NBC's Deal or No Deal - March 24, 2006 : Not so Lucky

Brett Kurtz continued his game play from last week, and his first offer tonight was for $52,000. When he looked to his family for their support they shouted out, "no deal." Brett took their advice and continued to open cases, hoping that he would eliminate all the small money cases. Brett seemed to have made a good choice, because he opened case number seven, and it revealed $300. The banker's offer, at this point, went up to $76,000. Again Brett looked to his family for support, and this time he got two different answers…his kids kept shouting at him to take the deal, but his wife was telling him not to take the deal. And what did Brett do? Well, being the gambler that he seemed to be he listened to his wife and told Howie, "no deal."

What was Brett thinking! At that point in the game, with only $300,000 being the biggest amount that was left on the board, I would have taken the $76,000 offer and went on my merry way. But Brett seemed determined to see if his case was the $300,000 case, but he was wrong, because the next case that he chose to reveal was the $300,000. He should have listened to his kids. And what was even funnier was once he revealed the $300,000 his kids shouted at him telling him they told him to take the deal. Needless to say, the offer dropped from $75,000 to a whopping $50.00, and he said, "no deal." When Brett revealed the next biggest amount his last offer was for $8.00, and this time Brett took the deal, because the only two amounts left were $10 and $5. And that's what happens when you take a big gamble, but you can bet that Brett will be hearing about it from his kids later on.

The next player was Lisa Fournier, and she revealed that a fortune cookie told her, "a star of riches shines upon you." She picked case number nine for her daughter's birthday. Was Lisa's luck any better than Brett's? Was her fortune cookie correct? Well, she started off good when she managed to knock out quite a few of the low numbers, and her first offer from the banker was for $26,000. Lisa was feeling lucky so she turned down the banker's offer and continued to play the game.

Unfortunately, her next round didn't go as well as her first. She revealed $100,000, $75,000, $500,000, $50 and finally the last case she chose held the $750,000. Sure she still left the million in play, but her last choices were some high amounts, and this caused the banker's offer to drop to $19,000. Lisa felt that her odds of having the million dollar case were still good, so she said, "no deal."

Helping Lisa out was her Grandma (her gambling partner), cousin and a court reporter she had met when she was contesting a ticket. By the way, in case you're wondering, Lisa won the battle with the ticket that she was contesting. Also supporting her from the audience was her mom and Lisa's children.

In Lisa's third round her odds decreased greatly as she revealed $400,000, $25, $50,000, and there it was…the million dollars. Howie reminded Lisa that even though she knocked out the million dollars, $300,000 was still in play. However, the banker was happy and he dropped her offer even more. This time the banker only offered her $15,000 for the case she was holding. "No deal," Lisa responded.

Lisa's luck only got worse when she revealed the $300,000 in her fourth attempt; however, $200,000 was left in play. The banker offered her $20,000 at this point, and Grandma told her "no deal," but Mom shouted from the audience for Lisa to take the deal. I guess since Grandma was Lisa's gambling partner Lisa felt obligated to listen to Grandma, and that's just was she did. But before revealing the next case, Howie let Grandma open the case number Lisa called out, and Lisa and Grandma were both disappointed when it revealed the $200,000.

The game continued, and the banker's offers kept dropping. Lisa finally accepted the $50 offer from the banker, and it turned out to be a good deal for her, because the case Lisa held was only $5. Personally, I think Lisa should have taken the $20,000 offer. I guess this goes to prove fortune cookies aren't always right.