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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Alastair_Richards Alastair Richards
>JD: AGIILSU 8H UGALI +14 14
#note my reward for my fast start in the morning was another game against a very strong player who I had in fact never beaten before.
>Alastair_Richards: AAF 7J FAA +15 15
>JD: BHIISTU K6 H..IBUT +24 38
#note fortunate to find this rack cleaner!
>Alastair_Richards: AEKNO M3 OAKEN +28 43
>JD: ADIRRST 13E RITARDS +73 111
>Alastair_Richards: DLN H12 L.ND +18 61
#note lucky he had no better play here!
>JD: ?EGNRRT 9F RETiR.NG +74 185
>Alastair_Richards: ADLOP N2 PODAL +35 96
#note I held for a minute, but fortunately the APODAL hook is TWL.
>JD: EHMNTX L1 METH +41 226
>Alastair_Richards: QSU O6 SUQ +39 135
>JD: DEIMNWX 14B MIXED +47 273
#note I strongly considered blocking column O first, it's easy for him to have a big scoring play, but I didn't like that the X played poorly on this board, so decided to cash it now. dead heat in the sim.
>Alastair_Richards: AORY 12D ROYA. +28 163
#note I'm surprised that he made this play blocking his ELAND hook, but he must not have had much of an alternative.
>JD: BIINNPW O1 WIN +26 299
>Alastair_Richards: AEEIIRS 10A AIERIES +67 230
>JD: BEINOPV 8A BOVINE +39 338
#note tvery tough for him to come back from here, not many tiles in the bag and poor lanes.
>Alastair_Richards: EFN 15A NEF +27 257
>JD: CEOPTTU 1G TECTU. +30 368
#note a better play here is UPCOME#, a word I didn't know. there are very few low-point consonants left, so keeping TT, even though it duplicates, makes it way more likely to bingo if I draw the blank. I think either play makes it hard for me to lose.
>Alastair_Richards: EESVW E3 SWEVE. +24 281
#note nice play by alastair to open a bunch of new lanes and dump his worst letters.
>JD: AJOOPYZ 12K .OPAZ +52 420
#note I had actually mistracked and thought the bag was empty - I was missing the I. I saw the possibility of OECOLOGIC# and knew I should block, but the possibility of having mistracked and missing some bingo from the D was too dangerous, so I took the sure win with TOPAZ. The best spread play by far is JOYS at 3B which only leaves COOEEING for 60 for alastair. still, this is a sure win and better losing to a miracle row 15 play.
>Alastair_Richards: ?CEGILO 3A ECLO.InG +70 351
>Alastair_Richards: (JOOY) +28 379
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