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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Nigel Nigel
>JD: EIKOQUU 8F EUOI +8 8
#note weird opening setting up my Q - OUK looks much more normal.
>Nigel: BOY 7G YOB +33 33
>JD: IKLQRRU 9C QUIRK +50 58
>Nigel: FOP 10F FOP +41 74
>JD: ALORRUX 6H LOX +34 92
>Nigel: BIT 10B BIT +24 98
>JD: AAIORRU A10 OURARI +27 119
>Nigel: DDENO H10 .ONDED +33 131
>JD: AADDINS 5J AD +15 134
#note reasonable try, can also go for ADDAX or ADD
>Nigel: GIIJV 12D JIVI.G +34 165
>JD: ADEHINS 13C HAD +26 160
#note argh no bingo??
>Nigel: AAIMNPS 14F PA.ANISM +70 235
>JD: EEEINSU 14A .UE +11 171
#note things are not looking good! there are two blanks and esses left so nigel could murder me on column N, but I thought I had to fish.
>Nigel: AFW 4J FAW +34 269
>JD: ?EEHINS N8 INHErES +110 281
#note phew...except that I missed CHINESE which would've been massively better on defense! hugely costly miss, about 9 points worse on sim
>Nigel: ACTV 8K VAT.C +33 302
#note it might have been tough for him to productively clear his bad letters.
>JD: EEEERTW 13L EE.W +24 305
#note missed WEEM for a few extra points.
>Nigel: ACGN M2 CANG +24 326
>JD: EELRTTZ L12 Z..T +28 333
#note ALERTEST is a pretty special play here at A8 - the EELRT leave isn't doing much on this closed board, and it hunts for the blank while also keeping the Z, the best scoring tile left in the game. big miss!
>Nigel: ELMOR 15C REMOL. +22 348
>JD: ?AEELRT 2G pRAELE.T +72 405
#note Nigel had just taken a really long time on his last play, which I took as an attempt on his part to hunt the blank out. I almost missed PRAELECT, my only bingo on this turn, and went for it right away when I spotted it. At the end of the day I think I have to go for it - his bingo percentage is only about 8% and his rack is presuambly very close to random. Even giving him the best possible leave of ES he only bingos 15% of the time - so this is definitely a worthy try. PRAELECT is also nice because it usually requires him to bingo with a word ending in a vowel.
>Nigel: EGILRST 3A GRISTLE +70 418
#note unfortunately for me, I drew my next bingo but so did he! close but no cigar. plays like CHINESE and ALERTEST would've greatly helped my cause.
>Nigel: (ENNOSTY) +20 438
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