Game Details
Player 1
#player1 JD JD
#player2 Pat_Barrett Pat Barrett
>JD: ?AAIIRT 8F AnTIAIR +64 64
#note first tile I looked at was a blank
>Pat_Barrett: BGIKN K7 B.KING +26 26
>JD: EEFOOOT L3 FOOTE. +22 86
>Pat_Barrett: BEMR M2 BERM +32 58
>JD: EEENNOT N1 NONE +25 111
#note not sure why I wanted to play off two consonants. NEE and ONE both sim pretty well.
>Pat_Barrett: IQ J10 QI +64 122
>JD: ?DEERTW O4 sTREWED +83 194
>Pat_Barrett: AOZ J6 ZO. +37 159
>JD: CEGOPRR O1 OP +25 219
#note I played this move on auto-pilot figuring that maybe if I was lucky I could hit a 9 through IN, but RIG at I7 only scores 11 less and bingoes 35% of the time as opposed to 10% for OP.
>Pat_Barrett: IJNS 9C JINS +21 180
>JD: AACEGRR D5 CARR.AGE +74 293
#note lucky me
>Pat_Barrett: GUV 11D .UV +14 194
>JD: DGILOUX B5 GUILD +22 315
#note it's not over yet
>Pat_Barrett: CEERSTU H4 CURE.TES +63 257
#note I held...wasn't sure if it was good but this would be a bad time to challenge
>JD: ADOOUWX N9 WOOD +20 335
#note I liked setting up EAUX here
>Pat_Barrett: EH A7 HE +26 283
>JD: AAEILUX O12 EAUX +40 375
>Pat_Barrett: AEELNPS 13D SPELEAN +73 356
>JD: AAIIILT A2 ILIA +8 383
#note the moment of truth...the pool is terrible for bingoing but just about any play I can make at this point gives back huge counters. Plays like TAIL and LICIT sim OK because the board is pretty dead as long as I don't change anything and I can draw into lots of consonants. Unfortunately I made this play being convinced that it was very defensive...completely forgetting about the M hook which makes this super-volatile! it actually doesn't sim that bad but I should've just taken my chances with ILIA at 14G, I think.
>Pat_Barrett: Y 13N Y. +17 373
>JD: ADHIMTV 14F MATH +34 417
#note I stared at this position for a long time - MILIA didn't occur to me which would've sealed the deal. I probably should've been more deliberate about finding all of her best plays - ASTONY is the scariest. But I was focusing more on making sure that I didn't get stuck with the V, and I liked MATH because it left VIDE/DIVAS. As it turns out I lose by 1 point in two different scenarios - ASTONY with an F or SONLY leaving FA for next turn. However every other play that doesn't involve MILIA loses a lot more. Long story short, it's a shame I didn't see the huge hook I created but Pat has to play perfectly to beat me, and even then she can only win 1/4 of the time.
>Pat_Barrett: AFLOSTY 12A FLO. +11 384
>JD: DINV F5 DIV.. +11 428
#note I had DIVAS ready to go but my best is FIND
>Pat_Barrett: ASTY A12 .AYS +30 414
>JD: N 5K N.. +10 438
>JD: (T) +2 440
Player 2
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