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#player1 Jason_Li Jason Li
#player2 Matthew_Tunnicliffe Matthew Tunnicliffe
>Jason_Li: EEGNW 8H NGWEE +20 20
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AAGILNY J8 .AY +17 17
#note Considered this and YAWLING. It's not even close.
>Jason_Li: IQ 7G QI +23 43
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADGILNN L5 LAD.NING +70 87
>Jason_Li: MOPR M3 PROM +22 65
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADEELOU K11 EAU +13 100
>Jason_Li: BKO 6H KOB +22 87
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: DELOOUZ 9E OUZO +31 131
#note ZOOEY was tempting, but I decided to see if I could play a closed board and killed the S hooks on KIN.
>Jason_Li: DGINTT E8 D.TTING +18 105
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: CDELORV D3 VELCRO +28 159
#note I should admit that I was a little nervous about whether my preferred play COVED was good in TWL. Of course it is. VELCRO isn't awful, but it's a mistake. CODRIVE is another option.
>Jason_Li: EFLMR 12D F.LMER +24 129
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ADEIUWY 14B WED.Y +42 201
>Jason_Li: ABTTU N5 BATTU +21 150
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AAEFIRU 15F AUREI +20 221
#note This is a bad play. I missed the star play 13A FARINA which is best by a mile. But also A1 AFIRE, which I turned down because I wanted to block row 15, is a much stronger play. Also, with a lead like this I don't really want to be opening a big X bomb.
>Jason_Li: ?ACHILS O9 SCHoLIA +85 235
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: AEEEFIT 15A FETE +35 256
>Jason_Li: EINOP O1 OPINE +30 265
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AAEIOS 3C O.A +12 268
#note Key position. If Jason has the J or X and is able to score well, I'm going to need to bingo. I picked this because I may need NOVA, and row 2 is not so easy to block. I dunno. Quackle says to play AVISO for 6 more points. I'm pretty vexed by that. Why set up a big -SH bomb? Noah or someone else please help me understand this position!
>Jason_Li: EHIJT 13A JET +32 297
#note After the game, Jason regretted not playing E3 AHI
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ?AEIOSS 2E AbIOSES +60 328
#note You couldn't ask for a more complicated pre-endgame! I can bingo and lose if Jason has the X-bomb. I can bingo and win if Jason has the X bomb and I still have the better endgame rack (big H play, he has V). I can bingo and win if Jason doesn't have the X bomb. I can bingo and lose if Jason doesn't have the X bomb, but the four tiles in the bag are gross. Then there are the not bingoing options. 5B SILO threatens an out-bingo to race whatever big scoring play Jason may have. And it makes row 2 very hard to block. If Jason does go the blocking route (most likely with ADO), then that opens the door for me to win with an X bomb, or something like SVARAJ. Of course, there are plenty of draws for me that dont give me bingos at all. There are a million things to consdier here and I don't think I could have taken them all into account even if I weren't a little pressed for time. Quackle says ABIOSES only wins about 65% of the time, where as SILO wins a whopping 80%. Bizarre! I wonder if those sims have Jason making his best blocking play where it's available. Could use some discussion on this position too.
>Jason_Li: DHIIRSV 1H HID +41 338
>Matthew_Tunnicliffe: ANRX 14I AX +52 380
>Jason_Li: IRSV 5A VIR.S +16 354
>Jason_Li: (NR) +4 358
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