StatsMan wrote:
I should add that the show probably shouldn't use this tactic of announcing the next offer early because it's clearly meddling too much with the format I fear, but it's interesting from a purely hypothetical point of view!
I wouldn't mind seeing it being used more often (but not
too often), to be honest. He could also use it to encourage dealing (although I'm not sure Endemol would approve of that!!) by possibly saying what the maximum next offer would be if the player had a nightmare round.
It was an interesting twist that ultimately had no bearing on today's proceedings, except that if she hadn't have had an all-blue round, the thought of not getting the £20k would be upsetting... but I'd have thought it was obvious that the offer would be about £20k on such a final two anyway.
I think the banker saying (or possibly guaranteeing) what the minimum / maximum offer will be after a nightmare / best round isn't really that different from the player doing the analysis themselves... and if it encourages a bit of board analysis, then it can only be a good thing!