Game Details
Player 1
#player1 Matt_Canik Matt Canik
#player2 Paul_Holser Paul Holser
>Matt_Canik: FLMNOOY H4 MOONY +26 26
>Paul_Holser: JLTY 5G J.LTY +30 30
>Matt_Canik: DEFHLSV I3 VE.D +19 45
>Paul_Holser: ?ADIRSZ 3I .IZARD +38 68
#note Paul said he held S? here
>Matt_Canik: BFHLRSU O1 BUSH +59 104
#note I had to count this like 4 times. There was no way it was 59 points
>Paul_Holser: ?AERSTT 8A TApESTR. +83 151
>Matt_Canik: FGGILRU D3 GULFI.R +22 126
#note About 3 different times I had FUGGY or FUGGIER as a play and I kept forgetting to look it up...
>Paul_Holser: EM 4L ME +18 169
>Matt_Canik: EEEGINU B2 EUGENI. +20 146
>Paul_Holser: EPR 3A P.R.E +16 185
>Matt_Canik: ?ADEENU A8 .AUtENED +77 223
>Paul_Holser: ACIT 7G A.TIC +22 207
>Matt_Canik: AFIKORS A1 KO. +29 252
>Paul_Holser: HINOP K7 .HOPIN +26 233
>Matt_Canik: ADFIIRS L9 DIF +19 271
#note S(H)ARIF is nice. I can't remember if CHOPIN takes the back E. In-game, I decided it didn't so I set up my S for a big play here.
>Paul_Holser: ALX B12 LAX +42 275
#note Lucked out that he didn't have an E play that warranted making.

>Matt_Canik: AAIRSTW 12G TWAI.S +42 313
#note This or just WAINS?
>Paul_Holser: EGILN O1 ....ELING +45 320
>Matt_Canik: AAEIQRW J2 Q. +31 344
>Paul_Holser: BO 2L BO +14 334
#note Figured this held AERST or ENORT or something comparable.
>Matt_Canik: AAEIORW 11E ARIA +15 359
#note This was a really rough turn to me and at the end of the game I was pretty sure I had made the wrong decision. Emptying the bag now stops Paul from fishing for a bingo and making a setup play. That seems like something I want to do after BO - he seems very bingo-prone and I don't want to allow him the extra shot. There are several marginal lines open and he has the ability to create more really tough-to-block lines with his next play by dropping a tile beneath TWAINS. So I'm hoping he's missed a bingo here.

That being said (and I do think that emptying is the right philosophy), *how* I empty is important. ARIA doesn't score much and doesn't hold well. But I don't really see other things to do that don't open bingo lines. Maybe AWARE in the same spot, but I liked how ARIA stops cheap plays like (W)OVE. I forgot ARIA took the front V for VARIA though.
>Paul_Holser: CENRSTV D11 VENT +22 356
#note Whoa, was *not* expecting the last 5 in the bag to be vowels.
>Matt_Canik: AEEOOOW 10G AWE +18 377
#note I am not sure of VARIAS (good) and SARC* (no good) but I need to block that sequence.
>Paul_Holser: CRS I12 .RCS +7 363
>Paul_Holser: (EOOO) +8 371
Player 2
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