Elaine says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

Well back to reality with a bump and Noel will be contrasting everyones game to Suzannes for a while to come yet. She's got guts and could you imagine her with Fridays board

Banker can afford to have a little fun now and relax with the biggest payout of £20k. She'll be going all the way to the end in the vain hope of winning the highest amount on the board.

We're back

Round 5

19 - £250 Francesca

This could be one of those great turn arounds says Noel.

20 - £5 Sam

You are nearly there says Noel

14 - £20,000 Rob

Banker time

Oh my word says Noel. The Banker says that this is an amazing game.

Banker's offer:

£1,000

With that offer she'll be fixated on the £10k and will no deal it for sure.

Elaine turns to her husband, and he tells to carry on and gamble. The Banker calls and tells her not to listen to him as he is a twerp!

Elaine says

NO DEAL

Round 6

10 - £3,000 Carole

My word, you now have a 1-box game says Noel.

21 - £100 Stacey

9 - £10 Toby

Banker time with £1 and £10,000 remaining

my word that was brave of her. Still with whats left will a low £4k offer buy her?

Hopefully £10,000 is sitting in box 3 says Noel, and Elaine says that she thinks it is in her box. The Banker says that Elaine hasn't really had any difficult decisions to make so far.

Banker's offer:

£3,500

That's a fairly easy deal for me. Well pitched.

That's the top of your game says Noel, and there is still the chance of a Banker spanking. Elaine turns to her husband and he says that it is her game. Dean tells her that she should really go with her gut instinct and not to try and please everyone else in the studio.

Elaine says

DEAL

Noel opens Elaine's box 3 and reveals £1

Box 13 with Annette contains the £10,000

Noel says that all you can ever hope for in Deal is take the most from your game, and although £3,500 is low, it was the top of her game.

Well done to her. No mention of a hypo swap so we got the feel good ending.

Well, it was a huge train-wreck until the 2-box deal which turned out to be an OPW, not bad to start the week

Not the most exciting game, but a terrific result.

I can't think of many lower OPWs. I believe someone one £3,000 in their box once which was an OPW but other than that...

I wasn't expecting more than £3,000 so £3,500 certainly surprised me. At 70% of the average I don't think I could decline that.

So, that's three OPWs in four games!

Looks like Kerry's game was the start of a good period of deal!

And let's hope that period continues!

Funny how 2 shows after the biggest 'banker spanking' ever, we got one that's among the lowest! Considering we've had barely a grand offered on a £10k/blue finish previously, £3,500 didn't seem a bad offer but not a no-brainer of a deal either, so a fair argument for both options there. Fortunately Elaine picked the right one! She seemed like a fun contestant too.

For the record, the lowest spanking was Phyl in March 2008, who clawed back from a disasterous few opening rounds to deal a peak offer of £2,050.01!