After Cassi and her guests get done watching the preview of the Hoff's new show, all the HG, Jordan and the golden keyholders included, descend upon Jeff singly and in small groups lobbying for who they want to see nominated and/or making deals which will later be reneged upon by one side or the other to keep themselves off the block. After hours of this malarkey, with everybody in the house talking in more endless circles than an Indy 500 winner, Jeff and Jordan finally wind up alone in the HoH Room, and they talk it over. Jordan wants to put up Cassi and Dominic straight away, but Jeff points out that they are pretty competitive people and a threat to win any comp they're in, and he suggests nominating another pair as pawns and hoping Cassi and Dominic don't get drawn to compete for the PoV. Jordan fears that if they put up a weaker pair, the ones drawn out of the bag will win the PoV and not use it, thus screwing the pawns and messing up JeJo's plans, but Jeff says, "With me in the PoV competition, that ain't gonna happen." The next day Jeff steps out the back door and calls the HG in for the nomination meeting, at which he nominates Lawon and Shelly as pawns. After the meeting and a couple hours of DR sessions, Lawon and Shelly finally make it up to the HoH Room and ask Jeff "WTF?" Jeff says, "Don't sweat it, just play your a$$e$ off in the PoV, and if I can throw it to you or Jordan, I will, and if you're all out of it I'll win it myself. You're pawns. I want Cassi or Dominic out next, and I don't want them playing in the PoV if I can avoid it. So you're up now, but you're not who I want out now." They don't buy that, even though it's true, and they go to the DR and rip Jeff a few new ones, then go looking for the other HG to start lobbying.