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#player1 Michael_Willis Michael Willis
#player2 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
>Michael_Willis: AAH 8H AHA +12 12
>Joshua_Sokol: EEILNOV 9G VIE +19 19
#note I didn't see VLEI or VEIL at 9G. I like VLEI
>Michael_Willis: OUY 10I YOU +17 29
>Joshua_Sokol: DELNNOR L10 RONDEL +23 42
>Michael_Willis: EEOP 15K E.OPE +21 50
>Joshua_Sokol: AEIILNN M5 ANILINE +69 111
>Michael_Willis: AGI 8L G.IA +21 71
>Joshua_Sokol: DFOOQRS 14I FOR.DO +37 148
>Michael_Willis: ?ACEISS 13D ChAISES +68 139
#note lucky he didn't know or find his 82-point options at 15C, dISCASE and CASSInE.
>Joshua_Sokol: AGQSTUZ 15E QUAGS +51 199
>Michael_Willis: EKU L4 UKE +22 161
>Joshua_Sokol: BIJRTTZ 5G BRITZ.. +44 243
#note was feeling pretty good about this game about now! Keeping the J for 3L plays making J(UKE). Huge scores I'm getting for my heavy tiles
>Michael_Willis: AEGL H1 LAGE. +21 182
>Joshua_Sokol: DDJOPTU 3L JUDO +39 282
>Michael_Willis: AEINTVY 1B NATIVE.Y +65 247
#note NAIVETY at 6A, and VENA(L)ITY for 4 more
>Joshua_Sokol: CDEFPRT O1 CR.FT +42 324
>Michael_Willis: BEW 2A WEB +24 271
>Joshua_Sokol: DENPRTW 7F WERT +23 347
#note I didn't want to keep all consonants here, since it seemed like the worst case scenario that I would no longer be able to outrun a bingo with no vowel, but I still played this, because it had such good defensive merits. It blocks 7s on row 6 and on row 7 and scores reasonably well. But I should really not part with my only vowel here. I can outrun his bingo as long as I keep a vowel. K9 W(U)D was supposed to be my final decision.
>Michael_Willis: OX 3C OX +28 299
>Joshua_Sokol: DMNNPST K9 M.D +20 367
#note Noe I'm faced with a really tough decision. I need to make the play that outruns a bingo as best as I could.
I knew that there was more of a benefit in playing 3 tiles instead of 2 here, just for the sake of preventing him from fishing and maximizing my chances at drawing a vowel. But I also saw that my plays with 3 tiles either scored nothing (O7 D(A)MP scores 9), or they used up my S, which is a very good tile for scoring. If I draw an I, a likely eventuality if Michael indeed has a bingo next turn, I can play C4 SIN for 30 points, which may be enough to win. But if I play M(U)D at K9, and draw an I, I can play PSI for 34 in the same spot, which blocks the W in case he fishes for a bingo there, and also outruns a lot of stuff in the endgame after a bingo to the C in CHAISES.
Unbelievably, I was deciding between M(U)D and P(OE)TS, completely spacing out on P(OE)MS, which scores 26 points, tipping the scales enough in my favor to merit shetting my S. P(OE)M even is a better option than M(U)D is. I totally blew this one.
>Michael_Willis: ?AHILMT D6 THALaMI. +80 379
#note I was almost certain this was good, but I couldn't win. If I had drawn the I and another vowel, I still would have eked it out, I think.
>Joshua_Sokol: NNOPRST - +0 367
#note Michael was worried I would try to pluralize THALAMIC, since he thought that was good. It's not, and I think he would have challenged, realizing he loses if he lets it stay.
I knew I was challenging a normal English word, don't start
>Michael_Willis: EI G9 .IE +6 385
>Michael_Willis: (NNOPRST) +18 403
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