Spoilers for Monday 17th December 2018 (Series 79, QF 3)

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Spoilers for Monday 17th December 2018 (Series 79, QF 3)

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Mike also won as expected. Now onto what could be a very good game between two very similar ability players who narrowly avoided each other in the series, maths student with strong numbers skills Andrew Jackson vs New Zealander and giver of a conundrum to Elliott Mellor, Alan Duval.

Andrew Jackson:
Points: 764 (95.5 per game)
Maxes: 50/120 (42%) (23/80 (29%) letters, 22/32 (69%) numbers. 5/8 (63%) conundrums)
Highest Score: 116 (game 5)
Lowest Score: 78 (game 7)
9s Achieved: 0/4

Alan Duval:
Points: 674 (84.25 per game)
Maxes: 48/120 (40%) (30/80 (38%) letters, 10/32 (31%) numbers, 6/8 (75%) conundrums)
Highest Score: 93 (game 4)
Lowest Score: 68 (game 2)
9s Achieved: 0/4
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Re: Spoilers for Monday 17th December 2018 (Series 79, QF 3)

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Think this could be a very interesting game too given their "tit for tat" statistics in the max department.....
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Re: Spoilers for Monday 17th December 2018 (Series 79, QF 3)

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MARUDIS in R5.
NAILWORT in R7.
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(10×8-2)/2×25+7=982 as a nicer method in round 9.
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With performances like that, it was a shame one of them had to win. Sorry - lose. That didn't come out right at all.
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That was a very tough game and can't help but feel for Andrew in the circumstances who clearly looked very nervous- and I think Alan may have got some of the words he missed under more relaxed conditions, but he portrayed himself well throughout and took the defeat in good grace. Congratulations to Alan who I think will provide some competition for Mike on Thursday.... :)
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Bad luck Andrew. Congrats Alan. The low scores mean they both gave each other a run for their money.
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So what is the lowest winning score in a QF, SF or Final?
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Just looked at the wiki - Alan seems to own it!
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If you're wondering why this review is later than usual, I'm been suffering from viral fever over the weekend and yesterday...rest should come first though. Still, it's better to be late than never and I'm typing this when I'm sufficiently well. Christmas is also coming so yay, the Countdown team decided to recycle the decorations from last year if you're observant enough.

Letters: If there's one thing that I learnt from today, it's probably that the selections can sometimes be horrible throughout the entire episode. Both contestants got caught up in the mess with all the invalid declarations, but hey, in spite of all that, Alan did manage to spot RADIX which is considered a good spot if you don't include MARUDIS.

Numbers: As Rachel Riley put it, "Quarter-Final Nerves" probably did both of them in. Most of you were probably expecting at least one of them or even both to solve R3 but instead both drew a blank. :( While Andrew did manage to stun Alan in the easy R6 since it was impossible and R9 where it was difficult, an easy way out in R14 probably sealed his fate (Read the next section...)

Conundrum: I was on the edge of my seat as a Crucial Conundrum appeared. While both are good at this aspect, Alan is quick at doing this and when he got the correct answer, my jaw dropped. Alan has caused an upset in a dramatic way! I blanked out on this one as tbh, I've never heard of that term before.

Commiserations to Andrew who, in spite fighting very hard, lost to Alan. I expected Andrew to win by about 15 points against Alan but in the end, the opposite happened after a fight to the death with Alan scraping through with a two point margin. With that, Alan will now face Mike on Thursday in SF2. There are so many "What If" this had not happened that had not happened etc. but at the end of the day what's done is done. I wish Andrew all the best for the rest of your University Days and good luck with the Maths! :)

Tomorrow, QF4, "Defeated a previous Octochamp's mother" Dave Ashton vs "Coming back strong after 19 years" Tony Manwani. Let's see who is the last Semi-finalist.

Progress:
QF1 (13 December): Martin May (#1) vs Bob Lunt (#9) (115 - 86)
QF2 (14 December): Mike Daysley (#2) vs Adam Rolston (#8) (104 - 58)
QF3 (17 December): Andrew Jackson (#3) vs Alan Duval (#7) (60 - 62)
QF4 (18 December): Dave Ashton (#5) vs Tony Manwani (#6)
SF1 (19 December): Martin May (QF1 Winner) vs (QF4 Winner)
SF2 (20 December): Mike Daysley (QF2 Winner) vs Alan Duval (QF3 Winner)
GF (21 December): (SF1 Winner) vs (SF2 Winner)
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