[Joaquin Souberbielle]

Another day another dollar! Only 13 more people stand between you and that sweet prize money. Hopefully you're ready to race the end of this marathon like your life depends on it.

1-Another man out the door. How does Ace's departure impact your game?
2-Break down the trust you have with each member of this tribe. Where do you think your strongest loyalties lie?
3-What alliances are you a part of? do you think these will hold long term? or are they just a mechanism to make the next phase of the game?
4-Merge must be on the horizon at this point. Have you and your allies discussed your plans?

[Lauren]

1. Ace's departure was quite good for my game actually. Aurora survived again which is cool for our alliance I guess but she definitely threw me and Michelle under the bus like we did with her so we'll see how that ends up playing out. Ace was pretty much Ron's only ally so it's looking like he might be better off working with us. He's still not in a super good place but hopefully he'll realize the guys will throw him under pretty much first thing if they get the chance.

In terms of this tribe I still feel closest with Michelle, we've been working together really well and it wouldn't really make sense to try and get her out just yet. I'll save that for later on. Reem's starting to grow on me more, we get along fine just talking and on this tribe we haven't conflicted over boots quite yet. She seems like she's on our side considering she told Michelle about Marcus targeting her and shares information with me but come a merge I'm not sure how that would pan out. Charlie's probably my favorite out of the men on this tribe. He seems the most willing to work with us too. Gillian is still Gillian. Matty says he's working with the girls but we'll have to see because he's pretty connected to the men on the other side. Marcus doesn't like me so not seeing too much potential there unless he's really trying to save himself. Going into a merge or swap I'm thinking the alliance with Michelle and probably Reem are likely to hold for a bit, but I don't think any of us plan to take the others to the end. I still have to do some talking with Charlie but I'm thinking that one might hold too but we'll see how the next vote goes.

So far the only plans that have really been made for going into a merge is which men to take out. I believe we want to save Ron in case we need an easy boot for the men but Marcus and his alliance is also something people have been talking about taking out. I think the women are too afraid of being pagonged to split at least initially. Matty might also be a good potential boot as he's connected too but he's not as abrasive as Marcus but people really like him so I don't want to push things just yet. He's on my radar though as he does like to play both sides.