Deal or No Deal - 10th-16th September

It is often said on the forum that September is the worst month to play DOND, as there are usually a lot of blue wins and red squanders. So far, things seem to be better than it has been in September in the past, but still pretty non-eventful.

Monday 10th: Aleks

Winnings: £10,000

Dealt at: 11-box

Highest offer: £9,500 (14-box and 11-box)

Box value: £10,000

A draw. Aleks dealt at £10,000, and had it in her box. To do such a thing is very rare, and certainly as good an achievement as making a profit on your box. The other thing notable about this one was the last minute shift from Channel 4 to More4 after the Olympic Celebratory Parade overran.

Tuesday 11th: Mark

Winnings: £10,000

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £15,000 (2-box)

Box value: £5

Wednesday 12th: Carole

Winnings: £7,800

Dealt at: 11-box

Highest offer: £15,000 (8-box)

Box value: £1,000

Thursday 13th: Lecia

Winnings: £7,531

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £13,579 (17-box)

Box value: £750

Friday 14th: Stan

Winnings: £5,000

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £26,000 (2-box)

Box value: £100,000

You could say that poor Stan was influenced by having witnessed numerous ‘cautious’ deals pay off in the past weeks. You could also say he was unlucky to take out all the other big numbers, leaving the one he had in his box isolated. Whatever you say, you can’t argue that this time, the cautious deal did not prevail. Poor chap. Why is always the players I like this ends up happening too?

Sunday 16th: Margaret

Winnings: £100

Opened the box

Highest offer: £10,000 (11-box)

Box value: £100

An unfortunate crash. Unlucky for Margaret that she lost the £250,000 and the £50,000 in the fourth round, and then had the worst possible final round, wiping out all the reds. Some will say it’s typical that, after so much caution, a player decides to gamble for a change, and crashes to a blue. I say Margaret was just unfortunate, and she’d likely have had that crash even if the preceding games hadn’t all been pre-5-box deals (and I include Tom from last Sunday in there).

So, overall, another week that likely won’t be remembered for very long. We can only hope things pick up next week, as we approach the first anniversary of Tegen Roberts’ £250,000 win.