Annoyingly was thinking really quite close to that actually! But we won't dwell on that. There's still far too much to discover in this game yet, and I at least want to find out what we can do in the next three boxes - NO DEAL.

1, 4 and 18 here please.

By the sounds of it, if you had to predict the first three offers you'd have gone 2-for-3! Instead, you're 1-for-1 which is clearly a higher percentage Let's go 100% instead of 2/3 in this round as well eh?

Box 1 - £20,000 Now very clear where we stand...

Box 4 - £104,250!! One. Box. Game.

Box 18 -

And we now have this 8-box. Very different game now!

10p
£1
£5
£250
£750
£5,000
£10,000
£173,750

Two predictions left and three chances to use them...

Damn, this feels like a worse prediction to make than three boxes ago, but I have to try here...

PLAYER'S PREDICTION

£8,300

BANKER'S OFFER

£10,250

He thought you'd go £9,001 or lower... and you did! One and only one chance to get an EV+ 23 now... Deal or No Deal?

Good grief I don't like where this is heading at all... That feels like a very good sum of money to bail with at this stage, and so I will before this thing gets any worse DEAL!

I'd have gone for 2, 10 and 20 next please.

It's a DEAL! £10,250 is yours, of course you still have a prediction in hand that could make for some interesting proveout action so the Banker really does have to play with honesty now! Thankfully his spreadsheet makes sure of that anyway

Box 2 - £173,750! THAT'S THE BULLSEYE! Second time in three games someone's escaped earlier than expected and just in time!

Box 10 - 10p...

Box 20 - £1, would've been a lot scarier if that round was reversed eh?

You can predict on your 2-box, or alternatively on this 5-box...

£5
£250
£750
£5,000
£10,000

Yeah I think it's better to go here than be left with a blue/red finish to be clutching at straws with...

PLAYER'S PREDICTION

£1,850

BANKER'S OFFER

£2,222

Short of the mark with the low stakes and stability, 16.74% out... we now know your money menu...

DOUBLE STAKES
MONEY BACK
HALF
NOTHING

We play on...

Clearly effed that right up then I'll finish with 5, 17 and 22 please.

Box 5 - £5,000...

Box 17 - £10,000! Boom.

Box 22 - £5 to leave £250 or £750... anticlimactic as you like.

So the Banker is going to have some fun.

BANKER'S OFFER

BOX 23 CHALLENGE

If you Deal this offer and accept the Box 23 Challenge, you go back into live play of sorts, win one of those two blues in addition to your £10,250. You must then spend exactly double your box win on buying Box 23, keeping the rest of your winnings untouched...

...Deal or No Deal?

An interesting little tempting gamble, especially at these stakes! If I had another £500 to my name I'd probably be taking this on, but to ensure a five-figure win I'll stand my ground and say NO DEAL.

I would have said NO SWAP here.

Locking in the fifth five-figure win in seven games, not bad when the all-time series median win is ten grand!

Box 16 had £250 - Box 15 had the £750 - so you actually would have been guaranteed £10,000, with £500 going on this 23...

DOUBLE STAKES
MONEY BACK
HALF
NOTHING

Fair enough! Would've been Option 4 here.

Hahaha textbook ending! Well I'm glad I jumped off the bus before it started flying uncontrollably downhill! Thanks for that game