The third straight turnaround from a dire situation this week, well done (sometimes bad boards so make more interesting games oddly enough!). Well deserved too as I liked his approach to the game and didn't get down at all about any of his earlier terrible rounds.

Usually I'm up in arms about SWAP-only offers at such late stages in the game, but not this time as John was quite happy for the banker to offer it, and I guess his thinking was he really wanted Box 5 and he may not get the swap offered if he had a monetary 2-box offer instead, then turned it down. And nobody can criticise him for not having the courage of his convictions.

But will people please stop leaving Glen until near the end of the game? I'm desperate for Noel to talk to him (I know him, incase you haven't seen the "How long has each player been on" thread), but it never happens as he always has a crunch box to open, even when Neide picked him after her deal, it was still huge as leaving £100k/blue was so ripe for a banker's gamble!!!

Really? The number you have on the table shouldn't really have any effect on whether or not to deal offers... At the end of the day, they're all identical except for the numbers stuck on the front.




It's quite surprising just how often that happens actually. Noel goes on about the 'curse of the newbie', but in 2010 it seems to be more like 'curse of the longest runner'. Obviously they're just as likely to have a big number when their game does come, but it must be very frustrating if you play the next day and end up going away with something rubbish. For example, H had 100k in Jardi's game when she was the longest runner by a considerable margin, and she ended up with £750 in her own game...

Yet another great game! £13,000 seemed such a great offer as the board disintegrated.
For the way John took the misfortune of losing the big numbers was amazing he really deserved the 15K win!
Refusing a cash offer, is this a first??

I probably contradicted myself there...I guess what I'm trying to say is depending on the mood etc I might feel more "confident" about big money being on the table etc

I know what you mean, Big Davey - my lucky number is 1, as it is my birthdate, so I may be inclined to take more of a gamble if I brought it to the table, although there is of course no rational reasoning as to why I should do!

Anyway, I'm enjoying these turnaround games this week, and just when it seems as if all was lost, John swaps for an OPW-defining £15k win! There's been some great tension this week, and the 15k and 100k especially have been staying late into the games. I suppose as expectation fades as the board collapses, when a decent win is recovered it's all the more sweeter!

Whereas, start off strong and you've got to maintain the luck throughout, and only a handful of players have done this (£75K Amy, Brenda, maybe Daniel would be example), most come out of nowhere!

Did Brenda change tops during this game? I was sure she had a white top to start off with, then she had a black one when Noel went to swap the box...

John did well in not letting himself be undermined by previous games (if only by Noel's mentions of them) or by the bad luck he was having with the boxes. A good attitude rewarded.

I noticed that too but then given the lack of basic numeracy in the dream factory sometimes, nothing surprises me.

Two key decisions in this game:

8 box which at over 2/3 of the mean was very generous on a volatile board but no dealing wasn't a reckless gamble and then deciding not to even get an offer at 2-box (which even if I was determined to go to the end, I'd still want in case the banker threw in a offer around £7k).

We even got the special tension music at the end today.

Agreed. I mean, taking the same attitude at five-box would have been good strategy... because it'd have likely drawn a £7k offer at two-box for an all-blue round...

A good game. Strange isn't it how for a random game DOND so often seems to hit repetitive cycles. Here we have yet another player who pretty much wiped out the P5 in a couple of rounds.

As a rule i'm not a fan of players who insist on playing till the end regardless because i feel it negates the first 40minutes of the show but John at least seemed to respect the offers and proved an interesting player to watch. His decision to opt for a swap only final offer was certainly a novel twist.

And another coincidence, for the second game in a row the player swaps a 3figure box for a 5 figure one, this time in live play. Can't argue with a result like that!

well done on your win john glad you won ,number 5 is very lucky for you.xxxx

Well done John
takes guts to swap
Lucky 5
enjoy the money with the family
care
ramesh
xxx