Just over half the average, with inherent insurance aspects... does the additive-at-low-stakes BB stop me taking that on? Given that said BB becomes multiplicative at high stakes, and we're already at high stakes, no it does not. DEAL!

I'd have gone for 11 and 7 as my next round, then gone one at a time with 9, 5, 3, 1. #InternationalRules

Alrighty! That's your second-offer DEAL of at least £33,333 locked in, and potentially an extra £25k if you've got the jackpot on the table! Let's hope so, as we play your proveout...


11 - £750 NO NOT GOOD ENOUGH

7 - £250,000! That is though!

1p
10p
£250
£500
£153,746
£250,000

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£29,000 + 6.3% OF BOX 14

CLASSIC. I might have dealt that just for what it was, although with two huge amounts and the ability to go only one more it'd have been a tough point to stop.

9 - 10p!! Would've been near-perfect!

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£45,000

5 - 1p!! Oh dear...

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£46,000 + 15% OF BOX 14

3 - £500!! This is getting ugly, and it's looking like JUST the save he needed...

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£88,888

1 - £250,000! We finally have some relief!


£250 vs £153,746

** RING **

The Banker is unsure whether he gives you the option for a BANKER'S GAMBLE here... He's asking you that if he were to offer it, are you willing to say whether you would take it or not?

The 10%-of-the-box aspect is in my head here, especially with my always-swap philosophy inverting the psychology on the decision!

...I genuinely don't know if I would take it. With no BB and just the 20% bailout chance I probably don't. With the BB cranking up the bailout chance but also being more powerful in a different way at high stakes I... still probably don't? I don't know?!?

** RING **

He's had time to think, and he's scared of giving away more money than he absolutely needs to after that last game! He's not offering a Banker's Gamble...

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£45,000

Presumably you'd have swapped for #17 here?

The right decision for him, and I'm not complaining either. I'm glad the decision is out of my hands.

Swap, yes. BLUE! BLUE! BLUE! BLUE!

You'd have swapped here, what a weird dynamic this is!

Would you have swapped away the blue for a mega win? Or have you just dealt for a bizarrely wonderful amount?


Box 17...

And now it's time for two big boxes...

The first is a gloriously messy Box 23 #moneymenu!

DOUBLE (£97,415.20)
+£20,000 (£68,707.60)
MONEY BACK (£48,707.60)
HALF (£24,353.80)
FLOOR (£9,741.52)

That's what you're facing, it's slightly EV+ but imagine taking one of those red cards and pushing that into the Bonus Box for an even bigger shot at six figures!

Is it worth the risk? Deal or No Deal?

...which is more on-brand, me sticking at a low-end P5 Deal that isn't a round number of pounds, or me taking a controlled-floor risk for the chance of the first ever win to eight significant figures?

Both. But risking almost £40k with barely any risk premium would not be on-brand. NO DEAL, hypo 3.

I wouldn't have thought so, but was Box 23 about to throw up its first positive option in ages?

... as we load up your Bonus Box!

DOUBLE (£97,415.20)
ADD HALF (£73,061.40)
+25% (£60,884.50)
+10% (£53,578.36)
MONEY BACK (£48,707.60)

A risk-free shot at ninety-seven grand here! Let's not have a double MONEY BACK, find something big!

Well I'd have got away with it.

The on-brand outcome here would be 10% for the 7sf win in the low fifties... Tinchy, make it number 1 for success!

Let's hope for something even better than on-brand, let's extend that brand!

Option 1...

+10% (£53,578.36)
DOUBLE (£97,415.20)
ADD HALF (£73,061.40)
+25% (£60,884.50)
MONEY BACK (£48,707.60)

... or just do exactly what comes naturally to you! A great battle on a wonderfully powerful board has gotten you... the usually unusual, £53,578.36! Thanks for playing

That is my tenth win of more than £50,000 and less than £60,000 in this series. And my third to not be a round number of pounds.

ON. BRAND.