£17,000 is looking VERY good at the moment. I have a good feeling this will be another game where the 1st offer is the highest.

NO DEAL.

Quick post (I'm on my way out to drive two+ hours home in snowy weather, so it's best I get out as soon as I can).

Round 3

5 - £50,000

17 - £750

18 - 10p

Banker time...

Thank you for a good offer.

But it's not great.

No Deal!

No Deal!

Great offer again, but still No Deal.

I'm still feeling great about my Deal. You lot that are still in live play are very likely to hit several reds in the next round, so I doubt the next offer will be more than £17,000.

good for you

Quick post #2 (regular posts will resume tomorrow)

Round 4

4 - £5,000

16 - £10,000

21 - £35,000

Banker time...

Again very generous, but I think there's one more round in it. No Deal.

No Deal, thanks!

Very generous but, No Deal

Board:


1p




£10
£50
___________
£1,000



£15,000
£20,000


£75,000
£100,000

Good offer, and for once, I'm going to play safe, and say DEAL!

No idea why, but I am. And I doubt I'll regret it going wrong as much as I would if I'd gone on and crashed.

Thank you all for bearing with me. Chaos on my end is finally dying down.

Also, thank you jakecarroll84 for posting the board!

Round 4 results

In live play
Archstered (4/4)
jakecarroll84 (4/4)
willrelf (4/4)

Dealt at first offer
American Coupon Boy (1/1)
daniel123 (1/1)

Dealt at fourth offer
hogwild94 (3/4)

Round 5

This seems like a great board to play. How will it pan out?

6 - £75,000

Ouch. That's really painful.

13 - £100,000

That's doubly painful! It's now a £20,000 high board. American Coupon Boy may have been right to take £17,000 at the start (provided that's what he actually dealt... )...

20 - £1,000

Even that isn't great to see at this point. Good grief...



Or, if you prefer the squashdown version:



Banker time...

(Proof.)

Well. This seemed really scary at 8-box, but thankfully the 6-in-56 chance of taking out the top two pulled through. Always treasure that moment; just because there is big money on the board, there isn't necessarily big money on the table.

The person who negotiates closest to my max negotiable offer will have the opportunity to choose next week's boxes.

Banker's offer:

£4,300

Would have dealt if my negotiation had been accepted, so annoying!

No Deal.

DEAL!

Another game that shows how viable my "Deal any opening offer over £15,000" rule is. Regardless of how strong the board is at that point, you're unlikely to get a significantly higher offer in an average game.

Even if the £20,000 is in the box now, I will have ABSOLUTELY no regrets, as unlike most contestants on the show nowadays, I see little difference between £17,000 and £20,000.