Viv's game today.

The Dream Factory is dressed in red hearts for the start of Love Week, Noel says this is a contradiction really as the banker is in love with his piles!! Of money

Haha how can that piles joke still be funny 2 years on?

Love week looks and sounds quite cheesy... prove me wrong DOND... (Have they recycled the Christmas decorations around the pound table? )

Viv has box 3 today. The boxes are all pink today... Noel calls it the love seat this week, rather than the crazy chair

Viv shows some piccies of her dogs, as her children hid all the pictures of them when they knew she was coming on the show

Noel wants to start quickly as he is eager to find out what is in store for Love Week...

Here we go...

Not too bad today, even though she had £10,000 on Saturday which is reasonable fine.

Good job it wasn't her game on Friday as she had £1,000 in her box, but then her last two games the £250,000. She has had the big one 4 times now.

And last time she had box 3, it had the £250,000 in.

The banker calls before the start of round 1, and reveals a special item, and it's the heart of the dream factory! It's a heart shaped medallion, and Viv has to give it to someone she loves on the wings, then when they are chosen the banker will make an offer!! (Think I got that right!!) Viv goes over and puts it on Derek

Noel tells Viv to use this heart wisely in her game...

Round 1

1 - £10,000 Kate

4 - £1,000 Steve

8 - £50,000 George

6 - £35,000 Newbie Andy

There is a big hole in the reds now says Noel

17 - £3,000 Shaz

Banker time

Noel says he can't remember the last time we had an all red opening round... The banker says he enjoyed that round...

Banker offers

£1,000

ARGH probably the worst opening round this year! OH WOW! all red opener

Going for an all red opening and she... gets it!

Stats after Round 1
Offer: £1,000
Mean: £27,450.98
Offer (%): 3.64%
Fair Deal: £7,940.35
Volatility: 1.15
Redometer: -22

Board
1p
10p
50p
£1
£5
£10
£50
£100
£250
£500
£750


£5,000

£15,000
£20,000


£75,000
£100,000
£250,000

Viv says

NO DEAL

Next round

10 - 50p Bing

22 - £750 Chris

That is better says Noel

Box 5 with Sarah next, but Noel calls a break first, and then runs through the Heart Twist that the banker has thrown in this week....

I don't believe that she thinks an offer under 6k of the fair deal is worthy of applause

We're back
Last box before the banker...

5 - 1p Sarah


Banker time

A nice all blue round to balance the opening all red round The banker says the game is twisting and turning, and he also sees Derek as a bit of a love tiger with his heart medallion


Banker offers

£10,000

Very nice!

Stats after Round 2
Offer: £10,000
Mean: £33,279.72
Offer (%): 30.05%
Fair Deal: £11,276.21
Volatility: 1.16
Redometer: -1 (↑21)

Board

10p

£1
£5
£10
£50
£100
£250
£500



£5,000

£15,000
£20,000


£75,000
£100,000
£250,000

That is a very generous offer says Viv

Viv says

NO DEAL

Next round

The ace gambler Jill next says Noel! Jill tells Noel about how/where she gambles...

13 - £1 Jill

9 - £250 Rachel

It's 5-5 now says Noel... And Noel wonders if it can be 6 in a row

2 - £100 Nicola

Banker time

If you decide to play on now says Noel you could be on for the hall of fame with the longest run of blues... The banker says he is now regretting letting Viv have the heart medallion as Derek is turning into a love magnet


Banker offers

£17,000

Oooo hello! 2 more needed for the record?

Stats after Round 3
Offer: £17,000
Mean: £42,324.10
Offer (%): 40.17%
Fair Deal: £17,612.71
Volatility: 1.16
Redometer: 14 (↑15)

Board

10p


£5
£10
£50


£500



£5,000

£15,000
£20,000


£75,000
£100,000
£250,000

Viv says that is a fabulous offer...


Viv says

NO DEAL

Viv's got the QM in box 3!

Don't get so excited. What are the chances of her winning it?

Ohh wow an early break for once!

Next round

11 - £500 Reg

That's 7 in a row and you can now equal the record of 8 in a row says Noel...

Viv picks box 14 with Debbie next, but Noel calls a break first!

That break was a box early!

C'mon. break the record Viv!!!!!

