RACE TO A BILLION - REBIRTH - ROUND 28 [SIGNUPS WELCOME]

I'm surely gonna trump myself here.

13 please.

Pop one in the middle?



Womp womp.







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $21,147,454 (125% Boost)
Imationer: $72,200,001 (In The Balance)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $78,235,048 (282% Boost, Deal or No Deal)
vincentw: $15,592,783

Nature, the chase continues.

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I had no idea there was a $1 square in this, but that's pretty fucking funny.

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18

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I'll go ahead and reserve 20.

Sorry for the delay, I was out for a Valentine's weekend with the missus. In 18...



Ack, no three-time win for you!







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $21,147,454 (125% Boost)
Imationer: $72,200,001 (In The Balance)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $77,530,048
vincentw: $15,592,783

gameboy, there's only two left! You won one duel. can you win again?

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Let's try number 3, why not.

Top middle, in the 3...



Yike. $154,320 in the hole.

Imationer wants 20, now...



Nice bit of a gain, there. The bomb penalty is now $300k.







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $20,993,134 (125% Boost)
Imationer: $72,200,001 (120% Boost, In The Balance)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $77,530,048
vincentw: $15,592,783

gameboy, back to you. Eight left in the round.

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Number 1.

Pop the corner with this one...



Oh God, the curse! Two of the safe squares have now just become bombs, but JUST for you! If Imationer hits the Curse Bomb, it'll be the regular square.







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $20,993,134 (125% Boost, Cursed)
Imationer: $72,200,001 (In The Balance)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $77,530,048
vincentw: $15,592,783

Imationer, seven's left in the round. For you, at most two are bombs. For gameboy, it'll be up to four.

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Well that's inconvenient

Let's exhaust one corner and go with 25.

Pop the other corner! In 25...



All the 8s...and one of the Curse Bombs! You've made gameboy's life a little bit easier!







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $20,993,134 (125% Boost, Cursed)
Imationer: $73,266,667 (120% Boost, In The Balance)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $77,530,048
vincentw: $15,592,783

Speaking of which, gameboy is up. Now the odds of bombing are at worst 1/2...where are we going?

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Time for some shenanigans...



Ctrl+C Square 4

(Also I think you forgot Imationer's +20% boost from his previous turn.)

Fixed...and OF COURSE you're gonna do that lol



Your -$123,456 square carried the Copy/Paste hidden square payload! $12.5 million in one go! Leapfrogging right into sixth, there!







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $33,493,134 (125% Boost, Cursed)
Imationer: $73,266,667 (120% Boost, In The Balance)
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $77,530,048
vincentw: $15,592,783

Imationer, you have a slightly better chance of not bombing now, I guess?

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Wait I had that before I picked the Curse? I should pay more attention to my PMs lol

Also I considered copy/pasting the Sneak Peek for even more shenanigans, but decided to just take the money.

oh welp, there's a bomb out now, and not even a gold square.

Hit me with 10, dealer.

Coming into the endgame of the round...in 10!



OH MY! gameboy's won another duel! Round Over!







ROUND 9

gameboy573: $33,493,134 (125% Boost)
Imationer: $72,966,667
FoRCeDNaTuRe: $77,530,048
vincentw: $15,592,783

Incidentally, the last cursed square would have been #23. Unfortunately Oni's Offer goes unclaimed once again. One of these daaaays


Bonus time? You bet it's bonus time.

- You get a $10,000,000 win bonus that is untouched by boosters.
- You get a $1,000,000 bonus for every square remaining plus booster. Five squares at 125% makes for $6,250,000.

So, gameboy, your bonus is $16,250,000!

Square 99 time. Here's the options on the table:

- DOUBLE: Your win bonus is doubled to $32,500,000!
- $25,000,000: Your win bonus becomes a flat $25,000,000!
- MONEY BACK: Your win bonus remains at $16,250,000!
- HALF: Your win bonus is cut in half to $8,125,000!
- $1: Your win bonus goes down to a measly dollar! But as a consolation, you do get a random Hidden Square for the next round.

You're in sixth right now. You take the money, it pops you one place up, with a good $14m gap off 4th. You gamble and it pays off, you can potentially leap-frog Imationer and put yourself in third place.

What do you want to do?

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I'll go for square 99.

Right, let's open Square 99...



For a shot at third place, where are we opening?

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