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#player1 Jack_Overby Jack Overby
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Jack_Overby: CDINNPR 8G PIRN +12 12
#note Underwhelming, but best. This would end up being one of my strangest games ever...
>Jonathan_Lindh: AJOT 7F JOTA +23 23
>Jack_Overby: ACDENTX 9F NEXT +33 45
#note Tied for best. TAX/DEX/AX leave better bingo tiles.
>Jonathan_Lindh: IIII -IIII +0 23
>Jack_Overby: AAACDGR 10E CAD +19 64
#note 10D AGA is a fair bit better. Far more bingo friendly, but I opted for defense- or so I thought...
>Jonathan_Lindh: IQS D8 QIS +29 52
#note Held and released. Wasn't sure of S/CAD.
>Jack_Overby: AAEEGRT E10 .AGE +14 78
#note Obvs best, though CAGER sims surprisingly close, especially considering I don't have an S, and he very well might have another.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DDEIT 14A TIDED +23 75
>Jack_Overby: AEEORTY A12 YE.T +33 111
#note Best, just above A12 OATY 24, which I assumed was still Collins only.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AIMUW 6I MIAUW +18 93
>Jonathan_Lindh: AIMUW -- -18 75
#note Hold #2. One of the weirdest-looking strings of letters I've ever seen on a board.
>Jack_Overby: AEFOORV 6I FOVEA +20 131
#note Best with AIMUW inference, though given he likely doesn't have an E, something like B10 FOO 19 looks tempting.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AIMZ M2 ZAMI. +32 107
#note Hold #3. I'd forgotten this one, but thankfully resisted the challenge urge.
>Jack_Overby: ?AEIOOR 2K OO.E +26 157
#note Hyper volatile, but with a blank in hand, I couldn't help myself. 2L AZO 24 looks a dash better, and N2 AROsE for 55 would be some stylish defense.
>Jonathan_Lindh: OW J2 WO +38 145
>Jonathan_Lindh: OW -- -38 107
#note Hold #4. I was starting to get woozy at this point.
>Jack_Overby: ?ABIRSU 1F BARIUmS +81 238
#note Chickened out on O2 SUBARId for 97 (and didn't see 8A BURQA 48), but with the game darn near sewn up, no need to risk a phoney.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEEIIUU -EEEIIUU +0 107
#note Yikes. Poor Jon. Definitely not his game.
>Jack_Overby: ?CFIIOT 3E FICTIOn +66 304
#note The worst of the three bingos available. Wasn't sure of mOTIFIC, but c'mon, should've put FICTIOn at 2A for 83. What 3x3 could he possibly hit?
>Jonathan_Lindh: BO E3 .OB +16 123
>Jack_Overby: EINNNOV 3B NON....... +28 332
#note My first 10! :-D Jon's turn to hold now. He rightly accepted. N1 VENINE 33 looks a little better, but c'mon... who can turn down a 10?
>Jonathan_Lindh: EW 13D W. +10 133
#note A fish?
>Jack_Overby: EILNRRV N6 LIVER +26 358
#note Another N1 six-letter miss. RELINE is more effective closer.
>Jonathan_Lindh: LU 12E .UL +4 137
#note Jon just couldn't get anything going.
>Jack_Overby: LMNNPRY H12 PRY +21 379
#note F1 BLINY and BLIMY look way better. BLINY gives a great chance at drawing a vowel for a 41-point PMR play.
>Jonathan_Lindh: RU G3 .UR +5 142
#note 35 points in 6 turns. Ouch. He finished strong, however.
>Jack_Overby: EHLMNNT M9 HENT +22 401
#note I scored this as 18. Curse ye, Words With Friends, and your 3-point H! This isn't a great block, as it probably makes it *easier* for him to bingo on column O.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AGH D1 HA.G +30 172
>Jack_Overby: EEKLMNO O9 MEEK +26 427
#note Not great. Just play 1A OKEH 33.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DESW 13J WEDS +32 204
>Jack_Overby: AAGLNOU - +0 427
#note Hold #5... finally missed one. I thought HENT only took an S on the other end. Might have gotten greedy, hoping to hold him under 200. Best play is C11 GOAD/GLAD 24. Goodbye, 32 spread points.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EILRS B1 LI.ERS +16 220
#note Nice playing at the end by Jon, to salvage some spread.
>Jonathan_Lindh: (AAGLNOU) +16 236
#note Thus ended cycle #1 of the Arden Cup D1 field. I still had one more game to play on Day 1: Sir Charles Reinke...
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