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#player1 Noah Noah
#player2 Orry Orry
>Noah: EIMPTUY 8G YUP +16 16
#note Edit: Posted this game because it was very strategically interesting. Pipe up if you have anything to say, especially about AEEGNOT and EILMNOO in the pre-endgame -- I have no idea what to do there. Here, UPTIME is better against Orry to open the board. From past tournaments, and especially this tournament, it seemed apparent that Orry is probably a better strategist than me but not so good at consistently finding star plays and very rusty with word knowledge, which is something I'm very good at. YUP doesn't get me what I want at all.
>Orry: IQS J6 QIS +41 41
>Noah: AAEIMTU 6H MA.UI +16 32
#note I like this play, just like I like UPTIME.
>Orry: DKNR L4 DR.NK +30 71
>Noah: ADEENTT 9C DENTATE +75 107
>Orry: AAV 8L .AVA +33 104
>Noah: DEEIIJN 8A JEED +50 157
>Orry: ENOS M3 NOES +30 134
>Noah: IIN - +0 157
#note Exchanged something here, no idea what.
>Orry: CFOR N2 CORF +30 164
>Noah: AGHIRSV C2 RAVISH.. +38 195
#note VIRGA and VAIR are other good options. I like opening up against Orry.
>Orry: FOP B1 FOP +24 188
>Noah: AEGIOTX N8 .OX +29 224
>Orry: NO A1 ON +24 212
>Noah: ABEGIST M8 .BATIS +38 262
#note Orry's been signaling a good rack by his plays and his deliberateness in the last few turns. I could just do BOG here. I have to fade a bingo in the upper left hand corner, and if he gets one I'm not in a great spot, but if I do I think I'm in pretty good shape. Even if he bingos I can play AXE 10M to set up my the case S, and blocking is hard (row 10 plays often give up S hooks). This play is pretty bad. EG isn't a great leave and I am opening letters for him to bingo through. Opening the scoring spot might be a good aspect of ABATIS, though he can use the spot to refish and score well in that process, often leaving a lane on row 14 or row 13. BOG is very strong. ABA is also a good play. Though it gives him bingos making the blank an S if he has the blank, it helps me fade V bingos. I think I like BOG here and this seems like a pretty huge mistake, which stems from me not correctly figuring out what the position called for.
>Orry: ?ACGORU 13F COURAGe. +62 274
>Noah: ADEGITW L10 WIT.D +35 297
>Orry: EGLR H11 GR.EL +21 295
>Noah: AEEGNOT O3 GETA +23 320
>Orry: ?AEINRW 11A sWEARIN. +72 367
>Noah: EILMNOO 7C .OME +13 333
>Orry: EEILLTU H1 TELIU. +27 394
#note Actual rack.
>Noah: IILNOYZ F1 LIONIZ. +38 371
>Orry: BEEHL B11 .HEEL +22 416
>Noah: Y 10L ...Y +17 388
>Noah: (B) +6 394
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