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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Paul_Holser Paul Holser
>JD: AEHNNRT 8C THENAR +26 26
#note many options on this play - NTH short, exchange N (combines great with vowels) and playing long. Usually I would opt for a short play like NTH, but not this time for whatever reason (maybe reading kenji's positions on facebook).
>Paul_Holser: MNUW E5 UNM.W +20 20
>JD: ENNNOQU G5 QUE.N +16 42
#note play the Q off or not? Q wants me to play something like NONA instead hoping to draw QUEAN or QUERN, but sim is quite close.
>Paul_Holser: ABHIT D8 .ABIT +25 45
>JD: NNOPSSY 13B NOSY +25 67
#note the sim is very close between SONNY, PINYONS and NOSY. N and P have poor synergy even though there are very few Ns in the bag, so SONNY sims slightly ahead.
>Paul_Holser: GI H4 GI +16 61
>JD: ANOPSSW 10G SWOP +30 97
#note I was going to play WABS at 10B to set up my S, but then decided that the NOPS leave was not really better than ANS. The real difference between them is that the board is very tight and WABS takes away a scoring spot, whereas SWAP creates a nice place to score for Paul - WABS wins the sim by 3.
>Paul_Holser: GMU 9I MUG +20 81
>JD: ?AAELNS C2 sEALAN.S +75 172
>Paul_Holser: EKX 14A KEX +41 122
>JD: CCDFIIT 11A ICT.C +18 190
#note I saw FISTIC but chickened out of it thinking it was CSW. Big error.
>Paul_Holser: DLRU A8 LUR.D +24 146
>JD: DFHIOVZ B1 FOH +25 215
#note I wanted to save the Z for B6. Q cleverly suggests SHIV at 2C which makes it way more likely that I can draw FEZ at B4 - awesome play that I missed.
>Paul_Holser: AT 15A AT +27 173
>JD: DILOTVZ A1 OD +27 242
#note if I'm trying to hit ZA I really should be turning over more tiles, although I guess it isn't urgent since I'm ahead by a good amount. Abandoning the Z fish and playing GLITZ is also competitive.
>Paul_Holser: AIOSV 8K AVISO +39 212
>JD: AILNTVZ B6 ZA +64 306
>Paul_Holser: AERY D1 YARE +36 248
>JD: EILNPTV N3 PELVI. +19 325
>Paul_Holser: EIOOR 11I OORIE +20 268
>JD: DDGINOT 4J DING.D +22 347
#note I wanted to turn over tiles, and this has the bonus of blocking bingos on column I. Another choice would be DOITED at the same spot, or DIDO at O2.
>Paul_Holser: AER 3M A.E +19 287
>JD: BFJLOTT 2J JOLT +31 378
#note I have to block here, but there are no other bingos to be scared of given the weird pool.
>Paul_Holser: ?EEEIRR O1 IR.. +15 302
>JD: BEFIT 12K EFT +26 404
>Paul_Holser: ?EEER 13G REEvE +9 311
>Paul_Holser: (BI) +8 319
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