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#player1 Matthew_Tunnicliffe Matthew Tunnicliffe
#player2 Ross_Brown Ross Brown
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AELMNOR 8B ALMONER +74 74
#note Ottawa Matchplay best of 5. Game 1.
>Ross_Brown: AABNW 7E NAWAB +32 32
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADGIIOT 9D ADIT +24 98
#note Lots of close options here and I unfortunately didn't see them all. 6B IDIOT looks pretty solid. I wasn't a fan of DIGITAL and AGATOID since playing parallel was going to significantly lower Ross's score. But missing IDIOT is a mistake.
>Ross_Brown: EOV 10B VOE +19 51
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: CEGIJOT B10 .OGIE +18 116
#note This play looks gross, but there's nothing available. B6 GOA sims pretty close with this. It's a play that does nothing but wait for Ross to open the board. Not an awful idea. I think VOGIE is fine though, I guess.
>Ross_Brown: ACEFIQR 13A Q. +11 62
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ACEJOTT A13 .AT +38 154
#note Happy to play this quickly. Last two racks ate up a good 6 mins.
>Ross_Brown: ACEEFIR 6H FARCIE +23 85
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: CEJOTTZ L4 ZO.C +30 184
#note Quackle sim says M6 EJECT by a couple points, but that's not what I'm going for at this point. What a bizarre play to sim so well
>Ross_Brown: HLY B5 HYL. +18 103
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EEJRRTT C2 JETE +27 211
>Ross_Brown: ?DDEESX N4 DESEXeD +85 188
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: BIORRTY O7 TIRO +45 256
>Ross_Brown: ?EIOPSU 11D SOUPIEr +72 260
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ABGOPRY 3I BOYAR +42 298
>Ross_Brown: HNSTU M9 HUNTS +37 297
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEGILPR O1 PAGER +33 331
#note I admit I didn't even consider D3 LIP/LIPA, which kills a bunch of spots at once (albeit while leaving open the O column.) REJIG is dangerous, but my leave is good for the spots it creates. Those two plays sort of float to the top of the sim, but about 8 plays all sim close here. In my opinion, PAGER is fine. Ross could easily have no good plays around JETE.
>Ross_Brown: EKU L10 KUE +29 326
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: FIILRUW D3 FIR +27 358
#note FUJI is such an obvious play and a brainless thing to overlook. It actually sims about even with this play, since it gives back a lot sometimes, but the improved leave may be worth it. Blocking the S spot and scoring is the important thing here, and both plays do it. It's an interesting position to ponder IF YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE PLAYS sigh...
>Ross_Brown: NO E4 NO +21 347
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ILLSTUW G11 .ULL +7 365
#note It's tempting to grab points with WITS or set myself up leaving tiles in the bag with WO or WOT. But the threat through the I is very high. There's a good chance he has something there and there's a good chance I would lose to it, even if I leave 2 in the bag. It felt weird to empty the bag and go up by only 18, but what else is available? Open to ideas. Sim says this wins ~85%.
>Ross_Brown: ADGIINV H13 AID +16 363
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EIMNSTW F2 WITS +27 392
#note Not good but I'm under a minute left, so I just made sure I could beat LIVING.
>Ross_Brown: GINV 14G ..VING +12 375
>Ross_Brown: (EMN) +10 385
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