Box 20 - Laura - £250,000

Box 1 - Zoopash - 10p

Box 16 - Olivia - £50,000

That hurt.

Banker's offer:

£99.50

No Deal, unsurprisingly.

What a heartbreaker. Turning down £35,000 took guts, and I respect her for that, but on this occasion, it backfired spectacularly.

Wonder if we'll be seeing any more gambles like that after that.

Mel says:

NO DEAL

I like it when big gambles are taken

Noel opens Mel's box 13 and reveals 50p

Box 7 with newbie Colin has £500

Mel says it'll be a difficult decision with mum, and she'll have to get money in a different way - but she went with her gut and did what she said she was going to do.

I wonder what her target is.

On another note, thank you Archstered and Brick for covering the show!

No problem, just a shame the commentary was a bit all over the place, this show deserved a better thread

Knowing the result in advance (Watched it recorded) didn't make it any less painful watching it back today.

Gutsy lady, no reckless decisions, she thought them all through.

We get 2 brave players in a week (Sidi and Mel) and they both get kicks up the arse. It's not fair.

My thoughts exactly. These games will just encourage more ultra cautious play like we had over the summer.

At least things are a bit better now than they were then.

I think the Banker is at least TRYING to buy the box...

Since Ozzie and Beth both missed a big number on the wings last week, everyone else has seen their boards collapse the last few games. That's got to be the biggest drop to an all-blue finish we've had in a while though...?

It's a thin line between bravery and bravado, and well, Mel treaded that line in her stilettos today. I guess we need players to take unexpected risks every now and then, but I do think an alarm bell should have gone off in Mel's head when her offer shot up £9k following a round that wasn't even in her favour all that much. Still, it was her decision to make and she seemed prepared to take that risk.

Would I have taken £35k at 5-box? 100% yes.

Was it a terrible decision to no-deal £35k? Definitely not 100% yes.

Working out the EV on £250k high 5-boxes will generally give an amount higher than the offer because any £250k/high red combination will skew it upwards. You'd probably have to think that even a £250k/blue finish would have been reasonable (£70k+) given what she had turned down and £50k/blue would probably have been close to £20k.

It all depends how much a player is willing to take the 30% chance of losing £35k. Not something I would do but I certainly wouldn't totally criticize Mel today.

Mel, Mel, Mel,........................

If only you DIDN'T have the GUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mel, Mel, Mel,........................

Her 5 box No Deal was extremely brave, bordering on reckless. Sadly, it did not work. It was understandable, though, as risking a 30% of disaster at that stake and generosity level would lead on an EXTREMELY generous final offer should either red stay (£20,000 on blue/£50k and £90,000 on blue/£250k, roughly).

A very tense game today, some very brave no deals from Mel. And ultimately the biggest crash we've seen in a while.
No way i would have turned down £35k on that particular 5 box but there's no doubt that if it had worked out for her Mel would have been well rewarded

Well done, you nearly, nearly got a smirk out of me.