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#player1 Matt_Canik Matt Canik
#player2 Chris_Cree Chris Cree
>Matt_Canik: CEEEHOR 8C CHEERO +30 30
>Chris_Cree: AJLRU 7H JURAL +22 22
>Matt_Canik: EOOTVXY D8 .OOTY +22 52
#note Complete oversight of VO(R)TEX for 34. Bad.
>Chris_Cree: DEIIMNR K1 MERIDI.N +72 94
>Matt_Canik: DEIIVXY 1K .IXED +48 100
>Chris_Cree: AIORU 3I OU.ARI +14 108
>Matt_Canik: AEIOVWY 8K .OWAY +39 139
>Chris_Cree: ?ABDFNS L7 ..WAGE +20 128
>Chris_Cree: ?ABDFNS -- -20 108
>Matt_Canik: BEIIOTV C3 BIOTI. +22 161
#note I know he has an A now for the front hook, but this play seems so much stronger than the alternatives that I think I need to make it. A sim with opponent's partil rack set to AEGW still ranks this as the best play.
>Chris_Cree: AEGW 2B WAG +25 133
>Matt_Canik: ACEGLNV 5B V.CAL +20 181
#note ENCLAV(E)/WAGE is really nice here. Wish I had seen it, or even VEGAN/WAGE for that matter. Too bad I'm awful.
>Chris_Cree: EOU M3 .OUE +4 137
>Matt_Canik: EEGHNTZ F7 G.EZ +34 215
>Chris_Cree: ?AENRTT N8 .TTAiNER +68 205
#note iNTER(MIXED) is cool!
>Matt_Canik: AEEHNTU 15L HA.E +33 248
#note I really wanted to play ETHANE at M10 here, but that gives way too much back at O12 too much of the time.
>Chris_Cree: BDIS 9H BIDS +32 237
>Matt_Canik: EIMNPTU M12 PUM. +27 275
>Chris_Cree: ILNV 12A VIN.L +15 252
>Matt_Canik: EFFINNT A10 IN.ENT +27 302
#note FIN(I)T(O) 4H for 34 is a really good play here. It's touh to bingo from N or T, so I don't feel awful about stringing these out for him. I'm also setting up an F at B10, which I feel really good about.
>Chris_Cree: KS 12L S..K +28 280
#note Chris pshawed at his draw before this turn, which makes me think his rack is bad, even after this.
>Matt_Canik: ADEFFLT B10 FA.L +32 334
#note I really should have spent more time here.
I'm stuck on this notion that he has a bad rack. Bingoing is a moderate possibility for him, but I don't think it's horribly likely. FAIL allows me to outrun any nonbingo, probably even if I end up with the Q.
Q lists (N)AFFED as the best play. I didn't know NAFF was a verb, and losing a challenge right now is the worst thing I can do. (I'm not a results-oriented person either, but he still bingos out with his rack after NAFFED).
Here's what I should be thinking, I think: even if Cree bingos, drawing the Q on his post-bingo rack is going to make him lose most of the time. I don't think I should play off as many tiles, then. EF B9 is probably better.
I dunno. Thoughts?
>Chris_Cree: ?AEERSS 15A .ESSERAe +74 354
>Matt_Canik: DEFGPQT E4 Q.T +12 346
#note Fuck me. Fuck Scrabble. Back to the Golden Rule of Scrabble: If the opponent needs an improbable event (or in this case, a series of improbable events) to occur, then those events will always occur.
>Chris_Cree: NO 10I NO +11 365
#note This marks the 2nd consecutive game where an my expert-level opponent apologizes and says they bagged me (Chris and Darrell), and the third straight game where my expert-level opponent has double-blanked me.
It's extremely humbling to see that I left room for improvement in each of these, and that I was able to stay in striking range each time.
>Chris_Cree: (DEFGP) +24 389
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