Chapola's game today.

Noel says we are all feeling better after yesterday's game and we don't have to fear the Banker now, although he says he can feel fear on the west wing and says that Sharna is afraid of socks, and Suzi is afraid of bridges and also she is afraid of the fact that the hairs on her legs grow quicker than anyone elses!!

Chapola has box 11 today. She says she is very nervous today. She is quite ill at the moment and explains how she has had back problems and has now been told she has compressed discs. We get to see some family pics and she also has her sister in the audience for support today.

Noel asks Chapola if she has a target and if she would write it down. Chapola says that they were talking about this in the green room today and she mentioned a figure which she then writes in the book.

Chapola doesn't have a system, but did dream of 7 and 17!

Here we go...

Chapola had a blue yesterday. Hopefully a red today!

Round 1

22 - £50 Mary

15 - £5,000 Suzi or Hairy as Noel now calls her

Chapola says she hates 13 so will take it out now. It is the newbie and Chapola can't believe he is wearing such a bright yellow shirt!

13 - 50p Newbie Cal

Donna next, and Chapola thinks she has £20,000 so wants to see if she is right!! She then changes her mind to Vic

16 - £1,000 Vic

19 - £15,000 Stephen

Banker time

Noel thinks that is a pretty good opening. The Banker says that he hasn't been looking forward to Chapola's game as she looks determined.

Chapola guesses he is going to offer £7,000. She gets it wrong and fires off lots of other guesses

Banker's offer:

£9,500

Chapola says

NO DEAL

Round 2

Chapola is going to do lots of birthdays in this round...

20 - £750 Michelle

9 - £3,000 Rob

Chapola does the break link...

First guess of seven grand is in line with some previous opening patterns, £9,500 in line with this one.

Declaring a target instantly weakens Chapola's negotiating position if the board is strong at 8- or 5-box.

why oh why would a player predict a £7,000 offer there?

Didn't she have a dream about the number 7?

Coz of previous games? Or because predicting offers to be higher than they are also suggests desperation for money to an extent...depending on how long the mega money can stay in this game for, we could be set for a definite deal somewhere along the way, but maybe north of her target!

I'd be trying to project an image of knowing what i'm talking about. I'd be claiming that the board is worthy of a £14,000+ opener.

We're back
Last box before the Banker

Noel asks Chapola what she did at work before she was off with her back problems, and Chapola tells him she was a banker!!

Chapola picks James next and Noel asks for a cheer for the shows most interesting player ever!

10 - £10,000 James

Banker time

Why is Noel picking on James so much about (not) being interesting? There are quite a few players on the wings who have barely said a thing yet...

I would have personally said £10,000 as it was the smallest one...and speaking of £10,000!!!

Good round! Dangerous for the board though...it's either going to be blues or good money!

The Banker says that this is not what he wanted and is also worried that Chapola has a huge target, and also that she predicted box 20 has £20,000.

Banker's offer:

£15,000

Strong board here. Need to try and hit some blues now though because any more reds will hurt us a lot.

£15,000 is a tad disappointing...but regardless of the offer here, that block of six is crying out for a gamble!

Chapola says she knew he was going to offer that.

Chapola says

NO DEAL

Well if you're going to have an isolated block of big numbers then it's always good for it to be a large block, and for it to go from £250k downwards...