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#player1 Carl Carl
#player2 Opp Opp
>Carl: EILNOTY 8G YO +10 10
#note This was an ISC game on 10/6/2018. I think a younger version of me would have played LENITY here, which gives back too much.
>Opp: EEFHOR 9C HEREOF +28 28
>Carl: EILMNOT 8A ITEM +39 49
>Opp: DNS D8 ..NDS +16 44
>Carl: ?AELLNO B1 bALLONE. +68 117
>Opp: ACKN 4A C.ANK +28 72
>Carl: EEIORTU E3 U.E +14 131
#note 5D OI gives back too many lanes and keeps an inferior leave. RUE E10 looks fine, but UKE scores the same and messes up the upper part of the board. KUE is even more defensive against bingos, but allows an easy X-spot. UKE narrowly sims best, but all these plays are close.
>Opp: NTU 11D .UNT +10 82
>Carl: EEIORTZ 12G EROTIZE +86 217
>Opp: EJLW M9 JEW.L +46 128
>Carl: CFGGIRT 11I GIG +21 238
#note Another difficult rack, but when I thought it through, GIG seemed like a clear favorite (and it is). Primarily, it is the only reasonable play that unloads both Gs, which are fairly toxic on this board. By contrast, the F fits nicely at 7C, H10, or J10.
>Opp: ?ABDINT 14G BANDITs +78 206
>Carl: BCFQRST 10L R.F +14 252
#note This sims narrowly ahead of any exchange. The odds of drawing an A or I are simply too great not to pass this up. An O is pretty nice too, since I can score a bunch with COB 15F or COBS O7.
>Opp: AARRY 15D ARRAY +46 252
>Carl: BCDIQST O8 QIS +43 295
>Opp: AAAIS 1A A.ASIA +18 270
>Carl: BCDLMTU 2F MULCT +27 322
#note Perfect tiles for this board. My play neutralizes the X spot, along with what would otherwise be two tricky bingo lanes (row 2 and column I).
>Opp: AOW H1 A.OW +33 303
>Carl: BDIORSX 15A DIS..... +36 358
#note Scores well and sets up the X. Sometimes everything just fits!
>Opp: EIV 12A VIE. +11 314
>Carl: BEHIORX I2 .HORE +28 386
#note Best again-- takes out bingos like OUTGONE at 7H, while setting up another big X play.
>Opp: DEP J4 PED +27 341
>Carl: BGIOPVX 14A OX +39 425
>Opp: ENT 10H TEN +20 361
>Carl: BGIPV 6F GIB.. +13 438
#note Not quite. BIPED is five points better. (-5) Almost a perfect game.
>Opp: OU 8G ..U +6 367
>Carl: PV G2 .P +18 456
>Opp: O 14A ..O +12 379
>Opp: (V) +8 387
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