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#player1 Nick_Meyer Nick Meyer
#player2 Noah Noah
>Nick_Meyer: EGK 8G KEG +16 16
>Noah: AEFLMNS H8 .NFLAMES +92 92
>Nick_Meyer: ENORSTU 15A TONSURE. +77 93
>Noah: ABDDERV D9 ADVERB. +26 118
#note Couldn't make up my mind between this and (A)DVERB 12H. BAD(E) G12 and D(E)V 14G are also decent options here. I put this down because I didn't want to use too much time thinking about the decision. If I want a more closed board, I should probably go with BAD(E), but I opted for an open board here. D(E)V is interesting, since the ABDER leave is stronger on this board than most boards, but I think I'm just sacrificing too many points to play it. I don't see too much difference between this and (A)DVERB. Perhaps I should've played BAD(E) here, but I'm still uncertain of Nick's playing tendencies.
>Nick_Meyer: FOY C7 FOY +26 119
>Noah: ADEEILU 11C U.EA +14 132
#note Other plays here are (M)IAULED, A(G)UE, and (K)UE. I didn't like MIAULED because DEIL seemed quite good here. It's also more balanced than ADEIL, hence no KUE. AGUE is interesting--though it opens up for my bingo-prone leave, it also opens some potent scoring spots for Nick. I still like this play best.
>Nick_Meyer: IO G8 .OI +16 135
>Noah: ?CDEILN B2 INLaCED +88 220
#note p(E)NCILED, INCLuDE and NuCLIDE are other options here. I'm fine taking the points here, even if I do open up a big spot.
>Nick_Meyer: AEIORRT 3A A.TERIOR +68 203
#note Good thing I didn't play NuCLIDE!
>Noah: EEHTUWZ D1 WH.EZE +50 270
>Nick_Meyer: AIM E5 AMI +36 239
>Noah: DEGNPTU A7 DUNG +37 307
#note I saw this, DUP, and UPEND, but missed UNPEG. I liked ditching the G in this position, and I think a case can be made for this over UNPEG, too, since DT is kind of awkward. EPT seems to score best on column H, and plays at F5 for decent points next turn.
>Nick_Meyer: APW H1 WA.P +36 275
>Noah: BEEJPQT F2 Q. +31 338
>Nick_Meyer: EIIRT 4H .ITIER +16 291
>Noah: BEEJOPT 14B JO. +44 382
#note Considered PROJET for a bit, but the point sacrifice didn't seem worth it.
>Nick_Meyer: CINOU 13H .UONIC +22 313
#note CRINUM fits at 13C for 10 more.
>Noah: BEEGPRT 3L BERG +22 404
>Nick_Meyer: LLV L12 V.LL +16 329
>Noah: ?EOPTTX 2K TOPE +26 430
#note Challenge: Can you find every possible triple-triple in the pool? Every possible play from the W?
>Nick_Meyer: Y J13 .Y +13 342
>Noah: ?ADHSTX J8 SAX +35 465
>Nick_Meyer: AIINOST O3 .IANTS +24 366
>Noah: ?ADHT K9 HiD +25 490
>Nick_Meyer: IO N6 OI +10 376
>Nick_Meyer: (AT) +4 380
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