The numbers were random. He had no idea what the others had taken.

Are you really serious? :joker:

Makes a lot more sense that your spurious hatespeech.
He's an ex-gambler. He said he was going for those numbers. He went for those numbers. I don't see how you can't see this when it was presented to you.

He did. The amounts taken were gone. Again, he just had to look for the highest amount (100k) and go for the next highest amount NOT taken - 99k.

It makes no sense that he would do that. None.
I don't hate Dexter. He's a contestant in a gameshow and my hobby is commenting on what I see in that gameshow.

Those two amounts could have been anything. 100k I grant you would have been likely to have been there and subsequently taken, but he couldn't be 100% sure. He wasn't in there before to see the numbers before they were blanked out to him.

BUT that's not the point. He suspected a twist and in the knowledge of that, chose what he considered his lucky number out of a pool of lucky numbers - consisting of 4s and 8s - and hoped that by choosing something superstitiously lucky he would end up in a good spot. It paid off. He's a clever man and he must have realised that since this is Secrets and Lies, that there's a chance this task was bogus, and again, with that knowledge, relied on luck to see him through. That's the point. Be as nihilist as you want, but that's what he said, didn't lie about, and has been consistent about.

I saw lots of 4's... £ 4'000, 14'000, £44'000...... he didn't like them 4's?

Is it unfeasible that in a series of Secrets and Lies, that the BB team would go in and add/remove certain amounts from the board to confuse the pickers between each person? No, it's very likely in fact, so all this talk about see what has been taken means nothing. Just because they didn't, doesn't mean it wasn't possible and in Dexter's mind.

Your point is?

It doesn't matter what numbers were blanked out, the highest was still 99k and there were still other 90k numbers on the board.
And what he said was that he didn't see the 99k. In fact, he gave 3 different explanations, one after the other. I'm sure we'll get a video and you can refresh your memory. Then he ended by saying he thought someone would be selfless enough to take £1 and go - not him of course - when everyone said they didn't WANT to go. He's a con man, pure and simple. :joker:

I found myself looking for the 8's because someone posted on here today that he took the 8s, I didn't see anything but the ruddy 8s. remind me not to look at TiBB until after I've watched BB first in future LOL

*sigh* even if they did, which they didn't - what has that got to do with Dexter not picking the highest available number?
Oh yes, he didn't see it! He didn't see all the other numbers in the 90ks either. :rolleyes:

I saw all the videos so don't worry about me.

Yeah, he didn't see the 99k as an option. To him, it was irrelevant. It was never in his plan. Just because he mentioned the £1 thing doesn't undo his argument. All that does is bolden it. It's another variable. And with all these variables there is going to be little logic in deciphering exactly what BB is planning. So what else can he do but go on gut instinct? I.e. Pick his lucky numbers and hope for the best. He also admitted to not being selfless enough to go for the pound, if you were watching, and fair play to him for admitting it.

I would however have thought someone would have called BB's bluff on the solitary, lone £1 floating in a sea of 5-figure numbers and realised Big Brother wouldn't be callous enough to actually boot you out for choosing a quid. If anyone was pragmatic they'd realise picking the £1 would call the bluff, keep them in, and have the public think of them as selfless and worthy of winning for their charity. But anyway.

My point is if he likes 4's or 8's or whatever why did he not pick a low amount containing these numbers?

Knowing many gamblers fondness for those numbers being considered very lucky and the show being sponsored by supercasino......something fishy, very fishy.

Yeah why do I bother? :hugesmile: People just won't see what they don't want to see.
Goodnight Joey and everyone. :hugesmile:

This is a very detailed post about exactly what happened. The twins aren't innocent either though.

I think everybody knows this is exactly what happened, its only Dexter fans that have either misunderstood the concept or are still in denial about the whole thing.

