Ellen's game today.

Noel says a lot of the contestants use the word "but" when they give advice, and his favourite "but" was yesterday, when Lee's fiancee said he should do what he wants, BUT the money would do a lot for them and she bored her eyes into his back!

Ellen has box 7.

Ellen is retired from various jobs she had in schools which she did nearly all her life. She admits she's not the most exciting person and says she just enjoys being a mum and a nan. Noel wonders what she's like when she's had a few Sambucas! Ellen has her daughter in the audience today. We get to see a photo of Ellen's granddaughter, and a pic of Ellen with her husband in fancy dress for charity. She also shows a photo of her whole family and an old b&w pic of her wedding day.

Here we go...

Round 1

Noel tells Ellen to forget Danielle's game. Ellen says she has no system.

6 - Andy - £10

12 - Vera - £750

9 - Rachel - £1

14 - Clare - 50p

20 - Crystal - £500

Banker time

Surely £50 can't come to the table for the fifth game running?!?

Well, an all-blue opening round, but none of them were the £50...

Noel says that's a big difference to Danielle's game, and says this is the 2nd all-blue opening round of this year. The banker says Ellen is bad news, and he says she's a beast and has been throwing her weight around at the hotel! He says Ellen was queuing for the loo and begrudged having to queue with the pilgrims.

The banker asks if anyone's noticed the boxes on the table recently, and he says the £50 has come to the table for the last 4 games! He asks Ellen to consider probability.

Banker's offer:

£11,050

Ellen's daughter says it's good, but there's loads left in it.

Ellen says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

Well, at least the Banker's been paying attention to the £50's activities!!

Quite amusing how not one contestant noticed the repeating amount. Understandable I guess - £50 is a pretty irrelevant amount.

Strong start to this game. A bit of a change of pace to yesterday.

Round 2

Noel talks about demands Ellen has made!

3 - Andre - £1,000

13 - Chris - £3,000

1 - Sam - £20,000

Banker time

Five blues followed by three reds... but, I'll say it again, surely the £50 can't do a five-in-a-row...

The banker says Ellen is worse than Mariah Carey with her demands.

Banker's offer:

£13,050

Just what she needed, an all-red round without any big hits!

WTF. I just refreshed the page and your £13,050 was up here before Noel had said it!!!

Noel says the banker's confident that £50 is on the table again. Ellen says she'd get a new kitchen with the money, amongst other things.

Ellen says

NO DEAL

Confident of something happening at odds of 1 in 5,153,632?

I stand by my prediction the other day that a senior lady with a strong board at 8 or 5 box will deal at an offer circa 20k.... lets hope she doesnt have a round from hell.

Round 3

Noel has the DoND china out for Ellen's tea!

2 - Debbie - £100,000

19 - Aisha - £100

Noel calls a break...

I know the forum's quicker since its move to London, but I don't think it's that quick.

I'm watching on analogue TV which is generally about 10 seconds ahead of digital TV. That must be it - I promise I have no prior knowledge!