Well the last time she had box 3, it had the £250,000. And she already has had it 4 times already.

We're back

14 - £75,000 Debbie

Viv misses out on a Hall of Fame place...

7 - £5 Justin

Banker time

Mark, that means nothing in a random game such as Deal or No Deal.

Stats after Round 4
Offer: £19,000
Mean: £48,757.51
Offer (%): 38.97%
Fair Deal: £21,075.19
Volatility: 1.78
Redometer: 14 (↑↓0)

Board

10p



£10
£50






£5,000

£15,000
£20,000



£100,000
£250,000

Noel says that not playing Derek yet has put her in a strong position, as it tells the banker that she is not ready to deal yet... The banker says he was worried about Viv breaking the blue record there...

Banker offers

£19,000

It's a good offer says Noel, but reminds Viv that she still has the top 2 in play, and Chris tells her it's still a strong board, and goes on to say he would NO DEAL then open 1 more box, and then open Derek's box to get another offer...

Viv says

NO DEAL

That offer is crap dont even think about taking it...

phew

Ditto, if a player had £250,000 on their last game, it doesn't mean that they won't have it in their game. People have had it twice in two games (a lot of them have)

One blue left, the £250,000 left with all that backup, this offer should be easily declined and anything under 30k is rubbish imo

Stats after Round 5
Offer: £26,000
Mean: £58,002.00
Offer (%): 44.83%
Fair Deal: £28,074.26
Volatility: 6.25
Redometer: 19 (↑5)

Board
£10
£5,000
£15,000
£20,000
£250,000

Next round

19 - £100,000 Ruth - Ohhh no we didn't want that says Noel..

It's now a one-box game says Noel...

Viv chooses box 21 and Noel asks if she is sure she doesn't want to use Derek next...

21 - £50 Katherine

16 - 10p Barry

Banker time

This is interesting now says Viv, and thinks she should sit down... The banker says it's a one-box game now...


Banker offers

£26,000

Derek tells Viv she should think seriously about this as £26,000 is a lot of money... Richie tells her it's a lot of money, but also it's still a strong board with being able to go one more....


Viv says

NO DEAL

Next round

Viv is now going to use Derek....

12 - £250,000 Derek with the Heart

Banker time

How extraordinary is that says Noel!!! The banker says that was bitter irony...

Banker offers

£8,000

Typical...

Stats after Round 5.1
Offer: £8,000
Mean: £10,002.50
Offer (%): 79.98%
Fair Deal: £7,130.49
Volatility: 1.00
Redometer: 8 (↓11)

Board
£10
£5,000
£15,000
£20,000

Viv says

NO DEAL

All she has to do is remove the blue and she's guaranteed 5k

worth going on again.

Round 6 continued....

20 - £15,000 Richie

The biggest remains, but the fall-back is now gone says Noel

18 - £20,000 Martin


Banker time with £10 and £5,000 remaining

Worst possible round...

Stats after Round 6
Offer: £1,500
Mean: £2,505.00
Offer (%): 59.88%
Fair Deal: £1,364.30
Volatility: 500.00
Redometer: -3 (↓22)

Board
£10
£5,000

That is just so cruel after the braveery you have shown says Noel... The banker says he loves everyone now....

Banker offers

£1,500

Viv says

NO DEAL

Another Trainwreck mummy

Noel opens box 3 and reveals £5,000

Box 15 - Paul contains the £10

Talk about building up hopes then destroying them!!

I might have taken £26k in a normal game but not with the choice of a four-box or three-box offer to come. Obviously, the misfortune of assigning that heart to the £250k was what killed that game, and the board looked too stable to bail out at four-box for anything much less than the mean...

Advert for targetism maybe? Still, at least we've seen a to-the-end game with a compelling twist, probably precisely the right time for such a game too, and I think there's still the appetite for some more. Of course, that appetite will then itself be sated, and a bit of Greenyism will be more welcome... but we shall see what is to come!

Great twist. Really smart. Made for a great game. Very interesting and started arguments here about the best way to play. That's for me is what Deal should always do.

Hell she was unlucky. So brave to go for two boxes after the 100K went. I'd have been straight to the heart there.

Thought Viv played her 'Derek' the right way, just very unlucky it was the £250k, otherwise she was on a massive offer which I'm sure she would have dealt at.

