All I can say is come back Richard, all is forgiven. How anyone can walk for a sum that's less than the 5th highest value at 8-box is inconceivable. That said, i thought she was going to walk at 11-box which really would have had all references to Richard replaced with Colleen!

The offer still went up despite taking out the 250k next time! The 50k offer wasn't ridiculously inflated either due to the stability of the board - the mean was 53k and it was an all-red last 5 with the worst-possible scenario was an offer in the high-teens.

A tragic mismatch of player and board. You'd have thought she was at a funeral the way she went on. The only positive from the show was Slim again. Why couldn't he have played today?

I'm not really sure what to say about today's game.

It didn't feel right. No banter, no mass entertainment. And then suddenly the crying? What started it?

And a perfect board. That seemed to be lost on Colleen.

But still the highest win since Betty's....

Still 30k for the first day of the month can't be all bad...
I would love to have that board...

Aitch,

why are you documenting everything almost word for word?

what was with all the tears???
that was an awful game. i was nearly crying in pain with watching the deal. i was really hoping she had the 250k in her box, luckily she got 30k and pulled it off but when you have the power 5 still in play go on.
im getting to the point where i dont want to watch the show and im only waiting for slim to play and then after that i may not watch anymore

That is one of the most offensive things you've ever posted.



Backlash? Deservedly? From whom exactly? The 3 Wakeyteers?

£18,500 was a terrible offer and The Banker must have reckoned he'd get her cheap. Dealing with the entire Power 5 left for £30k was an awful decision.

Well she got 30K but a very weak deal given the board was worth 20K more almost as bad as Richard's in a way and shows that 27.5k Steven's wasn't too bad.

Large amount won but the game felt a bit flat.

It just shows that there have been quite a few contestants over the past 3 months who can't analyse the board once the offers reach 25K+ like KP said.

Banker obviously sensed today that he could get away with low offers. The £3.5k increase from 14 box to 11 box showed his intentions and I feared we'd have a very bad decision for a deal at 11 box. Can see why she dealt at 8 box and even though I would have wanted a lot more, for her it was the right deal.

Wish there had been a statistician on the wings to point out that the banker's prediction of £90k on the dream final 5 was less than a 2% shot though.

The highlight for me was Noel doing a hi 5

my thoughts exactly there to that comment. that was perhaps the most unpleasant 'decent win' game i have ever watched. it was utterly painful from the tears in the second round for heaven's sake!. it was like pulling teeth from then on.

we'll never understand her motivations for re/acting in the way she did to an outstanding board, who knows. but that was just rotten to watch. i was actually relieved when she dealt at 30k, i just couldnt bear to watch the pained expression for any longer. and i felt totally sorry for noel when he was having a laugh with the banker, only to be met with total silence and awkwardness from the player.....you could tell he was as pssed off as the rest of us were while watching!!

I'm sure Noel found it pretty hard work! He once said in an interview that with some players he feels as though he really does "earn" his wages for the show...

Well that was an odd game, personally i think Colleen found the whole thing a little overwhelming on the day - being in the crazy chair, having a seemingly unbreakable board. It's the only reason i can think of for her slightly numb approach to the game.

Best board I've seen in a long time, she was incredibly lucky. Like most people here i would have been strongly tempted to press on at five box but if she really wanted/needed the money then so be it.

in a way that board was almost too good, Colleen had left herself nowhere to go. statistically she must have felt she was due an all red round and that could have done serious damage.

People talk about worst case scenario she would have still had £50.000 maximum win, but suppose she had debts of £25,000?* To get enough to clear those debts she would have had to go on, and then the odds would have been really against her

*Obviously i'm not saying she did have debts that big, but clearing the credit cards/ mortgage is as good a reason for dealing as any

Lowest of the low in terms of DOND with Richard Michael Steven etc, Not personally.

I think Colleen has 2 L's in it, H

Well, what a game. I'm glad she got over her target, but surely she bailed out too soon? That was a golden opportunity and she decided not to take it. I would've taken that opportunity and if I lost... hey? So what? I gave it my all.

It's a shame that people take this show so seriously (on here and on the show). After all, it's only a game... right?

Ahem... (from earlier in this thread)

I actually had a very strange feeling that Colleen would have an extremely strong game, but I didn't really expect the way in which it was dealt with. I must say though, I think the way the Banker played it was brilliant, even though the offers throughout were disappointing, it was clear to see that Colleen wasn't an extremely good reader of the game and that she was blinded by the money offered to her.

I certainly think that Colleen was taken advantage of, and while it is every player's dream to have a board like that, I think Colleen's expectations and standards were a lot more modest, and that with a more average board, she would have played the game very differently. In my opinion she was picked to play at the wrong time, and she shouldn't be slated on here for most likely have lower expectations.

Really? In succession wouldn't it be 1/8 then 1/7 then 1/6... times together makes 1/336? My theory wrong?

who are the 3 wakeyteers??

Basic, Wakey and SrWilson I assume...

lol i thought just for a min i was one of those .... lol