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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Vijay Vijay
>JD: AEIIOVW 8D WAIVE +30 30
>Vijay: IILR I6 LIRI +18 18
>JD: AEEIOSW D8 .OWEE +22 52
>Vijay: GRU 6F GUR. +9 27
>JD: AABEINS C9 BAA +22 74
#note I considered ABA at C11 for 6 points less, but then realized that Vijay's last move suggested an absence of high-point tiles, making BAA at C9 safer. the C11 placement makes up at least 4 points on the sim, so there was some validity to my defensive concerns.
>Vijay: AERR E7 R.RE +15 42
>JD: EEINOST 10C ...E +9 83
>Vijay: MT F8 .T.M +12 54
>JD: AEINOST 11F .ISATONE +70 153
#note although MISATONE takes the extra hook, I thought the I looked a more useful tile for 8s. MASONITE might be slightly ahead on a sim.
>Vijay: ELMT H11 .MELT +30 84
>JD: BEHNPPQ K10 Q.PH +18 171
>Vijay: CEGIINR 15H .IERCING +92 176
>Vijay: CEGIINR -- -92 84
#note my lucky break for the game
>JD: ABEGNPV 14G B.AG +11 182
#note Q has a clever response to his threatened bingo: VAPE at B11 threatening a 43-point BONG or BUNG play (about a 50% shot). My leave after my block is quite clunky. the variance after VAPE is also a lot higher, though, since he could now theoretically draw into a big J play on column 1 if I miss. The sim results also depend on Vijay seeing CRINE at L8, which I thought he might not know. all in all, I'm happy with blocking.
>Vijay: CEGIINR L9 CI.E +31 115
>JD: EKNOPSV N11 SKOP +31 213
#note I...know this isn't a word, just somehow flipped SCOP and SKOP* in the course of the actual game. lucky that he didn't challenge.
>Vijay: DFO O13 DOF +28 143
>JD: CDDENNV M10 N.ED +42 255
#note my phony blocked FORDING!!!
>Vijay: GN G4 GN. +4 147
>JD: CDFINUV 4D FUN.IC +26 281
>Vijay: DIJN 3B DJIN +31 178
>JD: ADRSTVZ B11 TZAR +29 310
#note can't put the Z at H1 and risk a huge Z bingo with both blanks unseen. VAST at 5B would be a great play except for AVAST...
>Vijay: LOO A13 LOO +13 191
>JD: DEISSVY C9 ...ED +36 346
#note after my play I saw the option of playing FUNGICIDE, but it reopens another quadrant of the board unnecessarily and either opens an S hook, or leaves an S to bingo through if I play FUNGICIDES.
>Vijay: LO 7H O.L +6 197
>JD: ISSTUVY K3 STIVY +29 375
>Vijay: ?AEENRT B1 EN.ARTEd +70 267
>JD: AAHISUX 1A H.X +39 414
#note lucky not to get punished for SKOP, would've been an entirely different game thereafter.
>Vijay: ?OUY A7 YOUr +26 293
>Vijay: (AAISU) +10 303
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