Show 29



Dylan's game today.

Noel talks about Liz's game yesterday, he says it's awful when a player comes out to the crazy chair and just has no luck whatsoever...he says he hopes that today's game will be as different as possible from yesterdays! We look at the board...



Dylan has Box 21 today. Edmund "Dylan" Wright is a 32-year-old sales assisant from Nottingham...Dylan says that he's used his middle name for a long time, he says he just didn't like his first name. Dylan talks about his 5-year-old daughter Phoebe, and we see a picture. Dylan is seperated from Phoebe's mother, but he says he still sees her regularly and that she's incredibly important to him. He says he's still great friends with his ex-wife, and talks about how recently he lived with them for a while whilst he was having some work done on his house! Dylan's friend David is in the audience today to support him.

Dylan says he'd love to buy a pub and run it, even though he's tee-total! He says he loves the atmosphere of a pub and it's a top ambition of his...Noel says we know a lot about him now, and Dylan confirms he chose Box 21 at random before the show.

Off we go...

Dylan says that Phoebe was born on the 7th, and he always said he'd save it until last. Dylan chooses Patrick, and he says they've gotten on really well.

17 - £1,000 Patrick

Dylan asks for Box 7, and Noel reminds him he just said he was going to save it until last!

22 - £50 Lola

13 - £5,000 Nea

Benjamin next...Benjamin says he's had £5 or less for 5 days, so he's probably due a big one...

11 - 10p Benjamin

COME ON Dylan cries...amazing the amount of low numbers he has, Noel adds.

10 - £15,000 Harrison

Banker time



Looking good, Dylan says...he takes a seat and Noel tells him that it's a great board so far...the banker rings and says he's still celebrating over Liz's game yesterday, and now Robbie's victory is a thing of the past! He tells Dylan to be wise, as he remembers Jonny and Melinda, who won blues without trainwrecks, by taking stupid risks...

Banker offers

£3,900

Dylan says it's a lot of money...he says Harrison has been here for 27 shows, and he asks his opinion...Harrison says it's the first offer and it's a great board.

Dylan says

NO DEAL

Next round...

6 - 50p Ashelyne

2 - £3,000 Nigel

Thats fine, thats fine, Dylan says...Noel says this is shaping up as one of our best boards yet, he tells us to come back after the break...

Welcome back to Dylan's game

One more to go...this is looking great, says Noel

4 - £10,000 Peter

Banker time



It's an inbalance, but a great one at that, Noel says! Dylan says that it's amazing to still have the top 6 there...the banker rings and says that this sort of board always falls apart very quickly...he warns Dylan to get out whilst he can!

Banker offers

£13,900

Wow, Dylan says! Noel says it's a very very good offer...£14,000 is a lot of money, and Dylan agrees. He asks Lola, who says that all the low reds have gone, which means now he's either going to hit blues or big amounts, which makes for quite a different game...she says he should give it another shot. Dylan agrees and looks at the board...he says that it's a lot of money for him...

Dylan says

NO DEAL

Dylan says he expects to hit one of the 6 now, but as long as its not the £100,000 or the £250,000, he's okay...Noel says Dylan's sounding very wise and realistic at the moment

Dylan chooses Claudia, but then says she's had so many reds...he thinks about it and says it's about to change

9 - £35,000 Claudia

11 reds in a row for Claudia, who doesn't look happy about it...Dylan says it's all right...

14 - £10 Greg

18 - £250 Keith

Banker time



Good recovery, says Noel...Dylan says that it's a really really good board...the banker rings and relunctantly agrees...he asks Dylan to predict the offer, and Dylan thinks £20,000...the banker says as if he'd offer that much!

Banker offers

£19,900

Dylan says it's so much money to him...he says he doesn't want to crash, as he's seen it happen...he says in a lot of games, there's a round where all three numbers are big ones...he looks at the board and then the picture of Phoebe...aaargh, it's so hard, he says. Gwen tells him to visualize £19,900 in his bank account, and ask himself whether that vision is enough to stop him winning £250,000...Dylan says that the quarter of a million in such a life changing thing, but it could disappear in the next round...Dylan pauses for a while and then asks for the question

Dylan says



Interesting, says Noel...he says this is the first time anyone has dealt at the third offer, and he says he hopes it works out for Dylan...he calls a break before the proveout

Welcome back!

Dylan's taken £19,900 and now we want to destroy the board in three boxes, Noel says...Dylan agrees with him and says he thinks he's going to do it...

3 - £100 Gwen

NO Noel says...

5 - 1p Emily

Massive groans...Dylan winces and says he's blown it...Noel says that he must find the £250,000 now!

8 - £100,000 Brenda

Some cheers, but Noel says it's not enough....

Banker time



Ah well, Dylan says...Noel says that the offer is going to be higher than the £19,900 he took, and we need to find the £250,000 in the next round...the banker rings and says he's been wondering when someone would deal at the third offer...he says that the third offer has only been the highest 4 times out of 28....he says that the total wins of those games was £2,250.50...he says Dylan has made a huge mistake

Banker would have offered



Dylan shakes his head and says he wishes he'd gone on...we must continue, we still have two rounds to go, Noel says

Next round...

20 - £250,000 Roy

Dylan leaps up and screams 'YES'

12 - £50,000 Newbie Irene

1 - £500 Liam

Banker time



Dylan says he's so relieved that the £250,000 wasn't in his box...Noel says it's only happened once before!

Banker would have offered



Dylan smiles and the audience applaud him

Final round...just the £75,000 and the £20,000 to go, Noel says...

19 - £75,000 Alice

The malice of alice would have been back in action, Noel says!

15 - £750 Pamela

16 - £1 Scarlett

Banker time with £5 and £20,000 remaining



The banker rings and says this could still be a victory for him!

Banker would have offered

So you dealt at £19,900, but did the banker just beat you, Noel asks?

Noel opens Box 21 and reveals £20,000

Brian opens Box 7 and reveals the £5

It's only £100 more, Dylan says, although he admits he wanted to beat the banker. Noel says that there was actually £34,000 in the game for Dylan today, if only he'd grabbed the oppurtunity....

129 Dylan - £19,900 - £20,000 - £34,000 - £3,900

Show Count For 24/4/08

Harrison - 28 shows (replaced Andrew)
Gwen - 23 shows (replaced Stella)
Liam - 22 shows (replaced Shanara)
Lola - 21 shows (replaced Angela)
Alice - 18 shows (replaced Tariq)
Claudia - 17 shows (replaced Zoe)
Keith - 16 shows (replaced Billy)
Roy - 15 shows (replaced Dex)
Emily - 14 shows (replaced Melinda)
Nigel - 13 shows (replaced Gus)
Brenda - 12 shows (replaced Caroline)
Benjamin - 11 shows (replaced Mike)
Pamela - 10 shows (replaced Maud)
Nea - 9 shows (replaced Az)
Patrick - 8 shows (replaced Mary-Louise)
Greg - 7 shows (replaced Jonny)
Ashleyne - 6 shows (replaced Lucy)
Peter - 5 shows (replaced Soloman)
Brian - 4 shows (replaced Mandy)
Scarlett - 3 shows (replaced Robbie)
Irene - 2 shows (replaced Liz)
Whoever replaces Dylan - 1 show

£34,000, I think was a bit inflated