Banker vs. The Banker | Deal or No Deal USA Season 1 Episode 21

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:01][applause] >> Hello, I'm Howie Mandel. Welcome to Deal or No Deal.

[00:00:09]>> [applause] >> Thank you. Thank you, everybody. And a special hello to my 22 NEW BEST FRIENDS.

[00:00:15]>> [cheering] >> THEY'RE GOING TO BE WITH US ALL WEEK LONG. Look how excited they are. You know what it is? It's a chance to win a half a million dollars. That'll do it for you.

[00:00:24]Okay. Hello, ladies. Hi, Howie.

[00:00:28]Hi, Tamika and Patrice. Patrice, are you ready to find the first player of the week? Yes.

[00:00:32]>> Yes. So, it's time for the deal wheel.

[00:00:33]There are 22 numbers on that wheel, 22 cases right there. When the ball lands in that number that matches that case, you're the one that's going to play for a half a million dollars.

[00:00:45]LADIES, PLEASE.

[00:00:47]>> [cheering] [music] [music] [cheering and applause] [music] [cheering] [music] [cheering] [applause] [screaming] >> NUMBER NINE.

[00:01:17]BERNADETTE.

[00:01:17]>> [cheering] [applause] [music] [cheering] [applause] >> HI.

[00:01:29]NICE TO MEET YOU. WELCOME, BERNADETTE.

[00:01:31]THANK YOU.

[00:01:31]>> [applause] >> IT'S BERNADETTE. IT IS BERNADETTE.

[00:01:35]>> It is. And it's Howie. Yes.

[00:01:37]>> Hi, nice to meet you. Tell me a little bit more about Bernadette. Well, I'm getting married.

[00:01:41]>> Oh, congratulations.

[00:01:43]>> [applause] >> Have you met someone yet, or is this just a plan?

[00:01:47]>> I met him already, 10 years ago.

[00:01:51]Oh, congratulations. I [applause] own a bank.

[00:01:53]And you're A BANKER.

[00:01:54]>> I OWN a bank. Yes. Yes, that's wonderful. Yeah. Okay, and if you win money, what do you want to do with the half a million dollars? Buy a big house I could fit all the kids I want to have in it. You want to have a whole bunch of kids? How many kids do you want to have?

[00:02:08]>> Four. You want to have four kids? So you want a house for kids Yes.

[00:02:12]>> and for the fiance. I hope all the dreams come true. I always say that.

[00:02:16]>> Okay, you ready to go? Let's go for a half a million dollars. HERE WE GO.

[00:02:19][cheering] >> [applause] >> OKAY, WE GOT 22 CASES HOLDING RANDOM amounts of money. We don't know what's in what case. We do know that one case is holding a half A MILLION DOLLARS.

[00:02:29]>> [cheering] >> ALL [applause] YOU GOT TO DO IS PICK THE CASE WITH THE HALF a million. THAT'S ALL WE ASK FOR. THAT'S EASY, ISN'T IT?

[00:02:36]>> YES, YES. OKAY, now first I want to ask you a question. We put you behind case number nine. You didn't choose that, but you can keep that. Or you could switch out with another case that you may think has the half a million dollars. So, do you want to switch? Yes. Yes, you want to switch. All right, >> [applause] >> let's choose A CASE.

[00:02:52]NUMBER 20. Number 20. Number 20, let's switch it out. [music] >> [applause] >> Thank you.

[00:03:00]>> [music] [applause] >> Thank you very much. All right, first of all, is there a reason you chose number 20? Yes, lucky number.

[00:03:13]>> Is it your lucky number?

[00:03:14]>> 20.

[00:03:15]>> Okay, that's great. So hopefully this works for you, all right? Let's find out if the half a million's in here. You know how we do that? We open those.

[00:03:20]Whatever's in those is not in yours.

[00:03:22]Let's start by opening up five cases.

[00:03:23]Okay, number 12. Number 12. All right, Mary, OPEN [applause] YOUR CASE.

[00:03:30]YEAH.

[00:03:31]>> [cheering] >> ONE MORE CASE. [applause] NUMBER 11.

[00:03:35]NUMBER 11. NICK, NICK, OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:03:39]>> [applause] >> QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS OFF THE BOARD. OKAY.

[00:03:45]>> OKAY.

