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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Emily_Brodeur Emily Brodeur
>JD: ABHINRS 8G BAH +16 16
>Emily_Brodeur: DNOP 7H POND +18 18
>JD: ACINRSW 9F CAW +22 38
#note RAW looks pretty smart, setting up another lane for my nice bingo leave.
>Emily_Brodeur: ACILNO K5 NO.ICAL +40 58
#note sweet play
>JD: IINNRSW L10 WIN +19 57
>Emily_Brodeur: V 10J V.. +17 75
>JD: IJNNORS 13K JOIN +29 86
#note definitely a risky move. I thought about JINN at J4 for 10 less, but this is too much to pass up, and even if she takes column O I can still hook VAWS.
>Emily_Brodeur: OPX L4 POX +35 110
>JD: ILMNRST G8 ..LM +8 94
#note I still didn't want to take column O yet. BALM is pretty fishy, but I wanted to get back into the lead as fast as I could, rather than playing for 20 and depending on a favorable draw. right now my biggest edge is still column O and hoping she still hasn't drawn a hook yet.
>Emily_Brodeur: EENRU H11 ENURE +22 132
>JD: INRRSTT 11D TRI..R +16 110
#note I missed a good opportunity here to cut down on the volatility. STIR at O12 burns my S, but there are 3 more coming and after STIR there isn't really a great spot for it. meanwhile she's just turned over 5 tiles and the chances of her having one of the hooks (or having just drawn a blank) are well over 50%. hence, take the 11 extra points for STIR and keep a still reasonable NRT leave.
>Emily_Brodeur: AADEEMT O8 EDEMATA +95 227
#note of course, her actual play really makes me wish I had seen STIR! realistically, I gave her 3 chances to hit a very volatilte spot, and should've blocked it the last turn when I had the chance.
>JD: EINORST 15A SEROTIN. +77 187
>Emily_Brodeur: EY N10 YE +30 257
>JD: DGISSUY 14F GU.DY +31 218
>Emily_Brodeur: ?EGIOSU D4 GOUtIES. +68 325
#note GRISEOUS is a few more points
>JD: ?HIIOSS A8 HIStOSI. +83 301
>JD: ?HIIOSS -- -83 218
#note this is a time when playing a deliberate phony seems justified. the board is pretty locked down and my best play other than a phony attempt is HI for 20. This word should be well outside of Emily's study range. my win % after HI is about 5%, about 15% after HISTOSIS* and about 1% if I lose the challenge, so I should try this bingo even if I only estimate a 1/3 chance of it staying on. it could be a tough challenge too, because if she loses her turn I can make it basically a tie game.
>Emily_Brodeur: BKR 5C B.RK +20 345
#note credit to Emily for challenging my phony attempt in about 5 seconds. I guess it was kind of lame.
>JD: ?HIIOSS M3 HIS +19 237
>Emily_Brodeur: DEZ N6 ZED +36 381
>JD: ?EEIOST A8 pOETISE. +74 311
#note not COESITES because I need to allow for the possibility of a miracle overlap bingo on column B.
>Emily_Brodeur: EGV N2 VEG +25 406
>JD: AEFIRTT 2L TA. +13 324
#note just trying to open and pray. if she somehow royally screws up I could draw OUTFIRE (1/36 chance) and win. actually an awesome try is fishing for QUARTER at B6 for 99 (have to draw QU, also 1/36 chance) except that there's no reasonable play I can make with FI that would distract her from blocking
>Emily_Brodeur: AAALLOU 1J ALA +7 413
>JD: EFFIQRT B7 TEFF +37 361
>Emily_Brodeur: ALOU C13 LO. +6 419
>JD: IQR 2I QI +17 378
#note didn't do too much wrong other than missing my chance to block the JOIN hook, another game against a strong intermediate player on their way up! Good luck to Emily on continuing to climb the top 20 ratings gain list.
>Emily_Brodeur: AU I2 .UA +13 432
>Emily_Brodeur: (R) +2 434
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