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#player1 Noah Noah
#player2 Mark_Milan Mark Milan
>Noah: AERRTTU -U +0 0
#note A few options I considered here. This, exchange RU, exchange RTU (not RUT, it's not good enough for bingoing I think), and TAUTER. The problem with this is the non bingo draws, which I realized after the game. RATTER hits a decent amount of bingos, but drawing something like the H or G leaves you wondering why you didn't do something else last turn. AERT is a much more balancd leave, though exchanging still looks strong enough to give the nod over TAUTER.
>Mark_Milan: FORW 8F FROW +20 20
>Noah: AERRTTZ F8 .EZ +35 35
#note I found this funny. A few months ago, Conrad opened with FLEW against me, and my rack was exactly this!
>Mark_Milan: ?EEIPSV I2 PrEVIE.S +67 87
>Noah: ?AIRRTT 4C bRATTI.R +66 101
#note Missed RETIRAnT and TERTIARy.
>Mark_Milan: HKW E3 H.WK +28 115
>Noah: EILNOTX J8 NIX +39 140
>Mark_Milan: AEEILPT 11G PILEATE +79 194
>Noah: EELLOTY 12K TOLYL +26 166
#note While PEYOTL often gives me comeback trouble, it's just so much stronger than anything else in any other play, there is no reason not to play it. Meanwhile, I need to get into my head just how crappy EE really is.
>Mark_Milan: NUY O12 .UNY +21 215
>Noah: DEEEGII 5I .EGIE +20 186
>Mark_Milan: AARU 12D AURA +12 227
>Noah: ADEINOT L2 IOD.NATE +70 256
>Mark_Milan: MOT 13K TOM +26 253
>Noah: AABJNOV F2 JA.O +37 293
>Mark_Milan: FR 6H R.F +28 281
>Noah: ABCDDNV N8 CADD. +27 320
#note Missed VOCAB. I think that even if I had seen it, I wouldn't have played it. Not to say that it is the wrong play, because I'm pretty sure it's right. This basically just points to me being risk-averse to decent sized 25-40 point scoring spots, which isn't a great idea. The remedy for this kind of thinking is to think "how much would he score on average otherwise?" So certainly against a strong player, VOCAB is right. Against Mark, it's harder to say, as he can obviously miss stuff quite easily, and easy places aren't great. The B just isn't that much of a threat though, especially when compared to the weakness of BV!
>Mark_Milan: ABCS 6B BAC.S +35 316
>Noah: BDGINUV 13B VUG +17 337
#note Crucial miss of BOVID.
>Mark_Milan: EHINOSU 14C HEINOUS +71 387
>Noah: ABDGIMN 15H MIB +35 372
#note Things are still looking good, because I think ABACKS is good.
>Mark_Milan: EEELNOR 9A ENROL.E +12 399
>Mark_Milan: EEELNOR -- -12 387
>Noah: ADGNOQS A3 GONADS +41 413
>Noah: ADGNOQS -- -41 372
#note Mark held until his time was nearly up. I remembered ABACKS from the wordbook, but it turns out I was thinking of something else. It should be noted that I wasn't positive of it, but it does look like a 100% win if it is good. I should at least look for a win with a word I'm sure of. Unfortunately I don't think there is another play that wins with the E and the I in the bag, so this is probably right still.
>Mark_Milan: EEELNOR 2I .EN.LE +20 407
#note So I start Mark's clock before taking my tiles off the board (after showing him the I, which I drew as courtesy), which is a rules breach. Mark tells me I shouldn't do that. He's right, so I offer him more time if he needs it, but he says it doesn't matter.
>Noah: ADGNOQS H10 Q.S +19 391
>Mark_Milan: EIOR D6 .ORE +7 414
#note Flustered from this (at least this is how Mark told the story to Conrad), Mark goes overtime. Furthermore, he doesn't draw the last tile in the bag, which I don't notice!
>Noah: ADGNO B6 .ANDOG +22 413
#note And I go on to win...by one. A terribly flukey ending. I don't want to play a game like this ever again.
>Noah: (I) +2 415
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