We've just had maybe the most incredible game we're ever going to have... and it really was a huge escape for the Banker that it did not end in a jackpot win! Now BEN is here hoping that he can have even a fraction of that good fortune. Did it all get wasted in one game? No, because that's not how probability works!

One thing his game will definitely have in common with the last one (and the others before and the ones still to come) is an opening on The Configurator. We have a player power, Banker power, offer pattern, and money menu to decide... 1-4 for each of those!

4, 3 2 and 1, please, followed by boxes 1, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 13 (and 15 of needed) to start, please.

So that's a Box 25 of +£5,000/+£3,000/+£1,000/-£2,000/-£4,000, plus a wheel at the end of the game. The offer pattern is 5-5-3-3-2-2-1-1, and the board is the same as usual... except for the two random reds (one £35k+, one not) getting a 99% drop. In this case, they happen to be £1,000 and £100,000, so it's the equivalent of one red getting a 99.99% drop.

1p
10p
50p
£1
£5
£10
£25
£50
£100
£250
£500
£750
£10
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000
£75,000
£1,000
£150,000
£250,000

You have Box 6 so we go to your first five...

Box 1 - £500 starts us off nicely

Box 3 - £10 takes out the former £1k, and it wouldn't even have been missed in that guise!

Box 5 - £750, keeping things up...

Box 7 - £100! Can we finish a spotless round?

Box 11 - £35,000! Sadly not, but I can't see the Banker being too pleased with that round even now!

Still huge money on that board, and I can't see the Banker being pleased with those blues disappearing, even high ones...

1p
10p
50p
£1
£5
£10
£25
£50
£250
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£50,000
£75,000
£1,000
£150,000
£250,000

It adds up to an opening offer of...

BANKER'S OFFER

£9,001

...frankly inevitable proportions. Deal or No Deal?

A nice offer after that shaky start, but with a 60% chance of bailing out a blue win with Box 23 I'm planning on playing aggressively today. NO DEAL.

13, 15, 17, 21, 22 and 20 if needed, please.

It's the five in this round, then we're into two three-box offers...

Box 13 - £5! Great start to the round again...

Box 15 - £50,000! Down to three monsters now...

Box 17 - £250,000! And the biggest of the lot... is gone.

Box 21 - 1p! It's something...

Box 22 - £25 is nice too! But we know what that round got defined by...

...and we now have a two-box game in terms of mega money.

10p
50p
£1
£10
£50
£250
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£75,000
£1,000
£150,000

Unsurprisingly, the offer went down.

BANKER'S OFFER

£6,666

Devil of a drop that... with three to open, Deal or No Deal?

Already a 2 box game in terms of the big money, but odds are I'll keep at least one of them to 8 box and that's where things really get interesting, especially with the US syndicated offer format from there.

NO DEAL, and let's continue with the 3 highest remaining even numbered boxes, please.

That, right there, is the focus. Getting to 8-box without it being a £20k-high game.

Box 24 - £5,000. That's a safe one, it's a step in that direction.

Box 20 - £150,000!

And now, a one-box game...

Box 18 -

The Banker says that Double 99 will never stop being his favourite twist!

50p
£1
£10
£50
£250
£3,000
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£75,000
£1,000

And down he goes again...

BANKER'S OFFER

£5,000

It's a one-box game on one level but there are others higher than the offer... Deal or No Deal?

Oh well, I'm just going to have to go to the end if I want the big money now.

NO DEAL, and let's continue with the 3 highest even numbered boxes, please.

And we're chasing with...

Box 16 - £15,000...

Box 14 - £20,000! Surely not...

Box 12 -

If this 8-box had the £100k instead of it becoming a £1k, this would feel radically different.

£1
£10
£50
£250
£3,000
£10,000
£75,000
£1,000

As it is...

BANKER'S OFFER

£5,000

...it's another £5k offer. Two to open now, but there's only two above this offer... Deal or No Deal?

In a conventional game I'd be inclined to cut my losses here, but with the offer format and generous Box 23 that I have I think it's worth chasing the money, even though I recognize I'd likely have to go several rounds to get a lot more.

NO DEAL and once again open the 2 highest even numbered boxes, please.

The Configurator has given you multiple escape routes - there's the wheel as well - and it's clear they've led you on. Have they led you into a trap?

Box 10 - £50! Not on that one...

Box 8 -

We still very much have a game on here...

£1
£10
£250
£10,000
£75,000
£1,000

...and the offer has obviously gone up.

BANKER'S OFFER

£7,500

By 50%, as it happens! Two to open and one to dodge... Deal or No Deal?

I would've dealt Aaron's 6 box offer, which was essentially this offer and board at double the stakes.

However, the lower stakes and bailout options make the difference. NO DEAL.

6 and 2, please.

Box 6 is on the table... Box 2...

Box 4, please.