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#player1 Jack_Overby Jack Overby
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Jack_Overby: AKQSTUW 8C SQUAWK +64 64
#note Wow... basically a six-letter bingo!
>Jonathan_Lindh: ALMR E7 M.RAL +14 14
>Jack_Overby: AERRSTZ 10D R.ZE +33 97
#note I saw ERSATZ right away, yet neglected to check if there were any places to play it. There was (12C for 58). Regardless, mine sims best.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ENNOX C3 XENON. +28 42
#note Interesting that he chose this placement over 11G for 5 more points. Trying to open the top left quadrant?
>Jack_Overby: AAIPRST 4B S.PTARIA +72 169
#note Almost missed this... wasn't sure about hooks, though (L/N?)
>Jonathan_Lindh: BEGIMNR C10 BRING +32 74
#note To my great fortune, Jon saw, but couldn't bring himself to play BERMING (3I for 87). A nice sized bullet, dodged!
>Jack_Overby: CEFHNOO 3I FOEHN +39 208
#note Best. I threw this down fairly quickly, but B1/2 C/HOSEN and 3F HOOF would have been worth considering.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADEJ L1 JE.AD +48 122
#note Rats, he's blocked my bingo...
>Jack_Overby: CDEFORT K2 D.FECTOR +92 300
#note ....oh wait!
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEM 5C .EEM +24 146
>Jack_Overby: EHILTVY 1L .IVY +51 351
#note Another no-brainer. This was not a challenging game from my end...
>Jonathan_Lindh: ACEN 8K .CEAN +30 176
#note I overdrew here. Jon overturned L... O... and ?. Bye bye, blankie. With a sneer, I examined the rest of my tiles...
>Jack_Overby: EEHLLOT 11G THEELOL +72 423
#note ALL THE(E) LOLS
>Jonathan_Lindh: IIIIU -IIIIU +0 176
#note Despite a long hold, Jon knew it was good, and let it go. Nice job by him to avoid the dreaded "frustration challenge". To say the least, this was not his game.
>Jack_Overby: ABGIIIS 10L GAB +17 440
#note I took *Sandlot kid face* forrr-evvvvv-errrrr on this turn, and ultimately came up with.... this crap? Really? 6K CIG 23 and the flashhy F3 GAMBIA 21 look fah beddah. I wanted to block column O, but what's the point, when the far more dangerous BRING/S hook is still lurking?
>Jonathan_Lindh: OW 10I OW +28 204
>Jack_Overby: ?IIILSV 14A VI.IL +18 458
#note A fortunate draw. The JEHAD/I hook once again eludes me, as 6K CIVIL 29 es wey better. Even if I'd seen it, I probably would have though it was CSW-only. This play is hyper-aggressive, and is a clear as crystal blank telegraph, but hey, YOLO... I guess I was going for 700?
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEIOPTT 15D TIPTOED +88 292
#note Nice play!
>Jack_Overby: ?IOSSTU 14I pISTOUS +72 530
#note Missed O3 OUTSINGS 65 and 14I mISSOUT 72 (I only knew SUMOIST), but good enough.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?ADIOUU A12 DI.A +30 322
#note Jon started to put down some nonsense triple-triple, before acquiescing to reality ;-) There are six plays that ensure an out in two, the best of which is 6I UnCIA 23. This is 23 points behind optimal play.
>Jack_Overby: AEGINRY 12L YANG +37 567
#note Two off of 61 RACING/ARCING 32. Allah curse ye, damned jehadi!
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?OUU 6F UlU +11 333
#note Best is I7 Us/Os 24. Jon thought he was blocking my best outplay of 6F IRE 12...
>Jack_Overby: EIR B1 IRE. +17 584
#note Except he missed this (as did I, nearly). But of course, CIRE/JEHADI 25 was even better!
>Jack_Overby: (O) +2 586
#note Glad I covered the 250-point spread.
Guess I'm not ready for the holy war yet. Sorry, Al. I'll do better next time.
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