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#player1 Robin_Pollock-Daniel Robin Pollock-Daniel
#player2 JD JD
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: CEGKO 8D GECKO +28 28
>JD: AHTUVWY E5 WAV.Y +28 28
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: NOZ 6B ZON. +33 61
>JD: GHILTTU B2 GLIT. +30 58
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: IQ A4 QI +44 105
>JD: ACEHITU D8 .AUCHE +29 87
#note I had a hard time coming up with this play
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: J 9C J.. +21 126
>JD: ADEIOTT 12B AT.ETOID +63 150
#note and then I almost missed this
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: DLO F4 DOL +27 153
>JD: ?EMNRRV H11 R.VEN +24 174
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: BEINSTU 11G T.IBUNES +75 228
#note gave her just what she needed
>JD: ?AAEMRU 9G AMAtEUR +72 246
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: DLMO 8L MOLD +39 267
>JD: EIORSUY 10B YO.SE +42 288
#note I felt really good about how I'd played up to this point. this one is a close call - I'm not sure why I decided to take the points but I didn't want to get in a fishing battle with robin. I figured my chances would be best served by taking the points and trying to gum up the board down the road.
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: ADEEESS 7K SADE +20 287
#note she had EES or something left over
>JD: EEGIRTU 15F GE.ITURE +60 348
#note phew! I'm in good shape...right?
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: BEEFNPS 6N BE +21 308
>JD: AIINNOW 3D WAIN +13 361
#note this is a pretty tough tradeoff - I can play TWIN/WE and collect 11 extra points and try to outrun and potential bingo, or I can go for some kind of partial block. I wasn't thinking so much about the D, but really there are no dangerous spots besides that - the TSADE hook is low-prob, and a bingo on row 2 is likely to give me a lot of points. that said, if I play TWIN I will have a really good chance at outrunning her too. close call, but I'm ok with my decision here.
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: EFL M11 .LF +12 320
#note I was a bit worried about X plays, so it relieved me that she blocked this spot. without a short high-scoring play this turn I figured she wouldn't be able to catch me.
>JD: IINOOPP 12K PO.IO +26 387
#note as robin said after the game, "wow, polio was a godsend". I actually had a better play that I didn't see - PEPINO keeps some vowels in preparation for what should be a consonant-heavy pool.
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: ?EINRSX 4F .EXtRINS +98 418
#note damnit! I think she had to draw an X bingo to win (after signalling that she didn't have it last turn). I don't get ELF - there are other places to play the X but this is potentially a high-scoring one and she should want the volatility.
>JD: AFINPRR O1 INFAR. +30 417
#note man! she totally didn't have the X before so she must've drawn it and then bingoed with it. I'm not really sure if there's any other bingo that gives her a chance to win. she also drew an outplay. this is a bit worse than infra at 14A if she sees HAET.
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: AHT J2 HA.T +15 433
>Robin_Pollock-Daniel: (PR) +8 441
#note It wouldn't have taken much different for me to go 8-0, but this was still a really good first day.
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