WWTBAM Bored

He finished third, solving the second toss up puzzle, winning the first round, and winning the fourth round(speed up). His total was $9300. Second place was $12449 including a prize puzzle trip, first place won $12750 and lost the bonus round. So the prize puzzle actually didn't decide the game on this episode.

That was a nice prize total for third place, Joe. But what awful luck you had with the wheel--two rounds in a row getting hit with a bankrupt, when the puzzle must have been obvious to you!

The 2nd round puzzle I knew, but wanted to get above $4k before solving. I literally was going to have that as my last spin before solving.
As for Round 3. I knew ORDERING and POOLSIDE, but not BEVERAGES. I literally paused for 5 seconds trying to figure it out leading Pat to say, "Spin or Solve Joe", but that got edited out. I reluctantly spun hoping to figure it out eventually but the wheel had other plans.