#player1 Jim Jim Kramer
#player2 Adam Adam Logan
#title Jim Kramer vs. Adam Logan, NSC 2000, Division 1, Round 31
#ltarget Macintosh HD:jjc:nsa-web:board display:test game:
#ltarget 
#htarget file:///Macintosh%20HD/jjc/nsa-web/board%20display/test%20game/
#htarget /games/nsc2000/7/
> Adam: DDEIIOU 8d  DIDIE     +18  18
#note Adam: "I wasn't (and am not) sure this is best, but it seems reasonable."
#note Maven prefers 8H IODIDE (20).
> Jim:  ADEILOX 7e  LOX       +40  40
#note Maven prefers 7D ILEX (44).
> Adam: EFLOQUW 9h  FOWL      +16  34
#note Adam: "Yes, I know, I should have played LOWLIFE E4, despite the S-hook."
#note Maven would play LOWLIFE, but simulation shows that they have equal equity
#note (but very different volatility!).
> Jim:  ADEIIOT 10j OIDIA     +19  59
#note Maven's choice.
> Adam: EEGINQU 11g QUEEN     +40  74
#note Maven prefers 11F EQUINE (42).
> Jim:  AEGKRRT m9  KITER     +28  87
#note Maven's choice.
> Adam: AEGIORS 14j GORSE     +30 104
#note Maven's choice.
> Jim:  ACGNORT 15f GARCON    +32 119
#note Maven's choice.  (There's only one eight in ACGNORT+?, a common word.)
> Adam: AEEINSU o11 ANISE     +25 129
#note Maven's choice.
> Jim:  EHNSTV? l12 HERS      +39 158
#note Maven's choice.
> Adam: AEEINUW 9b  AWEE      +17 146
#note Adam: "Perhaps WEE is better, so as not to open 10B.  It wouldn't have worked
#note very well this time, though."
#note Maven prefers D8 DEEWAN (20).
> Jim:  LNOTUV? d8  DEVOUT    +20 178
#note Maven prefers 10D LUV (22), suggests also 10B TOLU (23).
> Adam: AEFINUZ 13b FUTZ      +32 178
#note Maven prefers 13G FUZE (32) by a negligible amount.
> Jim:  AHLNTV? 14a VAT       +24 202
#note Maven's choice.
> Adam: ACEINSY 10a AY        +26 204
#note Maven's choice.
> Jim:  EHLMNT? 11a HELOT     +27 229
#note Maven very slighlyt prefers 8A HM (29).
> Adam: CEIIINS 13g NICE      +14 218
#note Maven's choice.
> Jim:  LMNOTU? f6  MOD       +12 241
#note Maven prefers to open the board with E4 MOLLIE (16).
> Adam: EIIIMSY 8m  SIM       +26 244
#note Maven prefers exchanging IIY
> Adam: EIIIMSY     --        -26 218
#note Jim challenged SKITERS* off.  Adam: "It didn't seem that losing a turn
#note would cost much here."  Jim: "At this point I could see a long game in
#note the making, and didn't jot down IMS in Adam's rack as I usually would.
#note Big mistake, because I forgot he had the S, which he can play for 10
#note at any time (DIDIES).  So my lead was not as secure as I thought."
> Jim:  GLNOTU? b13 FAG        +7 248
#note Maven prefers 12K THEGN (13).
> Adam: EIIIMSY     -IIIY      +0 218
#note Maven prefers to trade only IIY.  Adam: "Saving ES for obvious reasons,
#note and M to play G5 MAXI if necessary."
> Jim:  BLNOTU?     -NTU       +0 248
#note Maven would open with K5 BOTULIN (18).  Jim stopped recording his racks
#note at this point, so what follows are educated guesses.  Jim: "I kept the B
#note for BLIN, the last L seemed like it wouldn't hurt, and I kept a vowel 
#note for unknown reasons.  I was expecting Adam to open the board at any time,
#note since I thought he was in a pretty bad way."
> Adam: EJLMST? k9  LINT      +10 228
#note Maven's choice.
