Game Details
Player 1
#player1 Kevin_McCarthy_Sr. Kevin McCarthy Sr.
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: AKRTU H4 KRAUT +28 28
#note This was my personal best high score tourney game ever. I've been waiting a very long time for this. KURTA may be a smidge better for Kevin to reduce my overlaps.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?AEHTVX G6 AX +36 36
#note I didn't even think of burning the blank here for 5E oVERTAX for 64. I think that's best. However, I do like how my play greatly restricts Kevin's options.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: ABCIIOO -5 +0 28
#note Exchange 5. Not actual rack.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?EHNTUV 8F VE. +16 52
#note 4D THUNK for 24 is a tiny bit better but both my play and THUNK are within 1% winning chances of each other. Quackle thinks my play is 2nd best.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: BNU F4 NUB +22 50
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?EHNTUV E3 HUN +18 70
#note Best play.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: OY I8 OY +16 66
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?EEENTV J9 EVENTEr +74 144
#note I picked the highest scoring and strangest looking bingo to play here. Note EVENTED* is phony.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: ?DIIISU - +0 66
#note Unsuccessful challenge.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEIOORW K3 WOODIER +78 222
#note Best play.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: EGG D3 EGG +27 93
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?ADNRSU 15H gU.NARDS +122 344
#note The money play you all saw on the facebook page! Only triple triple.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: AAIIINR - +0 93
#note Unsuccessful challenge.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AAEIRYZ 12H ZA.IER +50 394
#note Best play.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: EEHILST O8 SHELTIE. +86 179
#note Very nice play. O8 SHEITELS for 86 is also available.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AAEIPTY L4 PEAT +27 421
#note I wasn't looking hard enough on this turn. I wanted to take out the L column which also prevents bingos through the R but 13C PITAYA for 41 has a lot of merit. M8 APIARY for 28 also has value as well.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: IQ I3 QI +27 206
>Jonathan_Lindh: AADIJOY 2B JAY +35 456
#note I probably should block column N first with JIAO but wanted to grab some points with the YEGG hook first.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: GL 11I L.G +16 222
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADFINOT N8 OAF +34 490
#note OF is a smidge better, keeping the A for the ZA spot.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: L G6 ...L +12 234
>Jonathan_Lindh: DIINSTW 10E WIST +21 511
#note I wanted to block the opening Kevin created. IWIS may be better at blocking than WIST although it does give back a floating I.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: DO 3A DO +12 246
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADIMNOS 11D MOD +25 536
#note This was my only major mistake of the game. I missed A3 DIAMONDS for 89 which would have given me 600 points with 5 tiles in the bag. Probably could have gotten into the 630's or 640's had I found it. Maybe I would have beat my own personal club best of 646. First missed bingo of the first Early Bird.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: EMNORT A3 .ORMENT +33 279
#note Then I alllow this phony. It's only MORDENT.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ABFINOS 12A FINO +30 566
#note Quackle likes tacking on the S for FINOS a little better than my play. I wasn't looking too closely given the blowout nature of the game.
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: ACCEILP A12 .ICE +27 306
#note Quackle likes 13G PACT for 33 keeping CILE here. PACT also prevents me from getting 600.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ABIIRS 13C ABRIS +27 593
#note I was very close. My endgame was 2nd best. 13H ART for 19 or 13F RIA for 15 are 2 better than my play and also block Kevin's out of CLAP(T).
>Kevin_McCarthy_Sr.: ACLP 14A .AP +19 325
#note N13 PAD is 20. This is 2nd best.
>Jonathan_Lindh: I 6A .I +6 599
#note Best play.
>Jonathan_Lindh: (CL) +8 607
#note Final score recorded as 607-335. We misadded Kevin's QI to get to 216 instead of 206. This was my highest tourney game ever and indicative of how things would go for most of the tournament.
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