The Banker says that the offer is tailored to Ron. Ron says he could do his musical hotspots trip with that money.

Ron says

NO DEAL

Come on Ron, a gambler to the end and get the 15k. .

Stephen

Well I've got another 100 or so in my bedroom, so maybe you need to pay a visit there and choose one.

Well he would have no dealt the offer if he had ended up with the penny so its pretty academic he found it. Gambler to the end.

Twist coming up. Double or nothing type thing, perhaps?

Or not...

Ron says that he suddenly felt like gambling and he felt the £5,500 wasn't just enough.

The Banker calls and says that Ron's game is going to have a big finish one way or the other.

Banker's offer:

SWAP

Ron says

NO SWAP

Well done Roy

Noel opens Ron's box 19 and reveals £15,000

Result!

Box 21 with Lucy contains the £250

Noel says that he is really, really pleased with that result, and it is quite amazing when you consider that Ron is in that elite group of 3 who have taken out the top 3 amounts in 1 round.

One of those players who chases the middle reds thanks to never getting an offer above smile-money territory... we will never know if he would have been aggressive on a big-money board.

And it's there to be chased and he gets it! Result indeed.

Well done on £15,000 for a musician from Southampton - wonder if he'll be at any of the impending university music student recitals, as I will?

Is that an invite?

He did very well and not many players keep a smile on their face throughout the entire game even in the face of a very bad round.

H - are you a horologist? got one of the monkey cuckoo clocks? That really confuses people if you are on the phone at the top of the hour.

YES!! Fourth spanking in five games! Well done Ron!

I was worried though: two other people this series (Jaron and Stephen) have had that finish, and they both won the blue! So, good to see it go the other way! Well done indeed!

After having the 1/364 round taking out the top 3, £15,000 is an excellent result. He was brave to turn down £5,500 at 2-box as it was 72% of the average.

Also, Noel didn't mention that today's game was a Banker Spanking!

I don't know if this is correct but the figure I have for taking out the 3 big one's in a round is 1/680,does it matter whether

the round is 5 box or 3 box?

Well done on turning the last offer down Ron! enjoy the money

Stephen

A trainwreck that turns into an OPW for the second time, that's amazing!

Yes I suppose I am, but I don't have a monkey cuckoo clock.

I thought Ron's game today was interesting and entertaining, and luckily for him, his slightly-aggressive gameplay paid off.

Taking out the top 3 in one round doesn't always spell disaster - Stuart won about £20k I think (although Mini got 10p).

Really good game after the disastrous round. I liked Ron's original system using the diatonic scale, and the gamble was a surprise, but it was great that it paid off!