Game Details
Player 1
#player1 Terry Terry
#player2 Will Will
>Terry: ALUW H6 WAUL +14 14
>Will: EEGIOQR 8E ROQ.E +14 14
#note Close with exchanging
>Terry: AMT J6 MAT +26 40
>Will: BDEGIIJ K3 JIBED +37 51
>Terry: ACIRU D8 CURIA +41 81
>Will: AAGIKRT L4 TAG +22 73
#note I think C11 KAT is probably the play here, not sure.
>Terry: ?ELMOTY C9 MOTtLEY +90 171
>Terry: ?ELMOTY -- -90 81
>Will: AGIKNRR 11C K.R +14 87
#note Hmm. So I have to try and guess which of MOTLEYS, MOTLEYER, and TOMALLEY are best to block...this takes out two of those options and forces a triple to come open. I burned a boatload of time on this, of course.
>Terry: ?ELMOTY E1 MOTLEYe. +74 155
>Will: AAGINRR 1E .ARGARIN +86 173
>Terry: AHI F1 .HI +29 184
>Will: EHNNNOS 13C NEON +16 189
>Terry: IX G3 XI +35 219
>Will: AGHLNOS F7 L.GON +17 206
#note HOGAN same spot I guess is better, but just playing OHO or HOLO down column F is the way to go. Keeping a consonant heavy leave with an S and an A in it looks pretty good here with the S hooks, MEGA, and row 14 open.
>Terry: EFF M1 EFF +30 249
>Will: ADEEHIS M5 HAE +22 228
#note HAMATE opens a new line without getting me hit on the triple. It blocks WAULS but anything that plays there plays with MEGS too already. Error.
>Terry: ENOW 8L ENOW +31 280
>Will: DEIISST 9F .I.D +26 254
>Terry: IZ 2M .IZ +30 310
>Will: EEISSST O2 .ITS +14 268
#note Just dropping the S for MARGARINES is a great option I didn't think of. That said, this is OK too.
>Terry: OY 9N YO +15 325
>Will: ADEEESS 12B SE. +10 278
#note Have to gamble now
>Terry: LPU 4B PUL. +12 337
>Will: ADEENRS A8 ENDEARS +82 360
>Terry: BC C3 C.B +14 351
>Will: ADIOPTU B6 PUT +13 373
#note I ran my clock down very low trying to work out different scenarios and work out my tracking before ultimately screwing up completely. I was dead to optimal play here but this play was just giving up and realizing I had approximately 10 seconds left on my clock. It's funny, I frequently have this situation happen to me in games where I challenge a phony early in the game, but I don't seem to have any alarm bells go off during those games to speed up a little in the midgame to avoid time pressure.
>Terry: ?EESTVV I1 .VE +7 358
>Will: ADIOO O8 ..OD +8 381
#note Put this on the board with 0:00. DOC wins.
>Terry: ?ESTV 12K VEnTS +26 384
>Terry: (AIO) +6 390
Player 2
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