I watched the Friday episode, and I'm going to put everything behind a spoiler tag just in case.
Sure, they carried it off well for the most part, but to have someone zero out on your big event (having won just two chips) takes the air out of it. One of the problems I have with the show is that they do stuff like this, but totally blow dog on the fundamentals, like having your players win the play-in chances to play the game.