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#player1 AS Austin Shin
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>AS: IQUZ 8F QUIZ +44 44
#note ~0:30 [~24:30]
>JJB: ?BCEMOT H4 COMB. +14 14
#note ~5:00 [~20:00] JJB writes down combiest# 66 along with several phonies. He almost plays it but at the last second hesitates to add the EST and just calls a 14 score. Tomb 9h 23 is the best non-bingo, only 9.7 behind, while combi is only 19.3 behind; but as AS said understandingly later, JJB couldn't pull the trigger on this one.
>AS: GHRTUW 5F WR.UGHT +28 72
#note ~0:30 [~24:00] AS finds the play ripe for turnover.
>JJB: ?DENOTW G8 .NWOnTED +63 77
#note ~2:06 [17:54] JJB overtakes with a recovery bingo, only 3 behind unstowed#. Letdown is the only 7, a non-go.
>AS: BET 15G .EBT +21 93
#note ~2:00 [~22:00]
>JJB: AEIIIKR 10G .IKI +13 90
#note 2:05 [15:49] Fair dump, but JJB has not studied ariki# 14j 26 (6.7 ahead), karite# l1 30, or kierie# 14b 24. He considers akin/qi 19 but the I dump is better.
>AS: ANNST 11F S.NANT +22 115
#note ~1:00 [~22:00] AS now has a good underlap, almost best if another N is held. Sant#/squiz# 31 is indicated.
>JJB: AAEEILR 5D RE....... +32 122
>JJB: AAEILYY (challenge) +5 127
#note 0:34 [15:15] JJB is pretty confident of this extension, and this shows good judgment, in that with a challenge his play rates highest (otherwise 3.8 behind aerial 14i 24).
>AS: ANV 14F V.NA +21 136
#note ~2:05 [18:55]
>JJB: AAEILYY 4C YAY +27 154
#note 0:42 [14:33] Drawing YY is slightly compensated by the easy come easy go aspect.
>AS: FHO 3C FOH +46 182
#note 0:58 [17:57] An even stronger reply.
>JJB: ADEEILU 13I DULIA +24 178
#note 3:01 [11:32] Aue# overlaps at 4j for 18, or 5.7 diff, and offers opponent no bingo hook. Dilutee# 20 is also ahead, but allows a nonuple with AS's rack.
>AS: AEEMNRS N7 RENAMES +68 250
#note 0:45 [17:12] Or meaners.
>JJB: ADEEIOO L1 IODA.E +16 194
#note 1:46 [9:46] 1.9 better is odea o5 23, also blocking AS's rack, but JJB still has hopes of scoring off an opening.
>AS: JOS 8L JO.S +57 307
#note 0:15 [16:57]
>JJB: EEGLOTX O10 LEX +41 235
#note 2:20 [7:26] Gox 43 takes the same spot for 8.1 more; simple oversight.
>AS: GLSV 2J VL.GS +34 341
#note 2:45 [14:12] Unimpeachable.
>JJB: AEEGORT D2 R... +4 239
#note 2:05 [5:21] Geo# 9j 17 takes the points with reasonable leave but basically no bingo lane (row 12 is reasonable). JJB thinks aroar* is a bold hook setup, so goes for the poor leave, 34.2 behind (not counting if he actually plays the phony hook!). But JJB's thought of goateed/goatees (2/23 chance) is the only bingo hope there. To improve the bingo line, agon 12d 10 only sacrifices 10 points in value for a good opportunity (EERT through A in 5th or 6th position), but JJB's play is behind many exchanges.
>AS: EILOU O3 LOUIE. +9 350
#note 2:09 [12:03] AS goes for turnover, though several plays work better on the closed board, such as uni/ou#/silex 19.
>JJB: AEEGIOT 1A TOGAE +27 266
>JJB: AEEGIOT -- -27 239
#note 1:25 [3:56] JJB falls into his own trap and loses the challenge 1 second after playing it, with 29.6 points less than ogee m1 20.
>AS: AP 12L AP.. +34 384
#note 0:24 [11:39] AS has pretty well sewn this up, but there is still a blank unplayed.
>JJB: AEEGIOT 9D GAI. +16 255
#note 1:35 [2:21] At this point Quackle gives up on -ing and plays toeing 24, creating reasonable lines. JJB still feels hooky and plays gain 9d 16 for 18.6 less value.
>AS: ?ACEFIT C8 FACTIvE +81 465
>AS: EINPR (challenge) +5 470
#note ~1:29 [~10:10] AS promptly reveals the blank and seizes the hook (acetify and factice also fit). JJB would not have challenged either of those, or faceting 84, but AS grabs the challenge bonus too.
>JJB: DEEOORT 14K ORD +15 270
#note 1:49 [0:32] JJB is down 215 after losing the challenge and has no interest in finding an out in two. He tosses out ord# 15, with best continuation nip 18 (surprisingly not pi/prenames 28), tef 18 (blocks ref/erf#), ger# 16+4, net of -5. He could at least threaten with deem 6e 29, peg 13 (blocks roto/toro), orfe# 21, rin 15+4, net of 18.
>AS: EINPR 8B I. +5 475
#note ~2:40 [~7:30] Best out is nip 18 threatening ref/erf# or ger#, net of 20. AS tries the blockable setup, if 5, threatening pern# 36, which if opponent obliges with ogee 20 gives him +2 and net of 23. No full block is available. JJB is at least alert to this risk and blocks partially with to/oi 4, to which the best is prent# 8+4, net of 13. Partial blocks tec/toc# 10a 7, per/rif 33, goe#/gee 16+2, also net 13.
>JJB: EEOT 7A TO +4 274
#note 0:31 [0:01] Best! A moral victory. (JJB would be hard-pressed not to go overtime if AS plunked down pi/prenames 28.)
>AS: ENPR A3 PREN. +13 488
#note ~1:01 [6:29] JJB gives back 5 more points to be sure (included in total).
>AS: (EE) +4 492
#note JJB missed an opening bingo and then was outpointed on power and middling tiles but still had bingo hopes until his poor judgment about a non-hook ruined his chances of getting the last blank, which fell to AS for a spread of 218. Points improvable based on tiles played: AS 10, JJB 26. Points improvable based on values: JJB 153.9.
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