She cared more about the experience than the money. She probably would've dealt if she'd got more, but she took it really well. It shows that there are still people in the world who are obsessed with money and deal at offers like £3,000 on an OK board.

Oh for fecks sake KP!

Whats more greedier, dealing at 3K on a nice board or going on, giving words of wisdom that can encourage other players to actually be brave and fulfill their dreams?? So just saying that somebody dealing on a large board is greedy and somebody going on is greedier?? I think people should learn from Melissa.

I'm sorry but Melissa went on and played the game. Which is what I think ex eejits should have done.

Dealing for much less than the board is worth isn't so much greed - greed is always wanting more no matter what - as cowardice, bad board-reading, lack of ambition, call it what you will.

'Greed' is a word better directed at Wakeyists, along with 'recklessness' and, heck, 'bad board-reading' in some cases.

Some peoples' dreams may be relatively modest. And £9 won't fulfil any of Melissa's dreams will it? That said, I'd probably have gone to the end too (swapped for £20k, but that's irrelevant to this discussion), but only because I thought the offers were a little bit low. Throw another 20% onto each of the last two offers and I'm Dealing for sure - but that's based on how I value money and the board.

It is not the job of Melissa, or Noel, or Richard, or the Banker, or anyone else, to assert an attitude to the game on anyone. If they're prepared to take a risk they should take it. If they're not, they should not. Hopefully, in doing so, they'll consider the board and the probabilities involved when deciding whether the risk is worthwhile. That's really all I think we can ask for.

You REALLY need to get out more and see the world !
You take DOND way too seriously!

Nah, he doesn't!

Some people enjoy the show from the statistical point of view, like our KP here...others enjoy the show from the money point of view, like yourself!

And then there's the rest of us who enjoy the show for what it is!

That's not what i said at all. I said it feels like they're trying to frustrate us at the moment. Why couldn't Melissa have brought a big red to the table so she could have won it, and Richard a blue so he could have sold it for a huge profit? It just feels like all the wrong people are having all the wrong games. Even when people who have had good boards and took very reasonable gambles have gone on end up taking out all the reds and it seems to have an air oif inevitability about it all the time.

I suppose Bev and Ellie were exceptions though.

One power 5 win in the last 3 months is it? That's bound to frustrate even the hardest of fans - and I'm hardly one of the biggest gamblers on here!!

A really enjoyable game, played right through to the end. Much respect is due. A brilliant player who was really shown her emotions with the other players, so sad it didn't work for her.