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#player1 Jim_Burlant Jim Burlant
#player2 Paul_Holser Paul Holser
>Jim_Burlant: ABDNOST 8G BOD +12 12
#note Best. BATON 8D also worth consideration.
>Paul_Holser: AEINRTW J2 TINWARE +71 71
>Jim_Burlant: AINSSTY 5J .INY +20 32
#note Not good. I didn't like 9F AYS - it gives up way too many front hooks, not to mention the vowel placement issues at 10F. Not seeing that, 5I YWIS looks decent, but, duplicated S or not, I *hate* floating an S like that for two extra points - it telegraphs the rack and makes it too easy for him to play from/through. This sims roughly 5 points down and wins 2% less often than AYS.
>Paul_Holser: AGIRTU F4 GUITAR +17 88
>Jim_Burlant: AAJMSST E3 JAMS +39 71
>Paul_Holser: APW D4 WAP +40 128
#note This is where I knew I was in for a bad game. It's still very early and the only way he can really hurt me with more than a big play is if he's got one of only two P's...and he's got it. At least he didn't hit me with the Z here.
>Jim_Burlant: ACFMSTX I1 FAX +40 111
#note Not much choice here. This is best, winning 31%.
>Paul_Holser: ?EEGILZ E9 ELEGIZe +84 212
#note Best bingo for Paul, due to where he chose to slot the blank. Paul is 86% to win.
>Jim_Burlant: CLMNPST 15D P.LTS +27 138
#note Hated giving up my S but felt that the points plus board position dictated that I do this, especially since this gives me an S front hook. Q says 13C CLIPT was the play. 8.7% to win.
>Paul_Holser: FO H1 OF +36 248
>Jim_Burlant: CEELMNO L1 MELO. +20 158
#note Saw LIMOCENE* but wasn't sure it would stay on the board. This was bad - I saw the play I should have made as I was entering this rack into Quackle: CLOZE 14B scores 44. I missed it.
>Paul_Holser: DOOV 13B OVO.D +18 266
>Jim_Burlant: ACEEINO 1K A.ICE +27 185
#note Reasonable play but not best. 14E ZOEA keeps a much better CEIN and scores comparably to this. At the time I was just trying to open up lines. At any rate, this did work out.
>Paul_Holser: ILRT B10 LIR.T +14 280
>Jim_Burlant: EENOSTU 14H OUTSEEN +70 255
#note Only bingo. 19% to win.
>Paul_Holser: EINNR 15K INNER +27 307
>Jim_Burlant: EHHIOQU 13M HO +25 280
#note Blinded by the presence of the 2 H's, and I thought I'd try to give him a line to defend, as I was hoping to be able to hit something with the Q down one of the triple lines. Best is QUOIT J10 despite keeping both the H's.
>Paul_Holser: ACDEENT O7 ENACTED +90 397
#note Well, he certainly defended the O column, didn't he? He's 93% to win with this, which means I have a 7% chance to win. What miracle can I conjure up to win this game?
>Jim_Burlant: EHIQRUV A6 QUIRE +44 324
#note If Q is to be believed, apparently I should leave the triple open aand play at J10 with QUIRT - I thought that at this point I needed to cut my losses.
>Paul_Holser: ADKRY K8 DARKY +36 433
>Jim_Burlant: GHIOSUV C1 GUVS +24 348
#note Best is B2 SHOGI. I missed it.
>Paul_Holser: ?ABE 1A BE.An +24 457
>Paul_Holser: (HIO) +12 469
#note While I don't think this was a winnable game, I'm also not entirely thrilled with how I played. I should have been able to find a better play than WINY. And even though the scoreboard points from the MELON/AMICE/OUTSEEN sequence probably came out in the wash when I missed CLOZE, I should never have missed that. It's on me that I lost by 121 points. Props to Paul for a well played game.
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