This should be around £8,500 at very least...

£7,000 isn't TOO bad but it's still borderline pushing...with one to open I'd go on...

Phoenix says he's speechless but doesn't want to be clouded by the offer.

Phoenix says

NO DEAL

Round 5 - part 2

19 - Paul - 50p

Banker time

Brilliant!

NOW it'll definitely be £8,500 at worst!

Noel says Phoenix played Dylan at the right time and the banker says he played it well.

Banker's offer:

£11,000

With £15,000 the only other good amount, I'd deal that in an instant!

One of Phoenix's friends says he'd deal, and the other says he'd no deal, and they say nose jobs cost £4,000! They say the £11,000 is guaranteed money but Phoenix wonders why he can't have £75,000. Phoenix says he's always said he'll go to the end but he says it's amazing to suddenly have £11,000. He asks the wings for advice and is told that it depends on how Phoenix confident feels, and is reminded of the people who have lost out recently.

Phoenix says

DEAL

With three to open, I am done here too.

I wouldn't mind losing to the Banker here if I had the £15,000...as long as the £75,000 went in this round!

Round 6 - proveout

Phoenix says he wants to give the banker a good, hard spanking!

10 - Nick - £1,000

Doesn't prove anything, says Noel.

9 - Debbie - £5

"OH NO!" shouts Noel.

17 - Barbara - £15,000

Banker time with £50 and £75,000 remaining...

Bahhh!!

Around £20,000 here; slightly under??

The banker says he was certain Phoenix would go all the way.

Banker's offer would've been:

£22,000

Phoenix has £50 in his box 18.

£22,000? Normally I'd say b******s, but fair play, the Banker picked up on Phoenix saying he was always going to go all the way and he'd been convinced so too...

Box 5 with Daryl contains the £75,000

Noel says Phoenix could've had double but it was a good result, and he asks what the money will do for Phoenix's face.

Least that was the only extent of the damage!

Not bad...not bad at all...right decision to deal at the time with the board Phoenix had...shame he couldn't kill the game off in the final round, but hey ho the £75,000 wasn't on the table at least!

Technical draw for a win just shy of the long-run average. It'll do. Saving Dylan to round 6 would probably have got him something in the teens, as long as £15k was still in play too.

Here's a link to a local newspaper article which features Phoenix - http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news ... r_Phoenix/

It reveals his birth name is..............................





CRAIG!

I was expecting it to be something like "Xavier"...