[00:03:46]>> YEAH. You may still have the half a million dollars in here. Three more cases.

[00:03:49]Number 14. Number 14, >> [applause] >> Open your case.

[00:03:56]OH NO, THAT'S GOOD.

[00:03:59]>> [applause] >> NUMBER SEVEN. NUMBER SEVEN.

[00:04:02]HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR NAME? Uh It's Amy.

[00:04:04]AMY? OKAY.

[00:04:06]>> [laughter] >> STUPID ME. OKAY.

[00:04:10]OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:04:14]>> [cheering] [applause] >> ONE more case.

[00:04:20]Number five. Number five, two dollars.

[00:04:23]>> [applause] >> OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:04:26]>> [cheering] >> THERE YOU GO.

[00:04:28]THAT [applause] WAS NICE. ALL RIGHT.

[00:04:30]NOW, I DON'T even have to tell you about this guy because it's a cohort, right? Do you work with people like that at the bank?

[00:04:38]>> Okay. So, this is an offer to have you leave as quick as possible. Hello.

[00:04:50]Okay. Okay.

[00:04:53]Well, you tell me if this is mean.

[00:04:54]$14,500, [music] five cases to open if you say no. That's a lot of money.

[00:05:01]Turn it down for Paris. Deal or no deal?

[00:05:04]>> [cheering] >> No deal.

[00:05:10]All right, FIVE CASES TO OPEN.

[00:05:13]$14,500 turned [applause] down. No deal. I don't want it. You don't want $14,500?

[00:05:18]>> I want more. You want a half a million dollars. want a half a million dollars.

[00:05:21]Let's go for it. Five cases.

[00:05:23]>> [applause] >> Number 18.

[00:05:25]Number 18, Maria.

[00:05:27]>> [cheering] >> OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:05:30]>> [applause and music] [cheering] >> YEAH, ONE MORE.

[00:05:36]NUMBER 22. NUMBER 22, TIM.

[00:05:39]TIM, open your case. [applause] >> [music] >> 50,000, we have 50,000. Okay. Okay, You're okay.

[00:05:48]Three more cases. Number two. Number two [applause] is Louie.

[00:05:52]Louie, open your case.

[00:05:58]>> [cheering] >> Man.

[00:06:03]That's tough. That is tough.

[00:06:04]>> But, let me ask you something. If you were to walk out of here today with $100,000.

[00:06:10]>> Oh, I'd be happy.

[00:06:11]>> Would that be great? [applause] That'd be great. That'd be a start for that house fulfilling your kids. Yes.

[00:06:15]And you're all right. Two more cases.

[00:06:16][applause] Number 17. Number 17 is Sean.

[00:06:19]Sean, >> [applause] >> open your case.

[00:06:23]>> [music] >> Okay. Okay, and one more.

[00:06:28]Number 10. Number 10. Carol, open your case.

[00:06:35]Okay.

[00:06:38]>> [applause] >> You didn't hit the half a million dollars.

[00:06:40]>> OH, I DID.

[00:06:41]WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? I don't know. I think he's going [applause and cheering] to be mean. You think he's going to be He's going to be very mean to me.

[00:06:46]>> about to find out. Hello.

[00:06:52]Okay, he said he's not [music] being mean, he's just being realistic. You're not a very good banker. That's what he said.

[00:06:59]>> [cheering] >> Okay.

[00:07:02]Taking a hit here. $6,000.

[00:07:05]Four cases to open.

[00:07:07]Bernadette Gutierrez, >> [cheering] >> deal or no deal?

[00:07:12]No deal. No deal. She's going for $100,000.

[00:07:15]Four cases to open when we come back.

[00:07:19]>> [applause] [applause and music] >> Welcome back to Deal or No Deal. IT'S THE BATTLE OF THE BANKERS WITH BERNADETTE GUTIERREZ. YES, a banker versus our banker. It's amazing. Now, you did knock out the two top amounts, but you have a chance at $100,000.

[00:07:42]>> [applause] >> If you're just joining us, you're about to start your life, you're about to get married, you want to have a bunch of kids, you want to buy a house for those kids, and this would be a nice start.

[00:07:51]>> It would. It's a great start.

[00:07:53]>> a little scary. Now, four cases open, three big amounts, you got to stay away from those. Can you do it?

