yeah sorry I meant that but was typing quick - I'm saying that if it was a few grand more and he was only guaranteed a 40% of 50K odd that's not so attractive.

This week has been what the show needed to take it out of its slump. We seem to have had just about everything.

Thanks for the stats, Tom!

Yeah I completely agree!

It's been a brilliant week - a huge turnaround today following a massive win earlier in the week is just remarkable!

He wasn't guaranteed anything! It weas only if he didn't take out the 250k. And that, as Simon correctly calculated was only a 40% compound odds chance of that happening. It was weighted in the bankers favour, so I would have taken the 13k.

God, waterworks...

He was guaranteed a quid

To be honest, on a £250k/blue finish, I'd expect an offer of around £70k anyway so the banker's confirmation would only have removed the doubt of getting a Laura-type offer.

I'm glad he took the 13K, it was an "All Or Nothing" gamble.. He could easily have taken out the 250k, if NOT, whoah what a Decision he would have had to face..!! He's got £13,000 Cash, Well done Tony, Top Bloke Him..!!

Zed..

Obviously he couldn't face going away with nothing. Presonally I couldn't face dealing for thirteen grand and finding two hundred and fifty in my box.

Ah well, good game once the tale of woe was over with-no disrespect to the guy but why anyone feels the need to share this with the nation.

What a great game. I could see he kept looking over towards box 11, but I was praying he'd leave it, I had a really strange feeling 11 had the 250k today, and thankfully, it did in the end, in the prove out. Well done Tony!

Good game with tension and an interesting decision - the fact it was below 15K meant I wanted a no deal anyway and the call was an extra incentive to go on - but pleased he made the right choice anyway.

At the start when I saw the sob story, I just thought: " Another depressing game"
But it was actually the complete opposite. That would've been a Trevor wash-out disaster ending if he'd continued. And Andy said he'd have continued and he had £250,000 in his box!

What a story Tony gave us though. I hope he and his kids enjoy the money.

Oh, and one more thing, I absolutely love Jo now. I was so pleased that the camera cut to her every 2 seconds She's doing everything perfectly in my opinion
- Getting involved
- Providing positivity for players
- Being very energetic (Does she actually ever run out of energy)
- Give sound advice
- Stands there and looks beautiful....

I actually really didn't like that game. Tony seemed absoloutely silent and didn't seem to have much of a personality, to be honest...the game was weak and he took the first decent offer (though I would have gone on). It was just one of those games that didn't seem to have much tension, and I thought it was awful that only 1 of the 22 would no deal a fairly low offer with the £13k...I thought it was awful as well to be begging him to please...if I was on the wings I'd never dare to actually instruct someone on what to do; giving your opinion is fine, but saying 'deal, deal, please please deal' etc. is too far

Having to endure a ghastly sob-story puts me in a bad mood even when its a contestant I like. What are Endemol doing heaping this misery on us? It isn't as if it affects the gameplay at in any way and all it does is make people want him to deal with no consideration of the board.

That aside the game was pretty disasterous and I figured he'd deal if he was offered a getout. And he was. £13k was a bit paltry I thought but it was going to take a hardened gambler to no-deal that and I didn't think for a minute he was one. Still they kept in all the dithering which kept the tension going and the proveout went in his favor so he didn't look a complete charlie.

So a decent enough show with a feel-good ending concludes an improved week with a mega-win. Lets hope it continues.

I don't think they were saying they would all no deal, just that they wanted him to take it as they couldn't face seeing him go away with nothing.

I'm sure a few of them would have taken the Wakey route (by the way, where is he at the moment? "Between usernames" yet again?) Sure a few on here are looking forward to Andy's game though!

Now that's what I call a close shave and one that had you on the edge of your seat!

And for once, 22 did not have the biggie!

For all those people who didn't like the sob story at the beginning. Just imagine if we didn't find all the background info and then Tony started getting emotional during the game for appartently no reason.

We'd have got loads of comments like "Why on earth is he getting so emotional about the game?"

On that configuration, there's hardly an offer that isn't arguable either way.

Well apart from the eight-box and five-box offers he got but I digress. £13k was dealable. The Wakeyists would obviously have chased the £250k, I'd have chased the £73k myself, but without that I'd have expected a Laura offer, taken the £13k...

...and it was just about inevitable he'd take his. And well done on him. From the recap it feels like we're back in the spring of 2007, but Tony was having none of it. And that takes courage all of its own.

What has a daytime TV gambling show got to do with his past misfortunes? Why should they even be mentioned or have the slightest relevence to playing a game for big money? A massive payout isn't going to bring his wife back, or grow him a new kidney.

If I was playing the game and trying to win a pile of cash I wouldn't suddenly burst into tears because my Granny died last November or I fell off my motorbike 2 yrs ago and smacked myself up. Its got nothing to do with anything. It wouldn't even enter my head to consider such things.

I don't recall contestants on The Weakest Link sobbing out tales of woe to garner sympathy or contestants on the Generation Game blubbing about their misfortunes in order to win 2 toasters. What about Bullseye? 'Yes you've won a speedboat. That should make up for your amputated leg.'

Its gratuitous, nauseous and just plain inappropriate.