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#player1 Matt_Canik Matt Canik
#player2 Kevin_Leeds Kevin Leeds
>Matt_Canik: ?ACDFOQ 8E FADO +16 16
#note I'm typing this note before I look at any of my games, but I want to say this: I am extremely tired this morning, a mixture of waking up at 7 to drive there and not having a decent breakfast. Still, none of that excuses how bad I'm inevitably going to play.
What a better way to start of my tounament than with a TEN-POINT blunder. I was going to exchange. Quackle thinks I'm a straight moron for trying to play through this.
>Kevin_Leeds: IIIII -IIIII +0 0
>Matt_Canik: ?CDEEIQ 7D QI +16 32
>Kevin_Leeds: BO 9F BO +13 13
>Matt_Canik: ?CDEELW 10G CLEW +23 55
#note WELChED, LoC(O)WEED.
Good lord this is inexcusable.
>Kevin_Leeds: DEI 6E DIE +13 26
>Matt_Canik: ??DEEOP 11D EPisODE +82 137
#note Thankfully, Scrabble is Scrabble and doesn't care how well you play. If you suck, you'll be rewarded with both blanks and 82 points.
>Kevin_Leeds: IJN 10B JIN +28 54
>Matt_Canik: AAFIIMR 5G MAFIA +24 161
#note I spent a long time deliberating between this and FAIR/ or MAFIA at 9I. Ultimately, I chose this, which Quackle says is the worst of the options. I was trying to start closing the board, but I should probably just keep running with equity here because of 7, 9, and A beingopen.
>Kevin_Leeds: AEGIRST 12I STAGIER +78 132
>Matt_Canik: EHIRSTV O6 THRIVE.S +92 253
>Kevin_Leeds: PX J4 P.X +28 160
#note Kevin said after that this came from 7 consonants.
>Matt_Canik: ACNNRUW 12A CRAW +36 289
#note Up by a good margin, I think it's important to score points with CRAW instead of playing WAN for 7 less to keep a nicer leave.
>Kevin_Leeds: IZ 4H ZI. +50 210
>Matt_Canik: LNNOTUU K5 .UNT +13 302
#note I spent a good 6 minutes on this position. I didn't want to play (C)UNT for 5 more because A is really important for me to be able to block, and CUNT makes it impossible for me to block it effectively.
>Kevin_Leeds: GV M11 V.G +14 224
>Matt_Canik: LNNOTUU A12 .UNT +18 320
#note But now I think I have no choice but to play here.
>Kevin_Leeds: EIKRS L1 KIERS +39 263
>Matt_Canik: ALNNNOU 2J UN.ON +14 334
#note I really wanted to play NOUNAL/VIGA, but opening up a TWS like that in this position was suicide. UNION sets up my N for 1J, and the only unseen tile that goes there is the M. Liking my odds.
>Kevin_Leeds: EGOOS 14J GOOSE +28 291
>Matt_Canik: ADHLMNY 15K MY +24 358
#note I was set to play HAM(ZA) for 57 and then balked on its validity. It's just inexusable how bad I am sometimes.
I chose MY because I've now got the D and the only way I can lose is if he bingos. I'm blocking his only remaining lane, barring something crazy from the T at 15A.
>Kevin_Leeds: ABR H1 BRA.. +48 339
>Matt_Canik: ADEHLLN A7 HELD +36 394
#note (K)HAN for 40 almost has to be right.
>Kevin_Leeds: O 7N O. +5 344
>Matt_Canik: AALNOTT 15H ATO.. +33 427
#note I don't see any bingos in the unseen pool. No poing blocking.
>Kevin_Leeds: EEILRUY B6 YE +18 362
>Matt_Canik: AAELNT G2 AL +8 435
#note Kevin's low on time. I'm trying to push him over and blocking RULIE(R)
>Kevin_Leeds: EILRU 5A LEI +9 371
>Matt_Canik: AENT 13C ETNA +19 454
>Matt_Canik: (RU) +4 458
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