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#player1 Tom_Bond Tom Bond
#player2 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
>Tom_Bond: AAJV 8G JAVA +28 28
>Joshua_Sokol: DEFOOOS K4 FOODS +33 33
>Tom_Bond: ELMNNRY H7 M.NNERLY +64 92
>Joshua_Sokol: EEIOOQS -EIOOQ +0 33
>Tom_Bond: CDDIU 11C CUDDI. +20 112
>Joshua_Sokol: AERSTTW L1 WATER +36 69
>Tom_Bond: AHM 1L .HAM +36 148
>Joshua_Sokol: EFISTUW 2N WE +24 93
#note I made two mistakes this game. Some would say both of them were simple: missing FUJI twice in a row. I disagree. You will witness why in a second.
>Tom_Bond: ILP J6 PI.L +25 173
>Joshua_Sokol: FIOPSTU C9 FO.US +28 121
#note I'm down 80 points here. I sort of have a bad feeling about what's about to happen. So I look up at Tom's scoresheet, and what I see completely blows my mind. He has written: GELATIS - 64; GESTICAL - 74 right at the top of the sheet in marker!
So, easy conclusion: he has two spots for his bingo. What do I do? I'm already down more than a bingo, and I have no bingo. So I look for plausible phoneys. In conclusion, I think I should have played OUTF(L)IPS*, which blocks GESTICAL, and forces Tom to play his lesser bingo. He probably would not challenge unless he was fairly sure, at the risk that I block his other bingo spot next turn. Instead, I decided to score as much as possible here, leave most of the board open for a comeback, block GESTICAL and force him to decided between 64 or a bit more while opening a big scoring spot or two. I assumed he would take the latter.
>Tom_Bond: AEGILST B4 GELATIS +71 244
#note LIGATES is 73, and TI(L)LAGES is 72. But Tom was happy to play the first thing he saw. I definitely expected this to come down.
>Joshua_Sokol: IIKPRTU A7 KIR +39 160
#note Opening an easy-access lane down column D is what I need to do this turn.
>Tom_Bond: EEGIR M4 REGIE +16 260
>Joshua_Sokol: ?AAIPTU A1 PITA +25 185
#note or PAUA. Missed PAUA, but sim prefers PITA because of the board and the vowel/consonant ratio.
>Tom_Bond: AHOY C4 AHOY +39 299
>Joshua_Sokol: ?ADEETU E4 EDUcATE. +68 253
>Tom_Bond: COOT D1 COOT +30 329
>Joshua_Sokol: BELNNQR 2A .NB.RN +20 273
>Tom_Bond: AEINOTV 13F VO.ANTE +12 341
#note I would not have challenged LEVATION*. THAT ISN'T A WORD!
Tom first laid down 1F OVATE, and then was obviously thinking about the X-bomb he was opening up. I then arranged my tiles in a 5/2 pattern, so he would think I had the X. I did what I could to win!
>Joshua_Sokol: ?ELNQRS 2J Qu. +31 304
#note maybe I play L13 (E)L here to fish for REQUINS. Hmm.
>Tom_Bond: BEGIIUZ L12 G.EZ +48 389
>Joshua_Sokol: EILNRSU 15L .INS +39 343
#note Almost won!
>Tom_Bond: BEIIOX 1F IBEX +41 430
>Joshua_Sokol: ELRU N8 LURE +8 351
>Joshua_Sokol: (IO) +4 355
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