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#player1 Winter Winter
#player2 Marty_Gabriel Marty Gabriel
>Winter: BDLLOTY 8G BOLDLY +32 32
>Marty_Gabriel: AEIORTV K5 VIO.ATER +94 94
>Winter: CDFIOTT 12J C.OFT +20 52
>Marty_Gabriel: AAI 13M AIA +18 112
>Winter: ADIISTT O12 S.TI +27 79
#note Dang, missed TS(A)DI.
>Marty_Gabriel: AEGIR 14J AIGRE. +30 142
>Winter: ADGITTU 15H DUIT +19 98
#note With the racks I was pulling, I was already psyching myself up for a loss--I really struggled with this one.
>Marty_Gabriel: ?ADIOSW 14B WoODSIA +77 219
#note Yeah, I'm toast.
>Winter: AGHHNNT 13A HATH +32 130
#note Quackle hates HATH, and I can't say was in love with it, but Marty's second bingo rattled me.
>Marty_Gabriel: EENNP 15A PENNE +42 261
#note Looking at the board, even with a blank unseen, I just cannot see a way out of this.
>Winter: CEGNNUY 9C GUNNY +26 156
#note I had to clean up my rack above all else. I figure the CE leave is my best shot to draw into something good.
>Marty_Gabriel: UX 8D XU +36 297
#note And the hits keep coming.
>Winter: CEEGNOO 6F COOEE.NG +69 225
#note At least he didn't block me, but I'm still a bingo down.
>Marty_Gabriel: FRTU 12D TURF +28 325
#note Still waiting for him to whiff, but he never stops scoring.
>Winter: EEKMOSV 11E MEEK +35 260
#note I hate to give up the Es, but if I'm down just 65, with a possible Q stick, as well as the Z, J, S, and blank unseen, taking the points is the play.
>Marty_Gabriel: DEEW M3 WED.E +22 347
>Winter: AINORSV A7 VARNIS. +42 302
#note I think that most players, trailing by 87 points, would have played RAVIS(H) to open up the board, but Marty was at around 5 minutes, maybe closer to 4, when he played WED(G)E, and with the possibility of a Q stick, I knew that a tight board would hurt him. Opening it up gives him a chance to play more tiles, and that is exactly what I do not want. Did not play VANIS(H) for the same reason--don't want to give up the E hook.
>Marty_Gabriel: M 4L M. +8 355
#note Marty drops to around 2 minutes when he plays this, and I can smell blood in the water, because he's clearly struggling.
>Winter: BEJLOPR 5G JOB +27 329
#note I know that if he has ZO, I've lost, but I have to take a chance Note that Quackle gives JOLE a much higher waluation, but a slightly lower win %. Clearly it gives up way too much.
>Marty_Gabriel: ?Q 10I Qa. +11 366
>Winter: AELPRSZ 11J R.Z +27 356
#note Fortunately I have a whopping 17+ MINUTES on my clock to werify my scoring (already did the tracking), and work through all sorts of combinations before finally spotting this play. I do not actually see a definite win, but it looks like whatever Marty does along the WEDGE line will definitely open it up for me, so I roll the dice.
>Marty_Gabriel: AEIILOR N1 AIOLI +23 389
#note Marty only had 20 seconds, otherwise he might have found the win.
>Winter: AELPS O4 LEAPS +35 391
#note Saw both SPEAL and SPALE, but unsure.
>Winter: (ER) +4 395
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