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#player1 thomas_r thomas r
#player2 cesar cesar
>thomas_r: ?EGGIIW 8D WIGGIEr +80 80
>cesar: AACOQRY -AOQY +0 0
#note everything here looked lame. i had a feeling something like J6 CA(r)RY is best equity-wise but it seems so low win %. in the end, -AOQY sims best by win %, by a little bit. It's funny - this move took me more than 5 minutes to make. i was slightly steaming because i felt like i had drawn every Q in this tournament, lol, and because Thomas mentioned he just wanted a game where he scored some points, as he'd only had one game over 410 or so, so in my head I had told myself "he's going to open with a blank bingo now" and that's what happened!
>thomas_r: ?CEEISV J6 CE.VIcES +69 149
>cesar: ACHRRSW 7I H.W +22 22
#note not great; the leave is not good enough. i could do something like 7I WEAR or even the pretty awesome 7I WE -- ACHRRS is a very strong leave through that E. (but would that stay open?). tough move. -6 #tacticsmedium
>thomas_r: DIIMT C8 TIMID +21 170
>cesar: ACIRRSS 11E RICRA.S +32 54
#note i held for another 3-4 minutes, and decided that it's very likely good and i had to let it go. i'm glad i didn't make a steam challenge. about my play - i wasn't super enthused about blocking some lanes but i just don't know how to catch up without scoring points. i decided i was going to need to get lucky so i thought scoring 32 pts and bingoing asap next turn was better than fishing. H7 SIR sims best though by win %, it makes sense. #tacticssmall
>thomas_r: AABLOU E3 ABOUL.A +18 188
>cesar: AHMSSUV 4C AM.USH +34 88
#note B9 or B10 HM actually look like pretty good plays. they also sim ever so slightly better by win %. i block a lane but set up another one, shrug.
>thomas_r: AEELNO L4 LOANEE +24 212
>cesar: DEEOSUV H11 .EVUE +27 115
#note a bit of a counterintuitive situation here. quackle says i bingo slighlty more next turn if i do ROVED, and it scores 3 more. it sure doesn't seem that way to me. -2.5 #tacticssmall
>thomas_r: IX M9 XI +34 246
>cesar: DDEFIOS N10 FID +28 143
#note i did not want to burn the last S with FIDOS. perhaps it just scores too much. i thought i needed to score and then bingo next turn making IFS. the main issue is that FID is too easy to overlap downwards. so FIDO > FID (besides having the better leave). i was playing most of this game on autopilot to protect myself i think; i realized my win % was very low, so i didn't want to spend too much time stressing about it. -2.5 #tacticssmall
>thomas_r: AEGOT O11 TOGAE +27 273
>cesar: DENNOSY 15B DOYENN.S +66 209
>thomas_r: FKLN C2 FL.NK +24 297
>cesar: ADEORRZ N14 ZA +46 255
#note i didn't think i'd get a spot for razored lol. i saw 12A ZEDA and ADORE at 14, and even 6L ADZ. i almost played ADZ but it's not a good play. it's easy to block if he doesn't have the E, and if he has the E then GG most likely. ZEDA keeps an ugly leave and i'm not going to hit some crazy Z bingo to it. ADORE is kind of nice and i almost played it, but ZA sims and seems best.
>thomas_r: ABL 14B ALB +25 322
>cesar: DEEOQRR F10 Q. +31 286
#note the Q again but i can play it.
>thomas_r: OPRT M3 PORT +18 340
>cesar: DEEOORR B1 ROE +18 304
#note i immediately assumed he kept the A for APORT, but a small part of me was hoping that he had temporarily forgotten the hook, so maybe i could draw for that. i considered 10B EMO for a while but again that's pretty easy to block. ROE is best here.
>thomas_r: ETY A3 TYE +13 353
>cesar: DENOPRT N2 PORTEND +89 393
#note i wrote down "portend!!!!!" on my scoresheet and realized i was pretty likely to hit it. it was still nervewracking, and i saw that i would lose if i draw the J. i was sorta expecting the J to come out, because that would certainly be poetic justice. i wouldn't have been mad.
>thomas_r: AIJNORU O1 JOIN +50 403
>cesar: T 5K T... +8 401
>cesar: (ARU) +6 407
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