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#player1 Michael_Bray Michael Bray
#player2 Matthew_Larocque Matthew Larocque
>Michael_Bray: IQ 8G QI +22 22
#note The format of this tournament for divisions 1 + 2 was to play each player back-to-back. It's actually really fun and makes it easy to determine who goes first and second. Thus begins Michael Bray Round 2: Larocque's Revenge.
>Matthew_Larocque: ADELNOW 7H OWL +12 12
#note QI gives me almost nothing to work with, all plays are in the same spot. At least this severely minimizes the damage he can do under the Q.
>Michael_Bray: AEFR J6 F.ARE +18 40
>Matthew_Larocque: ADEHNNZ K8 HENNA +25 37
#note I rejected the Z plays here since they all pretty much offer back even more. I may have missed ADZE/ZEDA hooking FLARE and only considered DAZE, though. HAZED leaves NN and creates a massive juicy spot for almost any rack with an A in it.
>Michael_Bray: WY 12J W.Y +18 58
>Matthew_Larocque: ?DIIORZ 9D ZORI +26 63
#note Okay so I have a 95 point bingo here, but that aside, how hard is it to see (W)IZ? I was kicking myself about holding onto the Z and then playing it off out of necessity for "only" 26 points.
>Michael_Bray: UUUU -UUUU +0 58
>Matthew_Larocque: ?DDIOSY L7 YID +19 82
#note DOZY would have been vastly better. Shame I couldn't figure that one out. I even thought to myself that YID is just going to end up blocking my own bingos. Also DO(O)DY but I didn't know that one.
>Michael_Bray: AA 10C AA +13 71
>Matthew_Larocque: ?ADNOSS M6 DOSSANs +87 169
#note I see SOLDANS but my previous play blocked it. Since I didn't know DAMSONS, I boldy played this nonsense because I was kind of frustrated at myself and because there's a chance Mike will accept it.
>Michael_Bray: ACP 11D PAC +28 99
#note Bailed out!
>Matthew_Larocque: IOOOOST 12A OOTS +40 209
#note The coveted double bail-out!
>Michael_Bray: EKNT A11 T.KEN +27 126
>Matthew_Larocque: EGIILOT B12 .IL +16 225
#note Would anybody that isn't insane actually play N1 IOLITE? A rack like this doesn't score much but 16 points and closing down a few things looked good to me. Believe me though I hated keeping that G on my rack. It's kind of lame without an N to go with it.
>Michael_Bray: BEIJ K3 JIBE +31 157
>Matthew_Larocque: EEGIORT L2 ROTI +25 250
#note I liked that this sets up a _EG play next turn for nice points. Quackle I'm not gonna play RE(J)IG.
>Michael_Bray: DEM E6 DEM. +7 164
#note So he doesn't have ANY plays to the J? I really wonder what he does have here.
>Matthew_Larocque: AAAEEGG D3 GAGA +15 265
#note Now that is a rack. GEE for 30 keeping AAAG? These are the reasons why we play Scrabble.
>Michael_Bray: UX N10 XU +52 216
#note The classic "play the X off for 50 points while setting up massive opponent bingo". I've been on the other side of this, oh yes.
>Matthew_Larocque: AEEMRST O5 REMATES +90 355
>Michael_Bray: EGV M1 VEG +38 254
>Matthew_Larocque: BDILORU 1M .ID +21 376
#note F2 BUILD. Or should I be paranoid and try to block the row 13 bingo lane?
>Michael_Bray: ?EINORU 13F URINOsE +76 330
#note Oh well.
>Matthew_Larocque: BELORTU H12 B.RL +27 403
#note BUILT.
>Michael_Bray: EHP 14D PEH +29 359
>Matthew_Larocque: EILOTTU H6 T..LE +19 422
#note Bad because it doesn't allow me to play out next turn. There are about a dozen plays that do this.
>Michael_Bray: CEFNUV N1 .F +22 381
>Matthew_Larocque: IOTU 14H .UT +15 437
>Michael_Bray: CENUV 3B VU. +14 395
>Matthew_Larocque: IO N5 OI +12 449
#note At least I found the best scoring plays in the three-and-out. Upon further investigation, some of the shorter outs end up worse than this sequence anyways! Hm.
>Matthew_Larocque: (CEN) +10 459
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