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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Rafal_Dominiczak Rafal Dominiczak
>JD: IINOSTU -IU +0 0
>Rafal_Dominiczak: OVX H7 VOX +26 26
>JD: INOSTUV 9F VO. +14 14
#note things are about to get weird
>Rafal_Dominiczak: AGHLLTT -AGHL +0 26
>JD: IIJNSTU 8G J. +18 32
>Rafal_Dominiczak: FKLMTTT -FKL +0 26
>JD: IINPSTU -IPU +0 32
>Rafal_Dominiczak: E 8G ..E +10 36
>JD: BCINSTT J6 CIST +23 55
#note exchanging does not seem like a reasonable response here, and I don't like BIST even though the CNT leave is better - but is CIS better than CIST? CIST gives up very limited bingo opportunities but CIS denies them altogether. However, if I do play CIS he can just fish again by putting a tile at 10G, and then my rack will be awful. tough call.
>Rafal_Dominiczak: ?EEIOTZ K9 ErOTIZE +82 118
#note in this case my play backfired terribly!
>JD: BEFNQTT -BFQT +0 55
#note I hated leaving the bottom open, but wasn't sure enough about BENET#. Even so, it may be better just to exchange now on a board with very little potential to offload the Q, and just hope he can't kill me too badly at the bottom.
>Rafal_Dominiczak: ABEUY 12G BEAU.Y +24 142
>JD: ADEENRT 14J D.EREN +40 95
#note somehow rafal blocked both of my bingos!! weirdly, quackle loves ZANTE at 14K, opening two huge spots at 15L and column O simultaneously, the idea being that I will at least be able to hit one of them (61 points per turn average). I don't think I could ever come up with ZANTE over the board.
>Rafal_Dominiczak: EILOO 13C LOOIE +17 159
>JD: AAALNTU O12 UL.A +15 110
#note missed LANTANA, a nice chance to open things up and blow through an ugly rack
>Rafal_Dominiczak: FOO 14D OOF +31 190
#note tell me that play doesn't look weird
>JD: AAINRTT 15A TAINT +25 135
>Rafal_Dominiczak: AHP 12B PAH +32 222
>JD: ?ABDGIR L4 BRIGADe +76 211
#note ABRIDGE is a couple of extra points, missed it for some reason.
>Rafal_Dominiczak: AIKN 8L .KIN +24 246
>JD: CEMOSTY M8 .YTE +28 239
#note quackle suggests just taking the points for STEEM# at 15H, but I don't think I was certain enough about its validity to risk trying it. Instead, this play keeps my case O (useful for the OPAH hook).
>Rafal_Dominiczak: AGU K3 GAU +16 262
>JD: ACMNNOS A8 MASCON +43 282
>JD: AEILNNW (challenge) +5 287
#note I was not 100% sure about this play either!
>Rafal_Dominiczak: DMRU B6 DRUM +19 281
>JD: AEILNNW 3D WEANLIN. +64 351
>Rafal_Dominiczak: AHRT 2C RATH +35 316
>JD: DEFPQRS I2 Q. +11 362
#note it's tough to leave row 1 open, but at least if he kills me at 1A then I will probably get a response on row 4. I played it here instead of N7 because if he has a bingo like RIESLING or SWEIRING# I would just give him 11 extra points.
>Rafal_Dominiczak: EILSW 4A WILES +39 355
#note I guess he had the other I, because otherwise I think he would've played SLEW.
>JD: DEFGPRS 15H FRE.D +41 403
>Rafal_Dominiczak: EIR 1A IRE +11 366
#note all in all my most entertaining game of the tournament. I guess winning feels good too.
>Rafal_Dominiczak: (GPS) +12 378
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