Sorry for the late start !

Almost forgot it was me doing it today, and the simulcast took over 3 minutes to start !

It's Carl playing today, and he has Box 14 !

Had the£50,000 yesterday

Round 1:

Zara is absent today, Ben will open her Box 8.

Carl believes things happen for a reason, and will just go on feeling.

Josh (Box 15) - £35,000

Veronica (Box 7) - £75,000

'I'm Not an expert at picking boxes', says Carl

Parminder (Box 4) - 1p

Ollie (Box 20) - £50,000

Serious hole in the board, 3 of the power 5 gone

Mo (Box 5) - 10p

What a rollercoaster of an opening round !

The Banker says he'd love to get Carl out of here with a blue because he saves Welsh people for a living ! (OI !!! ) - he must be with the ambulance service I presume.

Opening offer:

£6,500

Carl is ready fairly quickly, it's a

NO DEAL

Ah, he's an air ambulance paramedic. Very nice work !

Break time !

Scary board already.

That was a pleasantly short break !

Carl would like a kitchen for his Mum, and take his kids to Florida... and possibly his wife and all.

The Banker and does some sickly flirting with Mrs. Carl, who just laughs it off awkwardly. Quite frosty now. We need to crack on with this so we can start to thaw out !

Barbara (Box 1) - £10,000

Box 1 was Carl's birthday number. He seems quite bummed out at the loss of the 10 grand.

Bob (Box 13) - £15,000

Carl wants to kick some blues now. He seems a bit stressed.

Steve (Box 22) - £10

Noel says he was beginning to wonder if the IA forgot to put blues in the boxes...

The Banker is nearly disappointed that the board is so precarious already, he prefers to have a scrap with the good board readers who know what they're on about.

Second offer:

£9,000

Carl uses some medical terms to describe his board - 'ill, poorly, needs reviving'

He NO DEALS

(Bill) Haley (Box 19) - 50p

John (Box 21) - £100,000

Noel talks about how Carl's luck is almost structured, low numbers and hopes followed by huge numbers.

Carl encourages us to return after the break. He could do with a break.

What the HELL was up with those adverts then !!! ???

Sorry guys, the simulcast has f*cked up. Gonna miss a few minutes of the game.

Absolutely infuriating.

Banker wonders why he should go over £5,000 because even a perfect round wouldn't increase the offer much. He likes the sounds of Carl's son who wanted £90 for a £60 lego toy because he wanted £30 to go in his piggy bank

Banker's offer:

£7,000

Back.

Robbie (Box 3) - £50

Offer is now £7,000

Carl gets emotional talking about his friend on the ambulance crew who was involved in a tragic accident just before Christmas 2006. He says that £7,000 would do such a lot for him and his family.

''Live your life. You live once, live it''

Carl gets some advice from the wings. He talks about a guy who started the Air Ambulance in Wales who was a good friend and left to work offshore and then died in a helicopter crash into the Irish Sea a couple of days later.

He says it's a good offer but life is worth living

NO DEAL

Carl says...

NO DEAL

Fair play to him, that was a pretty dealable offer

Aw, Chloe's crying , that story got to her

Chloe (Box 6) - £750

Simon (Box 2) - £250,000

F*ck sake. I really like Carl, he dosen't deserve this.

Theo (Box 12) - £100

The Banker laughing done the phone at Carl. Someone strangle the b*stard, and Noel as well for not hanging up on the sadist.

The offer:

£1,700

Just tuned in to see a weak board, but not the worst I've seen. True to say, Carl deserves better after his useful advice over the past weeks.

''Fair offer, can't argue with that'', says Carl.

Mo says the offer is good for the board.

Ollie encourages Carl, saying that if he wants a scrap, he's got 21 mates all behind him.

''I like a fight, NO DEAL'' - Carl's fighting talk

Come back after the break !