Noel constantly about "It's all about timing, dealing at precisely he right time"
And Noel so often says "As long as you've made just one mistake you will go away from the dream factory with no regrets."
It's Noel who goes on about the "importance" of spanking the banker. The skill (if you even get the opportunity on such a game of chance/luck) of going away with the highest value of the game I would have thought was more important than whether or not you've got one over on the banker.
Too many players go to the middle and say they're gunning to spank the banker, ignoring how to play the game and in the end most of them come nowhere near spanking banker despite all the earlier bravado and one upmanship as when the offer reaches x amount they can't stomach a battle of wills with banker as the pressure intensifies and can't afford to lose or risk their high 4 figure sum of money, £12,000, £14,000 they were offered
Whether or not you "spank the Banker" is largely a matter of luck. You deal at the highest offer you have had so far and then next round,the game collapses. It makes the player look like a genius for getting out "at the right time",but really they just got lucky. Nobody knows if the next round will be good or bad. You can try and balance risk and reward but at the end of the day,after you deal,you're hoping the game collapses. But as we see all the time,it often doesn't.
If I went on the show,I would attach next to no importance to "spanking the Banker". It's just a phrase,a bit of bravado,as you say. I'm just trying to win a good few quid,that's all. That might mean making a deal,or it might mean going to the end. I wouldn't know until I played the game.
If I got down to the last two boxes and I've got the £250K and the £10K left,and the Banker offers me £100K,I'd probably take it. It's just too much to gamble on the toss of a coin. Noel opens my box. It is the £250K.
Technically,I didn't "spank the Banker",because I sold my box for less than its amount.
But I'm still going home with a hundred grand in my pocket.
Here's another example to show why I think the idea of spanking the Banker is largely meaningless.
Suppose you get to five boxes with the £100K and four blues. The Banker offers £7,000, which is the highest offer you have had so far,since all the other decent reds went early on. Should you take it? I would turn it down without hesitation,it is only about a third of the average. If you can keep the £100K to the last two boxes,your offer will probably be about £25-30K. You can then take that,or if you want to,go for the £100K. Your chance of "spanking the Banker" if you carry on is really quite small. First,you have to keep the £100K to the end. Then you have to take the final offer and finally you have to have the remaining blue in your box. Even if you deal at two boxes every time,your chance of a Banker spanking is only 20%.
If you take the £7,000 offer at five boxes,you have a 60% chance of spanking the Banker,it is simply the chance you lose the £100K in the next round.
But there is no doubt in my mind which is the superior strategy.
Here's another example to show why I think the idea of spanking the Banker is largely meaningless.
Suppose you get to five boxes with the £100K and four blues. The Banker offers £7,000, which is the highest offer you have had so far,since all the other decent reds went early on. Should you take it? I would turn it down without hesitation,it is only about a third of the average. If you can keep the £100K to the last two boxes,your offer will probably be about £25-30K. You can then take that,or if you want to,go for the £100K. Your chance of "spanking the Banker" if you carry on is really quite small. First,you have to keep the £100K to the end. Then you have to take the final offer and finally you have to have the remaining blue in your box. Even if you deal at two boxes every time,your chance of a Banker spanking is only 20%.
If you take the £7,000 offer at five boxes,you have a 60% chance of spanking the Banker,it is simply the chance you lose the £100K in the next round.
But there is no doubt in my mind which is the superior strategy.
£7k is a bit on the low side but if it is just £100k as the red, For me, it would be too much of a risk to turn down.
She will have a red in her box.
GCT will chuck his TV out of the window!
I will complain about how poor the offers will be!
She will deal at an offer less than half the average of the board
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Whether or not you "spank the Banker" is largely a matter of luck. You deal at the highest offer you have had so far and then next round,the game collapses. It makes the player look like a genius for getting out "at the right time",but really they just got lucky. Nobody knows if the next round will be good or bad. You can try and balance risk and reward but at the end of the day,after you deal,you're hoping the game collapses. But as we see all the time,it often doesn't.
If I went on the show,I would attach next to no importance to "spanking the Banker". It's just a phrase,a bit of bravado,as you say. I'm just trying to win a good few quid,that's all. That might mean making a deal,or it might mean going to the end. I wouldn't know until I played the game.
If I got down to the last two boxes and I've got the £250K and the £10K left,and the Banker offers me £100K,I'd probably take it. It's just too much to gamble on the toss of a coin. Noel opens my box. It is the £250K.
Technically,I didn't "spank the Banker",because I sold my box for less than its amount.
But I'm still going home with a hundred grand in my pocket.
Suppose you get to five boxes with the £100K and four blues. The Banker offers £7,000, which is the highest offer you have had so far,since all the other decent reds went early on. Should you take it? I would turn it down without hesitation,it is only about a third of the average. If you can keep the £100K to the last two boxes,your offer will probably be about £25-30K. You can then take that,or if you want to,go for the £100K. Your chance of "spanking the Banker" if you carry on is really quite small. First,you have to keep the £100K to the end. Then you have to take the final offer and finally you have to have the remaining blue in your box. Even if you deal at two boxes every time,your chance of a Banker spanking is only 20%.
If you take the £7,000 offer at five boxes,you have a 60% chance of spanking the Banker,it is simply the chance you lose the £100K in the next round.
But there is no doubt in my mind which is the superior strategy.
AUDIENCE PLEASE! £10,000 is fine!
£5k is ok.
Why did Cori open the box like that?
£7k is a bit on the low side but if it is just £100k as the red, For me, it would be too much of a risk to turn down.
BREAK BEFORE THE QUESTION?! >:(
I would have offered £8,000, yes for that start.
Oh and I bet ramraider and Rich Tea will guess what I am going to say next...
Nothing. Her stupid laugh has made Noel behave like a complete idiot!
Box 11 - Aisha - £10,000
Box 20 - Laura - £75,000
Box 8 - Steve - £35,000
Box 16 - Cori - £5,000
Opening offer - £3,500
NO DEAL
That stupid competition takes a long time to go through and they had the break BEFORE THE FIRST QUESTION!!!!! >:( >:(
She will have a red in her box.
GCT will chuck his TV out of the window!
I will complain about how poor the offers will be!
She will deal at an offer less than half the average of the board
£100,000
Box 3 - Hilary - £100
Tom from Oxford is today's pilgrim of the day
Noel runs through the Box 23 possibilities
Box 7 - John (newbie) - £100,000
2nd offer - £5,000
NO DEAL
GO AWAY BANKER! >:(
There are no lights Noel because
A) It is only the second offer and
Now now, watch your language GCT!
But I know why you're angry, it is a dreadful offer. >:(
What was the average there and how much % was £5k of the average?
Has it gone? Because if It has, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(I was out of the room then!)
Typical, as soon as I'm back, there's another break. >:(:D
What an ugly looking board. Sigh.