> Jim:  ABLOOR? 15b GAB       +12 260
#note Maven's choice.  
#note Jim: "Little did I know this would be my last score of the game."
> Adam: EJMPST? n14 EM         +8 236
#note Maven's choice.
> Jim:  DLOORU?     -ORU       +0 260
#note Maven prefers to open with E4 DOOLIE (18).
> Adam: EJPSTY?     -JTY       +0 236
#note Maven prefers to open with I6 PESO (15).
#note Adam: "I was already thinking of K7 SPLINT, but wanted to hold it until
#note I could leave seven or fewer tiles in the bag and keep a bingo-prone 
#note leave, so that if Jim bingo-ed (I thought him very likely to have the 
#note other blank by this point), I could have a chance to win by bingo-ing out."
> Jim:  XXXDLO?     -XXDL      +0 260
#note Jim: "I don't have my racks from here on, but here or on the next play 
#note I exchanged an I, a huge, perhaps game-losing mistake. I should 
#note undoubtedly be exchanging more tiles in search of an A or E as well."
> Adam: AENPRS? a10 AHA        +7 243
#note Maven slightly prefers 8K ER (8), for no good reason.
> Jim:  XXXXJO?     -XXXX      +0 260
#note Jim: "I saved JO? for a couple of plays, thinking that any play off 
#note the K by Adam would allow me a big J play."
> Adam: AENPRS? f14 AG         +5 248
#note Maven still slightly prefers 8K ER (8), for no good reason.
> Jim:  XXXXJO?     -XXXX      +0 260
#note Jim: "I should pitch the J now that the A's are gone, but I may have
#note held it one more time."
> Adam: EINPRS? 12k THEIN      +8 256
#note Maven's choice.
#note Jim: "I assume Adam didn't see this before, because he had an I back
#note when he attempted SIM." Adam: "Before the T was in front of HE, it
#note didn't go.  (But no, I didn't realize that it would be a possibility
#note after K9 [BLP]INT.  I'm not sure if I would have kept an I if I had;
#note I did want the blank too.)
> Jim:  XXXXJO?     -          +0 260
#note Jim unsuccessfully challenges THEIN ("caffeine, when found in tea")
> Adam: XENPRS?     -X         +0 256
#note Adam did not record what tile he drew after THEIN, shown here as 'X'.
> Jim:  XXXXBO?     -          +0 260
#note Jim: "Now I should try to get the J back and then have a good chance
#note to play N6 JO off his next play (or play JOB if he doesn't block).
#note But I still thought he might not have a play, so I tossed any 
#note high-scoring tiles in preparation for six zeroes."
> Adam: DENPRS? 8d  DIDIES    +10 266
#note Adam: "At this point, I no longer needed k7 SPLINT, since this took the lead."
> Jim:  XXXXXB?     -XXXX      +0 260
#note Jim: "Now I think I pitched the B because I really wanted an E for
#note k8 ELINT but KaB is the only play I saw that he might not hammer."
> Adam: DENPRU?     -P         +0 266
#note Adam will win if the game is passed out, and is under no pressure to play.
> Jim:  XXXXXX?     -XXXX      +0 260
#note Jim: "I reversed course and tried to get the B back."
> Adam: DENPRU?     -P         +0 266
#note With BIIJLNOOPRRTY? unseen, Adam tries again to lower his rack value.
> Jim:  XXXXXX?     -XXXX      +0 260
#note Under time pressure (Jim has 40 seconds left, Adam 1:40) and backed into
#note a corner (he would have to use the blank to make even a low-scoring play),
#note Jim trades tiles again.
> Adam: BDENRU?     -          +0 266
#note Adam passes to invoke the 
#note <a href="http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/build/rules/f-r3a.htm">six scoreless 
#note turns rule</a> and bring the game to an end.  Even if Jim has six one-point
#note tiles and a blank, Adam still wins by three points.
> Jim:              (LOOPTY?) -11 249
#note Jim: "A loss, but a greatly entertaining one."
> Adam:             (BDENRU?)  -9 257
#note Adam: "A memorable game."