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Kitchen Casino could still present their style of dish after it has gone through the other chefs' macchinations. As before, the lowest-scoring chef "goes bust" and is eliminated. In a culinary version of "Texas Hold 'Em", host Rancic shuffles a deck of cards, each of which contains an ingredient. Three of these cards are dealt to the center of the "Poker Table". The ingredients on these three cards must be used by BOTH remaining chefs in their final dishes. In addition, the host deals two "Hole Cards" to each chef, showing two possible additional ingredients that chef must also use. Each chef