Now I've seen the full thing I do agree with you though at least he practised what he preached rather than dealing the third offer like some people who start the game like that do (like G or Noel's best mate Phil from 2007). At was G was entertaining with it though!

When he said "I know there's a big number in the box" it was setting himself up for a fall because it just makes you look silly if you're wrong and there's a blue.

Still it's his money (or potential money) so at the end of the day he can do whatever he wants!

Absolutely agree with your last point. I wouldn't want everyone to play the game like I do otherwise it wouldn't have lasted 6 years.

£22,000 was an amazing offer at 5-box - one which I would have dealt swiftly. That must have taken some guts for Elvis to go on and sadly it didn't pay off.

What a game.

I think the banker's offer of 22k was reasonable given the circumstances. Elvis by that point looked very likely to do a Mark, and the only chance of buying out a player like that is to make offers that head towards the mean. The fact that Elvis didn't take it shows that the offer had to be big.

Of course, the results of Elvis' No Deal show why many players follow a different strategy.

Well fancy squandering £22k like that. Tut, tut. Should have been a lot less brave...etc,etc

I quite liked Elvis to be fair but the moment he said he had a big red in his box I knew he was going to crash to a blue. Personally i would have taken the £22k but it didn't surprise me that he didn't and while part of me does admire his focus and determination I don't think he had a strong enough board to justify that self belief. Sometimes you gotta just wake up and smell the coffee

This game disproved Mark's theory that going to the end is always the best option.

Every person with a blue or a low red in their box disproves that.