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#player1 Jesse_Day Jesse Day
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Jesse_Day: AAQRRSS -AQRS +0 0
#note NOLA Scrabble: Episode 2: Jesse posted his version so I'll jack his racks and elaborate. This is -.1 for him as Q likes keeping an extra S. Tossup.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEIINYZ 8F ZEIN +26 26
#note 3rd best play! Jesse says YEZ is right and Q agrees. I probably do mine again because I don't like leaving an A hook I don't have onto AZINE or an O hook I don't have onto OYEZ while keeping double I's. JD: Jonathan thought about this for a long while. YEZ looks worthwhile.
>Jesse_Day: AACFHRS 9E CAF +32 32
#note normally I would play FAH in a heartbeat, but Jonathan took so long to play ZEIN (and ZINE looks like the normal play to me) that I wanted to guard against the possibility of him having the X and getting a massive ZAX play. hence the leave sacrifice with CAF. quackle actually thinks it's an even decision even without any inference on Jonathan's rack just because of the good defense.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEIOSTY E9 .OY +16 42
#note 2nd bst play! He also blocked OYEZ with his play so I do COY and try and fish. I do it again over J5 OYES which I don't like.
>Jesse_Day: AHNRSST 10D H.ST +29 61
#note again guarding against him setting up the X again. this is best play anyway, or HAZAN
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEEISTT H7 T.E +12 54
#note 3rd best play! I miss INSETTED and DINETTES each for 62. I ALWAYS miss this pair. -28
>Jesse_Day: ABINRRS F5 BRA... +19 80
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEIOSTU J5 OUTSIDE +78 132
#note Best play! I thought about the other positions, but I liked the board dynamics with this play. I turning over 7 and may draw a blank.
>Jesse_Day: AIINRRS D10 .AIR +19 99
>Jonathan_Lindh: CEIMORW K3 MOW +26 158
#note Best play!
>Jesse_Day: GINPRSU 12H PURSING +85 184
>Jonathan_Lindh: ACDEIOR 3G RACE.OID +84 242
#note Best play! This or COADMIRE in the same spot and for the amount. This isn't as volatile as COADMIRE which I like. I almost tried CORREIDA* at A13 but wisely thought the better of it.
>Jesse_Day: ?AAGKPT 2M PAK +28 212
#note I considered a more aggressive move here like PAK or KAPA at C12, but I think this is fine. the situation isn't that desperate yet and I should be able to bide my time.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EELLLNR H1 LE.L +15 257
#note Best play! No, this wasn't a typo. I did pick up 3 L's. I almost played the phony PELL* for 18 but decided against it.
>Jesse_Day: ?AAGJOT E2 JOTA +30 242
#note didn't like blocking the L that much, but I retain plenty of good lanes including the potential GHOST hook for an -ING bingo
>Jonathan_Lindh: AEILNRV N5 RAVELIN. +66 323
#note Another best play out of me!
>Jesse_Day: ?AAEGLO M9 AGO.AL +24 266
#note now I'm in trouble. I was really happy with this play because I block him from scoring a lot at the right-hand sign and also create a valuable new lane.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DDIMOUX 13G DIM +22 345
#note Tricky situation. My play is back aways but still good. I considered 13F OXIM which is Quackle's 2nd best EX N8 to take out the triple. With 2 blanks unseen, the HAIR line needs to be cut off. The X should be retained for scoring. And no Quackle, I am not doing 14J MOULD after Jesse's last play!
>Jesse_Day: ?BEEEHO O8 HEBE +54 320
#note luckily for me his play gets me back in some kind of striking distance.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DIORTUX L3 .X +36 381
#note Best play! There's my X for scoring!
>Jesse_Day: ?EENOQS 4A QuES. +46 366
#note very difficult spot! I considered OPINE, but I would still stuck with the Q and he can just close row 15. After OPINE I'm depending on drawing a U for a 68-point Q play at 14J, which Jonathan can still outrun. I felt that my play gave me a real chance - there are two Us left, and if he has neither it could be tough to stop me from drawing a big scoring play. if he does play down from the Q, I now have a E to bingo through on column C if I can pull the other blank. Also, if he makes any kind of mistake I can just outrun him on points. OPINE sims better, but Jonathan has already shown the strategic awareness to shut down bingo lanes, so I think this is the play.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DIORTTU A4 .UITTOR +48 429
#note Best play! Jesse's play saves my bacon as Matt Dewaelesche would say! I'm not guaranteed a win. Note how much this play scores with my letters and how it cuts down on his bingo percentage with a blank out.
>Jesse_Day: EEINNOV H12 ..NE +18 384
#note PION is better than PINE here. VOILE is just a sure loss Quackle. Jesse explained why in his version.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEFGNUW 15D FUDG. +14 443
#note As Jesse said, I was playing it safe here because I knew Jesse had a blank and I only knew 5 of his tiles. FUGLED 14J is 38 and gets me a bunch of spread. If I played that, Jesse probably plays ENVOY B10 for 30 and I got out win WEN C3 for 12 getting an I off of his rack. That sequence nets me +22. My sequence nets me +9. -13 for this endgame in total. Not quite Mr. -999.9 point endgame man, but I need to play these endgames better. -13
>Jesse_Day: ?EINOVY 14J VOI.E +32 416
#note I ran out of time and missed VOLLEY. 1 minute over
>Jonathan_Lindh: ENW B9 WEN +17 460
#note Best play! Final score recorded as 470-406 because Jesse went over by 40 seconds or so. This was a very well played game on my part. Over half of my lost equity came on the DINETTES/INSETTED miss. Another 13 came in the endgame. Everything else was just about perfect. It seemed Jesse and I traded best plays constantly throughout this game. Glad to know I can compete with the best.
>Jonathan_Lindh: (NY?) +10 470 |
