A cautious deal at £8k could have been said to wash away influence of Mandy's game too, could it not?

Probably depends more on how Tom took the result - if he took it well, the players may not be so inclined to be cautious, unless they weren't going to be big risk takers anyway. If he took it badly, they might be more inclined to deal earlier, not that that's always a bad idea!

Sounds like the sort of game where the bad luck was confined to two rounds - and there's not a lot you can do with bad odds. Still, I think we've had £750 offered on a £5k/low blue finish before, so it was a tiny victory in some ways...

Yes there are new opening titles! I didn't understand why there was a slow motion bit in the middle until I watched it back a few times and realized it was because the offer button was pushed

I love how they've basically changed them so they cover a game journey from the offer button / loot chute at the start to the Box 23 opening at the end! The only further modification that would have probably been harder to make was changing a shirt and jeans Noel to the newer look suited and booted Noel