[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'124423\' date=\'Jul 18 2006, 09:32 AM\']
I've always thought that the whole "on your second trip it's worth _________" is a complication not worth having. It was goofy back on the $20,000 version--where it just seemed cheap that most of the time they weren't playing for $20,000--and it was goofy on Donny's. At least when the jump is from 10 to 25,000 it's significant, but still, I say figure out the prize budget and offer the same amount every time. (Except for tournaments, of course.)
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Exactamundo. My wrinkle, if the budget can support it: Play for $1,000 times your main-game score, excluding tie-breaker rounds. Either play every round all the way out, or have a stipulation for when you only need 1-2 on your last turn to win.