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#player1 Sam_Rosin Sam Rosin
#player2 Matthew_Tunnicliffe Matthew Tunnicliffe
>Sam_Rosin: ADIOU 8H AUDIO +14 14
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EHILRTU 9C LUTHIER +68 68
>Sam_Rosin: GIOR D8 G.IRO +16 30
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: DEEILSV F6 DIS.EVEL +71 139
#note Also SURVEILED#
>Sam_Rosin: KY C12 KY +24 54
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ACDNOOS 7I COO +21 160
#note yeesh, CODON is a TWL word that fell out of my head. COON is better than COO anyways.
>Sam_Rosin: ADMTT K3 MATT..D +20 74
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AADLNSX L2 LAX +42 202
>Sam_Rosin: AEGG M1 GAGE +36 110
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADEFINS N2 DIS +34 236
#note This is a mindless blunder. I spent ages on this turn, fixated on the N column, but the obvious plays are on row 14. FIENDS or NEIFS or DEFIS there is way way better than this. Horrible tunnel vision. This was a great chance to run away with this game before the headaches started
>Sam_Rosin: AQ E7 QA. +27 137
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEFFNNN G5 FAN +23 259
>Sam_Rosin: BEHL 14A BHEL +28 165
>Sam_Rosin: III (challenge) +5 170
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EFNNNOO H3 FOEN +17 276
>Sam_Rosin: III -III +0 170
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ENNNOTU G12 NOUN +10 286
#note I missed UNBE, which is probably safer. Wanted to unload these N's though, which were getting annoying.
>Sam_Rosin: BIS A12 BI.S +33 203
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EEEINPT H14 PE +22 308
>Sam_Rosin: RWY I1 WRY +25 228
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEEINOT 1H A.EE +21 329
#note No Quackle, TOWIE and TAWIE are silly. I'm getting kind of anxious here, because I should have run away with this game after my two bingos and Sam's bad racks, but I've just been plunking down 10-20 point plays for five turns and he is still in striking distance with great tiles unseen. I think AWEE is fine, by the way, but OWE was probably worth considering.
>Sam_Rosin: ?IINPRT L7 P.ITRINe +79 307
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: CEINOTU O1 TEC +30 359
#note Okay, so now I'm facing a bit of a disaster. Look at all those goodies unseen. And I can't block down the bottom right quadrant without opening up an S hook. COU(N)T stops the Z and J plays on row 14, but then he just hits a bingo or JOIST/ZOIST or something. I decide to just take the points and hope to outrun whatever damage he is about to do.
>Sam_Rosin: ?EJR 14J JE.Rs +52 359
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AAINORU 11H OURA.I +12 371
#note First of all, I just want to point out how silly it is that I am forced to play a pre-endgame which involves blocking ZEMSTVOS. But really, I just have to block up this entire section of the board and pray for a tile which gives me outs, or that Sam winds up getting stuck with something on this tight board. This wins 88% apparently.
>Sam_Rosin: EMOSVWZ N8 VOWS +25 384
#note Sam had under a minute. So he didn't really have a chance to figure out this ridiculous position. It doesn't look like anything wins, but there are a couple of plays which probably win simply because they force me to see and block a specific play. He has to block M9 TAIN. 12K MI does that, and also subtly sets up SEIZOR for a huge play. I can and must block that play with MINT. Anything else and I lose to SEIZOR. Sam could also try 12K WIS, following that up with 10L TOZE. I have to block with (DI)NT, or else Sam scores too much off of TOZE. I can still win with TAXES and JA, but only by a couple points and only if I spot that sequence in the minute I have left (I likely just get greedy and slap down TA, TAXES). Neither of these plays win, but considering his opponent has weak Collins vision and is low on time, they probably both work. Tricky!
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ANT J4 TA +16 387
>Sam_Rosin: EMZ O9 ME +13 397
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: N M11 .N +4 391
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: (Z) +20 411
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