£3,000 I thought was a good, fair offer - throwbacks to 2006 are always good in my book

£8,500 was fair again, but I wouldn't even attempt to go at 14-box. Yeah, on one of maybe 1,000 occasions it's the best thing to do, but not on 999 others. This was one of the 999.

Board looked quite volatile at 11-box, but £750? IMO, 11-box is not the time for a joke offer. People decide to deal at 11-box quite often thesedays, so I thought the joke offer was actually quite inappropriate there. Sorry to be a Scrooge type figure, but I would have expected sincerity from the Banker there.

At 8-box we're looking very volatile indeed. I can't blame Lynda for taking the £5,000. It was a poor offer in the circumstances, but the decision is just as hard at £5,000 as for a higher offer, arguably.
Personally, I would go on but with caution.

On we go to 5-box and I'd be right to have gone on - but Lynda was also partly right to opt out when she did. I mean, it's a decision proven wrong on its consequences, but the consequences involved - in large part - sheer luck. It could so easily have gone her way.

At 2-box, £71,500 seemed right to me. I would have dealt at £17,500, and definitely at £71,500. I mean, really, honestly...

...who would risk £71,499? Come on Wakey, my old mate, wherever you are - if you're reading this - Mr Wakefield, I don't think even you would have done that.

I could be wrong...