Deal or No Deal - 25th February - 3rd March

These DoND summaries have been getting a bit samey lately. I may consider restricting them to occasionally, in the event of something major happening, or a summary of the notable games at the end of every month. In the meantime, we'll stick to this.

Monday 25th: Abbi
Winnings: £8,000
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £20,000 (5-box)
Box value: £1

Well, this wasn't that spectacular, but, as has been the case as of late, Abbi only went one round too early, which is, apparently, OK. Noel frequently claims that one mistake is fine. Personally, I think it depends on how much more money would have been offered.

Tuesday 26th: Josephine
Winnings: £21,000
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £72,000 (5-box)
Box value: £750

This was actually a pretty good game. The offers were pretty good, and there was some good humour along the way, although it may not have been to everyone's tastes. Ultimately, Josephine was unlucky to avoid the £250,000 in the proveout.

Wednesday 27th: Charlie
Winnings: £16,000
Dealt at: 3-box extra offer
Highest offer: £26,000 (14-box)
Box value: £750

Well well well. The Banker suspected early on that Charlie was going to go all the way, leading to very generous early offers. But the £250,000 accompanied by two other Power 5 sums going in the third round put pay to that. However, he kept on going for it, turning down some generous offers, before eventually calling it a day when the Banker threw in an extra offer at 3-box. And at least his deal worked out too; would've been bad to see him undersell the box via an extra offer after all that.

Thursday 28th: Woody
Winnings: £15,000
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £15,000 (8-box)
Box value: £5

Good to end the month with a sensible deal paying off nicely. And some nice aside business as well, with Woody's brass band turning up, and providing a rendition of the DoND theme music.

Friday 1st: Muriel
Winnings: £9,000
Dealt at: 8-box
Highest offer: £22,000 (5-box)
Box value: £10

Again, the players only misses out on their highest offer by one round. The game was enlivened by Muriel's 'lucky' cat mascot, which she didn't consider very lucky. Cue a run of cat puns from the other wingers!

Sunday 3rd: Sammy
Winnings: £25,000
Dealt at: 8-box (for £20,000)
Highest offer: £20,000 (8-box)
Box value: £35,000

Why the extra £5,000? The Banker told Sammy, if she dealt £20,000, he'd give her an extra £5,000 if her partner proposed to her! Which he did, though Sammy's father later objected that he hadn't got his permission first! I don't think Sammy would be too bothered about the £35,000, given that she only missed out on £10,000.

Overall, a good week for the show, with some good tense games, and some good results. More of the same next week please!