Here comes a second-time player for this year's first Series 3.0 game, BEN!

We've seen three of these games, we've not seen three of these games...



The jackpot has reached £275,000, as it keeps going up until it's won. We know we're in for a fascinating battle of luck and logic, and it begins with you picking from 1-6 to determine the rules of engagement...

Game 3, please.

Three games selected. Three games unselected...

...which group of three contains Game 3?

Well, at least I don't have to worry about winning a low blue and being Incinerator Food in Dr. Hondsight's eyes.

We've got new rules. Let's count 'em.

1) This board won't give you the blues. All the non-jackpot boxes have been given the squeeze, meaning there's a little less money on the board but a lot less danger...

£1,000
£1,250
£1,500
£1,750
£2,000
£2,250
£2,500
£2,750
£3,000
£3,500
£4,000
£5,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£7,500
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£25,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£275,000

2) That FYFFES BANANA BONUS box? It's worth £6,000 if won from the box at the end of the game. If revealed in live play, the contestant immediately wins £3,000. In either case, this money cannot be used for Box 23.

3) Speaking of Box 23, even that's been given the squeeze. Your money menu looks like this:
ADD HALF
+£5,000
+£2,500
MONEY BACK
75%
HALF

Also, Box 23 is optional in this game, and the Banker cannot make offers where it must be used, only where it must not be.

Nothing else changes, it's a standard 22-box game with no predictions and Box 6 on the table. Let the game begin!

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

May the odds be ever in your favour!

Box 1 - £25,000! Oh.

Box 3 - £5,000. Better.

Box 5 - FYFFES BANANA BONUS, for an instant three grand! You're now guaranteed to win at least £3,500 more than Aaron did in the last Series 3.0 game.

Box 7 - £75,000! And, at this rate, at most.

Box 11 - £3,000. Even in this game, blues are welcome!

£1,000
£1,250
£1,500
£1,750
£2,000
£2,250
£2,500
£2,750
£3,500
£4,000
£7,500
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£275,000

BANKER'S OFFER

£6,900

That would be a nice sum of money... but your call. Deal or No Deal?

It looks like the Banker isn't interested in a 1st offer Deal on this version, then!

Insta-NO DEAL and open boxes 13, 15 and 17, please.

No shock there...

Box 13 - £1,000! Perfect!

Box 15 - £50,000! Not so much.

Box 17 - £1,250! Even this version can produce see-saw rounds, apparently.

£1,500
£1,750
£2,000
£2,250
£2,500
£2,750
£3,500
£4,000
£7,500
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£275,000

Banker's response to what is essentially Schrödinger's One-Box Game...

BANKER'S OFFER

£9,600

...is a bit of digit-flipping from the first offer.

Deal or No Deal?

I wouldn't take this even if £1,500 to £4,000 were replaced with their equivalent blues on a normal board!

NO DEAL and let's continue with 21, 22 and 20, please.

No messing!

Box 21 - £4,000. There's one blue...

Box 22 - £10,000. We can take that...

Box 20 - £1,750! Now we're cooking!

£1,500
£2,000
£2,250
£2,500
£2,750
£3,500
£7,500
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£275,000

This is getting tough for the Banker now.

BANKER'S OFFER

£13,500

That'd put your winnings in total at the infamous £16,500 prior to 23! Deal or No Deal?

How is £16,500 infamous? One of the best players of all time dealt that at the 3rd offer for a Banker Spanking.

As tempting as it is to join DanJudge in the £16,500 club, I think this is worth at least one more round with a 73% chance of dodging the £250k, so NO DEAL.

18, 16 and 14, please.

Big round incoming. Are we going to keep the dream alive, or are we going to be very, very grateful for the way this game is set up?

Box 18 - £2,000 and we're on our way!

Box 16 - £275,000! Bang, and the dream is gone.

Box 14 - £7,500 is a significant box now, but there's three higher than that at 8-box...

[quote="KP"]£1,500
£2,250
£2,500
£2,750
£3,500
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000

Obviously, the loss of the jackpot sends this offer down. But with £3,000 guaranteed from that Fyffes Banana Bonus and even the four-figure blues skewing a little higher, there's only so much room to fall.

BANKER'S OFFER

£7,332

Putting that on 23 would give you a total minimum win of £6,666... Deal or No Deal?

With only a 29% chance of finding two of the chucky reds, I think this is worth another punt. [b]NO DEAL[/b] .

12, 10 and 8, please.

We're aiming to keep the damage down to one...

Box 12 - £35,000! And even if we do, that's the wrong one

Box 10 - £20,000 This is ugly...

Box 8 - £2,750. It's something.

£1,500
£2,250
£2,500
£3,500
£15,000

Well... at least it's the Doctored Board, I guess?

BANKER'S OFFER

£4,332

Three grand taken off the last offer... Deal or No Deal?