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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Joel_Elkins Joel Elkins
>JD: ABEFILP 8D FABLE +28 28
#note nearly identical to PILAF in sim
>Joel_Elkins: CFRU I6 CURF +25 25
#note he chickened out of CUFFABLE on this play! I likely would've challenged too
>JD: EEIPQRY 7C QI +26 54
>Joel_Elkins: AHPT 6F PAT.H +26 51
>JD: EEHMPRY K2 HEMPY +46 100
>Joel_Elkins: EGOR L1 GORE +29 80
>JD: AEIORRU 1L .UAR +15 115
#note first difficult decision of the tournament. nearly played euro. board is quite dead, so I wanted to cover the easy scoring spot on column M while keeping a decent leave.
>Joel_Elkins: AA F8 .AA +7 87
>JD: ?EINOOR 11F lOONIER +67 182
>Joel_Elkins: ADEISTW M4 WAISTED +71 158
#note missing TAWDRIES for more points and a more dynamic board
>JD: GGIOSWX I6 ....I.G +13 195
#note this is an easy play if I think BAALS is good, but I was prepared to challenge if he hooked it. Instead, I played an inadvertent phony to set up my X! my best play otherwise is probably WIGGER, which I did not spot for some reason. not my best decision ever!
>Joel_Elkins: EOTU L7 OUTE. +16 174
>JD: CGIOSWX 10H S.X +53 248
#note well it worked this time
>Joel_Elkins: T G5 T. +2 176
>JD: CGILOTW 5D CLO. +16 264
#note depending on Joel's leave, it may not make sense to sacrifice points to block, because he can just bingo from the R anyway. That said, if I don't block any lanes on this turn, he can keep opening new spots and I may lose control of the board entirely. I really like COWIER at 3G - if he bingos I can score, and he probably can't use the triple word score to score if he has bingo-prone tiles.
>Joel_Elkins: E G11 .E +2 178
>JD: DGIKNTW 2J T..NG +30 294
#note not worth it for me to sacrifice points, instead I score and set up another scoring spot - hopefully he can't bingo here.
>Joel_Elkins: AEILNST 13A TENAILS +70 248
#note huge break for me that he didn't find slainte/saltine
>JD: DIKMNNW 12B WINK +39 333
>Joel_Elkins: BEIZ 1G BIZE +47 295
>JD: ADEMNVY B10 YA..D +40 373
>Joel_Elkins: JR 11A R.J +20 315
>JD: EEMNOOV 2D MOVE +21 394
#note any play that blocks row 2 gives me great winning chances. if he does find an improbable bingo fit elsewhere on the board, I will be able to score on row 1 and outrun.
>Joel_Elkins: DINSU 1A NIDUS +28 343
>JD: ?EINOOV A6 VENdO. +29 423
#note correct play is NO at 14E setting up VOGIE for a lot, which prevents him from playing LADE at N4.
>Joel_Elkins: ADELR N4 LADE +30 373
>JD: IO 5J O. +9 432
#note missed NAOI to go out under time pressure
>Joel_Elkins: R E12 ..R +7 380
>Joel_Elkins: (I) +2 382
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