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#player1 Shark Shark
#player2 Kapsalon Kapsalon
>Shark: EEJOPRU 8G JUPE +26 26
#note Good opening rack here: this or JEU?
>Kapsalon: DEFKSTY K4 FYKES +44 44
>Shark: ?ELNORT 9B ELyTRON +70 96
>Kapsalon: ADIRTTX 10B XI +52 96
>Shark: ABDEEGI L1 GIBE +28 124
>Kapsalon: ADRTTVW M2 DAWT +36 132
>Shark: AADEFHI E6 FAI.HED +28 152
>Kapsalon: EORSTVZ 2J VO..ER +36 168
>Shark: ?AAMOOU O1 A.OMA +30 182
>Kapsalon: BGNSTTZ C8 B..NTZ +34 202
#note Only one of us saw B(LI)NTZ immediately, and that person was sure it was phony. Took the other one of us three minutes!
>Shark: ?INOSSU D1 SUaSION +71 253
>Kapsalon: EGIOPST 1D .PIGOT +27 229
#note 14A GIE sets up the case S, and 14B PEG takes out the hook.
>Shark: AGHIINT C3 HI +20 273
>Kapsalon: ADEORSV 14A OVERSAD +94 323
>Shark: AAAGINT D11 AA +15 288
>Kapsalon: CDEMNUW 15F MEW +31 354
#note Seems to balance scoring, blocking, and leave most nicely.
>Shark: AGINORT B1 ORATING +78 366
>Kapsalon: ACDEENU I1 .ACE +20 374
#note 6H NEC(K)? If we're going for the Q, the A could be helpful, and even so, the A is helpful on ths board. That said, (T)ACE seems to be the best balance of all factors involved here.
>Shark: ILLNORY A11 ORL.N +18 384
#note LI(O)N versus ORL(O)N. LORY leave versus ILY. The O is a much friendlier tile here, but the I is very helpful as Q insurance. If we draw the Q after LI(O)N, we're in huge trouble, but if we don't draw an E after ORL(O)N, we're also in some sort of trouble. LORY seems to be a better leave so long as we don't draw the Q (77% of the time). But perhaps the upsides of the LORY leave don't outweight the downsides, as opposed to ILY...?
>Kapsalon: DEELNTU N5 ELUTED +16 390
#note Debate away! The best we came up with was to go for an out next turn. The main other options were those on the F column. Plays like LUTE and INDULT block most of the opponent's good Q plays (QUIRK, QUICK, QUIRKY), forcing them to play the Q on line A. However, looking at a lot of these situations revealed a pretty bleak picture even after blocking. See anything better?
>Shark: EILQRUY 6G QUIR.Y +24 408
>Kapsalon: CIN 4F NIC. +9 399
>Kapsalon: (EL) +4 403
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