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#player1 Jack_Overby Jack Overby
#player2 Charles_Reinke Charles Reinke
>Jack_Overby: EINNOOY 8G ONIONY +26 26
>Charles_Reinke: ACDPSSX 7G PAX +49 49
>Jack_Overby: DEELOSS K3 LESSO.ED +68 94
#note J: Thankfully, I'd just studied this one - otherwise, might have tried NODELESS!
>Charles_Reinke: ACDKMSS 4F SMACK.D +34 83
#note C: I briefly wondered if MACKED* had been added yet.
>Jack_Overby: AIITUWY 6F YAW +28 122
>Charles_Reinke: EFINRSV 3C FIVE +22 105
#note C: Fishing off the F at J8 could maybe work since blocking the S hook on APO is tough. I only considered FIVE and 10F FERVI(D) over the board, missing H1 VIN(A).
>Jack_Overby: AIINTTU D3 .NTUIT +14 136
#note J: LITU 11 and 10I AUDIT 8 look a fair bit better.
>Charles_Reinke: EHINRRS 2F HIRER +32 137
>Jack_Overby: AEIIJNV 2A AJI +25 161
#note J: Best by far. Quite aggressive, but EINV works well with the A and D floaters, plus I get a decent shot at hitting row 1 for big points. What's the worst that could happen?
>Charles_Reinke: ?ABENST A1 r.TSBANE +140 277
#note J: Uhh... that!
>Jack_Overby: CDEINRV B8 DIVE +19 180
#note J: I was clueless here. I was hoping to hit something through the E or hooking DIVE/R, but this just leaves him easy points on column A. Q prefers 3K LIVRE/LEVIN/LIVED or 7D VID. Regardless, I'm well-nigh sunk, with under 5% winning chances.
>Charles_Reinke: ABEGOTW 1G TOWAGE +48 325
#note J: Ouch. Nothing I could have done about 8H, though.
>Jack_Overby: CELNRUU 10D UNCURLE. +69 249
#note J: Hey, that worked, kind of!
>Charles_Reinke: ABDEGOP A11 PAGOD +34 359
>Jack_Overby: AEHIMOU B4 HAM +33 282
#note J: Scores best, keeps lanes open. Kind of a 'poke and hope' move. Q prefers 2L MOUE 16, but c'mon, that's never going to work.
>Charles_Reinke: BEEGIOR B13 ORE +16 375
#note C: H10 (R)EBORE seemed clearly best, but then I became obsessed with the possibility of blocking bingo lanes. Taking a hundred-point lead with the only viable bingo lane being column E seemed safe.
>Jack_Overby: EEIOOTU E7 TOO.IE +16 298
#note J: Probably should have done 3K LOUIE/LOOIE 13, but this blocks the 47-point QI spot (which Charles confirmed he had) and opens a lane that's somewhat hard to block without opening something else up. Q digs J4 KUE 15 or exchanging.
>Charles_Reinke: BEGILLQ C11 GIB +30 405
#note C: Getting stuck with the Q looks likely after this, but I can probably withstand it.
>Jack_Overby: ?EFIRUZ H10 .E +2 300
#note C: Jack spent a long time trying to figure out a fish here.
J: Nowhere for fuzzier/furzier. This move was made under heavy time pressure, hoping for some miraculous screwup. Should have just thrown in the towel, with F12 FEZ/FIZ.
>Charles_Reinke: AELLNQR 12H ELL +8 413
#note C: Tried to mimize counterplays here, but blocking F12 FIZ for 40 should be a priority. I was probably under time pressure because my clock management skills have eroded drastically and I have nowhere to turn for help.
J: Hey, at least he didn't give me a place to try FUTZIeR ;-)
>Jack_Overby: ?FIRTUZ F12 FIZ +40 340
#note J: Already over time...
>Charles_Reinke: ANQR G13 NA +17 430
>Jack_Overby: ?RTU 1C RUT +10 350
#note J: Should slow-play him here with 1F sTOWAGE/sHES.
>Charles_Reinke: QR J8 .R. +5 435
>Jack_Overby: ? F12 ...z +15 365
#note J: Best! :-D
>Jack_Overby: (Q) +20 385
#note C: Jack lost twenty points on time so the final was 365-435. So, not only did I win the game, but I also won the prestigious "player who managed his clock the best" award even though I didn't deserve it.
J: Didn't do too much wrong here. rATSBANE was for me, as with rats, a killer!
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