If only she'd said No Deal and swapped at the end - that would REALLY have put the icing on the cake.

No sympathy from me. Sometimes - not often enough, but sometimes - Deal or No Deal delivers poetic justice. This was one of those times.

Hey, they might just have gained a viewer back if Nioel learns his lesson from this!

People were calling me evil for saying Kelsie was silly, I have every right to call you evil for that! Di rocked. I think the icing on the not so complete cake would have been Di winning £20,000.

This has to be the greatest example of a player being totally distracted by the presence of quarter million - despite Kerry's good advice she went for the huge gamble, but for some strange reason having lost £36,000 she wasn't prepared to risk another £7,999.90 at the end!

We've seen both extremes this week, with this and Kelsie's game, the only similarity being the Banker winning! I was sure she was on for 10p though, still nobody has ever turned down £30,000+ and won absolute peanuts.

Awww, that was so depressing I really hoped she would Deal at 44k... and then No Deal at £8,000... Oh well, still, £8,000 is nice. Well done Di, before it all went tits-up, it was a really good game!

Just watched the More 4 repeat, as I was shouting at the TV too much the first time - although this time I was distracted by my mum shouting at the TV!

In all fairness, it was better than the horse-racing odds (and there was a very good chance of a consolation prize), so I can sort of see why she went for it...I always thought it would be someone like her rather than Laura who would be the first quarter-millionaire after all. All the big winners have taken a risk (tto a greater or lesser extent) to get there! I mean even Brenda who had the best board ever took a risk in turning down £31k, as Marie's game the week before had followed a similar pattern up till the 2nd break BOOM one big hit, then insulting offers all the way to the end!

But who'd risk 44 grand on a horse?

I do think she was fixated on the quarter-million rather than being a professional gambler though - and once it had gone, she was probably fixated on the 10p!

The banker (or the team) must be really good at reading people's utility curves to get Kelsie to deal, then Di to no-deal with those offers!

Well assuming he doesn't know what's in her box, he doesn't want to make her no deal, at least if minimising his expected payout is the aim. If that's the case the best offer is the lowest amount at which the player will walk. (All that assumes offers remain below the mean of course!)

Of course if the Banker would rather maximise the chance of a convincing victory, then the contestant no-dealing gives a 60% chance of that, whereas a deal there would have given a 60% probability of OPW and an 80% chance of the box containing less than the deal amount!

Enjoy the money Di!

Well I prefer to see a bit of bravery than wimpery but that was bordering on reckless. With an inflated offer like that in a 1 box game it was the obvious time to deal. I would have dealt like a shot.

But Di obviously wanted to go for the £250,000 whilst it was still there and I'd rather see that than someone make a gutless deal with several of the power 5 still on the board.

Wow..i definitely would have taken the £44,000. It seems she probably didnt need the money that much...

Hmm, I can see where you're coming from, sort of, but I think the reason why everyone was being so sympathetic towards Kelsie was because she was clearly so upset - so people felt a "link" with her, put themselves in her shoes, and realised that what she did may be partly stupid, but it was right for her, as she was young and had a familt to support, etc., and she left with a lot of money... whereas Di didn't appear to be upset and just looked greedy with her "I want the £250k" comment - she didn't appear to consider the £44,000 offer at all!

With someone like "perfect scenario" Donna - she acted like a spoilt child quite frankly, almost having a row with her boyfriend and as a result, people on here criticised her and said she shouldn't have dealt, etc. - quite a contrast to what some were saying about Kelsie. I think a lot of it is to do with how the player has taken it.

It's only human nature to want to comfort someone if they are clearly a nice person and are upset over something, such as in the case of Kelsie - in the case of someone like Donna, people are more likely to be less sympathetic as she did act rather stupidly after it was revealed she could have had a lot more money!



Because being cautious is far better than being greedy, in my opinion!

It's also to do with the amounts of money involved as well - gambling £44,000 can surely be seen by anyone as a risky thing to do, and indeed, possibly greedy (and in the case of Di, it was greedy, in my opinion). Dealing at £29,000 like Kelsie did is cautious, but not greedy. I think most people will defend the cautious person rather than the greedy person - and that's just human nature!

I must admit i enjoyed the game and was hoping Di would take the 44k I would of been gone and running for the hills was sat here catching flys when she said no deal I was stunned but i loved the naked men

I'm driving my girlfriend mad talking about the show so I've come here!I've only got into Dond since Christmas so I can't claim to be the experts you guys are. But I loved today's game...it was so exciting. Couldn't believe she gambled. And I loved Kelsie's game too, I couldn't believe she didn't gamble!!!

I love the show particularly when people do the unexpected!

I do some copywriting and we had a meeting the other day specifically about Dond viewers! I was in my element!

Cheers

Poor Di, I cried at the end of her game, she is such a lovely person who deserved better!

lol Joanne x

Didn't see the game cos I was out, but enjoyed the rundown here, it must have been tense to watch to say the least! I'm wondering if Noel told Di that she should have had the courage to go to the end, or that she should have been more cautious and dealt for £44,000. Noel can't have it both ways! Either way, well done Di on winning £8,000!

I must admit for some odd reason i had a tear in my eye as well

i had looked forward to Di's game for a while now but what a let down. there's dizzy people, then there's downright irritating airheadedness that gets on the t*ts from the start. by the time she'd turned down the 44k (damn fool!) i had no sympathy left for her whatsoever. I'm sure Kerry wanted to slap her for ignoring her very good advice.its the first game i've seen in a very long while that has actually made me join a forum to rant about it!

I must admit i had a tear in my eye why i can't explain I dont know if its because i had just seen someone turn down 44k or because it went so wrong afterwards

I think the only other person to be offered £44k (that exact sum) was Fin....I guess that sums that up.

I think the only other person to be offered £44k (that exact sum) was Fin....I guess that sums that up.

And he also had £20k in his box, but managed to win less!

Watched the game and would have taken the 44. It was the correct decision. She was brave to the point of being stupid and admitted as much herself. Same way Kelsie was too much of a coward. Di had the odds against her where as kelsie had the odds with her. Both made a wrong decision imo.