So he's done well anyway.

Whew! Close shave there but thankfully the proveout wasn't TOO painful

Positive start to the week, that's the important part!

Would be fascinating to see what deal-eye says at 8-box today. Was probably worth the gamble if you look at the EV of the 5-box offer as only the 1 in 56 chance of the all red round or the 5 in 56 chances of the £250k/£50k/blue or £250k/£35k blue rounds would signficantly reduce the offer but today was a classic case of the player not being able to risk the money offered. It wasn't a great offer but it also wasn't a clearly bad offer (like the £3k at 5-box yesterday)

So glad we avoided the 3.10 offer in live play. That would have been sickening for them. Naughty banker.

It wasn't a smart deal, I was gonna say that one more round and he defiantly would've stopped

I'd have gone one more round. And I could see that £3.10 offer coming!

A player with a clear story to tell gets a solid five-figure win from selling a blue - the sort of game that forms the bedrock of how post-bubble DoND arguably should be. That it would have been a none-too-difficult £26k OPW for me is irrelevant.

It wasn't a smart deal for the board but you can't put a statistical spin on something as emotional as what he wanted the money for. Yes, the chances of it going horrible wrong were just less than 20% (11 in 56) but if Noel (or the producers in his ears) keep dragging up bad luck games (for whatever reason), you can't blame him for dealing.

Yes, Deal Eye will be updated later in the week when I have more time! As you say not a great offer, but factoring in the instability, not completely unwise either. I'm interested to see Helens game after her intriguing story was unfortunately cut short today...!

Definately a game with a lot of emotional weight and i don't think many of us here would begrudge Andy a slightly cautious 8 box deal given his personal circumstances.

Yes, most of us would have gone on one more round (and a few probably further than that) but it really doesn't matter, sometimes Deal is about more than chasing the big money. And this was one of those times.

I found Andy's opening chat, and the way he talked about his daughter throughout the game incredibly moving. I wish him and his family the best.