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Super Pay Cards!

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Super Pay Cards!	comment	Game Show that aired in Canada from 1981-82, which was also syndicated in the United States. Two contestants, a man and a woman, competed in three rounds to build the best poker hands possible. In some markets, such as Sioux Falls, the show was aired between Midnight and 3:00 AM as scheduling allowed. It was a revival of the Pay Cards! series that aired in U.S. syndication from 1968 to 1969.In each round, only 16 cards from a standard 52-card deck were in play. Contestants were awarded money based on the rank of their poker hands, from $20 for a pair to $200 for four-of-a-kind, along with a $50 bonus to the player who had the better hand after each round.Round 1 was always "Five-Card Draw", and Round 3 was always "Wild Card Hand". Round 2 varied from day to day, using one of four variants: Two-Three-Four-Five: The board held two sets of pairs, a three-of-a-kind set, a four-of-a-kind set, and a set of cards with a fifth duplicate. The last set awarded $300 for five-of-a-kind, plus the $50 "high hand" bonus. Four-Of-A-Kind: The sixteen cards held four sets of four-of-a-kind, making it very possible for both players to earn a hefty $200. Strategy: Three cards were revealed at the start of the hand. The players would take two turns calling off cards (two each) and would pick two cards from the five showing for their hand. On their third turn, each player called for one last card, and picked one from the four displayed. Seven-Card Stud: Mary Lou gave each player a choice of two sets of two cards to place in front of their podium. The players then used these two cards with five more cards from the board, then revealed their hands to each other. (This variant does not appear to have been used very often, based on the episodes that circulate.)The player with more money after Round 3 (maximum of $950) played a three-stage Bonus Round. There, the object was to study four, eight, or 12 cards for the same number of seconds, and then remember the location of one of those cards. The payouts were $50, then $500, then $5,000.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Super Pay Cards! / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: In one episode (Martin vs. Jeannette), the scores after Round 2 were $500 to $40. Despite Art himself acknowledging that there was no chance of the trailing contestant winning (the top payout was $350), Round 3 was played anyway, with the final scores ultimately $750 to $80.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_68d43ebc	type	Game Show Host
Super Pay Cards! / int_68d43ebc	comment	Game Show Host: Art James.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_95496a1d	type	The Announcer
Super Pay Cards! / int_95496a1d	comment	The Announcer: Mary Lou Basaraba.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_987ff653	type	Promotional Consideration
Super Pay Cards! / int_987ff653	comment	Promotional Consideration: Depending on the episode, the consolation prize plugs were either rotated with Art and Mary Lou alternating one item at a time, or Mary Lou doing so solo.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_9de2bf95	type	Filler
Super Pay Cards! / int_9de2bf95	comment	Filler: The audience game, seen only in Canadian broadcasts.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_9edfdf1f	type	Studio Audience
Super Pay Cards! / int_9edfdf1f	comment	Studio Audience: A member or two would play the eight-card portion of the bonus round with Mary Lou for the aforementioned "prizes", primarily to satisfy Canadian Content rules by getting The Announcer on-screen. However, this audience game was omitted on episodes aired for the American market.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_b1fbb55b	type	Game Show Winnings Cap
Super Pay Cards! / int_b1fbb55b	comment	Game Show Winnings Cap: One-and-done, which probably wasn't the best idea.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_b24ce4b2	type	Rearrange the Song
Super Pay Cards! / int_b24ce4b2	comment	Rearrange the Song: The show's Theme Tune was a remix of the one used on Nicholson-Muir's CBS game Spin-Off, which aired for a few months in 1975.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_be9d4a56	type	Home Game
Super Pay Cards! / int_be9d4a56	comment	Home Game: Given to contestants along with their final score, but may not have been released commercially (or at least not in America).
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Super Pay Cards! / int_c6c73b3b	type	Undesirable Prize
Super Pay Cards! / int_c6c73b3b	comment	Undesirable Prize: The audience game offered such prizes as slow cookers, popcorn poppers, fire escape ladders and (most infamously) crockpots.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_d3435454	type	Bonus Round
Super Pay Cards! / int_d3435454	comment	Bonus Round: Study these cards on the board, then pick a card that Mary Lou is holding and give the number it's behind. Do this three times, win $5,000.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_d35193cc	type	Bonus Space
Super Pay Cards! / int_d35193cc	comment	Bonus Space: The Jokers (aka Wild Cards) during Round 3, which allowed for five-of-a-kind and a $300 payoff.
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Super Pay Cards! / int_e90b789a	type	Lovely Assistant
Super Pay Cards! / int_e90b789a	comment	Lovely Assistant: Mary Lou, to an extent.
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