Robbie's game today.

Noel celebrates the Banker Spanking by Lily yesterday and thinks it was the most significant spanking ever, as Lily was the most pessimistic contestant ever, as she always thought the next box would be red, the offers lower and would be dying soon!

Robbie has box 11 today.

Robbie is from Liverpool, and Noel asks him about his taste for cheese, and Robbie says he does like cheese but does eat other things as well. Robbie loves sport and talks about the coaching he did in America. Robbie has his partner in the audience for support.


Here we go....

Would anyone like to challenge these two judgements?

Round 1

Robbie has some numbers that he will keep to the end, and says that they are gambling numbers that he used to use. Irene first and Noel says he knows something about her, and she was once stopped by the police at New Years, but it was for driving too slowly, and she was also dressed as the Queen

1 - £20,000 Irene

16 - £5 Mike

7 - £15,000 Gill

6 - £500 Imani

8 - £10,000 Brian

Banker time

Ooh-er - a fairly large hole on the right-hand side of the board already...

That is a very spooky opening round says Noel. The Banker says he thinks he should really get on with Brian as he looks like Dr Evil. He says he won't do lots of cheesy jokes about Robbie, but then launches into lots of cheese puns

Banker's offer:

£7,000

Noel continues the cheese puns, by saying that Robbie is a cautious person and will want to continue caerphilly

Robbie says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break....

We're back

Round 2

15 - £10 Laura

Noel continues with his cheese puns, but Robbie says that he only likes the plainest cheeses, especially mild cheddar

13 - £50 Candice

12 - £250 Marios

Banker time

That's a typical footballer says Noel, all the action in the middle of the field there.

Banker's offer:

£14,000

That is a really good offer says Robbie, so Noel tells him to go then!

Robbie says

NO DEAL

Round 3

9 - £35,000 Casey

20 - £1,000 Stephen

This is looking OK says Noel, he then calls another break.

He loves cheese. He automatically rocks!!!

An early second break... could this mean something fantastic...?

Here's the 12-box board:

1p
10p
50p
£1



£100


£750

£3,000
£5,000




£50,000
£75,000
£100,000
£250,000


So Robbie has his top 4 left - but so does the Banker.

As I said, could this mean something fantastic?

We're back
Last box before the Banker

5 - £100 Alex

Banker time

This is amazingly evenly balanced says Noel. The Banker says he does think that Robbie could be the first male quarter millionaire.

Banker's offer:

£19,000

There is definitely going to be at least one big decision in this game. It could even be after the next box with that configuration - boards with big reds but no mid-reds mean the Banker can feel threatened enough to make a big offer and the player can feel threatened enough to take it. It worked for Baz...

Not quite. A grand less than Baz on a better board. Significantly, it's below the £20k, to invite target-driven players to go to the ADP.

Oh, now the Banker's going on about the prospect of an MQM...

Just got in and turned on TV. Interesting looking board. Probably worth a gamble here at less than half the average.

Robbie says that is amazing, and he has never saved that amount ever. He goes to his partner, who also thinks it is amazing money. Robbie goes to Helen who says it could go either way, but if she was sat there she just couldn't deal at this point. The Banker calls back and says that the board is as weak as it is strong, and thinks that Robbie should take the money. Noel asks Robbie where he visited in the states, and was it Philadelphia

Robbie says

NO DEAL

Round 4

10 - 50p Rich

That is a good start, and everything feels very tactical at the moment.

4 - £75,000 Nick

18 - £50,000 Cynthia

Banker time