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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Peter_Kougi Peter Kougi
>JD: AAEFTXZ 8G ZAX +38 38
#note an extremely tricky opening rack! I had never played this kind of rack before in CSW, so I wasn't sure at all what to play. Quackle's two suggestions that beat ZAX are FAX at 8H and FAZE at 8F. FAX prevents him from overlapping the X with an A or E (setting up ZAX/ZEX) and also directly threatens a 50-point Z play. FAZE threatens AX/AX/ZA for 50 directly, and potentially some FAX re-underlaps for more points. But ZAX is only a point or two worse, and Peter may play differently from the computer anyway.
>Peter_Kougi: AIILO 9E AIOLI +31 31
>JD: ABEEEFT 10F FAE +42 80
#note FAZE would probably have given me a 60-point X play after AIOLI in response. but this is a pretty good sequence too.
>Peter_Kougi: MU 8D UM +9 40
>JD: ABEEIIT C8 TIBIAE +23 103
>Peter_Kougi: ?AENORU B2 ARENOUs +71 111
>JD: EEGHOSS A1 GHEE +37 140
>Peter_Kougi: AEGN C2 GANE +28 139
>JD: ENOOSST 11H SOONEST +68 208
>Peter_Kougi: DEIW D12 WEID +32 171
>JD: CEIOTTY 10J YETI +34 242
#note no spot for TOYETIC! I liked YETI because it sets up CO- plays at 12L, but it also creates a Q hotspot, so mixed bag.
>Peter_Kougi: AGM 9K GAM +24 195
>JD: ACKORTY 8L CAKY +63 305
#note I chickened out on YACK - there was no need to chance it here.
>Peter_Kougi: ?EEIJLR -?EEI +0 195
>JD: ?AJORTV B13 JOT +30 335
#note JOT is especially great here because I have the last A for column A - threatening a massive score!
>Peter_Kougi: IPTTU N11 .ITUP +14 209
>Peter_Kougi: BTU (challenge) +5 214
>JD: ?APRRVW 12J WAR +40 375
>JD: ?ELOPRV (challenge) +5 380
#note I did not know OVERWRAP#! My third missed CSW bingo of the tourney. He challenged GENA#
>Peter_Kougi: BTU 2A ...BUT +14 228
>JD: ?ELOPRV O1 PROVEnL. +107 487
>Peter_Kougi: DDIIV 5J DIVID. +22 250
#note his draw appears to have been execrable this game
>JD: DFLOOQS E1 Q.ODS +30 517
#note the remaining pool is incredibly ugly. quackle likes passing up the Q play and trying to draw QUERN through the U, but I think he's very likely to block so I prefer QUODS now.
>Peter_Kougi: ELRS 15K LER.S +24 274
>JD: CEFLNOR 2J CONFE. +34 551
#note best is to start with FERN at E11.
>Peter_Kougi: HNNR K4 H.N +6 280
>JD: LR 13B ...L +11 562
#note best is RAMIS to block his out of RIN.
>Peter_Kougi: NR M4 R.N +3 283
>Peter_Kougi: (R) +2 285
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