[00:07:57]>> I can do it, but not in these shoes.

[00:07:59]What do you mean? Can I take my shoes off? All right, go ahead.

[00:08:04]>> [applause] >> That's wow. All right, run around, feel free to take your shoes off. Okay.

[00:08:13]>> [applause and cheering] >> This is a family show, we're stopping at the shoes. Four more cases.

[00:08:18]Number 16. Number 16, okay. Nicholas, Nicholas, open your case.

[00:08:24]GOOD JOB.

[00:08:26]>> [cheering] >> IT WAS THE [applause] SHOES.

[00:08:29]IT WAS THE SHOES.

[00:08:30]THAT'S OKAY.

[00:08:31]THREE MORE CASES. NUMBER 13. Number 13, all right.

[00:08:35]Hopefully this will be lucky. Alexandra, [applause] OPEN YOUR CASE.

[00:08:41]>> [cheering] >> HOW GREAT IS THAT?

[00:08:44]>> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT, ONLY TWO MORE. NUMBER ONE.

[00:08:48]Number one is Lisa.

[00:08:50]>> [cheering] >> Lisa, >> [applause] >> do you really got $5 in there?

[00:08:52]>> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, she's sure, definitely. Open your case.

[00:08:58]>> [music] >> Not so definitely. One of the big amounts out.

[00:09:02]Okay, and one more case. Number six.

[00:09:05][applause] Number six is Lamar.

[00:09:08]Smile, Lamar.

[00:09:09]Lamar, $75,000, you got to keep that little block together.

[00:09:13]>> $5 would be nice. $5 would be nice.

[00:09:15]>> Lamar, open the case.

[00:09:17]>> See what we can do.

[00:09:20]All right.

[00:09:21]THAT [applause] WAS GOOD. THAT WAS GOOD.

[00:09:23]THAT WAS GOOD.

[00:09:25]ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THAT. There are [applause] eight cases left in play. You got a one out of four shot of walking out of here with at least $75,000.

[00:09:33]Maybe even [cheering] $100,000. I hope so.

[00:09:36]I hope so. Ready to take a call?

[00:09:37][applause] Yes.

[00:09:39]There he goes.

[00:09:42]Hello.

[00:09:45]Right.

[00:09:48]Okay.

[00:09:50]It did go up cuz you cut those two >> Thank you. up in the house there.

[00:09:55]>> [applause] >> Okay.

[00:09:57]>> [music] >> $9,000.

[00:10:00]$9,000 is yours if you say deal and hit this button. If you say no deal, you have to open up two more two more cases.

[00:10:06]You got two amounts, two cases.

[00:10:08]Bernadette Gutierrez, deal or no deal?

[00:10:11]>> [cheering] >> No deal.

[00:10:16]No deal.

[00:10:16]Okay. [cheering] >> [music] [applause] >> TWO MORE CASES.

[00:10:21]UM NUMBER 19.

[00:10:24]>> SANTIAGO, what are you thinking? I think I got $5 in here. You think you got $5?

[00:10:30]>> so. Okay, Santiago, open your case.

[00:10:36]>> [applause and cheering] [applause] >> Number 15. Number 15.

[00:10:46]And [applause] how do how do you pronounce your name?

[00:10:49]Eleni. Eleni?

[00:10:51]>> Eleni. Eleni. Yes.

[00:10:53]>> [laughter] >> Okay. I like that name. Does it have some meaning?

[00:10:55]>> It actually It means peace in Greek. It means peace in Greek.

[00:10:58]>> Yes. Eleni. Yes. Patricia knows that, right?

[00:11:02]>> [applause] >> Yes. Well, hopefully it'll mean peace right here because we don't want to take away a piece of your safety net.

[00:11:08]>> Yes. You have that block right there.

[00:11:09]$75,000, $100,000. As long as you keep those two together, Yeah. you have some safety and [music] a great chance of walking out of here with great money.

[00:11:18]>> [applause] >> It's all up to you, Eleni. Yes. Yes.

[00:11:23]I think she's going to give me a low number. I hope she does, [music] and we'll see when we COME BACK.

[00:11:33]>> [applause] [music] [applause] >> WELCOME BACK TO DEAL OR NO DEAL. THIS IS BERNADETTE GUTIERREZ, who is getting married. You're going to have a bunch of kids, you say. That's what you want. And you want to build a house. Yes. This, when you look at these amounts, $75,000 or $100,000, could get all of that started.

