Clive's game today.

Noel says we are having some amazing games at the moment and talks about Linda's game yesterday where the gambler Linda got it wrong and missed out on £100,000. He runs then through the fears of some of the contestants.

Clive has box 21 today.

Clive is a market trader from Leeds. Noel jokes he is 78 years old and Clive says that it is the stripped shirts that keep him young looking Clive tells the story of how he started as a market trader. Clive has a teapot with him and tells how he won it on a local radio show and it's the only thing he has ever won and he only got it by getting a question wrong 3 times and the radio host let him have the teapot anyway

We get to see some of Clive's family pictures. Clive has a little bit of a gameplan.


Here we go...

Happy One-Year-Since-H-Appeared-On-The-Show Day!

Decent start to this game, mind - the top six intact...

Round 1

Clive points out his friends who are in the audience for support today, but he also asks for lots of help from all the pilgrims.

20 - £10 Matthew

19 - £15,000 May

Hazel next and she thinks Clive looks like Norris from Coronation street

14 - £5,000 Hazel

6 - £100 Mark

Gaz next and Noel says he thinks he is the most gorgeous player they have ever had on the show!

4 - £5 Gaz

Banker time

Round One Stats

Mean: £32,091.21
Median: £1,000
Absolute Balance: 9
Significant Balance: 10/17, 2
Fair Deal: £12,535.41
Volatility 0.85

Very good opening round.

Noel says he was hoping for a round like that as he was looking forward to some bartering and trading between Clive and the Banker. The Banker says he admires Clive for keeping up the British tradition of selling tat from the back of a van

Banker's offer:

£9,500

Clive says that is a great sum of money but he is in this for the long haul

Clive says

NO DEAL

This is fantastic so far...one of my kind of games; packed to the rafters with hilarious banter, and no big cash gone early in the game...

As we learned yesterday though, it'll be the middle part of the game that gives us the shape of things...

Round 2

16 - £1 Jenny

Clive wonders around and falls off the edge of the walk of wealth!

18 - 1p Kevin

Clive and Kevin have a big run up the walk of wealth for their hug and 1p kiss!

Noel calls a break from some mouthwash Clive calls the break but messes up his prepared link!

We're back
Last box before the Banker

2 - £500 Ruth

Banker time

An all-blue round to boot...it gets better!!!

Round Two Stats

Mean: £38,932.19
Median: £6,500 ( )
Absolute Balance: 30
Significant Balance: 5/7, 5
Fair Deal: £18,030.49
Volatility 0.85

Amazing 14-box board! Can he keep it up?

The Banker says that Clive needs a stooge to come along and make an offer for the box to help him get some really good offers, he then winds up Clive about his break link that went wrong.

Banker's offer:

£14,000

Clive says that is fantastic and he could really do with that money at the moment.

Clive says

NO DEAL

I don't like the offer...considering the 1p went I expected at least £15,000...still, it's only the second offer so no biggie

Round 3

12 - £750 Caroline

That is 6 blues in a row says Noel, and Clive replies that he wants to make it 10.

17 - £50 Zoe

9 - 50p Debs

Banker time

Six blues...SEVEN...

...EIGHT!!!

Holy hell!!!

This is fantastic says Noel. The Banker says he didn't want this to happen today.


Banker's offer:

£20,000

£20,000 is not enough on this board

Round Three Stats

Mean: £49,477.28
Median: £20,000 ( )
Absolute Balance: 45
Significant Balance: 10/11, 8 ( )
Fair Deal: £28,123.98
Volatility 0.85

When was the last time we saw two blues versus nine reds at 11-box?! This must be in the top ten of best 11-box boards ever!