Here here! And if Paul declined the £16k... a) He would have most likely taken the £10K and b) He would have most likely have taken the final offer. Both of which would have been a lot less that the£16,000!

Yeah, sod the children in those third-world countries who don't have enough water to keep them going for the next few days, *beep* the poverty-stricken e-gits, oh bloody bah humbug MORE adverts for *beep*ing POOR people??!! WHEN WILL THIS EVER BLOODY STOP????!!!!!!!! OPEN SOME SODDING BOXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is many a word for you, BankerSpanker; all I can say is that none are suitable for an environment frequented by children, but the abbreviation of your username, "BS", is entirely appropriate.

On topic, I'm delighted at the outcome of this game because a man took home £16,000, a bike and some briefs. Which is more than most win on game shows in this era, or indeed ever before. It's not Christmas any more, folks, but we're fast approaching the New Year; we've a lot to be positive about!

I'm not against charity. It's just I'm tired of that advert being on all the time.

Oh I'm banging on about ads again. *slaps self*

As for this week, nice to see 2 Banker spankings.

It was a game where things happened. A man sat in a chair and played a very simple game of chance. At some point, he won some money, which, I think, is the point of this game.

Saperogo wins the thread with his comments. He does this frequently because he is cool. He is also right. Very, very right. Maybe we should listen to him more often, as he is very wise.

Good on you, Saperogo. Good on you.

BankerSpanker, the less you say, the better. Be more like Saperogo. Then, things will be better for you. Trust me; I'm from the big city.

Happy Holidays, everyone .

Both the risks he didn't take were perfectly reasonable. The 2-box gamble was just another never-gonna-happen one on a £35k-high final two (they love doing those, presumably because of the significance of a "could have had a P5 win" storyline) until both the win and loss conditions were cranked up in value by the equivalent of at least £2k... but not all of it in cash.

If you plonked £2k in cash to both conditions, making it a £2,750/£37k final two, I'd be very tempted to take a shot, largely because £2,750 is a sum of money I have a clear use for and hence one I'm much happier falling back to than £750. But as it was, I would've stuck too, as the only thing I could feel safe wanting was the £1k. I'd have gifted the holiday to family members who actually like hot weather if I won it one way or another.

Wouldn't have faced that decision as I'd have played on at 8-box, but it wouldn't have taken much more to take me out on a board that had the potential for an almighty crash.

Total Box values this week: £46,500
Maximum total wins this week (assuming the max in Harry's game was £8,001): £81,001.

That's not that bad.

Not the worst deal at 8-box, given no backup at all for the top 3 and you would have needed to either keep all 3 to 5-box or just hit the £35k to get a much bigger offer.

The end gamble still seemed as unlikely to have been dealt as when I first saw it back in June. Yes, there was a guarantee of £1,750 and a few prizes but that wasn't enough for me to gamble £16k.

Wow, a max possible weekly win that's not even six figures. Shows how much bad luck they had in the first 3 shows and how tight the Banker is being with his offers.

There you are; of a maximum possible win not even touching £100,000, £46,000's not that bad!