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#player1 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
#player2 Ross_Brown Ross Brown
>Joshua_Sokol: ADGGLMU H8 ALGUM +22 22
#note keep thinking MUGG is not a word. It's MOGG*. This has been happening since Murali Balasubranyam played MOGG* or MUGG against Siddharth Murali at their house and Sid made the correct decision in letting it go or challenging.
>Ross_Brown: ENNOOSV 10F VO. +15 15
#note Ross struggled with this rack. He should play VENO(M) 12D, but this isn't bad and is definitely more Ross' style.
>Joshua_Sokol: DGIQSWX -GQWX +0 22
#note Super weird spot. Seemed very close between playing through with Q(A)DI, Q(A)ID or 8G QI. And between exchanges, I could keep an S, DIS, DS or even SX. Q(A)DI wins the sim by a tiny margin, but I7 QI would have definitely worked out better than that.
>Ross_Brown: DENNOSZ 13C ZENDOS +43 58
>Joshua_Sokol: DIORSVY D12 V.RY +28 50
#note I think I missed (A)DVISORY here! Ouch. This was a game-losing mistake.
>Ross_Brown: LOW 15A OWL. +30 88
>Joshua_Sokol: DEIIORS I2 IODISER +62 112
#note And to make matters far worse, I played this being pretty sure it was bogus, but not as sure as I should have been. IODISER* IODIZER
>Ross_Brown: ?AELNOP 5E OPAL.NEs +86 174
#note one can see why Ross didn't bat an eye at my phony.
>Joshua_Sokol: ?ACEKNR L5 .NACKERs +80 192
>Ross_Brown: ITY 8L .ITY +27 201
>Joshua_Sokol: CEGOOST H1 COG +23 215
#note Quackle prefers going all out with 14A GO. I liked where this board was going, but I can see the merit of playing GO instead of this.
>Ross_Brown: BH 7K B.H +21 222
>Joshua_Sokol: AEFJOST 14A JO +37 252
>Ross_Brown: BDDEENR E2 REB.NDED +62 284
#note this looked weird, but it made sense, and I had a comeback bingo that would put me ahead. Same story as IODISER*, just role reversal! Nice phony, Ross!
>Joshua_Sokol: AEFIRST J8 FAIREST +70 322
>Ross_Brown: EPW 11C PEW +27 311
>Joshua_Sokol: EFILOSU N8 .OFU +15 337
#note In both games against Ross, I had the possibility of playing TUFOLI and missed it both times. This time (T)UFOLI 14J is my play.
>Ross_Brown: AEGHIMU O10 AHEM +20 331
#note Ross crashed and burned with this move. I think that he didn't want me to be able to score down on column O, so he was trying to maintain the possibility of winning the game without a bingo, but this was at the expense of his rack leave. GIU is an abysmal leave.
>Joshua_Sokol: EIILSTT B6 ELITIST +70 407
>Ross_Brown: GTU A8 GUT +25 356
#note super lucky he didn't have the X to come back, or even the Q.
>Joshua_Sokol: AAAEQRX 14I A. +2 409
#note trying to un-stick myself with the Q. If I draw an I or a U or a T I should be good. This also set up my X nicely. I think this was the correct play.
>Ross_Brown: I I14 .I +2 358
#note but this was a great response by Ross, setting QI up in the hopes he draws the Q, and blocking big plays by me, allowing him to gain tempo.
>Joshua_Sokol: AAEEQRX 15H Q. +33 442
#note Unfortunately it allowed me to play off my Q. There also might have been a bingo Ross was going for? Not sure.
>Ross_Brown: AIINNTU 4C TA.UN +20 378
#note Ross was trying to block some X plays, but gave me one by accident. F3 NI(P)A is best here, but B2 ANTI(ELITIST) is worth a mention.
>Joshua_Sokol: AAEERX C2 RE.AX +33 475
>Ross_Brown: IIN 13M NI. +10 388
>Joshua_Sokol: AE 6L .AE +11 486
>Joshua_Sokol: (I) +2 488
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