Haha, well done Derek Enjoyable game (although I don't know why, but Noel really bugged me).

Well done Derek.
Great game and what a great guy, enjoy the 30k

Derek was a legend. Well done!!!

Why did Noel bug you?

Well done Derek, an enjoyable game, glad he done well!

Derek was a class player and did the perfect deal too! Those are always my favourites!

Not sure. It was like his subconscious-annoy-meter was on high today.

Welldone Derek! Enjoy the money!

That was an awesome game and Derek was a really funny character (surprised that some people here didn't like him)!

Anwyay, a very good, funny game - with the humour coming from the player themselves rather than the use of props, so it was a very good show in my book - a big money win and an OPW as well!

Well done Derek and enjoy the money!

Hey! You leave irritating old duffers out of this thanks!

Have only just got round to watching this game now. Can see how he might have split opinions, but I thought he was great and, more importantly, knew how to time a deal. This might have been brought up in another thread, but it was interesting how he requested the first round to be a 'quickie' and then didn't get it. Maybe, along with the blue chants, they have been confined to the history book?

I was worried when it was Derek - the day after someone refuses to take Geordie's lowest deal record, they emulate Geordie again by having someone return from illness on a Tuesday show then play on the Wednesday. I suppose Welsh David did exactly the same and he got a £30k OPW so it was kind of appropriate Derek did as well.

I was actually splitting my sides during that, it was so funny - he seemed to give the impression he had no idea what he was doing, but got an OPW out of it (though I wish he'd left an all-blue finish and not avoided the £35k)