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#player1 Matthew_Tunnicliffe Matthew Tunnicliffe
#player2 Shan_Abbasi Shan Abbasi
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: CIIORST 8F SORITIC +74 74
>Shan_Abbasi: CFL I6 FL.C +13 13
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AKLNOQR L8 .LONK +22 96
#note Didn't spot J2 KRONA. I think this is fine though.
>Shan_Abbasi: ?ADEGNO 7A tANGOED +68 81
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEQRTUW A4 QUA.RE +72 168
>Shan_Abbasi: JO K10 JO +31 112
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: LNPSTWW B5 TW. +29 197
>Shan_Abbasi: AF 6F FA +31 143
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: DENNPSW 10A SPEND +29 226
#note Tough call to pass up J11 WEND, but at this score I'm happy with SPEND. Did not spot ADOWN, which is worth considering.
>Shan_Abbasi: ERTVX C9 V.RTEX +40 183
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AABMNTW B13 WAB +39 265
#note If he doesn't have the A, I am going to do very well here.
>Shan_Abbasi: AHOR A12 HORA +61 244
#note Ow.
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AABEMNT M9 ABEAM +44 309
>Shan_Abbasi: ?EIRTVY N3 bREVITY +76 320
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EHNNOOT 4J HONO. +16 325
#note Spent a lot of time here. There really are no good plays. Happy to open a bingo lane with my nice leave.
>Shan_Abbasi: DEEI N12 EIDE +21 341
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EGILNST 15H GENTIL.S +140 465
>Shan_Abbasi: E K14 E. +2 343
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADIILSU E10 .UI +8 473
#note Nothing much to do but go for spread, I guess.
>Shan_Abbasi: MU 5K MU +18 361
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADILSUY O1 DAYS +41 514
>Shan_Abbasi: AEIPRTZ 1N I. +3 364
#note Beautiful play.
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EGIILNU D2 GLUIN. +16 530
#note After a well-played game, I bleed over a hundred equity on the final turn. I guess I should have smelled a rat after the strange ID play, but I figured he was just defeated. So no, it didn't occur to me that he was setting up a 9-letter bingo and I did not spot it. This was a pretty crucial error, it turned out. If I had blocked this, I would have had a comfortable cushion against Jackson in the KotH. Plus Shan overtook my high play word (played this game) and won the Scrabble brand wristwatch that I really wanted. Plus I got to endure a dozen people asking me why I didn't block and I got to explain that it didn't seem so obvious over the board. But I guess I deserved it! Wasn't upset at all at this mistake; mostly just awed by Shan's ingenuity.
>Shan_Abbasi: AEOPRTZ 1G TRAPEZO.. +143 507
>Shan_Abbasi: (EI) +4 511
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