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#player1 Charles_Reinke Charles Reinke
#player2 Jack_Overby Jack Overby
>Charles_Reinke: AADGPTU H6 GAUD +12 12
>Jack_Overby: ?AFLNTT 6A FLATTiN. +63 63
#note J: Temporarily annoyed that he left me no place for FLATTeN, but, having heard of flatted notes in music, I decided to give this a fairly confident try...
>Charles_Reinke: AEEIIPT - +0 12
#note C: Here is an inside look at my thought process after Jack hit his clock:
1. That's not a word. No way.
2. "Hold"
3. Jack's just desperate because there's nowhere for FLATTeN
4. I've written both AFGILNTT and ADEFLTT on my scoresheet and they don't look familiar
5. I'm tired of people phonying me and me being too much of a wimp to challenge
6. (Vague Collins envy because they play with five-point challenge)
7. "Challenge"
J: ...and once again, a Reinke challenges my opening valid bingo! Another break!
>Jack_Overby: AEEFLTX I8 TELEFAX +75 138
#note J: Was wavering back and forth between A6 FLEX and FAX... until I suddently had a change of heart ;-) My recent weeks of bingo cramming had once again paid dividends!
>Charles_Reinke: AEEIIPT H13 PEA +28 40
#note C: Didn't see 14H E(X)PIATE, which is the sort of board-opening play that could either work out for me or backfire horribly and leave me down by 200 points.
>Jack_Overby: AAANPRW A6 .AWN +30 168
#note J: Best of an uninspiring lot.
>Charles_Reinke: EIIIRRT 10I .IRI +6 46
#note C: RETI(A)RII! The rest of my commentary this game will consist of sobs and wails.
J: As with the previous game, my opponent finds himself continually saddled with untenable racks.
C: Jack charitably assumed that I wasn't missing a bingo this turn.
>Jack_Overby: AABEKPR 5B APEAK +39 207
#note J: I was pretty pleased with this play... until I Quackled it. PARBAKE! Thankfully, given my hot start, the impact (99.4% vs 97.4%) was minimal. My first, and last, missed bingo of the tournament.
No, UNqINSED, go home, you're drunk.
>Charles_Reinke: EILNRRT 14B INTERR.. +34 80
#note J: Voila, tres bien! I'd be interested to know what his other tile was.
C: Wonder no more.
>Jack_Overby: BCINRRS 11E BRIN. +14 221
#note J: Roughly tied for first with several others. L8 CRIBS 24 looks strong, to score and close the board. Maybe even L8 CRIB.
>Charles_Reinke: ILNOORT C3 NO..LITO +24 104
#note C: I played this hoping that 1.) Jack didn't have the J and 2.) Jack would think it's a J setup that he'll sacrifice points to block.
J: Tres bien again! The first, and almost surely the last, time I will see consecutive non-bingo 8-letter plays. Very niche, Charles!
>Jack_Overby: CIIQRSU 13B QI +37 258
#note J: D2 QUIET 34 is worth considering, but QI looks better regardless, as it blocks potential 3-letter B10 J plays for 50+.
>Charles_Reinke: ?GIJRTV 10B J.G +27 131
#note C: J setup successful! Except it wasn't. Except it sorta was because I drew the blank too.
J: Was NOPALITO a setup? Bloody brilliant if so. Either way, I was fortunate that Charles was unable to cash JO vertically for 50.
>Jack_Overby: BCINRSU J2 BRUCINS +72 330
#note J: Another lowish probability natural 7 falls into my lap.
>Charles_Reinke: ?AEIRTV 4H VA.lTIER +80 211
#note J: His best bingo.
>Jack_Overby: EILOOSV O1 OVE. +21 351
#note J: OVERSOIL fantasies briefly wafted through my head, but I was able to shoo them.
>Charles_Reinke: DEEESUW 4C .WE +27 238
#note C: Saw (OVER)SEWED but wasn't 100% because OVERSEWN is also good.
>Jack_Overby: AILOOSZ 12C ZOO +40 391
#note J: As easy as it gets.
>Charles_Reinke: DDEESUY O1 ....DYED +48 286
#note J: Niiicccceeeeeee
>Jack_Overby: ADILOOS N6 ADIOS +23 414
#note J: Trying to block column N, but with two H's unseen, probably shouldn't be giving him column O plays. M3 SIALOID 22 looks better, to block the L and N lanes, but with this pool, bingos are plum-well impossible anyways.
>Charles_Reinke: EGHHSSU O10 HUSHES +44 330
#note J: As I was saying. Le sigh...
C: Wasn't 100% on HEUGHS because of TEUGHS*. Look at all these excuses I'm making.
>Jack_Overby: CEELMOU 13K MOUC. +24 438
#note C: Nine points off 15C COME 33. No idea how I missed it. Charles held, briefly giving me a heart attack, but quickly released.
>Charles_Reinke: GMOY G8 GOY.M +22 352
#note J: The best, and flashiest, of his three (3!) GOYIM spots.
C: What is a RETIARII anyway? Sob. Wail.
>Charles_Reinke: (EEL) +6 358
#note J: Pretty much controlled this one from the start. Nice rally at the end by Charles to cut spread.
All in all, 5-3 wasn't a bad day for the bottom seed!
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