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#player1 Ross_Brown Ross Brown
#player2 Bradley_Whitmarsh Bradley Whitmarsh
>Ross_Brown: AFKOTTT H5 TOFT +14 14
#note In this felicitous game, Ross comes from behind to beat a much better player who gets both blanks and all four S's.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ?CEOOPR 9B COOPERs +69 69
>Ross_Brown: ADEJKTT D8 J.KED +50 64
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: AEEISSX 10D .EX +59 128
>Ross_Brown: AHIORTT B9 .HARIOT +40 104
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ABEEISS 5D BEAS.IES +90 218
>Ross_Brown: EEGRTUV 8F VE. +21 125
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: AALNNOS A7 NASAL +33 251
#note Bradley's a fabulous player without all of this tile support. Ye gods!
>Ross_Brown: AEFGRTU 11F TURFAGE +86 211
#note Desperate. I don't believe I have ever sailed a phony past Bradley, nor has he ever tried to play one against me.
>Ross_Brown: AEFGRTU -- -86 125
#note I thought it might be good (it looked semi-familiar) but I also knew he plays phoneys. I took a chance and it paid off.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: CEEINOO K5 .ENECIO +18 269
#note 15A O(T)IC 27 looks like the best. Knowing his rack and getting a free turn, I decided to play off a bunch of tiles and try to draw an S or blank.
>Ross_Brown: AEFGRTU 8J R.FUGE +42 167
#note Not sure what he was thinking here, since he knew what tiles I was holding.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ILORUUY 6B ROILY +37 306
#note 6C OILY 34 looks better. Better to keep the R with the two vowels.
>Ross_Brown: AEIMRTZ 10J Z.RAM +42 209
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: AAINSUU A14 NU +14 320
#note I decided to take out the obvious hotspot, although I'm not sure how dangerous it actually was.
>Ross_Brown: EGINQTT 11A ..T.NT +36 245
#note I thought this was pretty clever. Still a couple of N's left unseen to make an -ING or -IN(G) play.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: AADISUY J4 D.Y +28 348
#note I knew I was asking for trouble here, but he was scoring chunks of points and I felt like I needed to maintain my lead. O5 ADI(E)US 24 is a cool play because it takes out both hotspots at once. I did pick the only scoring play that didn't burn the S.
>Ross_Brown: EGILOQV 4D OGLE +32 277
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: AAISUUW -AIUUW 0 348
>Ross_Brown: ILMNQTV -MQV 0 277
#note But wait, the Q comes back as an angel later.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ?ADDIPS 11M DIP +13 361
#note After the game, I looked at this play as the one that lost. I had just drawn the blank and, being up 61, felt that this guaranteed the win. So I stopped trying to make the best play and decided to fish off my three clunkiest tiles for few points. I missed a couple of bingos I didn't know. I like O7 P(E)DS because it takes out both hotspots. The only way he wins is if he gets a bingo, so blocking the obvious bingo lanes should have been a priority.
>Ross_Brown: AGIILNT N1 LIGATIN. +74 351
#note Bradley held this one - not sure why.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ?ADRSUV O1 AD +18 379
#note I couldn't figure out what to do here. I wanted to dump some of my clunky tiles somewhere for points, but I didn't want to leave the TWS open for him.
>Ross_Brown: BIOQUWW O4 WO +20 371
#note I could have fobbed off the Q for nothing, but leaving two W's? Better to hope for some -QU- magic.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ?EIRSUV 3L VU. +14 393
#note 12G VIRUSEs 83 is an embarrassing miss. To be honest, I didn't know what SENECIO meant and I was paranoid that it didn't take an S. O10 S(P)IV 27 looks like the best non-bingo play. It scores, it leaves 1 in the bag, and blocks a major hotspot for the Q. I didn't see the play or the hotspot for the Q.
>Ross_Brown: BEINQUW O11 .IQUE +51 422
#note Yeah, something like that! There are two unseen A's that could give me the WAB play I need to win.
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ?EHIMRS 3F SHE +27 420
#note This game is still winnable but I don't have a lot of time. Actually, I had 2 or 3 minutes but I couldn't solve it. My instinct was to play L1 HI(V)E 28, but I didn't see any possibilities with the MRS? leave. Finally I had to make a play as my clock wound down. Turns out my instinct was right. HIVE is the play because it gives me 1H M(A)RSH 27 to go out. I wish I had seen it.
>Ross_Brown: AABNW C2 WAB +24 446
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: ?IMR 12H MIRs +17 437
>Bradley_Whitmarsh: (AN) +4 441
#note Bradley also lost 10 points for going over on his clock. This was the only game he lost in Early Bird #2, as he persevered to win first prize. |
