Gutted, Karen was so lovely. She had such a great attitude to the game, I wanted to see her at least get a nice sum for Christmas but sadly not

I hate £10!!

I wouldn't have taken the £14,500, with the quarter-million still there and a good safety net, but I would have taken the £9,000 - as I wouldn't have wanted to do an all or nothing gamble if the tenner had remained with the inevitable drop in the offer. With £20k being the top prize available at the time, it wasn't as though she'd have missed out on anything life-changing!

But fair play to her for going for it, that was spectacular bad luck.

And she looked absolutely beautiful as well!

Having just watched all six games I missed this week back to back (it made Double Deal week look tame in comparison, I can tell you...), I was hoping for a happy ending for my nearly 4 hours worth of viewing but, alas, I was left both square-eyed and unhappy for Karen.

A tenner isn't much use at Christmas - can't even buy a turkey for that these days...

Gutted for Karen, she seemed a really nice lady. I think she made the right decisions given the circumstances of the board but the luck just didn't go her way. Unlucky Karen.

Ditto on all of that. I wished Karen hadn't pick Joey either. Karen, we will all miss you.

Hold on! Who holds the record? I thought it was Michaela?

Paula R, with five. Michaela had it four times, as did Lyndsey (1), Donna (2), Bianca, David J, Julie, Dave W and probably some others I've forgotten.

Michaela had it four times in a row. The record is held by Paula R, who had £250,000 five times.

Bad Luck, Karen, sorry you didn't win more

Sorry that you only won £10 Karen, but you played a really good game and took it well.

Hi All - Boxy here again. Just watched my game again - i do make some funny faces and some wicked noises..... really weird watching myself!! He he - I know £10 is disappointing but I had such a great time as a contestand that it makes up for winning very little. x x

Hi Karen,

It's so great to hear that the experience of DOND has made up for the low amount you won - have a great Christmas and a great 2007!

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Good to know that you haven't been torn apart by the way the game went, as quite a few people have...

anyone know how her game would have gone had she carried on going through the boxes alphabetically?

Would have been a spectacular train wreck...

Alfie £5,000.00
Brian £100,000.00
Conor £20,000.00
Craig £50,000.00
Danny £15,000.00
Don £35,000.00
Elton £50.00
Frank £1,000.00
Jennifer £75,000.00
Jenny £0.01
Joey £250,000.00
Laura £750.00
Lucy £0.50
Mariette £5.00
Neil £3,000.00
Nicola £500.00
Paul £10,000.00
Rachel £1.00
Thanh £100.00
Wendy £250.00
Wrighty £0.10

Yes, she'd have hit six reds in a row at the start including three of the Power 5, then taken out the other two from the Power 5 in the third round to leave a third-round board of:

10p, 50p, £1, £5, £10, £100, £250, £500, £750, £3,000, £10,000

Seriously.

Presuming she'd have kept Alfie until near the end, she'd have had disasterous bad luck had she stuck to the system...she'd have had an all-red opening round, and by the end of round 2 she'd have taken out every single red over £10,000 except £250,000, with the £50 the only blue to go.

Then the next two boxes would have been 1p and £250k! She'd have had this board:

10p
50p
£1
£5
£10
£100
£250
£500
£750

£3,000
£5,000
£10,000

Then the £750 would have gone. Would that have been the worst round 3 board ever?
I gotta say, Karen, thank god you changed your system!