And here's how it went!

Returning contestant: Will Edmond Jr.

The Board:

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- $1
- $5
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- $50
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- $100
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-
- $400
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- $750
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- $1,000
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- $10,000
- $25,000
- $50,000
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- $100,000
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- $300,000
- $400,000
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- $750,000
- $1,000,000

Chosen case: 6!

Round Three: Four Cases:

9: $10,000

7: $1,000,000!!!

24: $400,000

23: $100

Banker's offer: $43,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Four: Three Cases:

19: $750

26: $25,000

2: $50,000

Banker's offer: $77,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Five: Two Cases:

18: $1!!

1: $1,000

The Final Six:

- $5
- $50
- $400
- $100,000
- $300,000
- $750,000

Banker's offer: $77,000!

Yes, The Banker has stuck on the cash offer. However, there is an extra wrinkle to this offer!

On his first show, Will mentioned how much he loves to go fishing. Well, The Banker decides to give Will something he just may not be able to resist...













A FISHING BOAT!

Yes, they bring out a very luxurious fishing boat right there on stage!

Not only that, this offer includes an all-expenses paid holiday to Lake Okeechobee, Florida where he will fish with legendary fisherman Roland Martin! (He's on the boat!)

This dream fishing package is worth $38,250!!!

The grand total of this amazing offer is...

Banker's offer: $115,250!

Will can barely compose himself! This is something he's always wanted! It can all be his with just one push of a button!

He weights the options, looks at the board, considers the cash plus the one-time-only bonus and decides it's a...

















NO DEAL!

Round Six: One Case:


















3: $5!

Banker's offer: $144,000!



















NO DEAL!

Round Seven: One Case:






















22: $400

Banker's offer: $214,000!

























DEAL!

Will has just reeled in some huge money! A treasure chest filled with $214,000 in cash! A catch he'll surely brag about to all his friends for a very long time!

Now, did Will flounder away more money or did he sail back to the shore at just the right time? The famous Proveout will see!

Proveout: Case One:



















12: $300,000

Banker's offer: $252,000!
Dealt at: $214,000!

Proveout: Case Two:






















4: $750,000!!

Fantastic! While he may have dealt one round too soon, Will has indeed proven that he made a great deal.!

There was either $50 or $100,000 in Case 6 and this time it happened to be...

6: $50!!!!

To prove it:

8: $100,000

Game Summary:

Peak offer: $252,000
Case value: $50
Prize won: $214,000
Result: Technical Player Win (84-16)

Will has sailed off into the sunset with a huge smile and carrying a huge bounty on his little boat. Now it's time for someone else to come to shore and take on our own pirate, The Banker...

Contestant: Vicky Mansigo!

Fun Facts: Vicky is the shortest contestant in DoND history, which is something she's very proud of!

Chosen case: 7!

Round One: Six Cases:

15: $10

6: $50,000

22: $750

23: $200,000

10: $75

3: $25,000

Banker's offer: $28,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Two: Five Cases:

19: $75,000

26: $500

16: $300,000

1: $300

25: $100,000

Banker's offer: $45,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Three: Four Cases:

18: $400

11: $1,000,000!!!

14: $500,000!

4: $400,000

Majorly unlucky round! Already, Vicky has only one huge number left on the board, $750,000!

Banker's offer: $29,000!

NO DEAL!

Round Four: Three Cases:

MONDAY!

And there you have it!
-Joe R.

Actually, that might have been an OPW denied by an inflated proveout offer. How do we know if the banker wouldn't have stuck or lowered the offer had the contestant actually went on and then the $300K went? I think raising the offer in the proveout was just to discourage any contestant to deal whenever there's still two or more amounts on the board higher than the current offer. And, I know they probably had a $440-$450K Proveout offer ready to go if the $750K makes it into the Final Two (Even if the $50 was the other amount left), to deny a TPW had it gone that far. Thank goodness it didn't!

Also, finally, a game that wasn't already a one-case game (or worse) by the end of the sixth round! And, finally, a win of over $200K (seems like the is the first one of those in a long time!). Hopefully, the dry spell is finally over (Not so sure after seeing tthe second game, though.)!

As far as the second game goes: Yikes! I would've dealt at the $29K offer (even if it is only the third offer, it's already a one-case game, but I hope the gamble pays off.

Still, we had another nice TPW. Provided my counting stats are correct (which is probably not, considering my error-proneness), we now need just six more TPWs to get TPWs to catch OBWs as the most common result! Woo-hoo! We also need just three more TPWs so there'd be twice as many TPWs than TBWs (To help make up for there being three times as many OBWs than OPWs).




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She'll have to live a bit dangerously to get a decent offer. I think she needs to gone on a bit longer but she doesn't want to push her luck!

It's just about conceivable that offer was genuine but it sure feels wrong. I'd have turned down the $211k myself, though I suspect the real three-case offer would have been under $200k and I might have turned that down too...

That's the first time case 11 has ever held the $1,000,000, so I'm delighted!

The first game was fantastic. It feels nice to see someone get a TPW after having a whole run of crap games. I have a feeling that the vertically challenged woman isn;t going to do very well. She'll probably end up on my Hall of Shame list, unless she plays wisely.