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#player1 Michael_Baker Michael Baker
#player2 Morris_Greenberg Morris Greenberg
>Michael_Baker: IJNN H5 JINN +22 22
>Morris_Greenberg: AABIILO 5H .IAO +22 22
>Michael_Baker: ILMO 6J MILO +24 46
>Morris_Greenberg: ABEILRU 8E RUI.ABLE +61 83
>Michael_Baker: DEMOOV E7 V.OOMED +26 72
#note After the game I asked Michael if he considered MOVED 4D here. He did not register the hook possibility until later.
>Morris_Greenberg: ABEHNPY D9 HYENA +43 126
#note A lot of interesting options here. I ultimately decided to go for the points in a way that keeps a hot spot for my B on my rack that Michael will likely only hit if he has the K or a W. I certainly also considered D11 HYENA (but thought it was a bit wreckless), BAY and BAH D10 (but thought it offered too easy of a counterplay for Michael that I couldn't make back the turn after), and YAH F10 (I thought it was pretty much as clunky leave, for 4 fewer points).
Another nice option I did not consider here is HYPE 4I for 42. I caught a break that Michael missed DJINN once, but how long can that persist? Blocking that area for 42 points while keeping a solid leave has little downside. HYENA or HYPE both seem fine, Quackle slightly prefers HYENA, I am not sure which I prefer now.
>Michael_Baker: CDEY M3 DEC.Y +30 102
>Morris_Greenberg: BEFNPQR 4L B.EF +26 152
#note (U)NBE F8 is a lovely play I missed.
>Michael_Baker: DEZ 4F ZED +30 132
>Morris_Greenberg: AINPQRT O4 .AQIR +51 203
>Michael_Baker: IIII -IIII +0 132
>Morris_Greenberg: ?DNPRST I3 PS. +22 225
>Michael_Baker: EKL N8 ELK +19 151
>Morris_Greenberg: ?DENRTU 11C R..oUNTED +72 297
#note I missed ThUNDER C3, but I saw all of DaUNTER, pRUDENT, and UNDREsT. I chose this play instead because after a bingo here, Michael needs two bingos to come back. While I am leaving the easiest line open with this play, it manages to take out basically everything else.
>Michael_Baker: HPU C13 HUP +30 181
>Morris_Greenberg: AEEIIOT 5C IOTA +19 316
#note I was choosing between IOTA and TO(P)I 15A this turn, and decided to turn over the extra vowel and block the likelier lane than the more costly lane. I would probably change this to TO(P)I if I were doing this again. A bingo in column C won't be enough for Michael, but a bingo in row 15 may.
>Michael_Baker: AG 15A GA. +18 199
>Morris_Greenberg: EEEITUW 10I EWE +32 348
>Michael_Baker: ?ALRRST C1 ReTR.ALS +66 265
>Morris_Greenberg: AEFITUV 1A FU.TIVE +42 390
>Michael_Baker: X F4 ..X +35 300
>Morris_Greenberg: AENNOST 2A AN. +13 403
#note I am blocking (F)IGWORTS, that is really Michael's last chance.
>Michael_Baker: CI I10 ..IC +9 309
>Morris_Greenberg: ENOOSTW F10 W.E +33 436
>Michael_Baker: AGIORST O10 AORIST +27 336
#note Mike put this down with under 10 seconds left on his clock. ARGOTS is the play.
>Morris_Greenberg: GNOOST A1 ..G +7 443
#note Quackle says (FA)T nets a few more. But, I came up with an out sequence that nets 1 more than the best with FAT. I could've netted two more points though (fun puzzle for all of you scrabble junkies out there).
>Michael_Baker: G - +0 336
>Morris_Greenberg: NOOST 4B O. +2 445
>Michael_Baker: G - +0 336
>Morris_Greenberg: NOST 14C .S +14 459
>Michael_Baker: G - +0 336
>Morris_Greenberg: NOT 14B N.. +10 469
>Michael_Baker: G - +0 336
>Morris_Greenberg: OT 10M O.. +7 476
>Michael_Baker: G - +0 336
>Morris_Greenberg: T 4B ..T +10 486
>Morris_Greenberg: (G) +4 490
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