Ep 439: Rob Fischer, Andrew Fischer (May 3, 2012)

Rounds: Here.


After Simon's successful retirement yesterday, we have two new contestants.  The show producers were clearly hoping that this would happen, as the two contestants are brothers.  We don't really get to find out anything about them aside from the fact that Rob is a marketing specialist, as what chat there is is devoted to talking up the sibling rivalry.  I'm actually a bit vexed by that -- one of them is going home, so it would be nice to actually learn something about them first.


I'm afraid there was nothing close about this game; Rob comprehensively outplayed Andrew, and in fact Andrew only managed to score points once during the game; that was in a numbers round that was pretty easy.  Part of this was probably first-game nerves, but Rob did play quite well, including finding an exceptional full monty.  His numberwork was slightly off -- much to my relief! -- and the conundrum was too hard for everyone, but Rob stormed home to win by 61 points to 10.

I got away with a slightly risky word in the first round, was completely off the pace in the second, and thereafter was mostly playing catchup.  I was just a touch too slow in round four, took a conservative view in round five, and it was only the numbers that really let me pull away enough to be safe.  The conundrum was too hard for me, also, and I feel lucky to have escaped with a win.  A big contrast to previous games!  The effect of a full monty is large, as expected.