Steve's Game Report

It's nearly the end of a week that that has provided some very emotional games and Noel is prepared for today's game with his red box of DOND tissues which he has renamed bankerchiefs!
Noel is wearing a VERY bright pink'ish paisley shirt, which seems to light up the whole studio!!!

It's Steve's turn in the 'crazy chair' today and he has box 1, hopefully he has thrown away the 'lucky coin' he gave to Hannah the other day which didn't work at all for her. Steve has no system for the game and is now a little worried sitting there as he is unsure what boxes to pick.

Round 1
12 - £500
21 - £5,000
3 - £50 Steve says to Noel it's going well, and Noel advises him not to get to cocky too soon

Steve has a bit of joking 'insulting' banter with Lisa and Noel asks for a big number next!!

16 - £250,000 Noel gets his wish and looks quite shocked!!!!
4 - £1

Steve says it's going well, Noel is still a little shocked over the £250,000 going after he asked for it!! Banker is enjoying this week so far as there have been a lot of tears and asks Steve what his weak spot is so he can play on it!!! He then offers £6,000 + the book 'how to make friends and influence people' - with reference to his joke banter with Lisa, Steve says NO DEAL.

Round 2
Steve asks 'Tingle' John what he feels - he's a little worried so Steve goes elsewhere

19 - £35,000 Silence on that one
6 - £750
17 - £5

Noel asks Steve what he thinks so far, Steve says it's going very well at the minute. The banker calls and offers £10,000. Steve goes to his mate who says 'carry on', Steve says 'I don't care what you say really' in another piece of joking banter! He then says NO DEAL.

Round 3
10 - £100
7 - £20,000 ooohs for that one
15 - 10p cheers and applause for that one

Noel is intrigued by the way Steve is splitting the audience with his joking 'insults' to his fellow contestants and asks what he is going to do when he grows up!! The banker calls and offers £20,000. The audience like that offer and show their appreciation, Noel says the banker was impressed with his banter with Noel which got him that big offer, but to watch it!! Steve says NO DEAL.

Round 4
14 - £1,000
13 - £75,000 produces an 'oooh' from Noel
9 - £250 produces cheers and applause

Noel says the banker doesn't sound very happy, and that he is determined to get tears 4 days in a row! The banker then offers £15,000, Steve says he expected that and the banker calls back and changes the offer!!!! He's now offering £10,000!!

Steve says he has no choice now and is ready for the question, but then says he's not sure now... Eventually he says NO DEAL.

Round 5
2 - £15,000 Silence from the audience - Steve says it's OK
20 - 50p Cheers all around for that one
18 - 1p Everyone goes wild

The banker says it's too late for Steve to try and build any bridges with him and offers £10,000 - He sticks!!!!! This is a battle with the banker!!!

Steve says the banker is NOT going to break him, the banker calls back and says that the last time Steve upset him he docked him £5,000 and now changes the offer to.....£25,000!! Steve says DEAL.

Round 6 - Proveout round
5 - £10 groans
22 - £3,000 more groans
11 - £10,000

That was the perfect round there and leaves a final 2 boxes of £50,000 and £100,000.

The banker says he is really looking forward to his party with Lisa for taking out the £250,000 in the first round and would have offered Steve £70,000. Steve says he would NOT have dealt there, as it is a great gamble with the £50,000 fallback amount.

Noel opens Steve's box 1 to reveal £50,000, box 8 has the £100,000

Noel asks Steve to sum up his game, he says he is over the moon with the £25,000.

This was a very different game with the banker playing a number of games with Steve on the offers at some crucial times, it certainly got the banker the result he wanted with Steve going away with less than the amount in his box. It will certainly be interesting to see what other tricks the banker will have up his sleeve in future games.