Deal or No Deal - 4th-10th June

Well, it's not been the best of weeks for Deal or No Deal, but there have been worse.

Monday 4th: Fiona
A pretty sub par game, with pretty horrendous luck throughout. A collapse at 5-box left £3,000 as the highest sum on the board. It stayed to the end, but the 1p was with it. Fiona pretty much resigned herself to joining the 'prestigious' 1p club, but, pleasingly, she won the £3,000 from the box, so a good result; bar the 8-box offer, it was the most she'd get out of the game.

Tuesday 5th: Jay
I was away for the Jubilee weekend, and I arrived home on Tuesday just in time for this game. Some pretty unfortunate luck, with one of the Power 5 going in the first four rounds, leaving just the £75,000 at 8-box. Jay did manage to keep in to 5-box, but with no backup, leading to an offer of £6,555. Low enough for most to gamble, but, given that Jay had a baby on the way, perhaps a sensible deal to make, so he dealt. Alas, the £75,000 stayed to the end, and the offer would have been £25,555 (allegedly; may well have been lower in live play). Luckily, though, 50p was in the box, so not a complete disaster.

Wednesday 6th: Olivia
More atrocious luck throughout this game. Olivia never really got much of a chance to take a decent offer. The Banker did try to be nice to her by letting her play the final round one box at a time, but this only dragged the final crash out longer than it should. In the end, Olivia won 50p from her box. No really bad decisions were made; the luck just wasn't there.

Thursday 7th: Gary
After 24 shows on the wings, Gary finally got his chance on his 25th show. Another game that had plenty of bad luck in the early stages, with again, only £75,000 remaining out of the Power 5 at 8-box. When Gary revealed that he was playing to raise money for charities in Gambia, the Banker, who hates charity, resorted to low offers (which, as was said on the forum, is rather surprising, considering how comparatively generous he was to the Celebrities!). Fortunately, Gary avoided a second consecutive crash with a 5-box deal at £5,000, a decision immediately vindicated when the £75,000 came out immediately afterwards. £10 was in the box.

Friday 8th: Rhian
The game got off to a good start, and saw an opening offer of £12,000. Rhian took a fair bit of time on that one, leading some to suggest it would be the first ever first offer deal! She played on, but this was repeated at the second offer of £14,000. Rhian turned that down, but then the game took a turn for the worse, and the offers plummeted. Luckily, an all-blue 5th round saw a 5-box offer of £20,000. With three of the Power 5 left (£35,000, £50,000 and £75,000), an arguable call either way. Rhian took the money, and found the two highest sums in the final round. Alas, the £35,000 was in the box, so a 'Banker spanking' was denied, but still a good result considering.

Sunday 10th: Phil
Just finished a couple of minutes before I began writing this. Phil took losing the £250,000 and the £100,000 in the first round well, and the subsequent offers reflected this. After turning down some decent offers, Phil bailed out at £11,000 at 8-box, with £20,000, £50,000 and £75,000 left on the board. Pleasingly, all three were wiped out during the final two rounds, thus giving us a 'Banker spanking'. £1 was in the box. A great result to finish a mediocre, but not totally bad week for the show.