$50 v $500

*RING*

He applauds your courage. With this offer, if you don't accept it, you take your case. The final offer:

BANKER'S OFFER

$250

Archie, for the last time this game, Deal or No Deal?

Deal!

Deal for $250.

Well let's see what you had in your case before we head to the big two cases.

Case 12:
$50

Case 5:
$500

Now for the Double or Nothing situation. We have two giant cases. One of them says DOUBLE, one of them says NOTHING. Find the case with the word DOUBLE in it, and you double your $250 to $500. Find the word NOTHING, and that's exactly what you walk away with, nothing. Would you like to try to double your $250?

Might as well!

DEAL

OK. Which case, 1 or 2?

2!

Number 2 contains...

What an unfortunate start to the series. Archie knocks out all of the big money early on, takes a deal for $250, and loses it all at the last second. Hopefully our next contestant will do better next time. Until then, so long.

Ah well.. It's not just this game which has been unlucky tonight!

Wht would you deal $250 on a $50/$500 finish and then hand it back on an effective NOTHING/$500 finish?????

I would have used the DOUBLE/NOTHING on any of those amounts. Taking $250 to it gave me a 50/50 shot at $500 rather than a 1/4 chance of $1,000