Very cruel, but at least she 'played the game' and got the £5k consolation out of it in the end.

At least this wasn't another average game producing a 10k - 20k deal then an inflated proevout offer to ensure a TBW!

Really interesting twist, but cruel luck there - still at least she didn't deal the 2-box offer or swap - that would have been REALLY cruel!

At least with the Derek twist she would never got have more than 26k unless she'd played the game conventionally and avoided him completely! And I think she'd have no-dealt and won 5k if the other box at the end had been 15k or 20k anyway.

26k really does work for the banker - not only do people lose out on more if they deal, but no-dealing it seems to always go wrong too!

I detest 26k!!

But like in Christmas week, I sense a massive win coming up in the next few days, fingers crossed!

That was aa excellent game and the 'heart' factor was a really good feature. Hopefully the boxes will fall kindly as the week goes on and we can get a big winner!

NB If you were in the crazy chair this week, which contestant would you give the heart to? For me it would be Bing or Sarah.

At least we had someone who was willing to really go for it today. Once Derek revealed the 250k the game crashed, she certainly deserved a better reward.
Made such a change from all the cowardy custard players we've had recently.

Say that again it's music to my ears

26k Should die. Look at Nams game she had a really big pile of reds Brenda territory and she was only offered 26k when the average was 40k 50k.

Face it the Banker is a cheapskate.

But I miss 2006 , 2007 makes me cry thinking about it

A very interesting & enjoyable game today.

I like the little touches they've done for love week, like the pink boxes, the little heart decorations, the little red hearts floating above the offer and the main twist "the heart of the dream factory".

Viv was the first person to have an all red round this year, but then to follow that up with 7 blues in a row was amazing. I was so gutted when she didn't get to 8 blues in a row and I was really hoping she would get 9 in a row, not only would she have beaten the blue record but she would of been the first person ever to have three all blue rounds in a row.

The "heart" played a pivotal point in Viv's game and actually proved to be the downfall of her game, so it's not necessarily going to help players this week and the heart may actually work in the Banker's favour, as shown today.

I would of actually played the same way as Viv did today. As there was only one blue remaining against four reds I would of no dealt £26k and then would have played the heart box in the hope of finding the last remaining blue, or at least a low red.

So it'll certainly be interesting to see how this week plays out with the inclusion of this new twist. Will people end up no dealing an offer and then open the heart box in a hope to push the offer up? Or will it back-fire on the player like it did today with Viv?

That was the last all red round since Siobhans game

Aggressive players note: games like this where the boxes fall badly and the player bravely charges onward are what make the wings all too cautious when it's their turn.

Sad. Viv played brilliantly but the boxes didn't fall her way.



Oh Sarah, without a doubt. She's been such a charmer here on the forums...

And she had the 1p today. So you would of got the 1p kiss as well

Nice twist, I guess that could work.

Thats more like it. A much better game today.
Viv was lovely, a really nice woman who deserved more than £5,000 but played the game really well

I'm liking this week so far, nothing too drastic to celebrate it and a little added bonus to the game.

I was dreading Valentine's Week as I thought it might be overdone with OTT tackiness. But as it turns out it's quite good in my opinion, nicely put together and the twist will almost definitely provide us with some interesting games.

I really liked Viv on the wings and she was lovely in the chair - a good game today, thanks to the player, the interesting board and how it went from bad to good to bad, and also because of the Love twist.

What a great twist and she played it perfectly. There's no point in using it before 5 box and today I would have played it at exactly the same time (wouldn't have risked trying to dodge the £250K twice before the next offer).

I'm really not sure about love week at all... I'm not a fan of Valentines day at all and it's all a bit sort of cheesy although the heart of the dream factory is an interesting twist (I want to see someone choose it on the first box to see what happens )

Viv was a great player who went a lot further than I expected and played the heart of the dream factory well just unlucky that she chose the box with the big one in and it just all seemed to fall aprt from there but it was a nice end.

Well Done Viv

viv's deal or no deal game was so exciting.

what a great game! you could see her talking to her friends, i think she was anyway

i found viv's website on the internet a few weeks ago, i'm interested in spiritualists and mediums, she's actually a very interesting lady if you fancy a read. it's just a shame she didn't see Derek's box coming - sorry, bad joke.

http://www.mindenergy.co.uk