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#player1 NB Nancy Bowen
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>NB: ABKL 8E BALK +20 20
#note 0:55 [24:05] (balk 8g 20 +1.6) NB gets to rematch JJB at Steve Gawtry's house, after she won part of the Triple Crown in her own home. (Her snacks were equally appealing at both tournaments.) She begins with a blocky word in a less-standard position (avoiding powering the Y hook); this might edge her win odds up a couple percent.
>JJB: DHIMPSZ F8 .DZ +33 33
#note 0:46 [24:14] Second place is phasmid 27 (anagram of dampish)!
>NB: EGY 11E GEY +28 48
#note 1:14 [22:51] The hook is clearly indicated.
>JJB: HIMOPST 12A PITHOS +46 79
#note 0:48 [23:26] JJB remembers a weird six that fits just right and hits the Z again with his S.
>NB: ?AGOSTU I2 OUTAGeS +69 117
#note 1:43 [21:08] (outgains b7 74 +5) NB draws first blood with an out- word, but outgains would be 74.
>JJB: EEMNNUU 6I .UNMEN +13 92
#note 3:11 [20:15] (untune 4g 14 +12.3) Impressive-looking turnover, until you see the leave from untune 14 (or unmeet 18).
>NB: FOU A12 .OUF +27 144
#note 0:29 [20:39]
>JJB: EHIORRU L4 HU.OR +22 114
#note 2:28 [17:47] (ourie 5k 22 +1.8) Also 22 with better leave: ourie with 4 overlaps. Tied with humor is humeri.
>NB: CDOW 8K C.OWD +33 177
#note 0:31 [20:08] NB is keeping the points moving and the rack balanced.
>JJB: ?EEILRR C7 REfIL.ER +66 180
#note 5:09 [12:38] (firereel 15a 83 +17) JJB keeps looking, but has to play a safe move over the board. He is confident of refilter but for some reason cannot vet filterer 80 at the same time. He sees driveler 77 and loiterer 68 later. The big play would be firereel 83 of course.
>NB: EEMPRTT B2 TEMPTER +80 257
#note 1:02 [19:06] With JJB's help, NB can promote what would have been imp b12 26 all the way up to tempter b2 80, adding to her lead dramatically.
>JJB: ADEEIOV A1 VIDEO +44 224
#note 1:13 [11:25]
>NB: Q 10B Q. +31 288
#note 0:49 [18:17]
>JJB: AACEGLS 10F .AG +18 242
#note 2:51 [8:34] (scalage 15c 97 +55.9) JJB's last rack was so bad that he looks at this one and thinks, "Scalage? That can't be a word!" Time is ticking as he turns down the 97-point play he has written as a joke just to look up later.
>NB: BIN M3 BIN. +19 307
#note 0:14 [18:03] NB plunks down another quick play calculated on JJB's time.
>JJB: ACELNST D1 CANTLES +73 315
#note 0:40 [7:54] (correct score +4) This time JJB's leave was good enough to attract a choice of bingos (cantles, centals, lancets, lactones). Since NB had just related an anecdote about her needing to find cantals in a previous game, JJB elects to play cantles as an echo. But it's a different spelling than the one available on her previous board.
>NB: AY J1 AY +26 333
#note 5:49 [13:14] NB goes into deep thought but can't improve on the quick 2-letter play given a hardly manageable rack.
>JJB: EIJNRSV A7 SEV +31 346
#note 2:02 [5:52] (jin n2 30 +13.1) Quackle would play jin 30 now, and also mentiones wiverns 42 and aivers 39 and scrive 33. Discounting the ladder and these three triples, JJB wants to close up a more open triple despite using an S for less, and he wants to clear out his V (much while he'd like jives to take an O hook in front). A garden-variety play that pulls barely ahead.
>NB: E - +0 333
#note 0:09 [13:05] (keg h8 8 +7.7) Something about it doesn't look quite right to NB, and she challenges sers at 9 seconds. But they are Indian weight units. Likely she's thinking about sen, which are Japanese money units that are a mass noun that takes no S.
>JJB: IIJNRTW N2 JIN +30 376
#note 0:00 [5:52] JJB's clock does not get restarted, so he gets about a free minute; NB won't quibble it. He makes the play that was indicated for him last turn, still valid this turn ....
>NB: E H8 .E. +8 341
#note 2:50 [10:15] And so does NB.
>JJB: AAAIRTW 1D .ARAT +21 397
#note 0:37 [5:15] (raia e2 18 +2.4) The parallel beats the triple on leave once again.
>NB: AX E5 AX +31 372
#note 1:07 [9:08] NB takes the most points, but her options are dwindling and there are still 4 Is unplayed!
>JJB: ADEIOOW O1 WOOD +54 451
#note 0:20 [4:55] JJB gets over 50 with a fortuituous parallel. At this rate he doesn't care what's in the bag. It appears that ai/dean/emit 20 might also retain dynamic value for him, but that may be because Quackle is not minded to block wood next turn.
>NB: EIIILNR M8 .ILIER +14 386
#note 1:10 [7:58] NB finds the best leave combo, though it lets opponent go out when he doesn't have an out otherwise. But she cannot score more by going out on her own power: if she sets up two options with ceili 14, for instance, opponent just scores fe 22 and she gets two slots for airn 5+4, netting her 0. So getting 14 as JJB goes out is her best choice.
>JJB: AEFI 13J AFI.E +8 459
#note 0:28 [4:27] JJB likes afire better than feria.
>JJB: (IN) +4 463
#note NB continues fine form, missing primarily outgains 74 and learning not to challenge sers. JJB misses untune, firereel, and scalage, but gets in great locations for pithos 46, video 44, and wood 54, and there are very few opportunities on known tiles for NB to catch up anywhere. And it turns out one player at 3-2 won at each of the four boards, so now four players are tied for the lead at 4-2. Known points available: NB 5, JJB 21. Overall points available: NB 14.3+, JJB 106.5.
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