[00:11:54]>> It can.

[00:11:54]>> It can. A good start. So, this is a life-changing game.

[00:11:58]>> It is. These amounts could change your life. At any time, any of these cases could dash that dream, because if we get rid of those large amounts, then the next offer plummets.

[00:12:10]>> mean.

[00:12:10]>> If we keep them in, it goes up. It's huge.

[00:12:13]I don't think he gets [music] mean as much as he's realistic.

[00:12:15]>> I'm a banker, so I want his money.

[00:12:17]You want his money.

[00:12:18]>> Yeah, I like to take people's money.

[00:12:20]Okay.

[00:12:23]Before the break, you were talking to Eirini.

[00:12:26]>> Yes. Which means peace.

[00:12:27]>> Yes. In Greek. She's got to stay away from those two [music] cases. Yes.

[00:12:31]Eirini, open your case.

[00:12:33]>> Hey, good luck, girl. Thank you.

[00:12:38]>> [cheering] [applause] >> THAT IS GREAT. [cheering] >> [applause] >> THAT IS GREAT. THAT IS VERY GOOD.

[00:12:50]>> THAT WAS YOUR last case in that round, and now we're talking banker to banker.

[00:12:54]Banker to banker.

[00:12:56]I wonder if he took his shoes off.

[00:12:58]Hello.

[00:13:01]He didn't take his shoes off, [music] but he did untuck his shirt. Oh, okay.

[00:13:11]Okay, he said if you're any kind of banker, you should consider [music] this.

[00:13:13]>> Okay.

[00:13:14]$13,500, another two cases left open.

[00:13:19]You're two amounts higher than the offer. You have two cases open if you say no, but $75,000 and and are still in play. So, Bernice Cateras, deal No or no deal?

[00:13:31]>> [cheering] >> It's only two more cases.

[00:13:37]>> Two more cases. You avoided it once. I want to hear what you're thinking.

[00:13:40]>> I'm thinking it's two more cases.

[00:13:42]>> Yes.

[00:13:43]I can't knock out both big ones.

[00:13:45]Well, the odds are that there are more smaller amounts, so you have better chances of knocking out the smaller amounts, but anything is possible.

[00:13:54]>> [cheering] >> Um And $13,500 is a lot of money, isn't It is a lot of money.

[00:14:00]>> [cheering] >> What are you guys thinking? Sabrina, what do you think? I say no deal.

[00:14:03]>> Yvette, you're thinking no deal?

[00:14:04]>> No deal.

[00:14:04]>> Todd? No deal. Zack?

[00:14:06]>> You got it. No way, no deal. Okay. And Sandra?

[00:14:09]Maybe. Maybe.

[00:14:10]>> [laughter] >> We got a maybe. Okay. But it's up to you. Bernice Cateras, deal or no deal?

[00:14:17]>> I'm going to go one more round. No deal.

[00:14:20]>> [screaming] [applause] >> Two cases. Good luck.

[00:14:27]Number eight. Todd.

[00:14:31]>> [applause] >> What are you saying? It's going to be low. It's going to be low.

[00:14:34]>> It's going to be low.

[00:14:35]>> You know it. I know it. Okay.

[00:14:37]>> It's good. Then And if not, I'm a liar and I'm sorry. But no, it's going to be low. I promise. Well, don't be a liar.

[00:14:42]Open your case. All right.

[00:14:44]>> Don't be a liar.

[00:14:49]YEAH! [cheering] TOLD >> [applause] >> THAT'S RIGHT. ONE MORE. TOLD THANK YOU.

[00:14:54]>> [cheering] >> TOLD YOU. RIGHT TODD'S not a liar.

[00:14:58]>> [applause] >> I'm going to go four.

[00:15:00]With Yvette. All right. [cheering] If you open this and you avoid [applause] those, you will have a safety net and it will now be your board.

[00:15:07]Because if you can get through this [music] and stay away from the 75,000, 100,000 and decide to go on, you're only doing one case at a time. There are two huge amounts. So, Yvette, it's up to you to keep your safety net.

[00:15:18]>> Oh my gosh.

[00:15:20]>> is on. Yes. Yvette, open your case.

