios, Burbank

 

Gameplay

Two contestants competed. Three choices are revealed, and then a question is asked. The first player to buzz in must give the TWO answers associated with that question. Following that, a card is dealt, from a regulation 52 card playing card deck. The object for the players is to create as a large a spread for themselves, while narrowing the spread for their opponents, so they can fit a playing card in between two cards. The player who answered the question right must decide whether to take the first card, give it to their opponent, or put it in the middle (the "common" card). Then, a second card is dealt the same way, and finally a third. Then a second question is asked, and whoever answers correctly gets control. The player who answers correctly can take the card, and hope that the card fits between their own card and the common card, or pass to their opponent, and hope it doesn't fit between their cards. If it fits for themselves or pass to their opponent and it doesn't fit, they win the hand (a tie goes to the player). If they pass to their opponent, and fits between their card or they keep it and it doesn't fit, they lose. There are also Insurance cards in the deck, which, when dealt out, can be used by either player in the bonus round (doesn't matter who has control). First player to win 3 hands wins the game and goes to the bonus round.

Pot Limit

The winner of the main game played Pot Limit. The player tried to get as much money as they could in order to win prizes. They are given $1000 to start. They are then dealt a card, and can decide to put it on the outside, or in the middle. 3 hands are played. Like before, the object is to fit a card in between the two cards. After two cards are dealt, they make a bet. The insurance cards mean that they can replace any card after the two cards are dealt, and a tie always goes to the player. Reaching $2000 won a trip to Paris, reaching $4000 won the trip and a fur, and reaching $5000 won a Lincoln Continental and the trip and fur. Also, the deck is modified with four extra 2's, four extra Ace's, and four Joker's, which automatically wins $1000 on top of their score.

My Review

Being a fan of Card Sharks, I really like this game. The questions seemed to drag on though. If they could've made them more like High Rollers/Gambit, it'd have gone by faster. The set looks like it's taken from Dream House, and the music sounds like the '80s guitar riff from the All-New Dating Game. Jim does a decent job hosting.

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