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Not suprisingly, they've picked up US DoND for another run, likely in March after the Olympics.....without giving away anything, last night's ep was the best yet. |
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I wonder if it'll be a permanent fixture or whether they'll go for several week-long strips. |
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A couple of interesting things from DS forum. |
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That is one hell of a continuity error *gasps* Thought Endemol wouldn't make an error of that magnitude! Can't believe I didn't notice it... |
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And here we go. Last episode before Christmas, and I'll commentate along with the willing others. |
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Willing here. |
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("Except one. What do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas? It's Deal or No Deal.") |
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Wow, they're going for the Christmas theme big time here. Bear in mind this was recorded ages ago. |
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So far this week we've had wins of £17K, £18K, £24K and £50K a total of £109,000 given away but with peak offers of £309,000. |
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Today's player is Simon (not me unfortunately). All the players are dressed in Xmas fancy dress. |
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Everyone is in... Various festive headware. Simon's today's player, and is wearing an elf hat. Or is that a Link hat. Same thing, reguardless of which it is. And a tincil collar style necklace. |
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Simon said he 'had no idea' he was playing this time. We know otherwise. |
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I thought the players were picked at random, KP. |
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Here we go with the first 5 |
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4 nice blocks of 5 now. |
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Box 20 - Terry - £10 |
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Terry the Statistican is 'in to bat'. Box 20 contains £10. 'Great start' indeed. |
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We'll have to ask Dave to see if they really know. |
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Box 22 (Andy) £5,000 |
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Missed box number £15,000 |
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You'd expect every other contestant, at least, to keep the big two. Hardly anyone has lately. |
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FD of £8,634.80 |
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Banker doesn't believe in Christmas and thinks Simon is a gambler. |
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Banker plays the Scrooge role, obviously. 'I don't believe in Christmas'. |
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Noel says that someone, eventually, will take the first-round offer... |
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The Banker goes for a desperate attempt at a modern day Scrooge, apparantly, and classes Simon as a gambler. |
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NO DEAL of course. |
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Bah, missed the first few minutes. I'm sure I thought of the idea of them all wearing silly hats ages ago. Though my idea consisted of them all wearing Santa ones. |
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'Don't hit the big numbers and all of that nonsense will change'. |
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As the £75k goes Noel manages to make the phrase "Ho ho ho" sound appropriate to the occasion. |
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And there goes the fiver, which goes down nicely. |
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'He maintains that you will find this offer a great surprise'. |
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And no continuity error that time. |
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Box 1 (Michael) £75,000 |
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FD at £7,391 |
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*round two offer, not round to offer, sorry. |
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(median is £625 incidently) |
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And we're back. |
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We're back with an offer of £4,700. Yes, that is a suprising offer at this stage with that board. Not really worth it on this board at this stage, however. |
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NO DEAL |
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No Deal. If £250k goes in the next three this could be the 1p game. |
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A No Deal. As expected. |
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Box 4 (Robbie) £1 |
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Box 6 (Max) £50,000 |
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£1 in Box 4. 'Perfect start to a crucial round'. |
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FD of £7,759.97 |
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Noel anticipates a trap. We'll see. |
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Noel says offer is interesting. Simon says he doesn't want an interesting offer that he has to think about |
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Not all that good a round. The FD is staying a fairly neutral, the mean is raising. The Balances... Going closer to zilch than they were. |
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A very quick NO DEAL. |
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The expected No Deal and we move onwards. |
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About 50/50 chance of not taking out 2 big amounts now. |
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Box 13 (ooooooh). Lindsay reveals £3,000. |
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Box 2 (Arlette) £50 |
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50.9% chance (to be precise) of not hitting both of big amounts. |
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This game is looking like a disaster at any moment... |
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We go to a break with a box drawn by Nick's left hand waiting to be opened (which is a case of the only times Nick took a box with his left hand in the past has come up high numbers, everything else has been a low number from Nick, apparantly). I'd like to point out that little theory that we only notice things that conform to our expectations and not things that are contrary to them here, so it's not that I disbelieve Nick on this, it's more that human perception shows this into a significant shadow of doubt. |
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So, after all that, does he have the big one? |
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And we're back.... |
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Banker thinks Simon is talking the board up and offers £13,000 |
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The Banker accuses Simon of 'talking the board up' and being a gambler. |
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And we have a No Deal. |
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Simon pre-empts Noel by saying he won't get another shot at £250k. |
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This is either going to be a triumph or a disaster now. |
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Stats are FD of £12,849. |
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Box 11. Dave always starts a round, doesn't he? £250,000! |
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Box 11 (Dave) £250,000. |
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...not a good result for the last show before Christmas. |
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Dave with Box 11. And the £250k. Ouch. Not a total disaster, yet, however. I've been focussing on the £35k and the £15k for quite a while now, with the £250k simply as an offer propper upper. |
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Box 16 (Julie) 1p |
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lumps of coal for Simon then....oy.. |
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1 extreme to the other |
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'At least you're not going home with 1p'. |
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Technically losing the £250k and the 1p is the scenario I think should be assumed to happen at the round of eight stage. and the loss of the £500 really puts the focus onto the £35k and the £15k. |
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FD of £5,909.85 |
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Did the loss of £250k end the game? Actually it extended it, because £250k and not a lot else in the final five is a Deal no matter what. |
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About £6,000 offer now I reckon. |
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True KP, I meant game over in the sense of a huge win. |
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'We knew it was going to come down'... |
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Offer of £4,000 |
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Offer of £4000 is... Below what I'd deal at, I think. There is only a 30% chance of losing both the £35k and the £15k, afterall. And if one of those remains, the offer is going to at least double. I'd say No Deal here. |
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I agree totally, it ended the chance of a big win. Still, the game was going to end just like yesterday's if he'd steered clear of Dave until box one of the proveout. (As seemingly everyone else has done, I've found.) |
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I'd no deal this |
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Offer will go up unless he hits both big amounts now. |
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Box 17. Pat. Three to hit, two to miss. £1,000. Yes. Only a one-in-six chance of a disaster. |
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Box 3 (Angela) £15,000 |
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...OK now we can worry. The £15k has gone. |
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James went through the top three from the lowest one down to go from five figures to £10 plus JSA. |
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2/3 chance of a 5-figure offer |
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Ok, NOW it's game over. Nasty. |
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The offer is £400. He'll turn this down. |
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£400 offer. |
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£35k. It was the 30% chance. |
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Just to rub it in, it's the £250. |
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And just to rub things in completely .... |
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And he does have £250. 'The unluckiest game we have ever had' he says. It's not far off. |
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It's the £250. Ouch. |
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Viewer wins 8 times Simon's amount - £2,000 goes to Sara in Bradford. |
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TBW then - clean sweep for banker wins this week. |
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Seems odd saying this after that, but this was the third best week according to mean winnings, and not far behind the second best week. |
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378-122 to the banker this week. |
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Like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. See you all next week. |
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Are you sure that's only a TBW? Looks to be more like an OBW. |
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it's an OBW....3rd OBW in a row....2735-1965 overall (banker has baan on a roll the last couple of weeks) |
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Total banker win is: |
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Gerry from Inverness will be playing as GEORDIE |
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> Everyone is in... Various festive headware. Simon's today's player, and is wearing an elf hat. Or is that a Link hat. Same thing, reguardless of which it is. And a tincil collar style necklace. |
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Does Simon Cowley has a friend who is a neighbor named Nick Bain |
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