I'd gamble lower sum and take big risks. But when the sums get that large I start ignoring the board and just thinking about the money.

I'm not cautious, I just won't gamble an amount that would change my circumstances.

GOD THAT WAS ORGASMIC!

I wasn't expecting that at all! Best game of the month by far!

Anyone out there called Maria should apply to go on, it seems they have all the luck!

Welldone Maria, enjoy £100,000!!!

If Deal or No Deal was a person, I'd marry them.

I wouldn't marry them. But I might marry Newsnight and shag Deal on the side.

Fair enough Everyones personal circumstances are different , I just didn't want you to think I was having a dig at you I wasn't, I just thought you might have been one of the more cautious type players.

Well, you're probably right. I probably am that type of player. It's just the caution doesn't kick in until we're in the mid twenty thousands!

The point is, of course, that they make the offers specifically for the person in the chair. I get a bit upset when people claim offers are "definite" no deals. The thing is YOU probably would get a different offer. The offers are tailor made so I don't thing they can be "poor" or "generous" - I think they can only ever be "wouldn't get me out of the chair" or "would get me out of the chair".

That's what makes it interesting though!!!

Hehe We'll make a gambler of you yet KP!

Did anyone notice Noel was wearing a blue sock and a red sock

(Freeze frame when he sits down)

You won't make a gambler out of me - but low Banker offers will!

Well I never saw that coming! I wasn't expecting that much to be honest, as I hadn't noticed Maria much in the wings and when the £250k went I was fully expecting another trainwreck or a cut-your-losses deal. But she found the courage to no-deal the five-box offer, and the perfect round brought a finish we haven't seen in a very long time!

At that stage it was either another Gaz or another Swappy Barbara, and I really feared the latter when she decided to swap, but instead she outdid Jon G for best swap ever, and joined the very exclusive six figure winners club! Well done Maria, an incredible result and that really is one for the Hall of Fame.

(By the way has anyone since Barbara even had a shot at the £100k at the end? I can't think of one since.)

WOW!!!

How the hell was THAT not spoiled??? That gives me hope that the next quarter-millionaire won't be spoiled either!

And to do it on a SWAP!!! At least if it had been the wrong way it would have been better than Barbara's! It really was Gaz all over again to be honest, but it just goes to show the true value of safety nets - that was only the third time that 100k had been gambled for I think, and two of them had decent mid-red back-ups, and the other a very derisory offer with 1k! It's so much harder to gamble with a low blue in the other box.

And for what it's worth, I'd have played to the end as well, but I'd more likely have dealt £9,550 than the £40,550. Same as the 5-box offer in Gaz's game was more likely to take me out than the 2-box one! Only thing is, even with it being Box 6, as I would have knew it contained at least a middle red, I wouldn't have swapped either, but still been quite happy that only one offer had been higher than the winnings! I tend to have a similar approach to KP except with regards the swap, which i hate with a passion!

But I still think Jon's swap was MARGINALLT better in that the lower sum would have been rather disappointing, where 15k is still very worthy!

I reckon any fans of the show called maria will be rushing in the apply now with the two of them winning 175k between them!

And anyone called Irene or Raj will avoid it at all costs...

wow!!! fantastic. a game like that leaves a nice fuzzy glow after. just watched it on video after work, a much more preferable alternative to the neverending one show...that game ranks up there with THeresa's from a few wks ago. was in tears after that one too

Well Done Maria!

Fantastic game wow! I enjoyed it. One of the best.

Enjoy £100,000 Very Well Done!

Fantastic game today - congrats to Maria.

I was on the edge of my seat at the end

Wow...i was lost for words after watching that...

That game was magnificent, i admit i wasnt too fond of Maria to being with but after that she is one brave lady.

That was just an awesome ending...WELL DONE!!

What a game that was! I read something about a turnaround on here before I'd watched the show, but I wasn't expecting that at all, although the early break did suggest that it'd be a good finish.

Wow

What a game. A player who took risks which were not completely foolish. A banker defeat today due to the 5 box offer. If you took yesterday's offer of £9K on a £50K/£20K board, the £9.5K offer on a £100K/£15K board was too low.

I was expecting an offer of £12.5K/£13.5K which may have got Maria out the chair.

Yesterday's was a £10k/£50k board Simon.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for the 2nd 100k winner for so long! When I went to read the thread and saw 6 pages, I knew it was a great game.

Yes basicasic does have a point that the show needs gamblers now and then but likewise people need to deal at the right time to give a good show as well.

Analysis can also aid no dealing and prevent over cautious deals e.g. Enid/stephen at 8 box etc.