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#player1 Mike Mike
#player2 Conrad Conrad
>Mike: ?IORRUY 8G YOUR +14 14
>Conrad: ?ADFPSS K5 FADS +24 24
>Mike: ?CGIIRT 6I TR.GIC +17 31
#note I'm pretty sure I looked through the U at some point, but just didn't see lITURGIC.
>Conrad: ?ADPSVX M2 SPAD.X +48 72
>Mike: ?IIMNNO 2G uNIONI.M +72 103
#note Conrad: "The blank's an O, right?"
>Conrad: ?BCEEIV L4 BE. +27 99
>Mike: ADGHNST 1F GNASH +41 144
>Conrad: ?BCEIIV 3G BICE +38 137
>Mike: AADEOTW 7G AWA +23 167
>Conrad: ?GILMNV 6E VIM +18 155
>Mike: DEOOSTY 1N OY +19 186
>Conrad: ?EGHLNT 4A LENGTHs +76 231
>Mike: DELNOST A1 DOL. +15 201
#note Quackle likes DON 9F a fair bit better. I'm not entirely sure I understand why.
>Conrad: AEILORU N6 .URIO +18 249
>Mike: DEENOST H7 ..ODENEST +92 293
#note Whee!
>Conrad: AEKLRUZ C2 KA.ZU +36 285
>Mike: EEENORT O8 ETERNE +31 324
>Conrad: EJLQRTW 11E JEW.L +30 315
>Mike: FIIIORV 12J VIRIO. +18 342
>Conrad: EELPQRT K11 Q. +22 337
#note Quackle seems unable to know what the best thing to do here is. I'm not really sure either.
>Mike: AAAFITU 15H .AFIA +9 351
#note So I've drawn 3 Es, then 3 As, then 3 Is...and I'm somehow still a favorite. Just not with this play. Any of FA G13 (considered it), TUFAS 14D (didn't), FAJITA E9 (didn't even see), or AA G13 (!) wins 5/8 endgames, losing only to TELEPORT. This apparently wins only 3/8, and the key to the position (as will be seen) is that, *no matter what I do*, if an E is in the bag I'm dead. Thus, I need to focus on winning the other five cases. It's tough not to play TAFIA in this spot, but I guess I'm not supposed to.
>Conrad: EELOPRT 12A PETROL +33 370
#note (S)PELTER is 10 better - I didn't realize it still fit.
>Mike: AETU A12 .EAT +18 369
#note TAUPE, of course, but this is only three back. I figured I'd give him one more chance to make a (infinitesmally unlikely) mistake.
>Conrad: E E11 ..E +10 380
>Conrad: (U) +2 382 |
