Welcome back to StatsMan's DoND!

It was an eventful opening game last time, ARCHIE crashing spectacularly from a strong 5-box scenario to leave with just £1,000. Will we see the Twist Box in operation today? Will the Mystery Box have an impact? Time to find out with today's contestant...

BEN!

You have box 8 assigned to you at random before the game began.

Whenever you're ready, first 5 boxes please. If we get the TWIST BOX, I'll get back to you!

Glad to be the 2nd player in your series, Andy, especially after Archie set the bar so low last time.

1, 3, 5, 7 and 11 to start, please.

OK! Off we go...

-Box 1-

£250

-Box 3-

£50

-Box 5-

£100

Nice grouping so far!

-Box 7-

£10,000

-Box 11-

£100,000

Sting in the tail...

Banker Time

The banker concedes he got fortunate at the end of that round, but he's prepared to give you a respectable opening gambit...

BANKER'S OFFER

£10,000

Board:
1P
10P
50P
£1
£5
£10



£500
MYSTERY BOX

TWIST BOX
£3,000
£5,000

£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000

£250,000

A fair offer after a fair first round, but it's going to take a lot more than a fair offer to get me out of the chair, so NO DEAL.

13, 15 and 17, please.

-Box 13-
MYSTERY BOX

Another early departure for the variable box...

-Box 15-
£3,000

-Box 17-
£500

Pretty good round!

Banker time

A very bipolar board developing, says the banker, scary for both sides. He concedes it was a good round for you, so he's prepared to reward you with...

BANKER'S OFFER

£20,000

Board:
1P
10P
50P
£1
£5
£10






TWIST BOX

£5,000

£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000

£250,000

A generous offer at this stage, especially with both of the £100k possibilities gone, but the board is too good to walk away from unless the offer was close to the average, so NO DEAL.

22, 21 and 20, please.

-Box 22-
1P

Great start to the round!

-Box 21-
£1

-Box 20-
£35,000

Banker time...

An interesting round, and the banker has to consider the potential threat the twist box could pose at this stage now...

BANKER'S OFFER

£28,000

Board:

10P
50P

£5
£10






TWIST BOX

£5,000

£15,000
£20,000

£50,000
£75,000

£250,000

The average is roughly £38,000, so the offer is a very good one at 74% of the average.

Can the Banker guarantee the next offer will also be at least 74% of the average?

**RING**

The banker cannot make any such guarantees, but he strongly respects the player in the chair today

In that case, I don't think there is a huge amount to gain on this board unless I either keep the Top 3 amounts to 5 box (a 7% chance) or the £250k stays to the end (an 18% chance).

I don't fancy those odds, so I shall preempt the possibility of a crash by saying DEAL.

Round 4 boxes: 18, 16, and 14

Round 5 boxes: 12, 10, and 6

Round 6 boxes: 2, 4, and 9

I would've chosen Option 1 for the twist box if it is hit at any time.

OK! It's a DEAL for £28,000... let's see if it was the right call...

Proveout:

-Box 18-
£15,000

-Box 16-
£250,000

-Box 14-
£20,000

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£10,000

Proveout (Part 2):

-Box 12-
TWIST BOX

Options randomed at 4:22pm. Choose a number 1-5 to see what would've happened...

Option 1............

Here's your result:



Would you have played button or box at this point...?

I would've saved it in hopes of an even more inflated 5 box offer with it in play.