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#player1 Adam_Logan Adam Logan
#player2 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
>Adam_Logan: ABJOT 8D JABOT +44 44
>Joshua_Sokol: AADLLNY G6 AN.DALLY +69 69
>Joshua_Sokol: ?CEIMSU (challenge) +5 74
#note thought this was invalid in NWL but probably valid in CSW. It's valid everywhere and I was very close to not playing it.
>Adam_Logan: UWZ F4 WUZ +66 110
>Joshua_Sokol: ?CEIMSU I2 CEsIUMS +79 153
#note I could not see the 2x2 here. But I saw LEUCISM$ and figured it probably wasn't valid in CSW yet!
>Adam_Logan: DHOT J3 DOTH +35 145
>Joshua_Sokol: AEHISTU F8 .AH +32 185
#note I saw HA(L)ITUS, but I was concerned that after it, a bingo or big scoring play from Adam would put me in a really rough spot. It's not enough to be tied with Adam and keeping an E, his scoring power is just far superior to mine. So I figured I'd keep things a bit more shut and hope to hit a fish.
>Adam_Logan: VW E7 V.W +16 161
>Joshua_Sokol: AEIRSTU 12D URA.ITES +68 253
>Adam_Logan: DFIN 11J FIND +25 186
>Joshua_Sokol: AEEEGTY 11C EYE +21 274
#note totally missing GA(I)ETY H10 ffs
>Adam_Logan: ?EEINST M7 TrEN.IES +70 256
>Joshua_Sokol: ABEGIIT 8L B.IG +27 301
#note I was going to play BIGA 13B but was only 90% sure of it. This is probably a bit worse but not that bad. I hold one of the two T's needed to hook TRENDIEST, and I will try to maximize that potential over the next turn or two.
>Adam_Logan: EILOR C9 LO.RIE +23 279
>Joshua_Sokol: AAEINTX E4 AX +41 342
#note let's see if I can win this coin flip now. I'm in good shape but if I hit a bingo I pretty much win.
>Adam_Logan: DENOORS O4 DRON.OES +62 341
>Joshua_Sokol: AEEINRT 15H ARENITE +83 425
#note yess, in the driver's seat again, that's 4 bingos
>Adam_Logan: OQU 4L QUO. +28 369
>Joshua_Sokol: AGIKNPR D2 KIP +34 459
#note much to consider here, but mostly, can I outrun his bingo without maximizing scoring and opening up row 1? I forgot if KAW# was a word so I was debating this and KING D1. I think I should play KING D1 so that I can be the KING of D1. I saw POC(K)ETER and perhaps a few other possibilities for Adam, but figured that by playing 3, he would have to play 4 to leave one in the bag, which seemed far less likely than playing 3. If he plays 3 after this, I can play 1 tile and take a pretty insurmountable lead. If he plays 4, it's less likely, but he's also far less likely to hit a bingo after a 4-tile play, so playing 3 tiles really seemed best for tempo. However, perhaps brute force was the better avenue. Unsure here, I don't really trust Quackle's analysis insofar as the 4-tile plays being clearly better than the 3-tile plays.
>Adam_Logan: GOP N3 G.OP +25 394
>Joshua_Sokol: AAFGMNR 3D .F +18 477
#note up 65 now, FAG(S) puts me up 99 and leaves me with 12 points on my rack. If he is able to score 80 points he can outrun me. Didn't see super easy or even possible for him to do that, but I just have this play that as I mentioned earlier just wins on the spot since I am not emptying the bag.
Upon further analysis, FAG(S) wins 100%, even if he were to have COVELET#, the highest-scoring bingo possibility in this position. At worst, I win by 5 points. At worst after (I)F, I win by 17, and I also sometimes threaten TRANGAM/TANGRAM or MANAGER if his bingo gives me a spot.
>Adam_Logan: EILORTV B6 RIVET +18 412
#note I threaten CARNAGE/CRANAGE# here. The best play is VOLET# in the same spot.
>Joshua_Sokol: AACGMNR 14J MAG. +28 505
#note OLE A4 was his only out, which I would have been surer of if this was NWL, but alas. -16 to A4 CRAG
>Adam_Logan: ELO A4 OLE +6 418
#note he also has O(R)LE actually, but it's in the same spot.
>Adam_Logan: (ACNR) +12 430
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