Because in David's game, there was nothing in the box at all, whereas in today's game the amount had simply fallen into the bottom.

That may be true, but forget about what happened in today's game for a moment. Only one value wasn't assigned to the box properly, so therefore, wouldn't it have been simpler to say, 'Since you would have picked £250,000, we'll continue playing without that amount on the board', rather than take in all the unopened boxes and reshuffle them?

Pleasant little game, a lot calmer than Fridays certainly.

The £18k offer at 8-box was a clever move by the Banker, just high enough to look tempting if you placed it on the board but not high enough to be a no-brainer. He read Vikki's circumstances perfectly, knew exactly what it would take to get her out of the chair.

Personally I thought there was one more round in it but i doubt i would have gone further, especially if that £38k offer is to be believed.

And on the subject of the box with the missing card, isn't this actually the 3rd time something like this has happened? I think everyone tends to forget about the first incident because it was the very last box to be opened. I suppose it would be too much of a coincidence for that to have been the £250,000 as well?

The first time was way back when it was the black and white labels way back in February 2006 - and it was only £10!

Bearded Chris' game!

Hey guys, took a week off.

Vikki's game? I don't even remember her being in the wings the last game I saw (12/25). Either she got the fast track or I'm just not paying attention.

Not a huge fan of the new sparkly graphics package. It kinda takes away from the whole "underground" feeling the show championed at the start with the whoosh factor being taken up a notch, and I miss the gradient of colors on the numbers from blue to teal on the left and orange to red on the right. Oh well. I'll get used to it.

The only thing that rubbed me the wrong way about this game is the fact that Vikki threw to the second break saying how she was going to win the QM, how she was going to do it for the over-40 crowd, and so on - and yet there she is, dealing on the very next offer. I know, she probably didn't anticipate dealing at 8-box when she made her declaration, but still - I always get disappointed when someone who acts all blustery and determined suddenly goes wobbly a minute later. Then again, Noel's act with the fourth offer may have had something to do with it, as it made the £18,000 sound like more than it really was.

But at the point of opening the box in David's game, they didn't know that only one amount had not been placed in its box properly. They could not go on with the risk (however slight) that there was another box without an amount in it. That's why the only fair thing to do was stop the game and reshuffle the boxes having made sure that all remaining amounts in the game had been assigned properly.

Well done Vikki