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#player1 Noah Noah
#player2 Carl Carl
>Noah: ANOSTTU -OUT +0 0
#note TOTANUS#. Thought I might be missing something here.
>Carl: ADELSTZ 8D ZEALS +48 48
#note I spent perhaps too long on this rack, dithering between ADZ and ZEALS. ADZ wins the sim by 4.
>Noah: ADNPSTV E5 ADV.NTS +44 44
>Carl: ?ADGTUX D2 GAUD +15 63
#note I thought about sim-winner DUX F3 but it seemed like Noah would always have a good comeback play. DANG 9C looks better in retrospect. I probably didn't consider it because it retained the bingo-crippling UX combo. (-12)
>Noah: ADEIJPR C1 RAJ +41 85
#note Somehow thought of JAAP but not JAP. Apparently DEIP and DEIR are closer than I thought on this board. 40% bingos!
>Carl: ?BCCHTX -BCTX +0 63
#note I decided not to keep the T because all prospective bingos play to consonants. Nonetheless, Quackle says CHT? is about 2 points better.
>Noah: DEIINNP F2 PENNI +24 109
>Carl: ??CFHLS H1 FLySCHe. +95 158
#note At last I got something right, but even this took me too long, setting me up to make more mistakes later on.
>Noah: ADEFIQX I6 AX +38 147
#note Looks like SEXFID# is correct!! It's an adjective!!!
>Carl: EHILNTU J5 UH +30 188
>Noah: DEFILQR -FQ +0 147
>Carl: EILNRTW K2 WILT +18 206
#note Quackle fishes with WAG 2B, but I'm not a fan of opening big lanes that I can neither use nor block. I thought it was more prudent to take start taking out lanes at this point, especially column K. That said, I didn't know TWILT#, which devalues my play considerably. (-15?)
>Noah: DEILOPR 9C PO.D +24 171
>Carl: EEGNORR 10E .ONGER +17 223
#note Once again, there are no standout plays. No ways to score, no fishes. This time, Quackle prefers the better leave after TORE 10E. (-4).
>Noah: AAAEILR I1 AIA +13 184
>Carl: AEEEERR 9I EE +8 231
#note PEREA C9 wins the sim. I thought it was worthwhile to devalue the primary bingo lanes. PEREA can also be parallelled for a lot of points. (-8?)
>Noah: AEFLOOR L3 FOAL +26 210
#note Thinking about something at 8J. Can you find what I missed?
>Carl: ACEERRU 11J ECRU +15 246
#note I did not know PUCER#. (-6)
>Noah: BEEGORT H10 .ORGET +27 237
#note Oh man I am getting so Collins-ed this tourney! GREEBO#/GERE# is the play!!
>Carl: ADEIIOR 15C DIORI.E +9 255
#note I was flustered at this point. OIDIA sims better, but, once again, it seemed like it would give Noah first crack at some easy points without leaving anything for me. Quackle says that fishing off IO is better by 15 points. I considered this, but looking at all the unseen EIO letters dissuaded me. Maybe this is a situation where I should fish not because I'm close to a bingo, but because there are no other reasonable choices. (-15)
>Noah: BEEIIOT 14A TOEBIE +33 270
>Carl: ANOTTWY A11 NOW.Y +36 291
#note I decided correctly that TAWTIE# cannot be spelled with a Y. However, TOWNY and TWILT# fare better in the omniscient eyes of the duck. (-10)
>Noah: EIIIMUY L9 MI.Y +18 288
#note This seems okay. I'm going mainly for a Q stick. MIRI also seems like a good options.
>Carl: ABKQTTV 1A VA. +18 309
#note Not only am I in time trouble, I'm angry to have drawn BKQV, the worst possible combination. VAV 7C is clearly better, and VATU M8 is better still because it takes out the bingo threat, cutting my losses. (-20)
>Noah: EIINOSU 13A .INO +29 317
#note NED says hi to TOEBIE!
>Carl: BEKMQTT B1 .B +20 329
#note EEK 14H (-5)
>Noah: EIRSU 2F .U.. +6 323
#note Missed SIEUR, which rhymes with DURRRRR.
>Carl: EKMQTT 3C ..K. +15 344
#note EEK 14H (-6)
>Noah: EIRS N11 SIRE +15 338
>Noah: (EMQTT) +32 370 |
