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#player1 Darrell_Day Darrell Day
#player2 Jim_Burlant Jim Burlant
>Darrell_Day: IVY 8H IVY +18 18
>Jim_Burlant: CLLNNSZ -CLLN +0 0
#note The first three tiles out of the bag were N, S, and Z and I was thinking, "yeah!" Then I saw the rest of this rack and shook my head - "here we go again." I'll admit I didn't look very hard at play-through options. But looking at them now, I don't like them. ZILL H7 could get ugly if I don't draw a good mix of vlwels and consonants. I had mostly the right idea, but I should probably throw the Z in if I exchange.
>Darrell_Day: GOT G6 GOT +15 33
>Jim_Burlant: EGINNSZ 7C GINZ. +17 17
#note And I still fail to recognize the new words. YEZ J8!
>Darrell_Day: ADW E5 WA.D +16 49
>Jim_Burlant: AEEGNNS J8 .EN +8 25
#note I finally get a turn right. The only 8 in this rack is PANGENES, and it doesn't play. There's not much to do here but preserve the rack and open up an S hook.
>Darrell_Day: FRU K9 FUR +19 68
>Jim_Burlant: ABEGINS 10J ..B +5 30
#note With SABEING blocked, no bingoes play. I thought I would just pepper the board with open lines given Darrell's extremely defensive style. A sim confirms I don't have any huge scoring plays, but I should probably be scoring 10 - 12 here instead of 5. Best is apparently ABA 6C for 12 or D4 BA.
>Darrell_Day: DEINO D7 .ODINE +20 88
>Jim_Burlant: AEEGINS 5E .E +5 35
#note I felt committed to fishing to AEGINS. Fishing is the right idea but I should probably score a little more than this. Championship player likes L10 BEE a bit more than this. I was too paranoid I wouldn't see another E if I played them both off.
>Darrell_Day: EIRTUV 11C U.RIVET +20 108
>Jim_Burlant: AAEGINS 9C A. +4 39
#note With AGENESIA blocked, I was still feeling committed to fishing to AEGINS. I should look to score 25 with IGUANA C9.
>Darrell_Day: HOP 4F HOP +16 124
>Jim_Burlant: AEGINOS M5 AGONISE +66 105
#note Finally! So fixated, however, on my taking out the hook I just opened that I didn't look at the board. This word or its anagram score 4 more at 5H.
>Darrell_Day: CMORU 3G MUCRO +26 150
>Jim_Burlant: AEIMRSS 13B MASSIER +78 183
#note Luck box! Back in the game, at 62%.
>Darrell_Day: AJ H1 JA.. +39 189
>Jim_Burlant: HLLPRTX K2 H.LP +18 201
#note A tough position. Obviously I need to turn the rack and clear the garbage. But THRALL 5J slots the triple line with a fairly good pool and both blanks unseen. With the duplicated L's, I never considered plays that didn't unload one of them. Best is apparently 9F PHT. My choice is the only safe option that unloads one of the L's, which is why I chose it. Pick your poison.
>Darrell_Day: CDU 14A CUD +23 212
>Jim_Burlant: ALNNRTX N1 LARNT +12 213
#note Unable to find LEARNT H10, I rejected RAX H13 because the LNNRT leave looked like a recipe for losing. I played this to create another threat and turn tiles so I could potentially hit something like OXTERS (using a blank if I had to) on row 15. Thiis s not a terrible choice but it does sacrifice too much on the scoreboard - something I really can't do given how close this game is. If I had this to do again, LEARNT would have been the play.
>Darrell_Day: AAER O1 AREA +28 240
>Jim_Burlant: ?ELNWXY D2 WYLE +26 239
#note I never saw 12J WYN for 28 (the sim winner) but I was chasing the blank, and wth a bunch of E's unseen I didn't mind parting with mine. A sim says it's either WYN or this. I'm fine with this.
>Darrell_Day: BI 8M .IB +15 255
>Jim_Burlant: ?DENOQX F10 Q. +31 270
#note No choice - gotta dump the Q now while the spot is still there.
>Darrell_Day: ?EEILST 15C SEcTILE +75 330
>Jim_Burlant: ?DENOOX 2B DE.aX +62 332
#note I don't have a 6 on row 14 that triples the X, and the problem with an X fish is that, no matter what I draw, he has an N11 play that will block all my bingoes and I won't be able to win going that route. I saw this, and thought my only win was to score 62 and hope he couldn't come back with KAF or KEF 1A.
>Darrell_Day: EFK 1A KEF +38 368
#note Sigh.
>Jim_Burlant: INOO L10 .OON +15 347
>Darrell_Day: AOTT J1 TO.A +15 383
>Jim_Burlant: I G11 .I. +6 353
>Jim_Burlant: (T) +2 355
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