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#player1 joel_horn joel horn
#player2 josh josh
>joel_horn: ACRW 8F CRAW +18 18
>josh: IKOQTUY F8 .OQUI +36 36
#note rush to draw FISHES for the extension, or FISHED!
Joel seemed hesitant about this word but didn't hold. He then told me later in the tournament that he was thankful I taught the word to him since he played it for over 60 points!
>joel_horn: EENN 7H NENE +13 31
>josh: HIKOOTY 8K HOOKY +53 89
#note I had thought KYTHOI* was good! LEKYTHOI only
>joel_horn: AA 6G AA +5 36
>josh: IILORTU 10F .UOIT +16 105
#note After some consideration QUOIT seemed like the right play. However I knew that there was something to be said about QUILT or QUIRT despite the less balanced leave. They don't allow as many bingos and don't run into big consonant trouble. Keeping IOR or ILO will run into some vowels, but I can dump them easily enough.
>joel_horn: ?ABENRS 5F BANgERS +72 108
#note the blank was originally a T, then changed to a G. It would have been hilarious if he then made it an N and failed to realize he could move the play over one space and score 15 more.
>josh: ILRRRSV L1 VIRL. +24 129
#note the consonant trouble I feared came and I was troubled for a moment, but this isn't all that bad for me. I was going to rid myself of my S but now it is more valuable to keep and score 9 fewer.
>joel_horn: DEFNO 2J FO.NED +36 144
>josh: ?DHORRS 1H RHO +23 152
#note here is where I lose. I saw DHOORRAS* and knew that was not an alternative spelling, but failed to see the valid anagram. I have probably guessed DHOORRA before and missed RHODORA. Shit.
>joel_horn: AEFILST 12E F.LIATES +74 218
#note this was way more frustrating than his previous bingo mistake, mostly because I was unsure that this was valid but also because F(O)LIATES is 8 more points and plays the exact same letters in the exact same order. But this is very enlighteningly defensive.
>josh: ?DEEGRS 13C GEES +32 184
#note Burning time and making bad plays not paying attention to the pool. I need to play E(D)GED O1 or EDGES 13B here to keep the pressure on.
>joel_horn: JUU N6 JU.U +31 249
>josh: ?ADENRT 1L .ENA +34 218
#note I can just bingo and call it even, but tilt leads me to forgo a bingo once again this tournament. It's clearly better to bingo now but I was burning so much time looking for bingos in previous turns and hadn't spotted anything immediately, so I just played this and once again disregarded the fact that the pool was not so great
>joel_horn: GILTZ 14A GLITZ +50 299
>josh: ?ABDIRT 2B TRIBADe +73 291
#note And in an unbelievable feat, I get so pissed off by the fact that I'm so far behind that I manage to miss that I have a 3x3 on this rack. What the fuck. Had I just alphabetized ABDGIRT? I would see it immediately, but tunnel vision just came upon me. I am actually so bad. This is why I don't beat Joel more often.
>joel_horn: DEIIMNO 13I DOMINIE +87 386
#note after DIRTBAGS and this ridiculous stroke of luck, it's still a gae.
>josh: EIOPRTW O12 W.PT +39 330
#note I was so angry that I didn't play VERA since that would have given me DeBATIN(G) that I just didn't seem my 3x3. Unreal. This is a bad move too.
>joel_horn: EX 1C EX +36 422
>josh: AEGIORY 14I OY +31 361
#note I talk about these bingo mistakes Joel makes like I don't make any bingo mistakes. YE(G)G which I considered for the 2 minutes I had left seems to be the best play. No idea here.
>joel_horn: DESV 15F DEVS +29 451
>josh: AEGILRT A12 GI.A +24 385
#note probably OY doesn't score enonugh to win the game after a bingo. I was out of time.
>joel_horn: ACMP 3F MAC +20 471
#note 9B CAMP(O)
>josh: ELRT I3 ER. +12 397
#note 14I (OY)ER
>joel_horn: P F1 P.. +7 478
>joel_horn: (LT) +4 482
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