Noel says Sarah could go into the hall of fame here as the biggest victory for the banker if Sarah finds out she could have won £250,000!

Noel calls a break...

I wonder what basicasic will make of this?

Horrible board of course, but we could well be on for the most horrible proveout of all time here if she doesn't take the big two out quickly!

I can see this being costly if I'm honest

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAZZIE

£7,500 wasn't that good. i was expecting a stick to be honest.
It seems quite a cautious deal, I wouldn't have dealt as it was too early on and wouldn't have too many regrets if it crashed but lets see what happens as it her decision and her money. Would have considered it alot more if it was 10-15K though.

Makes a change for someone to realise the board is unstable though!

I'd have gone on but with at least one eye on getting out at eight-box. The odds are just about on for the nightmare proveout round here, 50.9% chance of keeping the top two. 5.5% chance of taking out both.

I can see it being costly but maybe not as much as some are thinking. I bet some people here are expecting (or at least hoping for) the Teary Donna finish already!

Maybe it'll go in an odd way, like hitting £250k this round but keeping £100k to very near the end?

Also, what alexandercbrown said. If that were five figures I'd be a hell of a lot more tempted. £15k would have me out on that board, £10k would if I were scared. £7.5k wouldn't.

Unstable perhaps, and certainly worth considering the chance to exit at the next offer, but taking £7,500 with the top two in play is in the greeny league of cautious play!

We're back and it's proveout time...

Noel tells us that Sarah told him that she has NEVER had that sort of money before, and infact she has no money....


Proveout Round

12 - £250 Newbie Jon

2 - £50 No, it's a fabulous round says Noel

1 - £250,000 Big relief there...

Banker time

maybe not such a bad deal after all then

Completely agreed.

I suppose this has proved they aren't picking 22 identical walking Wakeys though. I cannot express enough how happy I am at that. I prefer a variety of contestants with maybe a tendency towards the fiscally moderate.

Noel asks is that last box enough, or have you missed out on more money

Banker would have offered

£4,000

Wooo!

Round 4 Stats
Boxes left: 8
Mean: £14,032.63
Offer: £4,000
Offer (%): 28.50%
Fair Deal: £3,935.36
Volatility: 8.16

Next proveout

21 - £750

14 - £1,000 We need 100 times more than that says Noel

22 - £10,000 NO NO says Noel

Banker time

This feels like a flashback to March 2006. I'm talking the Sequencegate-era offers rather than the legendary characters though (not watching the show so can't speak for how entertaining these guys and gals are).

Round 5 Stats
Boxes left: 5
Mean: £20,102.20
Offer: £7,501
Offer (%): 37.31%
Fair Deal: £4,701.86
Volatility: 195.69

Hah

It would have been all or peanuts now says Noel, and he's not sure where the offer would have gone now, although the banker has to be honest!

Banker would have offered

£7,501

The thing is, it's still a 75-25 TPW at the moment, the margin hasn't changed because of the £10,000 second offer!

£7,500 would have been a poor offer if she was still in the game. Less than 10% of the board with only 5 boxes left.

Next provout

4 - £500

8 - £10 Rita now has a little box and can see over her box!!

9 - £1



Banker time with 1p and £100,000 remaining