13 - newbie Pat - £100,000

Noel says John MUST have 2 blues now....

2 - Cuffy - £1

Noel gets John to call a break

The board visually has a great patttern but that's the only thing good about it. The offers have been rubbish so far, so much for the banker being scared of John being difficult to read!

But the banter with Pauline was absolutely hiarious!

We're back

Noel says how John wants to swap his courier job for a job involved with Doctor Who...

5 - Sylvie - £35,000

Banker time

And the curse of the newbie returns!

Oh dear...

What's the board like?

The banker says the £5k and £15k are all John has to "Klingon" to He says he doesn't want to appear disrespectful but he's finding it difficult with this board

Banker's offer:

£1,010

Might as well go to the end, then

He says it's a binary offer! Deborah asks what John would regret more. Michael also offers some words of encouragement, as does Dan. John worries what to do, as he wants the money for his parents and doesn't know how they'd feel if he gambled... he gets quite emotional as he talks about his family.

The others give more words of encouragement... Noel says it's straightforward whether John is happy with £1,010 or whether he wants to go one more and risk it...

John says NO DEAL

7 - Ann - £750

14 - Judith - 1p

3 - Michael - £250

Banker time

Noel says this is a fascinating game, as it looks so much better now, and John appears to be a different man now.

The average is £4,000 says Noel

Banker's offer:

£3,500

Noel says that's very very good... he tells John to hold on to his initial thought when the offer was made. Noel reminds John what he could do with £3,500. The banker phones back. If John NO DEALS, the next offer will be BANG ON the average!

John says the board is dragging the gambler out of him, but he wants to use the money for his dad. Scott and Rachel say if John takes out the top 2, it's game over... Paul says the money will get his parents to Egypt.

John says NO DEAL

YES!

Noel says that's a big gamble, and quite a few people looked shocked!

4 - Emma - £15,000

22 - Dan - £5,000

8 - Lis - £5

Banker time with 50p and £50 remaining

The banker says that was brave and he sticks to his promise...

Banker's offer:

£25.25

John says NO DEAL

John wins £ 50 from his box 11

6 - Noel - 50p

John tells the others not to take his game into their hearts when they play their own games...

Dangit!

Well the good luck lasted for a short while, didn't it?

What a shame. He was brave enough to go for it and it went wrong. Liked John's speech at the end.