Stephen says the banker will want Alex out of town - and quick. The banker makes some Nando's puns He warns about the £75k and £100k going.

BANKER'S OFFER

£10,520

Stephen says the banker's right that the £75k and £100k going will mean that offer never comes again.

Alex says it's a cheeky offer. His wife says he's big on taking risks and he should go for it. He gets various advice from the wings.

Alex says

DEAL

Extremely very (x unlimited) cautious deal & player.

Round 5 - proveout

18 - Mark - £25,000

6 - Harry - £50

Stephen says picking anything other than £100k now means Alex has made the wrong call.

21 - Alex M - 50p

Banker time

£5
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£1,000
£10,000
£75,000
£100,000

ONE blue at five box

Sadly not in live play

The others point out that the money Alex dealt is real money.

Stephen calls a break...

We're back

Stephen talks about the silence during the break as because Alex dealt too soon.

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£21,040

I expect he would have also dealt that, but with just one blue remaining, would he?

Round 6 - proveout

16 - Tina - £75,000

Stephen says Alex could still beat the banker. Alex asks his wife to pick a box as she usually picks big reds when they play the game at home!

17 - Daniel - £5

Banker time with:

£1,000
£10,000
£100,000

The banker says he suspects the £100k is in Alex's box.

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£28,350

Round 7 - proveout

Stephen talks about how Alex's wife encouraged him to go on.

2 - Eva - £1,000

Banker time with £10,000 and £100,000 remaining...

Alex says the offer will be crazy. The banker says he really hopes the £100k is in Alex's box.

BANKER'S OFFER WOULD'VE BEEN

£56,750

Alex says he'll get bantered at football if this is £100k and Stephen says he might get bantered at home as well

Stephen opens Alex's box 8 and reveals £100,000

Jackpot winner denied

Major regret for him, forever.

But we all know he wasn't going to win the jackpot anyway, even if he was still in live play at two box, with a 100% guaranteed £10,000.

Alex says that's crazy.

Box 12 with Karen contains the £10,000

Stephen talks about Alex's family and how he can make memories with his £10,520.

Even I knew that £10,000 deal wasn’t a good one with a board like that there was an almost inevitability that the next offer would still be ok

Despite, Alex joining others who missed the chance of it all he was a a great contestant and I hope the 10 grand does you and your family proud.

I can't lie, that deal was a surprising one! But presumably £10,520 was too much for him to risk, and by any measure it's a huge amount of money which I'm sure he'll enjoy.

Keep in mind this probably was recorded hours after the dreadful week of games we had just before the break. With that context I can understand why Alex felt the need to deal at the first sight of five figures. It's a shame that he squandered one of the best games of the revival by doing so.