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#player1 Matt_Canik Matt Canik
#player2 Patricia_Barrett Patricia Barrett
>Matt_Canik: AEGOPTY H8 ATOPY +28 28
#note I couldn't remember if POGEY or POGIE* was invalid, so I decided to forego the risk and play ATOPY.
>Patricia_Barrett: EFW G8 FEW +23 23
>Matt_Canik: EGGIIIV 11H .IGGIE +20 48
#note I played this last game and didn't look up the hooks. Wish I had....
>Patricia_Barrett: QS L10 Q.S +24 47
>Matt_Canik: DHILRVZ M9 VI. +21 69
#note if I know PIGGIER, VIRL becomes the play immediately. But I didn't.
>Patricia_Barrett: ?ADENOR I2 ApRONED +65 112
#note RAT(I)ONED I8 is sick.
>Matt_Canik: ADEHLRZ J2 HAED +35 104
#note A weird position. The obvious equity play candidates are HAZE/HAZEL/HAZED but those give up a lot. RAZED is out because I don't know PIGGIER. LAZ(A)R is an option as well, as is just not playing off the Z this turn.
But above all of those sims ZA, 2.5 ahead of any other option. I saw it but DEHLR just seemed so counterproductive as a leave. I guess Pat just can't score well after ZA. (Indeed- Pat scores 8 fewer after ZA than after any other candidate plays except HAED and HALED J5, which were my other two main candidates.)
Also noteworthy - based on pat's reaction to her draw I think she has a pretty solid rack.
>Patricia_Barrett: EILMNOP 5E IMPL..E +48 160
#note Her actual rack
>Matt_Canik: EILLORZ 4A ZORIL +50 154
#note No spot for ZORILLE :(
>Patricia_Barrett: FNORT L4 FRONT +31 191
>Patricia_Barrett: FNORT -- -31 160
>Matt_Canik: EEHILMU 6C ELEMI +32 186
#note Obviously Pat didn't have a Z play or she'd have done that last turn. So I don't need to block the spot. I don't see anything that really pulls a lot of words there, but holding an E will help my odds some if I play something like H1 UH. But them I'm only drawing 2 fresh tiles. I decided to run with the equity and just draw a bunch of new stuff. Q prefers this.
>Patricia_Barrett: FNORT 7C FOR +25 185
>Matt_Canik: ABDHSTU 3B BAH +29 215
#note I decided it was probably appropriate to inhibit the Z spot now while holding DS for IMPLODE later. Q prefers me to just pull the trigger on HABUS/IMPLODES now by about 3.
>Patricia_Barrett: ALNO A4 .ONAL +42 227
#note aw :(
>Matt_Canik: DEOSTUV L1 VOTED +40 255
>Patricia_Barrett: ?AAESTT M3 AT +10 237
#note Pat spent a really long time here. I presumed she was holding pretty well and a blank was definitey within range. This was her actual rack, so she had about the best possible leave that would justify this play.
>Matt_Canik: IIRSTUW F10 TUI +13 268
#note I don't know how the knowledge that Pat is holding really well should change what I do here. Maybe I play WI(G) and try to pull a counterbingo? But there's really nowhere *to* bingo aside from the marginal line on B and the line she'll probably play in on N. This held the W to counter Pat's bingo on the TWS and held an S incase she had to expose a vulnerable spot.
>Patricia_Barrett: ?AESTX 1L .EXT +42 279
#note Oof.
>Matt_Canik: IJNORSW 13C JOWS +32 300
>Patricia_Barrett: ?ABCS 2A CAB +29 308
>Matt_Canik: EEINNRR J7 RENI. +18 318
>Patricia_Barrett: NTY D12 T.NY +22 330
>Matt_Canik: AENNORU 15D .OURN +24 342
#note I have to dodge a Pat bingo but score well enough to outrun her in this game too. Q says this is the no-brainer best play...
>Patricia_Barrett: ?ADGISU 14H AUDInGS +76 406
#note ...but I couldn't dodge the bing
>Matt_Canik: ACEENSU 13I NE +9 351
#note If Pat misses KBAR here I come really close to winning.... she spent several minutes on her turn but then played it :(
>Patricia_Barrett: KR C1 K... +10 416
>Matt_Canik: ACESU N3 SAUCE +19 370
>Matt_Canik: (R) +2 372
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