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If their guess was higher than the actual price of an item, they automatically lost the game.&amp;nbsp; Okay, enough of the rules, you know how the game works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Well, I may have the same initials as Bob Barker, and I'm quite a bit younger, have less gray hair, and a bit better looking (or so I've been told).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Brian Block, Realtor" height="287" alt="Brian Block, Realtor" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/9/8/5/9/ar12003579695892.JPG" width="186" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;VS.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img title="Bob Barker, former game show host" height="285" alt="Bob Barker, former game show host" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/5/7/3/5/ar120035801853754.jpg" width="209" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Open House Host Brian Block" height="188" alt="Open House Host Brian Block" hspace="5" src="http://cdnll.users1.imagechef.com/ic/stored/users_87/437519/sampf2037549419d160f.jpg" width="197" align="right" vspace="5" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My job as a professional Realtor&lt;/strong&gt; 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