Game: Deal or No Deal Tourney

I have heard from all the necessary participants for the eighth offer of round 4. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 4.

The next case to be opened is:

Case 20, $100

This leaves the following values in play:

75

400

The offer from the bank is $225.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 5:30 PM CDT on Sunday, April 4. If you respond “No Deal”, then please indicate whether you wish to keep Case 1 or trade for Case 17. If you do not specify you will keep Case 1. I would appreciate it if in the title of your PM you would put “Round 4 offer 9”.

This will be the end of round 4.

Previous offers:
$19000
$20000
$10000
$13500
$11500
$14000
$200
$150

Sweet. Pick your cases quickly, folks. :slight_smile:

Round 4 has ended.

The first offer for $19000 was not accepted.
The second offer for $20000 was accepted by mahaloth.
The third offer for $10000 was accepted by Larry Borgia.
The fourth offer for $13500 was accepted by Taber.
The fifth offer for $11500 was accepted by notfrommensa.
The sixth offer for $14000 was accepted by Biotop.
The seventh offer for $200 was accepted by Leaper.
The eighth offer for $150 was not accepted.
The ninth offer for $225 was not accepted.
Bootis kept Case 1 which contained $400.

So the standings after four rounds are:

  1. Larry Borgia $52500
  2. Biotop $51700
  3. Mahaloth $42010
  4. Taber $35860
  5. Leaper $34210.01
  6. Bootis $31400.01
  7. notfrommensa $31360

(Please check my math and let me know if I have made a mistake.)

So, getting eliminated by $40.01 is notfrommensa. But don’t worry, the parting gifts are every bit as good as the actual prize.

I will start Round 5 shortly.

I will start the fifth round in the next post. The next two rounds will have 24 cases with the following values:

.01
1
5
10
25
50
75
100
200
300
400
500
750
1000
5000
10000
25000
50000
75000
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000

We will open 5 cases to start. We will open 4 for the next phase, we will then open 4 again, then 3, then 2, then 1 at a time.

We still have the following players:

Leaper
LarryBorgia
Mahaloth
Biotop
Bootis
Taber

We will be reducing the field to 4 players after the 6th round.

I will be sending a PM to all remaining players letting them know that round 5 has begun.

Beginning of round 5.

The values have been randomly assigned to the cases and case 1 is set aside for the players.

The first 5 cases open are as follows:

Case 10, $75; Case 7, $100; Case 18, $25000; Case 8, $100000; Case 6, $200

This leaves the following values in play:

.01
1
5
10
25
50

300
400
500
750
1000
5000
10000

50000
75000

200000
300000
400000
500000
The first offer from the bank is $56000.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 9:00 PM CST on Sunday, April 4. Once I have received a valid PM from all six players, we will proceed to the second phase of round 5. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 1” in the title of your PM.

There will be 4 cases open in each of the next two phases.

well, damn. good luck everyone.

I have now heard from all players for the first offer of round 5. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.
The next 4 cases to be opened are:

Case 24, $300; Case 5, $200000; Case 13, $400000; Case 20, $300000

This leaves the following values in play:

.01
1
5
10
25
50

400
500
750
1000
5000
10000

50000
75000

500000
The offer from the bank is $29000.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 5:00 PM CST on Wednesday, April 7. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 2” in the title of your PM.

The extra time for this phase is because I will be at my mother’s house the next couple of days where there is no internet access. This should be the last time I will be without access until the end of the game.

There will be 4 cases open in the next phase.

Previous offers:
$56000

I think now would be a good time to reiterate that I am not picking which cases to eliminate. I am just doing what random.org chose.

Looks like the winner of the tourney would be someone who never responded and was forced the first deal each round by default.

I have now heard from all players for the second offer of round 5. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.
The next 4 cases to be opened are:

Case 21, $5000; Case 15, $500000; Case 14, $1000; Case 3, $400

This leaves the following values in play:

.01
1
5
10
25
50

500
750
10000

50000
75000

The offer from the bank is $8500.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 4:00 PM CST on Friday, April 9. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 3” in the title of your PM.

There will be 3 cases open in the next phase.

Previous offers:
$56000
$29000

I think this is why the show was at least somewhat more suspenseful a lot of the time: this is what true randomness (or something close to it) does! :stuck_out_tongue:

I have now heard from all players for the third offer of round 5. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.
The next 3 cases to be opened are:

Case 4, $5; Case 9, $50000; Case 22, $75000

This leaves the following values in play:

.01
1

10
25
50

500
750
10000

The offer from the bank is $1000.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 8:00 AM CST on Sunday, April 11. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 4” in the title of your PM.

