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#player1 Matthew_Tunnicliffe Matthew Tunnicliffe
#player2 Adam_Logan Adam Logan
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: IKLRSTU 8G LURK +16 16
#note Both LURK and TURK have 5-letter extensions to the triple!
>Adam_Logan: OW J6 WO. +18 18
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: IIRSTUU -IUU +0 16
>Adam_Logan: ADENV K3 VANED +26 44
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EILMRST 4H MIS.LTER +78 94
>Adam_Logan: HIORSTT N2 TH.ORIST +76 120
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AFGINNP 8L GA.P +27 121
#note Tough one. No real standout play. I am maybe too worried about leaving this spot open. A lot of the time, he hasn't got much. Might be worth the risk to take more equity with 3G NAP or 5E FAGIN. But they all sim pretty tight. Like I said, tough one.
>Adam_Logan: EGOOY 5D GOOEY +25 145
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: BEEFINN 6E EF +28 149
#note Seemed the leave was more workable that with ENEMY. Definitely close, though.
>Adam_Logan: EH M3 E.H +27 172
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: BEINNNO D1 BOIN. +22 171
#note Again no standouts. Other options are B(R)IN and BE(G)IN. Felt like keeping the best possible leave was important here, since Adam is turning over lots of tiles into unseen blanks.
>Adam_Logan: ?CEFNRS 10H CoNFERS +79 251
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEENNOX 11K AXE +41 212
#note Surprisingly favorable sim results for H1 ANOMY, which I did not even seriously consider. Scoring 41 and opening a bingo lane seemed automatic. But ANOMY blocks row 1 somewhat and keeps the X for a very likely play next turn. A lot of the time, that play is C3 XI, which also opens a lane, or just something parallel to CONFERS. I think AXE is fine here, but ANOMY is a neat alternative.
>Adam_Logan: CEIOR H10 .ICERO +39 290
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADELNNO 1D .LONDE +27 239
#note Now I definitely want to do ANOMY. The fact that I wasn't seeing it did not help. Significant miss.......
>Adam_Logan: ATZ 14E TZA. +33 323
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AAMNUV 3A MAV.N +20 259
#note I've let myself get fairly low on time with the trickier racks from earlier. Now I have this annoying rack and not a lot of time to figure it out. I dunno. My play sucks. But I kind of hate all of Quackle's top plays. I need to bingo, and Adam is likely to block lanes next turn, if he can. The existing lanes are not reliable. I wanted to open a new one. What I should have done was C3 MU, which achieves what I needed in a far less panicky fashion. Two goofs in a row and suddenly this is looking super grim.
>Adam_Logan: AGY A1 GA.Y +42 365
#note Oof. Yup, MAVIN sucked.
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AEITUW 2F WAE +32 291
>Adam_Logan: BEIIOT E9 BIOTI.E +18 383
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AIILTU 15A UTIL. +18 309
#note Wasn't expecting to have both bingos blocked. :-( I need to open a bingo line here, but I missing an opportunity to make a real strong one: B3 AALII. Basically, I need to draw the Q and bingo with it. Or leave it in the bag and catch him with it.
>Adam_Logan: D 13H .D +5 388
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AEIQRU B8 REAcQUI. +86 395
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AEIQRU -- -86 309
#note Didn't see a real way to win. Thought he might be forced to accept this, but he instachallenged like a boss.
>Adam_Logan: AJNU B11 JAUN. +24 412
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AEIQRU L10 ..EQUy +42 351
#note Whoops. No
>Adam_Logan: DIPS M10 ..DIP +45 457
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AIR D7 RIA +8 359
#note REDIA
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: (S) +2 361
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