I agree that was a good episode, although I was disappointed in the spoiler being false. I still enjoyed it. It also sounds like I missed a good one on Sunday (Didn't know it was on), based on the recap in it.
It's interesting when they no-deal the seventh offer in a two-high, two-low Final Four, they always hit a high number next and have a low one in thier case (but usually deal the eighth offer, at least), but when they deal the fourth offer on a two-case board, they usually hit a low one next and have a high one in their case. Perhaps that's why we've only had seven OPWs so far this season.
Also, is it just me, or does seemingly most of the big wins come from eighth offer deals? I know that hardly any of the big wins on US DOND come from contestants playing to the end. Most of the biggest wins seem to come from seventh offer deals and eighth offer deals.
Although the OPW was missed by ND'ing the seventh offer (Has anyone scored an OPW by dealing with still two or more case amounts higher than the offer?), it was still a very impressive TPW at $211K with the last high amount going next and only $750 in the case. And, a very interesting Final Three board.
One big disappointment: The family said to come in with $750, and the Final Three was $75, $750, and $750K. Yet, the banker makes a vanilla eighth offer of $211,000. He should have offered $210,
750! The banker could claim "I could give you 750!" if he did that!
I mean, they did gimmicks on a lot of previous banker offers before, I expected this banker offer to at least end in 750! And, of course, a deal at $210,750 would sound so much funnier than a deal for $211,000 anyway, but especially here! $211,000 isn't even a multiple of 750 while $210,750 is. There's no reason why late-game offers on non-trainwreck games
always have to be multiples of 1,000.
It also would've been nice had the $75K still been on the board, and the $500K went in the seventh round. That would've been neat: a $75, $750, $75K and $750K Final Four. I wonder what the banker would've offered there? (Probably less than $211K, but who knows?) Had the $75K made it to the end and the $500K going on the fourth pick in the first round, it'd probably be a lower win and earlier deal on a less safe board.