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#player1 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
#player2 Jane_Bissonnette Jane Bissonnette
>Joshua_Sokol: ?EEINOU -EOU +0 0
>Jane_Bissonnette: INU 8H UNI +6 6
>Joshua_Sokol: ?EEILNT K5 cENTILE +78 78
>Jane_Bissonnette: ADGN L9 DANG +19 25
>Joshua_Sokol: AEHRRWY J6 WA.R +34 112
#note would normally play WE(I)R here to retain the A instead of the E, but I wanted to be able to hook the E onto RID next turn and possible start shutting things down a bit more. Keeping the A gives me a way to play (N)AH I9 and totally shut down the top right and much of the left side of the board, but that might not be a legitimate option depending on her next play. Hm.
>Jane_Bissonnette: GL H7 L.G +4 29
>Joshua_Sokol: EHIRUYZ M8 YEH +22 134
#note Here, was just trying to block her most valuable lane and leave her with a worse lane that gives back a whole lot if hit. Otherwise 10F HUE is a good play, perhaps M7 HUE is better than this to keep the Y over the U. But I hate the Y.
>Jane_Bissonnette: FIST 10F FIST +20 49
>Joshua_Sokol: BDIIRUZ F8 BI.ID +11 145
#note assuming she doesn't know the A hook, this play competes with options such as F7 BUR(F)I (which I might have played instead if I had seen it), as well as just 8M (Y)ID. I like this here, as she might try to hook an S. BURFI seems standard. Notice how my options suck since I played my Y instead of my U.
>Jane_Bissonnette: ?AEKLNS 6B ANKLEtS +70 119
#note best options hook BIFIDA.
>Joshua_Sokol: QRRUUUZ 12L .URU +6 151
#note very interesting draw puts me in a pretty weird position. Things might go quite well for me, but might also remain bad. Hopefully I successfully set up my Q here, but perhaps I should be more conservative with D6 (K)URU. Probably. I am going for (Y)EZ 8M as well, just like I was when I played YEH, but I can also hit QUAR(K), QUIR(K), and a bunch of decent options with many draws. Quackle thinks that I barely score more after GURU than after KURU, and so the points sacrifice and extended risk is not worth it. Not sure I buy this.
>Jane_Bissonnette: CIO C3 COI. +12 131
>Joshua_Sokol: QRRTUWZ 11D WR.T +16 167
#note options getting lesser with the QZ as she blocks QU(A)RTZ. Duck says just take the points with QU(I)T 11D. Meh. It also prefers TR(O)W to this, possibly because I draw into QUA(T)E often enough to outset the nice possibilities through the O in COIN with the right draws.
>Jane_Bissonnette: EHO 12C HOE. +28 159
>Joshua_Sokol: EEPQRUZ O9 PER.QUE +54 221
#note French tends to give me phonying courage. Thought this might be good anyway. Just PERIQUE and PERUKE
>Jane_Bissonnette: DINT 13B DINT +29 188
>Joshua_Sokol: CEGIJPZ 4B G.JI +24 245
#note creating a board that's pretty impossible to fully block. I'd better be ready to defend my lead.
>Jane_Bissonnette: AA 7D AA +10 198
>Joshua_Sokol: ACDEOPZ 8A DOZE +53 298
>Jane_Bissonnette: ATV 14A VAT +24 222
>Joshua_Sokol: ACIOPRX I10 .OXIC +15 313
#note this move was horrible, I won't get into why
>Jane_Bissonnette: BOSY 15F BOYS +42 264
>Joshua_Sokol: AMNOOPR - +0 313
#note bigly embarrassing. I was fairly sure TOXICS was no good
>Jane_Bissonnette: AF 9B FA +23 287
>Joshua_Sokol: AMNOOPR 12H O. +10 323
#note and she blocks my play as well. I might lose this game if I'm not careful. It seems I'm very likely to draw the E here, but I also thought I had the chance in the endgame if she draws EEE or something equally bad and can't go out. Hopefully I won't have to worry about needing that luck, but she could have a bingo right now and I'm just in big trouble. I didn't want to block one of the lanes because I feared I wouldn't be able to come back if she had a bingo. I was banking on her having one actually to maximize my chances of drawing into MANROPE. This was a move induced by tilt but it has merits. I should probably play MONO at N5, although I can't outrun something at E3.
>Jane_Bissonnette: ELV 3E LEV +12 299
>Joshua_Sokol: AMMNOPR N6 PRO +16 339
#note gotta block ROSEATE now. Happy she blundered, otherwise I could have easily lost.
>Jane_Bissonnette: AEEORST O1 STEREO +25 324
#note H2 ROSE(SLUGS) is almost the best play.
>Joshua_Sokol: AEMMN H1 MEAN +28 367
>Jane_Bissonnette: A F14 A. +6 330
#note ugly, ugly win. Gotta play better
>Jane_Bissonnette: (M) +6 336
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