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#player1 Mike_Baron Mike Baron
#player2 Carl Carl
>Mike_Baron: AIJ 8F AJI +20 20
>Carl: CEILLQV 7H QI +23 23
>Mike_Baron: EU G8 .EU +11 31
#note This led me to believe that Mike was setting up the X, which influenced my next play.
>Carl: CELLOVZ 10F C.LL +12 35
#note If Mike doesn't have the X (he doesn't), then OVULE 10E or ZOA F6 are best. (-4)
>Mike_Baron: ADEIM 11H AIMED +20 51
>Carl: EEOOVXZ 12F VOX +39 74
>Mike_Baron: EOR 12J ORE +18 69
>Carl: AEEIORZ F6 ZO. +32 106
#note Wrong. ZOA 13I or AZO 6I is correct. (-5)
>Mike_Baron: EH 13L EH +14 83
>Carl: AEEPRTW 14J WATER +42 148
#note There's something fishy about the way Mike has been playing, but I think I have to do this. It's simply too much of a sacrifice to play anything else. I just have to hope that the bingo isn't too bad.
>Mike_Baron: ?AEEIST O9 EAsIEST +80 163
>Carl: ENNNPRT -NNP +0 148
#note Quackle trades all three Ns, keeping ERT or PERT. (-2)
>Mike_Baron: AAERSTU 15E AURATES +78 241
>Mike_Baron: AAERSTU -- -78 163
#note This is the tenth round of the day, and all combinations of letters start to look equally good after so much Scrabble. It was with tremendous discomfort that I challenged this, and good thing I did.
>Carl: EEKNNRT 15F KERNE +32 180
#note KENTE is a little better. (-1)
>Mike_Baron: AAERSTU G4 UTA +14 177
>Carl: DEMNSTY N9 MY +32 212
>Mike_Baron: AV 4E VA. +6 183
>Carl: DEILNST J1 DENTILS +74 286
>Mike_Baron: EINNRSU 1C UNRINSE. +80 263
>Carl: BFHOSTU 2F FOH +37 323
>Mike_Baron: DFOO K2 FOOD +31 294
>Carl: BGOSTTU L2 TOG +25 348
#note I thought really hard about TOGS L2, but figured the S might come in handy later. Quackle has a hard time distinguishing between them as well. Also worth considering: TSUBO L4.
>Mike_Baron: ANW M3 NAW +25 319
>Carl: BGGOSTU -BGGOTU +0 348
#note Big problem: I've already crossed these letters off my tracking sheet because they are on my rack. But now that I've exchanged them, they're back in the bag. And I'm down below 4 minutes on my clock because I tanked on plays like CULL and WATER and whether or not to challenge AURATES.
>Mike_Baron: DIP 2A DIP +16 335
>Carl: AACLNPS 6C PLA.. +16 364
#note This sims even with ANSA 3A.
>Mike_Baron: I E4 .I. +12 347
>Carl: ABBCGNS D5 B.AB +15 379
#note Best. Empty the bag and pray that he doesn't have it. I've mistracked so I don't know what he has. I just have to sit there for five minutes of terror while Mike looks for a winning move.
>Mike_Baron: ?EIRRTU A2 .UsTIER +21 368
>Carl: CGGNOSY 9B COSY +19 398
#note I'm out of time and miss COPY C4. (-8)
>Mike_Baron: R M13 ..R +6 374
>Mike_Baron: (GGN) +10 384
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