In addition to confusing rules, this was Hit Me's achilles' heel. Whenever a house had a soft hand, there was no provision in the rules to hit until it had a hard 17+, but Bob called a win or a loss as he saw fit whenever it did occur.
@TVLubber Bob Barker gives ties for sure. If you remember previous episodes, there are times when the player will get blackjack and the dealer has 10 or ace. After blackjack is revealed, they automatically called the player a winner without checking to see if the dealer has blackjack. Therefore, if they didn't concern themselves with blackjack pushes, why bother with normal pushes?
@TVLubber Because the rule stated that the house hits on 16 & stays on 17, but they never implicated hitting on a soft hand, which is what both 19s were.
Bob and Roger liked to call things like this "historic moments" even when they've happened before. Although a push with an ace involved may not have happened before.
Keep in mind in this video, at the time this clip occurred, Barker says that they've never been in that situation up to that point. Thus that means that this was the first time ever that such an event occurred. I guess that after that, the rules, which I gather didn't mention what would happen in the event of a push, were then modified to automatically award the contestant the prize on a push. Meaning the contestant had to win or push, and the House had to push or bust.
In addition to confusing rules, this was Hit Me's achilles' heel. Whenever a house had a soft hand, there was no provision in the rules to hit until it had a hard 17+, but Bob called a win or a loss as he saw fit whenever it did occur.
SP84Fanatic 2 months ago
Wonder if Roddy got some of dat after the show?
don417 6 months ago
Why give the ties to the contestant rather than find another way to break the tie?
TVLubber 7 months ago 5
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@TVLubber Bob Barker gives ties for sure. If you remember previous episodes, there are times when the player will get blackjack and the dealer has 10 or ace. After blackjack is revealed, they automatically called the player a winner without checking to see if the dealer has blackjack. Therefore, if they didn't concern themselves with blackjack pushes, why bother with normal pushes?
MONOPOLY35 6 months ago
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That's only because 21 (the blackjack way (10/face card & ace)) gives the contestant an automatic win, no matter what the house has.
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@TVLubber Because the rule stated that the house hits on 16 & stays on 17, but they never implicated hitting on a soft hand, which is what both 19s were.
jamstar1 6 months ago
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SwingBatta0 6 months ago
toothpaste and vo5 were the two winning products in this game....
domirules28 1 year ago
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millenniumman75 2 years ago
Bob and Roger liked to call things like this "historic moments" even when they've happened before. Although a push with an ace involved may not have happened before.
zachhoran 2 years ago 2
Keep in mind in this video, at the time this clip occurred, Barker says that they've never been in that situation up to that point. Thus that means that this was the first time ever that such an event occurred. I guess that after that, the rules, which I gather didn't mention what would happen in the event of a push, were then modified to automatically award the contestant the prize on a push. Meaning the contestant had to win or push, and the House had to push or bust.
ccvjahnyyx2 2 years ago
I don't believe it was the first time a Push happened in hit me, as the game was well over a decade old at that point(debuting in late 1980)
zachhoran 2 years ago