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#player1 the_king the king
#player2 JD JD
>the_king: AGILMNO 8F LOAMING +74 74
>JD: ?EOPSUW J7 W.PEOUtS +66 66
#note I didn't know POURSEW, which would've blocked his next bingo but given him a Z play anyway.
>the_king: ALNOSUZ 9A ZONULAS +73 147
>JD: AACNNRT A6 TAR.AN +45 111
>the_king: AJW 7E JAW +30 177
>JD: BCEEIKN D8 B.CKEEN +36 147
>JD: DFGIIST (challenge) +5 152
#note KUBIE is a bit better, or BUCKIE#
>the_king: ?AEOTTV C2 TEVATrO. +74 251
>JD: DFGIIST 13A DIG.STIF +78 230
>the_king: BUY B1 BUY +25 276
>JD: EIIPQSU 12I Q.IPU +32 262
#note definitely the play, sets up the final S!
>the_king: RY H13 .RY +27 303
>JD: AEINORS N9 ERASION +85 347
#note I have to settle for 85 instead of the 10-point spot he just blocked.
>the_king: ADEHILR 5B R.ILHEAD +74 377
>JD: CEHIOTX A1 OCH +50 397
#note key play of the game! and a fascinating decision - do I hold the X or not? if I play at the top-left, do I play OCHE? I spent about 10-15 minutes on this play with dave wiegand and peter armstrong, and there was no consensus. my logic was that by saving EIX, I could easily draw EXINE on row 15 for a 60-point play. however, with the spot at 10B available, that shouldn't be such a consideration, and OCHE is probably better than OCH. From there, do I choose OX/OXO first, or take OCH? the advantage of OXO is that I may end up bingoing more often next turn. the disadvantage is that he may score a lot of points at A1 if I don't play there, and if I don't bingo I may score a lot less than I would've with OCH, whereas the OCHE/OX sequence is probably sufficient to beat him even if he bingos. tough choice!
>the_king: ADEILNO O7 OILED +25 402
#note his actual rack - he should probably play something fishier than this, because he surely has to bingo to win, and it's more likely to happen given a leave of ADILN than with AN.
>JD: DEEIRTX 15K EXI.E +60 457
>the_king: AEGINRT 4G TEARING +76 478
#note felled by his fifth bingo!
>JD: DEEFRTV 6K FEVER +20 477
#note KERVE# and DEFEAT are both 4 points better.
>the_king: MO E11 OM. +26 504
>the_king: (DT) +6 510
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