Sometimes, big wins can be attained by huge, some would say reckless, risk-taking. Sometimes, there are games when the biggest coward would walk away with pocket change.

But what about the ones where the Banker messes up so completely that almost anyone would have won a life-changing sum of money?

The obvious contenders are really strong games - Brenda's springs to mind, I can't see how anyone could have won less than £31,000 from it, and Daniel's even more so as I can't see how anyone could have won less than £44,000 - but there are plenty of others.

Who, for instance, would not have won £54,000 in Mally's game? £6,900 with the £250k the only Power 5 amount left at eight-box was the nearest to a tempting offer all game before then, and the £54,000 was virtually the mean!

Any more you can think of?

Germaine
Mally
Jon G (providing a swap)

I'll think of some more...

Lauras - derisory final offer anyone woulda gone for it really with that!

I wouldn't really class that as easy. Everyone seems to forget that she no dealt nearly her target with only one amount higher at 5-box!

Because she realised like the smartest of us it was totally worth a shot and she wanted to grab the moment and I am so pleased she did but the final offer made the last money decision ridiculusly easy especially when you should be getting double that for the board.

I think most people would no deal Gaz's £35k on a £10k vs £100k board to win £100k. Same applies to Swappy Barbara's £22k on £1k vs £100k (assuming you hadn't swapped). Chris B's £15k on 1p vs £75k when he already had £1k guaranteed - so basically £15k on £1k vs £75k was a fairly easy Power 5 win too. Laura is also one of those tricky ones - if you'd turned down the fifth offer, I suspect most people would've no dealt the £45k to win £250k...

I think games which have peanuts + low reds + one Power 5 amount at eight box are the ones which are most likely to produce mega winners from normally cautious players. They're likely to no deal the (probably derisory) offer at 8-box, and then if they can have an all-blue round, probably deal for quite a high amount at 5-box or even 2-box if the remaining Power 5 amount is kept into play. Of course the final offer could be low too (see Chris B) in which case there's a 50:50 chance they'll win the big dosh if they no deal!

That actually made me laugh

Agree about Gaz 100K game.

PJs could have been a easy 75K win at the end had the amounts been the other way round.

Gaz's - disputable either way. I'm not quite sure turning down the £8,200 was 'easy' but almost anyone would have got that far and I suspect a significant majority would have gone on to £35k and from there likely £100k. I know I would.

Laura's - £14,999 wasn't exactly a no-brainer either. The big risks came before the £45k, and should have led to an offer of nearer £75k.And if they had, DoND might be quite different today.

And speaking of £75k final offers, Germaine... even the £28,000 was pretty easy and the £75,000... well with a quid in the other box, I think anyone capable of turning down £75,000 is either greedy, a glory-hunter or plain doesn't need the money, and I wouldn't want anyone to win the quarter-million like that.

Jon G - if you turned down the high-but-it-had-to-be eight-box offer, then yes, anyone's going to the end from there I'd think.

If you call 25k a huge win, but you would have needed shooting not to have got 25k out of Shaz's game.

Also about 95% of players would have got the Lance finish in Anne's game - for Lance himself, £17,500 wasn't quite enough for me to have definitely dealt, but it doesn't really count fur to 30% chance of the all-blue last pair.

Kathleen's another one that should have been! (Even though 45k is still huge in my book)

The biggest one for me not already mentioned was 75k Kirsty - the first offer I'd have even considered was the 51k at 5-box!

The Lauras, Bunneys, Graemes, Rodneys, Jennifers of this world all took at least one big risk to get to where they did!

How about Saj?

25k on 50k v 15k was the easiest no-deal I've ever seen, and 5k at 5-box was an easy no-deal too. Can't remember the board or the offers earlier though, but I didn't really see a deal there either, IIRC.

Yeah, Saj too, and once you got past £33,000 in Sam's game, it would be a pretty easy ride to £41,000.

Perhaps Nev as well?

i agree with James1978, anyone who dealt 25K on 15K vs 50K would need their head checked.

Fireman Matt and Rossano's 35K wins were ridiculously easy.

Yup.



Again, agreed.



Yup, that still counts, nobody could possibly have won less in that game surely? That many of us could have won six figures is besides the point of this thread.



The only way I wouldn't have won the £250k in that game is if I became terribly scared of the media attention of being the first £250k winner!



Yup! Although Jennifer counts in this category as anyone would have at least got to £33,000 without a doubt (again, whether they'd have got further is irrelevant, but for what it's worth I and probably most others would have left with £52,000).

James just pointed out another one - Original Trevor!

Agreed on Rossanos and Sajs wins.

What about Lynne? Well I suppose her's wasn't so easy.

I'd say Lynne's was one of the hardest-earned!

What about Paul A's game? Surely 90+% of people would have won 75K there, unless targetists absoultely bricked it at the 32K offer like he did?

Should that count although the banker played a blinder?

Stella? I think pretty much anyone would have won £32k and the majority of those would probably have gone on to £50k.

Don't know if £27k can be seen as "mega" but I thought Benita's game was one where there was just one obvious deal and pretty much anyone would have done the same.

Ooh and Anna; surely no one would deal for £13k with £35k, £100k and £250k left at the fourth offer? Then after that the minimum win was the £43k she did take (barring a swap for a quid!)