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#player1 Chris_Sykes Chris Sykes
#player2 Rafi Rafi
>Chris_Sykes: ?EKORST 8H STROKEs +80 80
#note Here we go again :)
>Rafi: BCGLLRU M3 BURGL. +20 20
>Chris_Sykes: DIM 9K MID +31 111
>Rafi: CEEGLLN K5 CEL.. +18 38
#note Down 91 on a quickly dying board with the perfect tiles for closing it down... hard to figure out what to do. I thought about taking a big risk with CLEOME, but the threat is too easy to block even without an S. Not desperation time yet.
>Chris_Sykes: IOT J8 .IOT +13 124
>Rafi: EGLNORV 11E REVOL. +18 56
#note I do not like the looks of RIOT at all. I considered the embedded NOG and well as L(U)V and LOV(E) and GLOV(E), but ultimately decided that I needed to sacrifice equity to make the board more comeback friendly against a player who I know is capable of controlling a board.
>Chris_Sykes: AH 10E AH +28 152
>Rafi: AEGNNNU L4 NUN +19 75
#note Paging Mack Meller, pre-Nationials studier of sixes. GUNNEN is a sick play! If you factor in challenge potential, GUNNEN might be better than NUN.
>Chris_Sykes: AEINPTU H1 PETUNIA. +83 235
>Rafi: AAEGNST 1H .AGEANTS +86 161
>Chris_Sykes: IJNOS 12A JOINS +43 278
>Rafi: AADEEIX H11 .XIDE +63 224
>Chris_Sykes: EIV A12 .IVE +42 320
>Rafi: AAAEIMT G10 A.A +21 245
>Chris_Sykes: AFWY 5E FAW.Y +28 348
>Rafi: ?AEEIMT 15H .MErITAE +80 325
#note Couldn't justify playing DEMENTIA for 2 extra points, opening up a dangerous triple, but maybe with this deficit I need to hope Chris has a scoring play elsewhere and that I hit the triple big? I could never bring myself to play DEMENTIA. The other option is SEAMIEST/IMIDE, which also opens a big triple but leaves open more bingo lanes.
>Chris_Sykes: AOZ 14M AZO +50 398
>Rafi: CDENOQY M13 Q.. +24 349
>Chris_Sykes: BHILOPR C9 BRO.L +20 418
>Rafi: CDENOWY 6D YEW +35 384
#note I can give myself a fighting chance here - the E and T might be hard to block and score, and I have good scoring/bingo flexibility, so if Chris doesn't block and scores elsewhere I can maybe pick up a bingo, and if he blocks I might have a small chance of outrunning. I like leaving 5 in the bag instead of 3 with YOWED or CONEY as it seems too easy for Chris to empty the bag and win.
>Chris_Sykes: EEFHIPR I1 .HI +15 433
>Rafi: CDEGNOT 10B O. +4 388
#note Creating a distraction while fishing for the E for DETECT(IN)G.
>Chris_Sykes: IOPRRSU 14H .UP +26 459
#note This has to have been Chris's actual rack, as he commented "nice play" after OR, but didn't need to block based on the pool.
>Rafi: CDEFGNT A7 DEFT +27 415
#note Chris also told me the E was in the bag, so I actually had a shot to win!
>Chris_Sykes: DEIORRS 14A .ISOR +24 483
>Rafi: CGN F4 C.. +8 423
>Chris_Sykes: DER 7C RED +17 500
>Chris_Sykes: (GN) +6 506
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