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#player1 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
#player2 John_Stardom John Stardom
>Joshua_Sokol: AEIINOQ H7 QI +22 22
>John_Stardom: IMTY I6 MITY +28 28
>Joshua_Sokol: ADEEINO J9 OE +9 31
#note missing yet ANOTHER A hook. I realized this around a turn later. Absolutely no need to fish here with 18 or 24 points available and maybe even a challenge.
>John_Stardom: BBE K7 EBB +15 43
>Joshua_Sokol: ADEEINU J4 EAU +11 42
#note I also missed ADIEU on this rack, which is 100% the right play here at 5I.
>John_Stardom: EFHTY L4 HEFTY +49 92
#note totally deserved worse than this but I'll take it.
>Joshua_Sokol: ADEIINR G8 DENARII +64 106
>John_Stardom: PZ 14F Z.P +34 126
>Joshua_Sokol: ADEILNU 15H ALIUNDE +89 195
#note I start wondering if he knows that this doesn't take an S pretty much the instant I saw it on my rack.
>John_Stardom: ?EMNORU 12A MOURNE.s +74 200
#note And given how long it took him to play this, as well as his visibly unhappy demeanor, I started to wonder.
>Joshua_Sokol: ?AEEIOS M7 AE +15 210
>John_Stardom: AAW 14M AWA +25 225
#note hmm, at this point I believe he most definitely thinks ALIUNDES* is valid.
>Joshua_Sokol: ?DEGIOS E5 SmIDGEO. +86 296
#note So I have GODEtI(A)S/ALIUNDES* here for 158. I tried to figure out the likelihood of him challenging the play. I figured it was pretty high. But I think given the circumstances I would have gotten away with it. John was ready to pounce on the spot himself.
I once again also had to eschew the perfectly reasonable SMEG(M)OID because it's still not a word
>John_Stardom: HIORSST O8 SHORTI.S +185 410
>John_Stardom: HIORSST -- -185 225
>Joshua_Sokol: CLNOTVW B10 CL.WN +32 328
#note I was beside myself at this point. I needed spread in this game desperately to have a chance of finishing 3rd. I should've gone for it, it was apparent that he thought it took an S.
>John_Stardom: HIORSST 8A THIR. +30 255
#note He still has the anagram of SHORTIAS in a really hard-to-see spot, but again, that 9 would have been amazing
>Joshua_Sokol: GKOTVVX M3 VOX +40 368
#note Almost went with 13K VOG here. It's simming really close, but he has SOS on his rack, so Quackle is wrong.
>John_Stardom: OOSS A12 .OOS +25 280
>Joshua_Sokol: CGKPRTV -KVTGRC +0 368
#note Just C7 V(I)G is fine, although it prevents me from blocking the T in THIRD easily. I wanted to keep the P for (A)P(EX) to increase my chances of outrunning him in the endgame if it came to that.
>John_Stardom: LLNSU 13J NULL +16 296
>Joshua_Sokol: AAFINOP 6B FOA. +14 382
#note blocking
>John_Stardom: EGV C5 V.G.E +12 308
>Joshua_Sokol: AADINPT O8 PINTAD. +33 415
#note held and released
>John_Stardom: IR D4 RI. +12 320
>Joshua_Sokol: ACEORRT 3B REACTOR +74 489
#note ... I was really apologetic about this. He didn't deserve to lose by this much.
>Joshua_Sokol: (EGJKSST) +38 527
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