"How Much" is played with 5 guests from SNL Korea. Each guest was asked how much they are willing to pay to get 10 things.
3 remaining players guess the highest price guests offered for each of these presents in 10 rounds. The player who offered highest price wins round and gets a point. However if his offer exceeds guests' highest price, the player who offered next lower price gets a win instead. If two highest offers are the same players' also get nothing and third player with lower price wins the round.
Rounds go in ascending order of the offered prices' total. Each of the guests' totals across all gifts are revealed.
In each round player have 10 minutes to discuss with guests prices they offered. Guests are forbidden to reveal prices outright but they can explain what was their motivation and thoughts behind their picks. After discussion, player have one shared public hint and one private hint. They can ask for any guest's price or ranking among other guests. Round 10 is played without hints.
Players are budgeted — their total of offers can't go over $200 000.
Rounds 1 to 6 give 1 point for win, 7 through 9 are worth 2 and final 10th round is worth 4 points. Player with the most points wins the game while the other two go to Deathmatch.
Kyunghoon wins first round and Dongmin wins three next rounds and then starts throwing rounds after that because he knows that the biggest prices will be for later rounds that are worth more, especially round 10. He saves his money offering low prices.
After Dongmin wins 3 points Hyunmin knows he has to win no matter what so he starts to spend big on rounds where prices go higher and higher. He manages to win 3 but he has spent too much.
Kyunghoon's takes mathematical approach for this game and spends most of the game buried in his calculations. He knows that Hyunmin has less than $100 000 left and he still needs to save for the big showdown in the final round so he uses that information to take round 9. He has been consistently targeting a guest with the biggest total and was mostly asking for his price. Knowing most of his prices and his total he can easily calculate his price in round 10. Guessing that the guest with highest total most likely will have the highest price in the final round as well he has the most important information for the most important round in the main match.
Before round 10, Hyunmin and Kyunghoon have 3 points and Dongmin has 5. Whoever wins 10th round wins the game.
Kyunghoon knows that highest price must be $100 000 and that Hyunmin can't afford to offer that much. He writes $100 000.
Dongmin has also figured out $100 000 and he sees that there is no way for him to win. Hyunmin wrote lower than $100 000 becase he overspent earlier and Kyunghoon offered $100 000. If he offers the same, his and Kyunghoon's prices will overlap and Hyunmin wins. If he offers anything else — Kyunghoon wins.
With his loss assured, Dongmin is basically deciding who he will be fighting in the Deathmatch.
Because Hyunmin is the only player who defeated him in 1 on 1 game, Dongmin feels it would be more fun if he battled Hyunmin instead Kyunghoon. He writes $75 000 giving Kyunghoon the win and challenges Hyunmin to 12 Janggi rematch.
Dongmin was practicing 12 Janggi at home and has upgraded his already great Janggi skills. He defeats Hyunmin 2:0.
Finale is decided: it will be Kyunghoon The "Tittygod" Kingslayer vs "the most balanced Genius player ever" Dongmin.
Tropes:
- Adaptive Ability: with almost perfect social game and great invidual gameplay skills Dongmin is the most well rounded Genius player. His only 1 on 1 loss was to Hyunmin in season 3 finale in 12 Janggi game. Perceiving this game as his only weakness he practices it at home and comes fully prepared for rematch with Hyunmin and defeats him 2:0.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: Despite Hyunmin considered unbeatable at "Twelve Janggi" and him handing Dongmin's only loss to him last year, Dongmin still consciously goes for the result that pits him against Hyunmin at 12 Janggi once again. And this time Dongmin wins.
- Crazy-Prepared: ever since it was revealed that 12 Janggi is in Deathmatch rotation for The Grand Finale Dongmin has been practicing it at home.
- I Know You Know I Know: "How Much" changes drastically when a player knows that other two also know the highest price. Then it becomes leveling war.
- Prisoner's Dilemma: if everyone figures the highest price (like in round 10) the game turns into a 3-way prisoner's dilemma: simplest way to win is to put in the highest price but when everyone else know it they can offer it too and if your prices overlap neither of you get a point. Third player can take advantage by offering lower price, hope the other two overlap and he gets the round on the cheap. However, if two players try that strategy and both of them write in lower prices, straightforward player who simply offered the highest price wins.
