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#player1 Carl Carl
#player2 Matt_T Matt T
>Carl: ABEHINO 8H OBEAH +28 28
#note This was the last game of Day 1, and I was already exhausted after my loss to Will Anderson. I was hoping for an easy game.
>Matt_T: ?ADELMU K6 AL.rUMED +70 70
>Carl: EFIIMNO J5 IF +26 54
#note L12 FOIN wins the sim. (-1)
>Matt_T: ?ALOSSV M8 SALVOrS +81 151
#note I held this play for more than a minute, not looking at the blank slip. I had thought he had played SALVOES. I could feel my composure slipping from me. I had studied like a motherlovin sorcerer for this tournament, but there were two lists I didn't get to, the -OES words and my list of phonies. If I hadn't spent so much time at the airport panicking about my possibly canceled flight, I would have studied both lists and this wouldn't be happening. Nonetheless, I made the right decision and released the hold.
>Carl: AEIMNOR 4H MORAINE +80 134
>Matt_T: EJST O1 JETS +47 198
>Carl: DEINNOW 3G NOW +24 158
>Matt_T: CRY 9G CRY +28 226
>Carl: DEINOPU 3K POIN. +26 184
#note DUOMO H1 is best. (-3)
>Matt_T: ENTV 2F VENT +28 254
>Carl: DEEORUW 2M WO. +24 208
>Matt_T: RZ 12J Z.R. +26 280
>Carl: DEELRRU L12 .UER +10 218
>Carl: DEELRRU -- -10 208
#note Have you ever played Super Smash Brothers? You have this bubble/ shield thing, but if you use it too much, it just shatters, leaving you stunned and totally vulnerable. It's a terrible noise, and death is soon to follow. This was the play that broke me. (-18)
>Matt_T: AQT 7F QAT +16 296
#note And I even warned myself to always look at the blank slip. Remember the QvOIT game vs. Stefan Rau a few years ago? I sure do. You can't just assume that it's the letter you think it is. And all you have to do is look at the blank slip, and for whatever reason, I didn't do it.
>Carl: DEELRRU 5E RUDE +16 224
#note REZERO is slightly better positionally. (-1)
>Matt_T: GIP D3 GIP +20 316
#note Naturally, it is easier to discern the phony when there's a big letter "R" plastered on the blank. Over the board, you don't have that luxury.
>Carl: AEEILRT 13H TRA.E. +20 244
#note Hoping to draw the X. QI F7 wins the sim, but come on, he's gonna block that. (-10?)
>Matt_T: ADEGR 12D GRADE +19 335
>Carl: EFIILOS 3B FI. +14 258
#note 11G IF sims best. (-4.5)
>Matt_T: ATY E11 A.TY +14 349
>Carl: EGILOSX 14I EX +62 320
>Matt_T: CINU 15F UNCI +21 370
>Carl: BGIKLOS 2A KOB +32 352
>Matt_T: ADELT 10B DELTA +20 390
>Carl: GILNOSU 8B LUNGI +18 370
#note SOU N13 is best. (-7)
>Matt_T: HI N14 HI +20 410
>Carl: OS 10H OS +14 384
>Carl: (EEI) +6 390
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