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#player1 Scott Scott
#player2 Will Will
>Scott: AEEELNU 8H ULNAE +12 12
>Will: ?FFKMMR H7 M.FF +12 12
>Scott: EEEELUV J6 VE.UE +18 30
#note S: VENULE a few points better, because my play sets up a hook I don't have
>Will: ?GKMQRT -GKMQ +0 12
>Scott: DEEIILS I8 .EI +17 47
>Will: ?AEGRTW L1 WaTERAG. +80 92
>Scott: DEGILLS 1L .ILD +24 71
#note S: Damn it, if you can DESCALE, why not DEGILL? WILD was second best, a few behind DWELL in the same spot
>Will: CHJMOYZ 3J MY.H +24 116
#note W: Took forever to decide between MYTH, MOTHY, and ZOA. Still not sure what's right. I wanted MUFFY* to be good so badly.
>Scott: AEEGLOS M5 EGO +14 85
>Will: CGIJOUZ 2G JUCO +21 137
#note W: After EGO, I'm fine opening the triple with a U - not a big threat to me, whereas I might hammer the spot.
>Scott: AAELRST H1 A.RA +15 100
#note S: Best. There's a trend here of my 'fishing' plays not being suggested by Quackle, but out-simming any of Quackle's other choices. Third time this game...
>Will: GIKLPTZ 5K P..Z +30 167
#note W: Not much of a consolation prize compared to PUTZ.
>Scott: ELSTUXY 5E EXULT +29 129
#note S: This time I should have cashed in the MUFFS hook, either with TUXES, LUXES, or EXULTS. VENUES/SEXY also better than EXULT.
>Will: GIKLPTT 6E TIP +24 191
>Scott: ?BDRSSY 11E DRYS +29 158
>Will: EGKLOTW 4A KETOL +31 222
#note W: Not a very appealing move, but it keeps the scoring pressure on. Maybe WOG is smarter.
>Scott: ?BBNNRS B2 BR.N +12 170
#note S: Bad time to again not have a vowel.
>Will: AEGIINW A4 .IANG +32 254
>Scott: ?ABINSV F8 VIB.ANtS +68 238
>Will: AEIOOSW 15D WI.ES +36 290
#note W: Interesting choice here. I was really close to doing ZOO. With the exception of the C and H, leaving the S open is actually not really that bad - if Scott doesn't bingo, he's not that likely to hammer me there. However, that's a big if - the pool looks awesome for bingos, so I took the risk of leaving AOO to be safe.
>Scott: ACEHINO N4 A.O +20 258
#note S: Best, was pleasantly surprised to see it
>Will: AEOOORS 14D OO. +9 299
#note W: About as good of a draw as I could hope for leaving AOO - since I picked the case S and an R, OOT looks like a great way to set up a lane that greatly favors me.
>Scott: CEHINNO O6 NICHE +35 293
#note S: Dang homeless bingo...anyway, NICHE was 2nd best, winning about 22%. Top was NOH in the same spot (27%)
>Will: AEOQRST 9E Q. +11 310
#note W: Tricky pre-endgame situation here. I think I got it right. It's really tempting to play QAT for 31, but QI seems correct. When Scott has a playable bingo, it almost always plays in too many spots for me to block them all. Therefore, in situations where Scott can bingo, to win I need to counter bingo, and that happens almost 60% after QI. In situations where Scott CAN'T bingo, he almost certainly has to fish again, and with the pool down to only 8 tiles, I should be able to block with a play down column N, unless the bingo starts with I.
>Scott: ADDINOT 14C T... +3 296
#note S: Apparently I become almost even odds with DANIO, which I never considered. However, I was pretty sure Will already had the S. And I just felt like he was going to bingo if I didn't block. Turns out both hunches were correct. However, if I play the T elsewhere for more points, he hits roaster on column C, and then I hit ADENOID on the N column, I score enough to win. W: Actually, if I forgo ROASTER and just play OATERS, I win 100 percent of the time! I doubt I would figure that out under pressure, though.
>Will: AEORRST N9 ORATES +25 335
#note W: Scott saves himself for one more turn by blocking ROASTER. Now I just have to block ADENOID in both spots, which is easy - however, we're both extremely low on time, and I couldn't go far enough ahead to see what I was giving back with this. OATERS instead of ORATES gives me an easy win...
>Scott: ADDEINO M9 DINED +40 336
#note S: Holy crow...Danio in the same spot steals the win! Twice in a row I just overlooked that word. Wow. Every other play loses. W: I think we both had less than 2 minutes left at this point - no time to figure it out.
>Will: IR 13K RI.. +5 340
#note W: Whew.
>Will: (AO) +4 344
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