Tony's game today.

Noel says these are exciting times at the moment, and talks about Brad asking for a swap in the middle of his game and totally throwing the Banker, and then got a Banker spanking as well

Tony has box 6 today.

Tony is a retired plumber and captain of Willow nine. Tony talks about how he has always had a love of boats and had progressed from little blow-up boats to a full blown boat. Noel says that as Tony was a plumber it must be handy if he springs a leak in the boat Tony shows us a picture of his boat, and Noel asks if he has another of his boats for his other foot! Noel shows another picture of Tony playing guitar at the Cavern in Liverpool, and Tony says he has played with Jerry Lee Lewis. We also get to see one of Tony's family pics.


Here we go...

Round 1

Tony doesn't have a system and doesn't believe in fate either.

20 - £10 Andy

18 - £20,000 John

13 - £750 Newbie Tom

4 - £5,000 Brenda

10 - £75,000 Caine


Banker time

Noel says that Tony has produced an interesting configuration on the board. The Banker says that it is bad news for everyone as he has locked the doors and they are all trapped in the studio with Tony!

Banker's offer:

£7,000

Tony says

NO DEAL

Round 2

1 - £250 Stacie

7 - £15,000 Nicola


Noel gets Tony to call the break and doesn't think he will be stuck for words

We're back
Last box before the Banker

17 - £500 Dan

Banker time

Noel talks to Tony about his radio controlled aircraft, and Noel asks him if he has ever thought of making his boat radio controlled.

Banker's offer:

£12,500

Tony says he could do a lot with that money, but would like a cottage by the sea so he could just get out in the morning and go straight onto his boat.

Tony says

NO DEAL

Round 3

11 - £3,000 Chloe

Barbara next and she whispers 'Please don't let it be 1p'!

9 - £10,000 Barbara

22 - £1,000 Liz

Banker time

This is still quite balanced says Noel.

Banker's offer:

£16,000

Tony says there are 7 blues left on the board so he has a good chance of hitting them now.

Tony says

DEAL

Err... didn't see that one coming. I feel a big mistake is coming.

Tony tells a very shocked that is a lot of money.

Noel calls a break saying that a 3rd round offer doesn't normally work out.

Wow. Got what he came for I suppose.

That is one heck of an 11-box board: all of the power five bar £75k, and all of the bottom 8 bar £10. Considering the complete lack of back-ups for the big numbers, a deal wasn't unjustifiable there. Would I have dealt there myself? I'm not entirely sure...

We're back and it's proveout time.

Noel thinks this could be very difficult to make this deal stick, and wonders if Tony has blown his opportunity to sort his finances out for the rest of his life.

Round 4 - Proveout round

14 - £250,000 Kath

Oh yes says Noel, and Tony asks if that will do, but Noel says it won't yet.

15 - £1 Shahid

8 - £50,000 Ramesh

Banker time

That is pretty good says Noel. The Banker says he did warn Tony it was a dangerous board.

Banker's offer would've been:

£4,000

Round 5 - Proveout round

16 - £5 Chris

21 - £100 Monique

5 - £35,000 Neide

Banker time

This will be interesting says Noel, as the 1p normally holds an offer down.

Banker's offer would've been:

£10,000