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#player1 Dave_Koenig Dave Koenig
#player2 David_Wiegand David Wiegand
>Dave_Koenig: ?EJOOOU 8G JOE +20 20
#note I'm really unsure whether it is better to do this or trade. Playing through did not work out badly for me, but that doesn't mean it was the right decision.
>David_Wiegand: BDEOX 9F BOXED +39 39
>Dave_Koenig: ?INOOSU 10I NOxIOUS +68 88
#note Although this is the highest scoring bingo, it has the defensive shortcoming of dangling the S in the triple lane. It would have been better to score two fewer points and play the nine OBNOXIOUS, but I missed the possibility.
>David_Wiegand: CINORTT O4 CONTRI.T +89 128
>David_Wiegand: IIIRT (challenge) +5 133
>Dave_Koenig: DEGINNV M9 D.VING +26 114
#note This is not bad, but I missed the L8 placement of VEINING, which scores 4 more and aggressively sets up an S hook on row 15. DIVING L7 is also a good play that I did not consider seriously enough. Though it plays the same tiles as DOVING for two fewer points, it shapes the board better for comebacks by setting up K and M column bingo lines and the DIVINGS hook. Quackle's static evaluator ranks VOX highly, but this is not as good a move as it thinks in this position, because bingos that are drawn are unlikely to fit. Quackle simulation scores all of DIVING, DOVING, and VEINING as virtually equal, with VOX and a few others about three points behind. Considering that I will still be chasing on the next turn, I prefer either DIVING or VEINING to DOVING, but it is a small difference between these plays.
>David_Wiegand: IIIRT 4J IRITI. +16 149
>Dave_Koenig: AEEEENS 10F EE +20 134
#note This scores decently well while cleaning up this rack, takes away a potential good scoring spot for him, and helpfully sets up the SJOE hook. If SJOE were not good, it might be a reasonable choice to play NEE, which unbalances the rack a bit more but sets up a helpful SNEE hook. But with the S hook already available, playing for rack balance is probably better.
>David_Wiegand: ?AAEHHR 3E RHApHAE +71 220
#note The only bingo.
>Dave_Koenig: ADEENSU 2B ENDUE +25 159
#note He blocked UNERASED and left me almost 90 points down. It is often tempting in these situations to start fishing for your comeback bingo, but in so doing you can put yourself significantly further back when you miss your draw, to the point where even getting a bingo will not keep you in the game. Sometimes it is better to keep scoring while trying to shape the board in a favorable way for comebacks. This is what I was trying to do with this play. The position of EH gives front hooks on row 1, but only a relatively small number of tiles goes there, so it may be hard for him to take it away. Meanwhile, I set up a VENDUE front hook on the A column and create a few more open lines on the B and C columns while creating enough distractions that there is a good chance for the double-double on row 5 to stay open. Although David was able to hit row A hard with his particular rack, I like the comeback chances that my play gives.
>David_Wiegand: AFFLO 1D OFFAL +55 275
>Dave_Koenig: AAEIOSY 14K YO.A +16 175
#note It is a little bit frustrating to burn the Y which was useful for the JOEY hook, but nothing else cleans up this rack as well, and creating new lines while the rest of the board is still volatile is helpful. Some players may be afraid to create an opening on row 15 like this, but a moment like this when there are many other openings is one of the best times to do it. There is a good chance that his best play will be on another part of the board, and even if he takes the spot, I will still have other options. The gain in expected value of his next play is not as high as it would be if I made a play like YOGA when the rest of the board was more closed.
>David_Wiegand: MNY 4D NYM +38 313
#note An excellent move for David that both scores well and helpfully closes the dangerous double-double lane.
>Dave_Koenig: AAEEEIS 13K AI.EE +14 189
#note Looks like I underscored this as 12 and neither of us caught it.
>David_Wiegand: NP L12 P..N +22 335
>Dave_Koenig: AEEMSST 7A MESETAS +73 262
#note David's blocking play of PION came just at the right moment so I was forced to play my bingo in the lower scoring spot. I fortunately remembered correctly that FEHM takes only an E and not an S, so SEAMSET 5F does not work.
>David_Wiegand: LLV B6 V.LL +15 350
>Dave_Koenig: AGLPTUW 6D WAP +31 293
>David_Wiegand: IRZ 11D RIZ +38 388
>Dave_Koenig: BEGLOTU C11 GOB +26 319
#note My chance of coming back is just about nil in any case. Even if I get a late miracle bingo, as long as David is careful it is likely he will outdistance me. I'm not sure what is best here, and in the end I decided to play this on hope of drawing the I for the GOBI hook and to keep the row 15 spot open.
>David_Wiegand: AIT 8A A.IT +36 424
>Dave_Koenig: DEGLQTU N2 QU.D +31 350
>David_Wiegand: ACRRSUW 1J CRAWS +26 450
>Dave_Koenig: EGKLT 5I ELK +31 381
>David_Wiegand: RU 15J RU. +9 459
>David_Wiegand: (GT) +6 465
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