Well, he's got away with it for now...

High for an opening offer I'll grant you but after 3 blues and two low reds it wasn't remotely dealable.

Round 6 - proveout

11 - Jess - £50

8 - Dave - £20,000

That's not good enough, says Noel, and he says this could be a complete disaster.

10 - newbie Carlos - £35,000

Banker time with £5 and £100,000 remaining...

This ain't gonna be good...

Hopefully the Banker's Gamble...

The banker talks about how Alex commented earlier that he thinks he has a high red in his box.

Banker's offer:

BANKER'S GAMBLE

Hopefully he will be brave enough to go for it...

Alex says

NO DEAL

Alex keeps the £21,000.

Noel opens Alex's box 12 and reveals £100,000

OH DEAR... OH DEAR... OH DEAR...

Should have been a LOT more brave.

Someone should have urged him to carry on.

Should have gone on with what he said about him having a big red in his box.

The Banker gave him a MASSIVE lifeline... which should have been ACCEPTED

Box 7 with Mathew contains the £5

Alex talks about what he'll do with the £21,000.

Didn't entirely expect the BG there... but I knew he wouldn't accept it with that amount of time remaining.

And I'm afraid I have to agree with Mark to some extent here... cause, after all, that was a cautious deal.

Not sure if he'd have gone for it on that £5/£100k finish, though... but he'd have surely been offered more than £21k.

£21k was rubbish, I'd have hoped for a bigger increase than a measly £1k.

Not to mention, Zoe's negativity was annoying me!

While I realise that its Noel's role to cajole the contestant into going right to the end for the sake of keeping the game interesting he really does go a bit OTT these days if they choose to deal early. He barely stops short of calling them cowards!

With hindsight, yes, the gamble should have been taken. But 'twas a big drop, so I don't blame him for not taking it.

I'm sure his girlfriend had serious hash words for him when she found out.

Probably said she was proud of him for winning 21k. I would say that.

I'm sure your girfriend would have serious words for you if you played and blew a massive amount from a huge gamble which you won a blue from and would most likely happen.

He dealt. Live with it.

Hopefully this year's Love Week will be better than last year's. That was tough to watch, especially Darrel's game.

I don't know why The Banker offers his Banker's Gamble these days. Nobody decides to go for it. When was the last time someone actually accepted his offer?