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#player1 Joel Joel
#player2 Mack Mack
>Joel: AAADEMO -AAO +0 0
>Mack: IILNNTY H7 TINILY +26 26
#note I didn't think TINNILY was good. Probably was a little bit nervous, especially since I wasn't expecting to play on the livestream this game at first.
>Joel: ADEHMOY 11D HOME.Y +28 28
>Mack: AALMNNO 12B ANOMAL. +44 70
>Joel: ADEELRS 8D REAL.SED +60 88
>Mack: EFINNTZ B10 ZE.TIN +70 140
>Joel: AEENTUU 15A U.AU +15 103
>Mack: AEEFINO 13B .OEA +23 163
>Joel: ?BCEENT K4 BENE.iCT +98 201
>Mack: AEFIINN L2 NAIF +27 190
>Joel: DEJOOTW M3 WOT +33 234
>Mack: ?EGINRU D1 GRUNgIE. +70 260
>Joel: DEJOORS 3C J.DO +24 258
>Mack: ADILPRW 2F WILD +29 289
#note Considered this and PILAW, ultimately choosing this because it made overlaps harder and the pool was consonant heavy
>Joel: EHIORSV 10D SHO +31 289
>Mack: ACEIPRS 14E SPACIER +79 368
>Joel: EGIRUVX H1 I.EX +57 346
>Mack: EEFGOPR J5 REP.G +27 395
#note Blocking the EFTS hook since REFTS* is no good
>Joel: AGRTUVV 1A VUG. +27 373
>Mack: ADEFKOT 6B KA.F +21 416
#note Championship player agrees. Joel can bingo with VIBRATOR and VIBRATOS at A1 and TRAVOIS at 13J, but I wanted to empty the bag to prevent a play like 7J PER, which woukd make TRAVOIS difficult to block in both spots if he were to draw it. If Joel has the Q, he clearly loses, and if I draw the Q, I have QI in two spots for over 20, so should be able to squeak it out after KAIF.
>Joel: ABORSTV 13I BRAVO +37 410
#note This is the best he can do.
>Mack: DEIOQRT 1G Q. +22 438
>Joel: ST 6I T..S +12 422
#note Overall I'm very happy with how I played this tournament. I made only two 20+ point mistakes (TINNILY in this game and COOLIBAH in the Steve Bush game), which is excellent for this long a tournament. A bunch of small mistakes here and there, but overall I was pretty consistent and was thinking soundly strategically.
Congratulations to David Gibson on winning the championship and thanks to everyone for another fabulous nationals!
>Joel: (DEIORT) +14 436 |
