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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Peter Peter
>JD: IOOOPQR 8G QI +22 22
>Peter: DIV 9F VID +23 23
>JD: AOOOPRR E6 PROA +14 36
#note PROA and exchange OOOR are dead even. PROA is the best defensive play I have, but exchanging is a couple of points better on D and is much more likely to bingo. I guess I like the more proactive block in case VID was intended as a setup.
>Peter: DESZ 10B ZEDS +41 64
>JD: BELNOOR 7H BORNEOL +67 103
>Peter: FLLOW C9 F.LLOW +32 96
>JD: CEFKNUX 8K EX +36 139
#note difficult decision with a clear winner according to quackle. I thought about plays like FUCKER, EX, FLUX and FLECK, but the winner is FLUNK at N6 which I didn't really consider because I thought it allowed for too big of a response on the right-hand TWS. I think the answer is that the X is a pretty good tile on this board with the potential to score 50 plus (expected score next turn is 47 versus 35 after EX). I can see how EX is pretty weak for rack-building, but so many easy plays went through that board quadrant that I figured I would try to cut them down. FLUNK sims 3 points up on FUCKER and EX.
>Peter: ABEMNSU 15C SUNBEAM +99 195
>JD: CFGKNPU 14H FUCK +28 167
#note hurray for profanity
>Peter: AORRW 15K ARROW +33 228
>JD: EGJNPRU 12A JU.EP +44 211
>Peter: EOY A12 .OEY +42 270
>JD: GIMNNRV L6 V..ING +17 228
#note I could play MIREX to open more, but with a garbage leave - and peter is quite likely to play there. figured I'd get into the bag instead. unfortunately this play would lead to my downfall
>Peter: ?AAII N5 AA.II +7 277
#note peter had the first blank here
>JD: AEEMNNR O1 MANNER +31 259
#note awful play, 4 Es left and I didn't create any lanes for myself. RENAME is the play
>Peter: ?EHHIST J1 HITcHE.S +77 354
>JD: ACEEGSY 1H AC.EY +51 310
#note this is not a word in any dictionary
>Peter: TTU 2F TUT +7 361
#note timely block from peter
>JD: EGIINST 12H GITES +52 362
>JD: EGIINST -- -52 310
#note I was thinking that IGNITE top-left (or maybe at 3C to set up LIGNITE) gave me some vital lanes and a shot at drawing into a bingo out of the great pool, but then I became convinced that VEXINGS# was a word (had seen it while studying csw). one of the IGNITEs gives me a real chance to win since I have a 1/3 chance of bingoing next turn, so this was a sizeable error
>Peter: GO 14N GO +17 378
#note presumably this means he has the blank
>JD: EGIINST 1A IGNITE +26 336
#note as the tiles lay it turns out that I had no winning chances anyway, this was just desperation hoping to draw something that fit in two places. the last tiles in the bag were AADDEIOT which was not going to do much (5% winning chance if I play IGNITE instead of VEXINGS# last turn)
>Peter: ?DDELRT L6 ......Ly +36 414
>JD: AAEIOST O8 STOAI +26 362
>Peter: DDERT H7 ...DED +13 427
#note darn, I almost challenged but it doesn't make a difference...
>JD: AE K11 AE +12 374
>JD: (RT) +4 378
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