Glasses in Ghana
Sales tasks are usually some of my favorite ones on The Amazing Race. Usually, the most interaction the racers ever get is shouting directions at people. But, in these tasks, the racers actually have to try to connect with the culture... Or at least enough to sell a few sunglasses.
Andie & Jenna were eliminated this week because their taxi sucked. That's The Amazing Race for ya.
Week 2 Results
1st place - Brook/Claire (2x)
2nd place - Katie/Rachel (1.7x)
3rd place - Michael/Kevin (1.5x)
4th place - Chad/Stephanie (1.3x)
5th place - Jill/Thomas (1.1x)
6th place - Connor/Jonathan (.9x)
7th place - Nat/Kat (.7x)
8th place - Nick/Vicki (.5x)
9th place - Gary/Mallory (.3x)
10th place - Andie/Jenna (0x)
Mixed Results
Overall, scores were fair. Nat/Kat was an extremely popular bet, so their 7th place finish was disappointing for some. Although, if you were like me, you were probably hollering like crazy as they started slowly climbing through the ranks from last place. Only TAR Casino Game players would hoot and holler about that kind of thing.
Brook/Claire and Katie/Rachel were sneaky good bets by a few players, who cashed in big-time.
The Greatest Gainer Award goes to sarah1234, who climbed 19 ranks to #8 overall. By the way, thanks for setting me straight about the score miscalculation! You were indeed correct, and I updated your score appropriately. 
For the second week in a row, Yogi wins the Perfect Bet Award with a nice Brook/Claire and Katie/Rachel split. Will he go for the hat trick? We shall see! Very impressive start for the reigning champ.
Leaderboard
1. Yogi - 74
2. vennui - 53
3. kidflash212 - 51
4. louislam - 44
5. Belle Book - 41
6. FFantasyFX - 39
7. chiubakka - 39
8. sarah1234 - 38
9. cahaya - 34
10. Jims02 - 34
11. michel - 32
12. Weez - 32
13. jbenz - 31
14. Ontheroadagain - 31
15. popeave - 30
16. ARNutz - 27
17. flipxycd - 26
18. Travelor - 24
19. taffnic - 23
20. samboohoo - 23
21. AvidRealityWatcher - 23
22. Element King - 23
23. Snidget - 22
24. Seana - 22
25. MzTee - 22
26. Molaholic - 21
27. Starshine - 21
28. mikey - 20
29. 5cats - 20
30. HauntedOne - 20
31. Estee - 20
32. Silver03 - 20
33. CTgirl - 20
34. esquire - 19
35. HistoryDetective - 18
36. bbenzenberg - 18
37. KwietOne - 17
38. beau_30 - 17
39. shilfiell - 17
40. Deshawnator22 - 15
41. Georjanna - 14
42. vince3 - 12
43. IanQuentin - 12
44. kduck - 10
Yogi's got a nice lead, but it's still early and anything can happen! Go get those points!
Week 3 Payout Table
1st place - 2x
2nd place - 1.9x
3rd place - 1.2x
4th place - 1.1x
5th place - Break even
6th place - .9x
7th place - .8x
8th place - .1x
9th place - 0x
Max Bet - NO LIMIT
New Players Still Welcome!
Through the next week, the Casino Game is open to new entrants. Each player who begins the game this week will receiver 10 points to use. Please refer to the previous week's thread for the rules.
TAR17 Teams Remaining
Brook/Claire
Chad/Stephenie
Connor/Jonathan
Gary/Mallory
Jill/Thomas
Katie/Rachel
Michael/Kevin
Nat/Kat
Nick/Vicki
The points are out there. Go get 'em!
For those expecting a bonus this week, my apologies for the delay. Something came up this week (hence the midnight posting now) where I had to push it back to next week.
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