Game 3^3 of Series 3... BEN is ready for action after a disastrous temporary stint as Banker!

£380,000 is the rolling jackpot...



One of those will be the terms of engagement!

Banker beware, I have a target of £93,501 today.

Hopefully Option 5 helps me get there.

Well, we'll see...



That'll make it harder to reach lofty heights, but it sure raises your floor!

The board for this game...

£1,000
£1,250
£1,500
£1,750
£2,000
£2,250
£2,500
£2,750
£3,000
£3,500
£4,000
£5,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£7,500
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£25,000
£35,000
£57,000
£95,000
£380,000

As you know, that Fyffes Banana Bonus is worth £6k from the box or £3k when selected, and in neither case can it go on this Box 23...

ADD HALF
+£5,000
+£2,500
MONEY BACK
75%
HALF

That 23 is also always optional, and the only conditional offers available to the Banker are no-23 ones.

Box 20 is on the table. Five in round one... off we go!

1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 to start, please.

Box 1 - £2,000! That's the first of the blues we were hungry for!

Box 3 - £1,250! Excellent!

Box 5 - £2,250! Three in a row...

Box 7 - £10,000 breaks the run but not our spirits...

Box 9 - £15,000 is a pretty good worst box of the round!

At the first offer...

£1,000
£1,500
£1,750
£2,500
£2,750
£3,000
£3,500
£4,000
£5,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£7,500
£20,000
£25,000
£35,000
£57,000
£95,000
£380,000

The Banker knows you scoff at low opening offers...

BANKER'S OFFER

£12,500

...so he hasn't given you one! But will you take it? That's the question... Deal or No Deal?

An inspired offer no doubt.

However, I'm more keen on another figure you've won in the past, so NO DEAL.

11, 13 and 15, please.

Box 11 - £1,000! Glorious.

Box 13 - £5,000 works just fine too...

Box 15 - £35,000! First big hit.

Not the worst round by any means.

£1,500
£1,750
£2,500
£2,750
£3,000
£3,500
£4,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£7,500
£20,000
£25,000
£57,000
£95,000
£380,000

And the offer promptly goes up...

BANKER'S OFFER

£15,200

...courtesy of a little digit-twiddling from the Banker! Will you be twiddling your thumbs at this? £15,200... Deal or No Deal?

With those top 3 amounts still in play and a floor in the thousands even if things go wrong, this is still an easy NO DEAL.

17, 21 and 22, please.

Box 17 - £7,500 is good!

Box 21 - £380,000!! That... not so much.

Box 22 - £3,500 is rather more welcome, but we know which direction this offer will go now...

£1,500
£1,750
£2,500
£2,750
£3,000
£4,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£20,000
£25,000
£57,000
£95,000

Where's he gone now?

BANKER'S OFFER

£10,250

Twiddling those digits again! Deal or No Deal?

Let's hope they're twiddled to £52,100 by the end of the game.

NO DEAL, and let's hopefully find the Bonus in 18, 16 or 14, please.

Looking for the bonus...

Box 18 - £1,500 is the best on the board discounting that!

Box 16 - £1,750! And again you pull that off!

Box 14 - £3,000! Not what you asked for, but otherwise tremendous!

£2,500
£2,750
£4,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£20,000
£25,000
£57,000
£95,000

We've broken out of that pattern now...

BANKER'S OFFER

£18,500

...and very nearly doubled the offer! Still four higher of course, but two of them aren't much higher... Deal or No Deal?

Normally over two thirds of the average would definitely get the cogs turning at this stage, but I'm making it out to be only an 11% chance (finding both of the top 2) of the offer going down a lot in this next round, plus I'm pretty much certain of taking at least £5,500 out of the front game.

Therefore, I will NO DEAL and go for 12, 10 and 8.

The power of the Doctored Board, changing the way you play this game!

Box 12 - £2,500! Well, you're doing everything to bump your floor up except cashing in that bonus...

Box 10 - £95,000! And down goes the ceiling.

Box 8 - £25,000! Banker's round and then some...

...not that this is exactly a feeble 5-box.

£2,750
£4,000
FYFFES BANANA BONUS
£20,000
£57,000

Are we back in that digit-twiddling territory?

The Banker says he could offer £12,500 and he could offer £15,200... but he doesn't think either is actually the right offer here...

BANKER'S OFFER

£13,850

...so he's gone slap-bang in the middle of the two of them! A very interesting offer indeed. Remember, you would also have the option but not the obligation to put that on 23...

...the decision is yours. Deal or No Deal?

The Banker should'be offered £15,200, as that would at least give me a decision here. With the bonus still in play and a chunky floor even if things go wrong, even 75% of the average is a definite NO DEAL here.

6, 2 and 4, please.