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#player1 JD JD
#player2 Mina Mina
>JD: ACEERRV 8D CARVE +26 26
#note can play VAREC if I want a more defensive board, or CARVE if I want to fork the board and play an open game
>Mina: AGISTUZ H3 GAUZI.ST +69 69
>Mina: CMMO (challenge) +5 74
#note challnged because I was thinking of GAUZING* not being good
>JD: EFPRRTY 5G P.TREFY +30 56
#note didn't know the awesome standalone 6 PERFAY. But again, PUTREFY is much more open, so if that's my goal, this is a fine play.
>Mina: CMMO E4 COMM. +22 96
>JD: DIJOOOR 4C JO.O +26 82
>Mina: DENR E4 .....NDER +32 128
#note sick!
>JD: ?DIIORR 3H .RIDIROn +70 152
>Mina: ADLO I8 LOAD +22 150
>JD: EINTUUX 2J XI +53 205
#note didn't want to play XI at J10 because of the overlaps. Should just play EXIT for 6 more, because ENTUU isn't going to do anything useful, whereas NUU at least gives me a chance of drawing some useful tile.
>Mina: HKO O1 HO.K +45 195
>JD: EENOTUU F6 EU.O +18 223
>Mina: AAGN C1 GAN.A +26 221
#note good fork of the board
>JD: EENTTUY J9 TYE +34 257
>Mina: ABH 1A BA.H +42 263
>JD: ENPSTUW 13C UNSWEPT +95 352
>Mina: BE K11 BE +20 283
>JD: AAEINST A1 .ASANITE +83 435
>Mina: ?EIILNT 14I INuTILE +68 351
#note FLINKITE/DEBT/EE would've been awesome, but she was trying to fork the board
>JD: EEGLOSV O11 VEG.S +30 465
#note need to block the triple-triple. I played VEGES instead of VOES so that, if she bingoes with a huge 100+ point bingo on row 15 (maybe a Q bingo) Mina would only have 1 tile to go out with, which should score less than if she makes a 2-tile outplay. This was I also know her rack if she tries to fish a tile, but I'm probably always blocking on row 15 anyway. The think I have to be careful about is drawing the Q, but since there are two spots (M13 and C12) I don't have to minimize turnover.
>Mina: DEFINUW 15C UNWIFED +99 450
>Mina: DEFINUW -- -99 351
#note worth a shot!
>JD: AEILLOR 15D ROLLIE +24 489
#note this is a pretty fascinating position for me. The Q is in the bag and I know her rack. By playing ROLLIE at 15D, I threaten QUA out at C12, and also a Q spot at M13. However, I seriously considered an intentional phony bingo here, because if she then makes a play like WIFED at 15E or L8, I can Q-stick her! With correct play on her end, ROLLIE leads to a 98-point win for me, whereas phonying and then her playing WIFED and getting Q-stuck is a 129-point win. But when Mina sees that the Q is in the bag after my phony, she can make a significantly better pre-endgame play - WEND at 11D for 8, threatening FIQUE in two spots and cutting the spread to 86!, Another thing to think about is that if I phony bingo, I should create another Q spot so that she can't accept the bingo and then Q-stick me!! I was thinking about (R)O(Y)ALLIER* which creates a second Q spot. Last interesting tidbit is that if I just accept UNWIFED* and proceed with the Q-stick, I win by 98 with perfect play - same as my spread after ROLLIE with perfect play on her part!
>Mina: DEFINUW L8 WIFED +45 396
#note best is FUN at D11 blocking my out.
>JD: AQ C12 Q.A +12 501
>JD: (NU) +4 505
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