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#player1 Mack Mack
#player2 Verna Verna
>Mack: EEFIIIP -EFIII +0 0
>Verna: ?ALMNSU 8D MANUaLS +72 72
>Mack: ACEEEPT 9C PEE +14 14
#note Missed 9D ETAPE, but I'm not sure it's better - if Verna blocks the S bingoing is going to become hard fast, and this keeps it open proactively which I need
>Verna: BDDEE F6 BE.DED +25 97
>Mack: ACEENOT 11B ANEC.OTE +72 86
#note Nearly sacrificed 4 points to play NOTECASE and not give back the big Z spot, but I knew she didn't have it with BENDED (else 10B ZED) and 5 tiles out of 70+ unseen is only like a 7% chance of drawing it so seemed unlikely enough. Plus I could draw it myself especially after bingoing, so seemed worth the risk, and Quackle agrees... unfortunately it didn't pay off
>Verna: ACRZ 10A CZAR +77 174
>Mack: ILOOQRY J6 QI. +32 118
#note Obviously hate blocking this line but I have no choice
>Verna: FIR K5 RIF +28 202
>Mack: ILNOORY A6 YONI. +30 148
>Verna: AEEGOT B2 GOATEE +27 229
>Mack: DLNOORR C1 RONDO +24 172
#note I saw ORLON, but I think I need the row 1 lane - I'll need at least a bingo to come back, and the bottom of the board can get shut down pretty easily so I think I need to sacrifice a few points and be proactive here.
>Verna: ?ABDEHW 10I BoWHEAD +71 300
>Mack: AILNORT O5 TRINO.AL +80 252
>Verna: AIMOR L8 MO.AIR +28 328
>Mack: GHINPTU H11 .HING +39 291
>Verna: ASTV 14J VAST +27 355
>Mack: IOPSTUU 12A OPTS +48 339
#note Things are extremely bleak here. I have a few options, including OPTS and UP/ZAP and also fishing off a U (which I didn't consider in-game). The problem is Verna is very likely to score a lot at A1 next turn making it hard for me to come back even with a bingo if I don't score a lot now. But then, the only way I can score well is OPTS, which leaves IUU. I just felt after UP I'd fall short even with a bingo, but after OPTS I was hoping maybe I draw the X, play XU for a lot at G13, then maybe luck into a bingo or other big play that would be enough to catch up at that point since OPTS scores so much. Fishing off a U is interesting since it hits ROUPIEST 3/20 with an E draw, and Verna will often block column M, but the thing is I score so little now that after her next play I'd still be down probably 10-20 and a tempo, nearly impossible to make up on this board. I feel like OPTS probably still gives be my best shot but I could be convinced otherwise
>Verna: EKY A1 KEY +40 395
>Mack: EGIIUUW 14F WI. +14 353
#note This is another problem I didn't consider with OPTS - Verna will usually play at least 3 tiles making it impossible to exchange. At the same time it's probably not such a big issue since if I draw a bad enough rack that I'd have to exchange I'm not winning anyway, so I have to just hope to get lucky anyway. At this point I'm basically toast, hoping somehow she doesn't empty the bag then I fish and hit somethign and she blocks the wrong lane.
>Verna: FR M9 F.R +21 416
>Mack: AEGIUUU 4B ..IEU +12 365
#note Not much point in fishing now :). Well played Verna
>Verna: EIJSV L2 JIVES +44 460
>Mack: AGLUUX 13F AX.L +42 407
>Verna: LT 3K L.T +6 466
>Verna: (GUU) +8 474
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