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#player1 Gibby Gibby
#player2 Siddy Siddy
>Gibby: EELMNOU 8H OLEUM +20 20
#note (reedited on 8/28/18)
His real rack.
>Siddy: BCEFKOY J6 BE.FY +27 27
>Gibby: AEEIN L8 .EANIE +16 36
>Siddy: CDGJKNO 13I JOK.D +50 77
>Gibby: AOP 14I OPA +36 72
>Siddy: BCGNOTT 15G BOTT +33 110
>Gibby: EENOSVZ M2 EVZONES +98 170
>Siddy: CGGINTY K2 CIGGY +31 141
#note close between this and CYGNET, which I didn't see. I probably wouldn't want to keep GI and rely on an S yet, though. Instead shoot for a hard-to-block -ING bingo at 4D with seven I's to come.
>Gibby: AIM I8 .IMA +20 190
>Siddy: ANNPRRT N5 RAN +13 154
#note I asked Gibson about this turn here, and he suggested N(O)R here, and he said that it sets up a lane that I could use a few turns down that is very hard to address. I was initially confused because only an OA or OE draw would allow me to hit G1 immediately, but didn't mention it.
However, after NOR I could hit 4D immediately with IE, II, IM, IP, IS, IU, or IY draw, or any of those with blank combinations. This amounts to a reported 18% chance to bingo next turn, though less since David won't open. Still sizeable, though. Annnd, I don't have to immediately bingo at all. If I continue to be down between 40 and 50, I could always draw something or could potentially leave him in a tricky situation where he eventually has to come up with some weird block. And NOR doesn't allow him to score nearly as much as RAN does.
I also thought that Gibson blocking the 7B bingo lane would be awkward, but it's not nearly as awkward or difficult as G1 after NOR. Though if I do bingo from G1, I am giving back a bingo lane AND a lot of points. I do suspect NOR is still the best play, even with certain factors going against it.
>Gibby: DGU O7 DUG +19 209
>Siddy: ?DNPRRT 2K .R.PT +18 172
>Gibby: AX N9 AX +28 237
>Siddy: ?ACDNTW O2 .WAT +11 183
>Gibby: DOW H6 WO.D +15 252
>Siddy: ?AACDIN 4D ArCADIN. +76 259
>Gibby: ?EISSTU E4 .USTIESt +74 326
>Siddy: EFHIRRS 8A RISH. +36 295
#note Gibson's masterful control of the board leaves me in a bind. I felt like after RISHI, a column B play could kill all the lines, but I played it anyway. Gibson liked H1 HER(D) here.
>Gibby: HIQU H1 QUI. +42 368
#note He didn't have a great block here, but he got 42 keeping the H, and I can't bingo twice (if I bingo on my next turn, there is 1 in the bag for him, and he can easily block my remaining bingo lines). He can certainly outrun one bingo, given that he can use F10.
>Siddy: EEEFILR A1 FREELIE. +86 381
>Siddy: EEEFILR -- -86 295
#note FIREREEL is the valid one here. I thought I was sunk so just tried something.
>Gibby: HILLO F10 HILLO +32 400
>Siddy: EEEFILR I3 F.E +19 314
>Gibby: EENNORT 11K E.TER +20 420
#note He briefly mentioned he played this because he didn't see anything in the pool I could draw on the left, and I was low on time. He probably mistracked because I in fact had a 1/3 chance of getting SILVERER or SLIVERER, though it would still lose.
>Siddy: AEEILRR O11 .ARER +18 332
>Gibby: NNOV G4 .VO +11 431
>Siddy: EIL 6B LEI. +6 338
>Siddy: (NN) +4 342
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