Was the math requirement in the Arkansas school system removed around, say, 1983? Because that might explain tonight's contestant on Deal, who could only be described as the dumbest player in the show's history. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say he's the dumbest contestant who will ever play the show.

We've seen people go down in flames before, but it's been a while. Those early contestants didn't have the benefit of seeing the show to know how to play it, even though common sense does seem to dictate gameplay. Some of the sub-$100 winners also had far worse boards than tonight's contestant, so their decisions make a little more sense.

But no contestant who is given 3 $100K+ plus offers in a row should ever leave the show with less than $50,000. It's just stupidity on display for the American public. It was such egregiously bad gambling strategy that I almost expected a PSA for Gambler's Anonymous to appear after the show: "Did you see the stupid idiot on Deal tonight? Don't let that be you."

Oy.

 

posted by Brad @ 9:28 PM   12 comment(s)