What an amazing week it's been for the show! The best for months!
Monday 28th: Gaz
Winnings: £20,000
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £20,000 (8-box)
Box value: £1,000
A game that started slowly, and looked like Gaz would take the third offer. But he risked it one more round, and got out at the perfect time. Great result!
Tuesday 29th: Bronwyn
Winnings: £45,000
Dealt at: 2-box
Highest offer: £45,000 (2-box)
Box value: £10,000
Well, Power 5 wins have been becoming rare as of late, so to see one was a great enough result in itself. Bronwyn's game appeared to be slipping after the £250,000 went in the fifth round, but she kept £100,000 to 2-box with £10,000, which got her the superb offer, which she sensibly took. Great result again!
Wednesday 30th: Ahmed
Winnings: £750
Opened the box
Highest offer: £23,000 (2-box)
Box value: £750
Reasonable, or foolish decision for Ahmed to gamble £23,000 on a final two of £750 and £75,000? Well, he seemed quite happy to take the punt, and didn't seem too bothered when it backfired. It's a bit unfair to say that he was greedy, purely due to his gamble backfiring; others have taken similar risks that paid off. It's a shame, but he gave us a tense game that followed up nicely to Bronwyn's triumph (though Ahmed admitted afterwards that he may have been influenced by Bronwyn's game).
Thursday 31st: Kimberly
Winnings: £18,500
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £140,000 (2-box)
Box value: £250,000
The first time the £250,000 has come to the table this year, and the first time for two months as well. Kimberly's deal was a bit on the cautious side, but, still, it didn't deserve that proveout. No deal deserves a bad proveout like that.
Friday 1st: Giuseppe
Winnings: £18,000
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £18,000 (8-box)
Box value: 50p
Giuseppe was certainly a lively character, though his constant leaping and bounding around will definitely have annoyed some after a while. That said, his deal was a very sensible one, and it paid off superbly with the board completely falling apart in the proveout. Great stuff!
Sunday 3rd: Trish
Winnings: £36,000
Dealt at: 5-box
Highest offer: £36,000 (5-box)
Box value: £500
Another Power 5 win! First time for a long time we've seen two Power 5 wins in under a week! Trish had a similar 8-box board to Giuseppe, and the same offer, but she chanced it, and it paid off spectacularly. Another great result!
What a week! A total of £138,250 paid out! Will this great run of momentum carry on into next week, in the run up to 'Love Week' in a couple of weeks' time? Let's hope so!
Would have been £160,500 if Ahmed had dealt at 2-box
ReplyDeleteYou're quite right! I have since rectified the mistake.
ReplyDeleteAh, yet another person grasping at the shadow and losing the substance! Ahmed's gamble didn't pay off, but so long as he doesn't feel too bad about it then there's nothing wrong with taking a gamble like that I suppose. By contrast Poor old Kimberley missed out on a fortune after quite sensibly dealing. Shame that the Banker then laughed at her. But she has the last laugh, I think, winning 18k and knowing she has a clam head on her shoulders.
ReplyDeleteGiuseppe annoyed me a bit - too showy-offy or what have you - but played the game very well and got a massive reward. Trish took a big but justifiable gamble and ended up winning. All in all some entertaining games and the banker got spanked quite badly most of the week.