He just picked out of instinct. What can I say? Why didn't he pick 'x' amount? Because he didn't feel like it, because it didn't leap out at him as the number to bet on. I can't speak for his mind completely, especially if he ran up the debts he said, but it's just like picking lucky numbers at the lottery. You don't say 'why didn't you pick this number instead?' To them do you, because they obviously picked what came to mind best at the time.

It's possible he saw it. But even if he did, he didn't SEE it, as something to pick.
If you go in looking for 4s and 8s it seems a bit silly to actively hunt out something with 9s in.

He chose it because it is considered to be a lucky number to the Chinese. Therefore it was the highest available number that contained 8s.

It would have seemed strange to me but my wife predicted that he'd pick that amount due to it being lucky, so I believe it.

Even an ex gambler will know the difference between absolute certainty (pick the highest number, Charlie HAS to choose lower) and a slim probability of lucky numbers.

Thats a cover up and its ridiculous people bought it. He had the choice of absolute certainty of staying vs lucky numbers. How stupid do you think he is?

Again, as he isn't stupid he'd likely have sussed that something was amiss. Hence picking a lucky number because there's no real logic to it. If he picked a safe number he'd still be up for eviction, pick a low number and you might be evicted. With those odds, you'd want to be lucky.

I'd like dexter to win big brother!
 

I'D LIKE DEXTER TO WIN BIG BROTHER!

Dexter did say at the end of the latest show:"You can't do right for doing wrong in this house".

1.No one has mentioned,at least in the posts that I have read and seen,that when Dexter was trying to choose what amount of money to go for,he said ALOUD that wanted to pick an amount that represented good luck and increased his chances of staying in the house - hence he picked £88,800.

2.And since Dexter is partly of Chinese descent,he chose £88,800 for the following reasons:-
WIKIPEDIA:-In Chinese culture[edit source]

Further information: numbers in Chinese culture

Number 88 symbolizes fortune and good luck in Chinese culture, since the word 8 sounds similar to the word Fā (发, which implies 发财, or wealth, in Mandarin or Cantonese). The number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number in Chinese culture, and prices in Chinese supermarkets often contain many 8s. The shape of the Chinese character for 8 (八) implies that a person will have a great, wide future as the character starts narrow and gets wider toward the bottom. The Chinese government has been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars.

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2.With respect,Sam,although he is probably a nice guy more or less,is also crude at times and is currently behaving like a pillock towards Dexter,because he is jealous to death of Dexter being in the final.Plus the fact that he was fed anti-Dexter propaganda by that other pillock,his best friend in the BB house,Callum! Again,Callum is also probably a nice guy,but he was being overly-nice in Big Brother and came across as a creep.

3.The twins,Jack and Joe,are also jealous to death of Dexter,because Dexter is clever,smart,charismatic - and he's in the Big Brother final!.......provided that Big Brother doesn't change the plan with another twist and/or lie.......
Dexter did say in the latest programme that he is not 100% sure IF HE IS IN the Big Brother Final! Whats more,Jack and Joe asked Big Brother twice would they actually be getting the amount of money that they picked.

4.I've said it before,and I'll say it again,Dexter is a bit of a conman,but he is also a likeable rogue and probably a decent guy at heart,who is trying to better himself - people like Robin Hood,Ronnie Biggs,etc,are thought of as heroes and likeable rogues.It must be stressed that Dexter is not a criminal,he just using Big Brother to further his life for the better,he's a game player - many other housemates are too - all is fair in love and war,and Big Brother is a game show as well as a social experiment.And Sam probably is also a game player,who wants to win Big Brother and the £100,000 prize money!

5.Dexter has been the most interesting housemate in the Big Brother house,and he deserves to win the Big Brother show-programme!:hugesmile::dance::hugesmile::hugesmile:

AEC.

Well said! My hope now is being exposed as the sniveling lying nasty "scrotum" (as Iris astutely pointed out) will prevent him from winning.

You must have missed my protests saying exactly this on this page and the last :P