There will be 2 cases open in the next phase.

Previous offers:
$56000
$29000
$8500

Isn’t the show “truly” random as well?

I apologize for the delay. Needless to say, I have been otherwise occupied.

The fourth phase of round 5 has ended. I did not hear from one player who will automatically accept the deal. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.

The next 2 cases to be opened are:

Case 17, 750; Case 19, .01

This leaves the following values in play:
1

10
25
50

500

10000

The offer from the bank is $1200.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 4:00 PM CST on Tuesday, April 13. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 5” in the title of your PM.

There will be 1 cases open in all remaining phases of round 5.

Previous offers:
$56000
$29000
$8500
$1000

I have heard from all the necessary participants for the fifth offer of round 5. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.

The next case to be opened is:

Case 11, $10

This leaves the following values in play:
1
25
50

500

10000

The offer from the bank is $1400.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 7:00 PM CST on Tuesday, April 13. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 6” in the title of your PM.

There will be 1 case opened in all remaining phases of round 5.

Previous offers:
$56000
$29000
$8500
$1000
$1200

I have heard from all the necessary participants for the sixth offer of round 5. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.

The next case to be opened is:

Case 16, $500

This leaves the following values in play:
1
25
50

10000

The offer from the bank is $1750.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 11:00 PM CST on Wednesday, April 13. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 7” in the title of your PM.

There will be 1 case opened in all remaining phases of round 5.

Previous offers:
$56000
$29000
$8500
$1000
$1200
$1400

I have heard from all the necessary participants for the seventh offer of round 5. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 5.

The next case to be opened is:

Case 12, $50

This leaves the following values in play:
1
25

10000

The offer from the bank is $2300.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 11:30 PM CST on Wednesday, April 13. I would appreciate it if you would put “Round 5 Offer 8” in the title of your PM.

There will be 1 case opened in all remaining phases of round 5.

Previous offers:
$56000
$29000
$8500
$1000
$1200
$1400
$1750

Round 5 has ended with everyone accepting a deal.

The first offer for $56000 was accepted by Mahaloth.
The second offer for $29000 was not accepted.
The third offer for $8500 was not accepted.
The fourth offer for $1000 was accepted by Taber, Larry Borgia, Biotop, and Bootis.
The fifth offer for $1200 was not accepted.
The sixth offer for $1400 was not accepted.
The seventh offer for $1750 was not accepted.
The eighth offer for $2300 was accepted by Leaper ending the round.

If play had continued, case 2 containing $10000 would have been opened resulting in an offer of $12. Case 1 contained $1. Case 23 was the other remaining case with $25.

So the standings after five rounds are:

  1. Mahaloth $98010
  2. Larry Borgia $53500
  3. Biotop $52700
  4. Taber $36860
  5. Leaper $36510.01
  6. Bootis $32400.01
    (Please check my math and let me know if I have made a mistake.)
    I will start Round 6 shortly.

Beginning of round 6. After this round, the field will be reduced to the top 4 players (and ties). The values for this round are the same as for round 5.

The values have been randomly assigned to the cases and case 1 is set aside for the players.

The first 5 cases open are as follows:

Case 9, $75; Case 6, $5; Case 23, $75000; Case 15, $500000; Case 11, $25.

This leaves the following values in play:

.01
1

10

50

100
200
300
400
500
750
1000
5000
10000
25000
50000

100000
200000
300000
400000
The first offer from the bank is $40000.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 9:00 AM CDT on Thursday, April 15. Once I have received a valid PM from all six players, we will proceed to the second phase of round 6. I would appreciate it if in the title of your PM you would put “Round 6 offer 1”.

There will be 4 cases open in the next phase of round 6.

I have heard from all participants for the first offer of round 6. Since at least one player has not accepted a deal we will continue with round 6.

The next 4 cases open are as follows:

Case 21, $300; Case 19, $50; Case 14, $25000; Case 2, $1

This leaves the following values in play:

.01
10
100
200

400
500
750
1000
5000
10000

50000

100000
200000
300000
400000
The offer from the bank is $50000.

Please send me a PM saying “Deal” or “No Deal” before 9:00 PM CDT on Friday, April 16. Once I have received a valid PM from all the necessary players, we will proceed to the third phase of round 6. I would appreciate it if in the title of your PM you would put “Round 6 offer 2”.

There will be 4 cases open again in the next phase of round 6.

Previous offers:

$40000