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#player1 George_Viebranz George Viebranz
#player2 Dallas_Johnson Dallas Johnson
>George_Viebranz: IJN 8G JIN +20 20
#note Neither George nor I recorded racks, so I don't have the racks for this game except for the last two turns. But, this game turned on the final play for each of us, so it is an interesting endgame position.
>Dallas_Johnson: OOP 9E POO +16 16
>George_Viebranz: ABEIRTT 10D BIRETTA +81 101
>Dallas_Johnson: BELLS J4 BELLS +20 36
>George_Viebranz: AITV 11C VITA +31 132
>Dallas_Johnson: HOW 11J WHO +23 59
>George_Viebranz: EEM 12J EME +27 159
#note This was miscounted as 31 in the game, so it made the endgame look even more razor thin than it was.
>Dallas_Johnson: QSTU 5H QU.ST +28 87
>George_Viebranz: DI C11 .ID +14 173
>Dallas_Johnson: EITX 12A EX.T +34 121
>George_Viebranz: INNORT A7 INTON.R +21 194
>Dallas_Johnson: ?ADMNNU B1 UNNAMeD +71 192
>George_Viebranz: AFGILNO L1 FLOA.ING +86 280
>Dallas_Johnson: EGRW 8L .REW +24 216
>George_Viebranz: ACDDY 4A C.DDY +30 310
>Dallas_Johnson: EIV 1L .IVE +30 246
>George_Viebranz: EGI 13H GIE +12 322
>Dallas_Johnson: KLR 1A L.RK +39 285
>George_Viebranz: AFS M3 FAS +39 361
>Dallas_Johnson: AEOZ N6 ZO.A +33 318
>George_Viebranz: IOP 6F POI +22 383
>Dallas_Johnson: AEGRRUU 2D AUGURER +70 388
#note I saw AUGURER relatively quickly, but wasn't sure of it. At first, I missed the place to play it, because I thought it would but up against another word. I only saw that the spot was open later.
>George_Viebranz: ACEEHOS 14B CEASE +26 409
#note George has but one play that is a guaranteed win (by 1 point). CASH at M10 for 34. Although he has 2 other plays that probably give him the game ([R]HEAS at M8 and O[D]AHS at c3, both for 37 points), as I would not find the star play to win against those.
>Dallas_Johnson: ?AEY O8 .EArY +16 404
#note The star play is EAsY at M10 for 27, which I missed. I saw EYrA at 03 for 21, but wasn't 100% on it. I was just about to play it and gamble, when I saw (W)EArY at O8 for 16, which I had already calculated would give me what I thought was a 1 point win. I should have recounted the game then, but I didn't (I was a bit short on time), which was a gamble in itself, but I picked up 4 extra points when we found the EME scoring error, and I won by 5. There is a lot in my game that needs so much work, but one thing that was very helpful in this endgame was writing out my rack through the whole alphabet, designating the blank all 26 ways. I saw Brian Bowman do something like that with 7s or 8s at dinner after Burning River, and it stuck with me that it was a good strategy in certain situations. I ended up playing a 5, not a 4, but at least I saw EYrA, and with more work on the 4s, I can be confident in those plays.
>Dallas_Johnson: (OH) +10 414
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