An incorrect answer gave the opposing couple a chance to respond and steal control of the card.
After a couple received any card, whether by taking it for themselves or having it passed to them, they could elect to stick if they had a total of 12 or higher and were in the lead.
The winning couple played the Gambit Board, which displayed numbers from 1 to 21 that had prizes hidden behind them.
If a couple chose to stick, the next card would be dealt from the deck in order to learn whether they would have busted by playing on.
For this version, the rules and setup were radically different (inspired by an unsold American Gambit pilot from 1990).