Another small step closer to the end

Noel talks about how how hyped up the DF is

Taking the walk today is CARL

He has brought BOX 13 to the table

Carl Poore is a plasterer and part time football coach from Wimborne in Dorset

He has cut back on the plastering due to health issues, and has been a football coach for 3 years

We see a pic of Carl with his partner Hayley, she is not there due to looking after their daughter to whom we see a pic of next

Housekeeping is done and we are off for Carl's game

Shout of COME ON from Carl and we're off

OPENING ROUND

Box 1 - Pearl - £20,000
Box 9 - June - £35,000
Box 18 - George - £750
Box 10 - Godwin - £5,000
Box 11 - Dave - £250

Banker time and Carl's prediction

The banker tells Noel that George may have got his shirt from the mens section, but Noel got his suit from the children's section

PLAYER'S PREDICTION

£6,500

End of part 1

We're back

BANKER'S OFFER

£5,000

Offer button is not in play

The banker calls and can be heard laughing down the phone

To the offer it's NO DEAL

ROUND 2

COME ON from Carl

Box 17 - Brian - £50,000
Box 22 - Liam - 1p
Box 16 - Mike - 10p

Banker time

BANKER'S OFFER

£10,000

Carl says NO DEAL

ROUND 3

Box 5 - Morag - £100,000
Box 19 - Mandy - 50p

End of part 2

We're back, the last box before the banker's call

Box 15 - Gary - £3,000

Banker time

The banker replays Morag revealing the £100,000 and he says she has gone up in his estimation

BANKER'S OFFER

£10,000

Carl says NO DEAL

ROUND 4

Box 21 - Arooj - £5
Box 4 - Marie - £1,000
Box 12 - Paddy - £100

Banker time

The banker puts up the pic of Carl's daughter and advises him to think about the important things in life

BANKER'S OFFER

£16,000

Question and answer coming after the break

We're back for today's endgame

To the offer of £16,000 Carl says DEAL

PROVEOUT (Round 5)

Box 8 - Pauline - £500
Box 20 - Holly (newbie) - £250,000
Box 3 - Chris - £1

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£10,000

Previous game:

£10,000

Prediction:

£4,250

Too high. No Button game.

Banker playing mind games = he's dealing.

Yup! Told ya!

Thankfully he swapped the box...

PROVEOUT (Closing round)

Box 14 - Diane - £15,000
Box 7 - Anne - £10
Box 2 - Katie - £50

£10,000 and £75,000 left in the game

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£35,000

Hypothetical swap is taken

Box 6 comes to the table

Box 6 - £10,000
Box 13 - Charlie - £75,000

Box 23 - NO DEAL
Contents - HALF

Another player who can't go past 8 box with the £250k in play.

Speaking of which, this is the 6th game in a row that the £250k has stayed to 8 box. The odds of that happening are 1 in 435, so it's not the most improbable event by a long way. Given the £250k hasn't stayed past 4 box in a single one of these games, however, it's somewhat of a good thing that a degree of caution has been shown by all of the last 6 players.

I actually thought based on the clock and Noel going on about it so much The Banker's Gamble was going to come into play even with the £10k / £75k finish, maybe 'If the box isn't £75k you go home with nothing and no chance to open Box 23'

But as it turned out, the show finished a whole 7 minutes early according to my clock!

Half unlucky result from an understandable deal. Hopefully he won't have too many regrets.