[00:15:26]>> [music] >> $75,000 is gone.

[00:15:33]Okay. But $100,000 is still there.

[00:15:36]Okay.

[00:15:36]>> [applause and cheering] >> Is it in number 20?

[00:15:41]You have a one out of four chance of walking out of here with $100,000.

[00:15:45]Hello.

[00:15:54]Okay.

[00:15:56]You say he's mean. Yeah. He says he's tough.

[00:16:00]You got a big decision here. He's playing very [music] tough right now.

[00:16:04]The offer is $9,000.

[00:16:08]But you only have one case to open should you go on. But if you knock out the 100,000, you can only end up at the most with [music] 5,000. But you have a three out of four chance of opening anything but that, and maybe the 100,000 is in here. That's a huge decision.

[00:16:23]So I'm going to ask you, Bernadette Gutierrez, deal or no deal? And I want your answer when we come back.

[00:16:30]>> [cheering] [applause] [music] [applause] >> Welcome back to Deal or No Deal.

[00:16:43]Bernadette Gutierrez is standing here, future mom, future bride, future homeowner, and hopefully the future winner OF $100,000.

[00:16:53]>> [cheering] [applause] >> I ASKED YOU a question before we broke, and that was whether you're going to take a deal. I don't want you to answer right yet. I want [music] you to answer this. $9,000 is on the board. If you don't take it, you only have to open one case. Now, you were lucky. You're lucky to be chosen out of the 22 people to play. Do you feel that the luck is still with you?

[00:17:16]I think so.

[00:17:17]Cuz one of these cases [music] is holding $100,000. Do you feel it's this case? Well, I did pick that one for a reason.

[00:17:24]>> You did pick that one. But, it's also interesting that [music] you were standing behind number nine. I know.

[00:17:29]>> And you decided to give it away. One case in this room is holding $100,000.

[00:17:33]Is it the one you have? Is it the one you gave away? Or is it the next one you're about to choose? [music] We don't know. We don't know. So, I'll ask you, Bernadette Gutierrez, deal or no deal?

[00:17:47]>> [cheering] [cheering] >> I'M GOING TO DO >> [screaming] [applause] >> IT'S SCARY, HUH?

[00:18:09]IT IS VERY SCARY. I'M very scared.

[00:18:11]>> All right, let's go.

[00:18:14]I'm going to go with three.

[00:18:20]Three.

[00:18:21]Okay, Sabrina. [applause] Yes.

[00:18:23]One of these four cases remaining, including yours, is holding $100,000. It better not be yours, Sabrina.

[00:18:29]>> I know. I'm rooting for you and the four kids in the house.

[00:18:31]>> Okay, Sabrina. Yes.

[00:18:33]Open your case.

[00:18:40]YES!

[00:18:41]>> [cheering] [applause] >> THANK YOU.

[00:18:46]THAT'S SO GREAT.

[00:18:47]LET'S TAKE A CALL.

[00:18:50]>> [cheering and applause] >> HELLO.

[00:18:59]OKAY.

[00:19:00]THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR anybody to turn [music] down, even if you're a banker. $17,000, one case to open.

[00:19:06]>> [cheering] >> ONE CASE.

[00:19:09]BERNADETTE GUTIERREZ, DEAL OR NO DEAL?

[00:19:14]>> [cheering] >> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS ON $17,000, [applause] all right? But, we don't know if it was a good deal. How are you going to feel if this is holding $100,000?

[00:19:27]You know what? I came here with nothing.

[00:19:30]Right. [music] >> So. You're walking out with a lot of money. Let's find out if you made a good deal. Had you said no deal, your next [music] case choice would have been >> 21. 21, Sandra. Sandra, open your case.

[00:19:44]YES!

[00:19:47]YOU SOLD YOUR CASE FOR $17,000 and you only walked away with $2,500. The case you originally [applause] gave away, Zach, open it up. It's obviously only worth five grand.

[00:19:56]So, you're walking out of here WITH A LOT [applause] OF MONEY. You're adorable and you're going to have a great future.

[00:20:01]You're a beautiful mom, you're a beautiful bride, you're a great contestant. Congratulations, Bernadette Gutierrez, on your $17,000 deal. We'll see you tomorrow, right here, on Deal [applause] or No Deal. Wave bye.

[00:20:15]>> [music] [applause]