Deal or No Deal - 27th August - 2nd September

OK, not much commentary this week, just a quick run-down of the shows this week (this will probably the case most of the time now I have begun at college).

Monday 27th: Mandy

Winnings: £25,000

Dealt at: 5-box

Highest offer: £25,000 (5-box)

Box value: £100

Tuesday 28th: Julia

Winnings: £10,000

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £23,500 (11-box)

Box value: £10

An amazing run of luck early on saw Julia reach 11-box with just two blues left. However, a bad round saw the £250,000 and two more of the Power 5 go, and the offer crashed from £23,500, to £10,000. She decided to call it a deal, which proved wise, as the game folded completely afterwards.

Wednesday 29th: Jayden

Winnings: £16,500

Dealt at: 8-box

Highest offer: £33,000 (5-box)

Box value: £1

Thursday 30th: Viv

Winnings: £20,000

Dealt at: 5-box

Highest offer: £27,777 (2-box)

Box value: 50p

Haven’t seen this one yet, as I missed it due to a hasty rescheduling to More4 due to the Paralympics (all next week’s shows will be on More4), and it’s not on 4OD yet.

Friday 31st: Ady

Winnings: £17,000

Dealt at: 11-box

Highest offer: £71,000 (2-box)

Box value: £250,000 (hypo-swapped for £1,000)

Controversial game, in more ways than one. He may have had three blues left at 11-box, when he dealt, but he was right to think his game had been too lucky, and would turn bad, as boards that strong can suck a player on into a crash. He was unlucky, after his pragmatic deal, to have the £250,000 on the table, but the hypo-swap meant he wouldn’t have won it had he gone all the way.

Sunday 2nd: Janna

Winnings: £16,000

Dealt at: 5-box

Highest offer: £26,000 (2-box)

Box value: 1p

So, a merely average week that will probably be remembered more for the reschedulings rather than the shows themselves, which, except Julia’s and Ady’s, were largely forgettable (no offence intended to those involved). Next week’s weekday shows are on More4 at 3:20pm, BTW.