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#player1 Geoff_Thevenot Geoff Thevenot
#player2 Evans_Clinchy Evans Clinchy
>Geoff_Thevenot: AEGHIN 8D HAEING +28 28
>Evans_Clinchy: ACKNNST G7 K.N +13 13
#note I liked making a short play to keep the most bingo-prone leave here, but Quackle points out a superior way: NECK F7. Forks open S hooks on both sides (NECKS and SNECK).
>Geoff_Thevenot: IIIIII -IIIIII +0 28
>Evans_Clinchy: ACIMNST D4 MITC. +24 37
#note Sim likes MANIC 10F best, and it's not hard to see why - 29 points, ST is a strong leave, and I'm forking open two S-hooking lanes since MANIC and KINA both take the mouse.
>Geoff_Thevenot: DEOPUV 10E UPDOVE +29 57
>Evans_Clinchy: ?ANORSX 5B tR.AXONS +78 115
#note Bingo
>Geoff_Thevenot: ACEIRST 4I ATRESIC +76 133
#note Bango
>Evans_Clinchy: ADDEEIR 3F READIED +75 190
#note Bongo
>Geoff_Thevenot: AAEELRT 2B LAETARE +76 209
#note Bungo
>Evans_Clinchy: AFMNORT N1 NAT.FORM +80 270
#note Bengo
>Geoff_Thevenot: IILLOSU 1G ILLUSIO. +89 298
#note Byngo
>Evans_Clinchy: ?ADEEOZ O8 ADOZE +60 330
>Geoff_Thevenot: BFO 3A FOB +26 324
>Evans_Clinchy: ?EEERSY 11C EYRE +22 352
#note I wasn't sure of KINDY#. There's DINKIES/KINDIES# but I thought the singular might only be KINDIE#. EYE in that spot appears best. This sims a ways back - ditching the R here is actually a fairly significant blunder, as it's a valuable bingo tile and there aren't any left.
>Geoff_Thevenot: AITV 12A VITA +34 358
>Evans_Clinchy: ?BENQST N12 BET +14 366
#note I thought this was pretty cool at the time, but it's actually fairly weak. My thinking was that with NQS? and two U's in the pool, I was fairly likely to hit a bingo, and BET worked either as a setup or a diversion while I hit line 12 instead. The problem with this? The pool sucks. Way too many 2-tile draws can mess me up here. I'm only 6.9 percent to bingo after BET, with an average score next turn of 46.9. Not good enough to justify fishing. The better choices here are taking the points with ILLUSIONS/ST# for 35 and taking the more likely bingo by exchanging BQ.
>Geoff_Thevenot: IIOOU -IIOOU +0 358
>Evans_Clinchy: ?ENQSUY 12F SEQUiNY +111 477
>Evans_Clinchy: ?ENQSUY -- -111 366
#note Quite possibly the dumbest play of my life. Not only is it a raunchy phony, but I have a million ways to win the game without it. QUEY/BETE# scores 84 and keeps the blank!
>Geoff_Thevenot: HOW 15M WHO +36 394
>Evans_Clinchy: ?ENQSUY 1C NYE +26 392
#note Suddenly things look very bleak. It's probably better here to play just NY# - with the funky pool, it's preferable to keep the E and not dig so deep into the bag. But I'm probably sunk either way.
>Geoff_Thevenot: GIINW A10 WI.ING +39 433
>Evans_Clinchy: ?GLPQSU M8 SUQ +18 410
#note Blocking JOUR#, which is unnecessary. Best is just to take the 38 points with PLAQUE.
>Geoff_Thevenot: JOU 12L JU.. +26 459
>Evans_Clinchy: ?GLP 13D GuLP +16 426
#note I thought PLAGE might only be French, and I was tired of walking to the challenge computer. Meh.
>Evans_Clinchy: (O) +2 428
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