The Chase's Paul Sinha 'hands in notice' as players win huge prize after blunder
Scenes on ITV's quiz show The Chase earlier this week saw contestants win an impressive sum after one took a risk during the cash builder which later paid off after a blunder
ITV The Chase's Paul Sinha "hands in notice" after players won £100,000 in a show that aired this week. Host of the programme Bradley Walsh joked that Paul needed to quit his job as a Chaser after the blunder.
He said that Paul has "handed his notice in" after an "unbelievable" final round where the contestants won. Players Ian, Jennie, Gregor and Karen all started out on the show in a bid to win some money.
Ian, who was a magician from London, took on the Chaser first as he managed to get £6,000 in the cash builder. He then went up against The Sinnerman in the next round.
He managed to beat Paul and landed himself a place in the final. Jennie then tried her luck but was unfortunately beaten by the Chaser and was sent home.
Karen then stunned the audience and viewers at home as she went for the high offer of £93,000. Fans of the show took to social media to applaud Karen for going for the biggest amount of money.
One said: "Good girl!," while a second added: "Karen didn't even stutter taking that high offer." The gamble paid off as she managed to also get into the final with Ian, which meant they had the chance to win £100,000 between them.
The two players managed to answer 16 questions correctly in the final chase before Paul tried to beat them. However, Paul wasn't able to beat them as he usually would, which meant they walked away with £50,000 each.
There was only one second left on the clock as Bradley said: "That was close." The Chaser then praise Ian and Karen as he added: "You absolutely deserve every penny of that."
He then expressed how disappointed he was with himself as he joked: "I've cost ITV £100,000 but you don't need to care about any of that." It was then that Bradley quipped: "That's a funny way to hand in your notice."
Ian and Karen then went on to talk about how they planned to spend their winnings. Karen said she wanted to treat her son by taking him to the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix while Ian said he wanted to splash out on a new car.
Despite his loss, it was recently revealed that The Sinnerman is the most successful Chaser. Betway reported that Paul has a 78 percent win rate across 436 appearances on The Chase.
His average target to beat is 19 and he holds the highest average Chaser win total, raking in £14,651, which makes him the most financially successful Chaser on the show.
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