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#player1 Joel_Sherman Joel Sherman
#player2 Matthew_Tunnicliffe Matthew Tunnicliffe
>Joel_Sherman: EIPY 8G YIPE +18 18
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: DDFGOSV K5 FOGS +26 26
#note It's close with exchanging. I had been exchanging on a lot of opening racks this tournament and I was a little tired of it.
>Joel_Sherman: AABCFIL H3 BIFAC.AL +66 84
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AADDEEV L1 DEAVED +34 60
>Joel_Sherman: AEENTUV 10A EVENTUA. +71 155
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AGNNNSX A7 ANN.X +36 96
>Joel_Sherman: GOW 1I GOW. +9 164
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EGLNRSZ 3K Z.G +26 122
#note Feeling snakebit on awkward draws, decided to keep the E. Otherwise, the options are ZEAL, GLAZER, BENZAL, all of which I considered. But felt like a no vowel draw would kill me. This is probably an error, and GLAZER is probably fine. Or ZEAL.
>Joel_Sherman: IP 2J PI. +36 200
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: DEELNRS B1 RELENDS +76 198
>Joel_Sherman: DEINORW M6 DOWNIER +68 268
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: HIINRTT C2 HIT +23 221
>Joel_Sherman: AIMQ F10 .MIAQ +36 304
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: IMNORST 15A MINORS +44 265
#note Tough position, but I think I have to blow up the rack. If I don't take the spot and Joel has an S or ? to take the spot, I'd finished. I'll take the 44, draw a blank, and have a shot at the lead with a bingo. I hope.
>Joel_Sherman: ACEU E7 ACU.E +22 326
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AAJOTUU -AAJOTUU +0 265
#note No idea whatsoever about this play. JURAT 12K? There's a 0% chance Joel doesn't shut down the O column immediately. And it just burns through the bag that much faster. Seriously had no idea here.
>Joel_Sherman: OOT L10 TOO +14 340
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?ORSTTY 12B TOuR.STY +80 345
#note Took me a long while to see. Under 3 minutes left after a lot of weird racks this game.
>Joel_Sherman: ?EEIILR F1 RELIEvI +60 400
>Joel_Sherman: ?EEIILR -- -60 340
#note !
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ABHJKRU F3 BURKA +23 368
#note Didn't have a lot of time to spend here, but this has gotta be the play, right? Block a lane and leave as few tiles in the bag as possible. Digging for the L in the bag is pretty important since I have no other way to block a 7M OI setup. So right there I'm losing 1/6. I'm guessing I can win all the other draws with some sort of block for his setups. Drawing 5 is also nice so I can guarantee threatening JO or JETE if Joel tries to outrun instead of bingoing. Any ideas for alternatives to BURKA? Like I said, I was very low on time here.
>Joel_Sherman: ?EEIILR 10L ..E +5 345
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEHJLTU 8M .HA +27 395
#note Had the luxury of a few overtime minutes to make sure I got it right
>Joel_Sherman: ?EIILOR 5A I. +2 347
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: EJLTU 11K J.. +20 415
#note I can block his outs
>Joel_Sherman: ?EILOR O10 ROILEd +22 369
>Joel_Sherman: (ELTU) +8 377
#note -10 to me for overtime
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