Deal or No Deal - 25th-31st March

So, here we go with my final weekly DoND summary. And what a week to go out on.

Monday 25th: Shan
Winnings: £100
Opened the box
Highest offer: £5,000 (17-box)
Box value: £100

A virtually unavoidable trainwreck. The only notable thing here being Shan becoming only the fourth player to have the worst possible second round (a 1 in 680 chance).

Tuesday 26th: Tommy
Winnings: £45,000
Dealt at: 5-box
Highest offer: £45,000 (5-box)
Box value: £20,000

This was much better. Tommy was a very entertaining player, and was also a song writer, who performed two songs during the show. The offers went well up in generosity after Tommy's sister revealed he was after the £250,000. Ultimately, he made the right call to stop chasing the Jackpot. A great result from a great game.

Wednesday 27th: Jen
Winnings: £45,000
Dealt at: 5-box
Highest offer: £170,000 (2-box)
Box value: £100,000 (hypo-swapped for £250,000)

A second consecutive £45,000 win, but the reaction couldn't be more different. Jen's £45,000 offer was a lot less generous than Tommy's, and the nightmare proveout just made matters worse for the poor girl, especially as she'd had the exact same final pair when she played the DoND board game for the first time! But £45,000 is a great win, no matter what the circumstances.

Thursday 28th: Dave
Winnings: £18,000
Dealt at: 2-box
Highest offer: £18,000 (2-box)
Box value: £50,000

A good result from a fairly low tariff game, even though there was more in the box. Not a lot more to say about this one.

Friday 29th: Betsy
Winnings: £26,000
Dealt at: 5-box
Highest offer: £26,000 (5-box)
Box value: £1

Betsy was a memorable player, who was both very lively, and very emotional. After an accidental NO DEAL at 8-box, her decision to deal when she did was sensible, both for the board, and for her. And it was undeniably vindicated.

Sunday 31st: Wai Ling
Winnings: £27,500
Dealt at: 2-box
Highest offer: £27,500 (2-box)
Box value: £250

Another highly emotional game, and amazing to get £27,500 out of a game that had been so unlucky early on. The Banker needs to learn to offer (statistically) decent offers even on weak boards, as lowballing early on has backfired on him many a time, including quite a few times this month.

But that's a minor quibble in, what has been, a great week for the show, with the highest overall payout for a long time. And it's perhaps fitting that I finish my weekly summaries with such a good week. DoND will be back at the end of next month, with a summary of all the major games of that month.