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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 SD Supriya Devnani
>JJB: AEIILRU -IU +0 0
#note 0:57 [24:03] JJB makes the correct trade, figuring that 3 vowels will work with SD's rack and his draw, but there is downside risk.
>SD: BNTUY 8H BUNTY +28 28
>SD: EKL (challenge) +5 33
#note 1:02 [23:58] SD, fresh from the Goa World's, shows off her Collins knowledge.
>JJB: AEIILOR 7J AIOLI +15 15
#note 0:55 [23:08] JJB challenges after 31 seconds, just in case. He is unwilling to hold the same leave for a second turn (io 9k/7k 9), but it rates .3 above his choice.
>SD: EKL 6L LEK +41 74
#note 2:21 [21:37] Usually the consonant-heavy beats the vowel-heavy.
>JJB: CEEFILR 5J FICE +30 45
#note 2:18 [20:50] JJB rejects flickier*, but then misses the hook leke, which takes fierce 44 (7.9 diff) and refile/ferlie. He needs the hook points too.
>SD: AJ 6I JA +20 94
#note 1:27 [20:10] SD continues showing off the Collins vocab, dropping 1 point behind ja# 9g or 7g.
>JJB: AAELMMR 9G MEM +24 69
#note 1:44 [19:06] Dismayed by duplicates, JJB misses the natural bingo, almemar 73 (50.3 diff), and the hook, rammle# 47 (he tries to create rammable*). He considers mam 24, the third-rated play, but in a brain fog dislikes something about its potential and swaps to the inferior mem.
>SD: INV 10F VIN +23 117
#note 0:31 [19:39]
>JJB: AAELRRS 6G RA.. +11 80
#note 2:51 [16:15] This time the correct leave shouts for itself, and the clearing extensions are straightforward (JJB also spotted the second-best play, ravin 8).
>SD: DGRTU 11H TRUG +16 133
#note 0:58 [18:41] SD plays drug 19 first then changes it to the weaker trug, though she is not holding another T.
>JJB: AEILRSX L11 SALIX +46 126
>JJB: ADEPRTT (challenge) +5 131
#note 2:03 [14:12] A little more search would have revealed alexia 63 (diff 25.0) or xu 25 (AEILRS +28.7); JJB was just happy he had remembered the Collins play and beaten varix and silex.
>SD: DERU 15H REDU. +39 172
#note 2:30 [16:11] SD finds a word she is uncertain of and challenges.
>JJB: ADEPRTT 13G PRATT.ED +80 211
#note 0:28 [13:44] JJB considers but is unsure of pratted# so is glad the highest play remains standing.
>SD: EINRW N10 WIN.ER +36 208
>SD: CNOO (challenge) +5 213
#note 1:51 [14:20] JJB's hard-fought lead disappears as soon as he announces he doesn't recall this anagram of rewind.
>JJB: EGILRTW 4M WIG +16 227
#note 4:52 [8:52] This time JJB correctly creates wiglet and cannot bring himself to play it. His play is only .4 behind.
>SD: CNOO O8 COON +25 238
#note 0:23 [13:57]
>JJB: AEELRTU O1 TRU. +15 242
#note 1:04 [7:48] Another almost-there rack on an almost-closed board despairs JJB of such plays as alu#/aweel# 27 (22.8 diff) and league/leke 29 and tau/tweel# 27. His leave also allows rut 3k 22. Missing out on Collins hooks reduces bingo lines!
>SD: DEFOOPS 5B SPOOFED +81 319
#note 0:37 [23:20] SD takes a commanding lead with no blanks shown yet.
>JJB: AEEGHHL O14 HE +26 268
#note 1:52 [5:56] JJB takes another triple grab, missing he 6b 30 and the stronger heh 6b 39 (15.8 diff).
>SD: DEEIOSS C4 E.ISODES +64 383
#note 0:22 [12:58] SD draws another strong play straight from the bag, with two vowels next to triples.
>JJB: ?AEGHLQ B2 LEA.H +47 315
#note 3:21 [2:35] Grabbing the points and keeping Q? ranks third best statically, 5.5 behind quat# 33, and 5.0 behind quash 63 (using the blank). Quash has almost 4% chance of winning, hag 30 about 3%, and quat# and gash 31 about 2% (leash about 1%).
>SD: AENOZ B10 ZONAE +101 484
#note 4:19 [8:39] SD has not drawn the blank yet but has and plays a 100-pointer! (13 words there rate over 60 points.)
>JJB: ?ABGIQT 2J QInTA. +68 383
#note 0:23 [2:12] JJB thought his own prepared play was strong but he smirks at how he was outclassed. Qubit/qibla also play for 66 with the Collins hooks at 3i. It turns out that qintar 68, vary 52, bag/gab 12+4, net of 32, is also the best out in two.
>SD: ?ANOVY D11 eNVOY +30 514
#note 3:14 [5:25] Vary 52, gab/bag 12+4, is net 36 to SD. She makes the best 5-tile play instead, envoy 30, leading to gob 9+2, net of 19.
>JJB: BG 14A B.G. +7 390
#note 0:51 [1:21] Wanting to show off one more Collins word, JJB gives up 2 more points in optimality.
>JJB: (A) +2 392
#note After JJB ekes out a late 4-point lead, SD draws and finds a pelican equivalent before anyone sees a blank, to which JJB's 47 and 68 cannot compete. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 13, SD 18. Points improvable based on values: JJB 130.0.
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