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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 SF Stefan Fatsis
>JJB: EHILNPR 8G HELP +18 18
#note 1:58 [23:02] JJB does not bring himself to believe that the OSPD contains a rhyme for purple; otherwise hirple 30 would've been worth 6.5 better value.
>SF: FOY 7F FOY +21 21
#note 0:21 [24:39]
>JJB: EEIINRR 6D REIN +19 37
#note 3:17 [19:45] Leaving the N off loses 7 but gains 7.9 in leave!
>SF: EEKP 5B KEEP +30 51
#note 0:46 [23:53]
>JJB: CEEEIOR 9H ROE +17 54
#note 1:29 [18:16] Again JJB keeps vowel-heavy leave when the simple eerie d4 12 rates 7.8 better.
>SF: CLSTU 10J CULTS +28 79
#note 1:18 [22:35] SF is likely holding an S to elect this much turnover, but it takes him awhile to cash it.
>JJB: ?CEEGII B2 GEC. +22 76
#note 2:57 [15:19] JJB sees epigeic and suspects epigenic but cannot convert into a playable bingo. Dumping siege or liege 12 gets 4.6 better value.
>SF: BOX C1 BOX +45 124
#note 0:21 [22:14] SF is ready to seize the open double.
>JJB: ?DDEIIU M8 Un.IDIED +68 144
#note 1:53 [13:26] JJB spots a bingo he can get behind.
>SF: ILOT - +0 124
#note 0:14 [22:00] SF challenges rapidly on the grounds that challenges are a better teacher. (Point may be well taken; JJB will never forget losing a challenge of "bloodied" for probable similar part-of-speech confusion.)
>JJB: AAGMOOS 14J MAG.S +28 172
#note 4:46 [8:40] JJB takes the easy points, but the leave is simply too poor and agma l12 33 is 5 more points plus 15.5 more leave value.
>SF: ILOT 15H TOIL +18 142
#note ~0:15 [~21:45]
>JJB: AAHIOOQ 8L Q.AI +69 241
#note 0:24 [8:16] JJB finally can use one of his own vowels next to premiums, and it's worth the leave.
>SF: AA D1 AA +12 154
#note ~3:12 [18:33] SF is still balancing, but a single bingo is unlikely to be enough. Surprises are still in store.
>JJB: ADHOOTY 12K TO.AY +26 267
#note 1:09 [7:07] Distracted by trying to improve on boody 12 (blocked by SF) and dhooti 14, JJB's play pales in comparison to 4d (hoody rates 23.5 better) or other words in row 12 (athodyd, doodah).
>SF: EO 15M .OE +14 168
#note 2:40 [15:53]
>JJB: DHINNOT 4D HON +29 296
#note 0:23 [6:44] 4d is again correct but does not score nearly so much.
>SF: EIMNRST 11D REMINTS +76 244
#note 1:27 [14:26] Because JJB has been going to town, SF's best-choice play puts him now back to one bingo behind.
>JJB: ADIJNRT 1C ..NDIT +27 323
#note 2:17 [4:27] Comparable spaces for djin, jird, taj, etc. yield leave improvements of up to 8.4 for ditching the J comfortably.
>SF: OW 10E WO +18 262
#note 1:16 [13:10] SF is likely onto another bingo rack but JJB is not watching the warning signs. SF discounts the gecko hook for wo 21.
>JJB: AAGJLRW 13G RAJA +25 348
#note 1:08 [3:19] The same word at 3e is 2 more, but raj 26 leaves a vowel for 3.8 total value diff.
>SF: B O11 B. +7 269
#note ~1:40 [~10:30] Herb d4 9 is available.
>JJB: DEEGILW 12A WILED +37 385
#note 0:15 [3:04] Between time pressure and heavy lead, JJB considers even a nonuple worth risking at this point and makes the highest-evaluated play. He is not wholly vindicated.
>SF: ?AEINRS A8 RESA.INg +140 409
#note ~5:01 [5:29] JJB holds SF briefly for 100% certainty. SF later locates sherwani; JJB points out that, ironically, sherwani would not have been held because there was no doubt about it. But resawing?!
>JJB: EFGRUVZ 14C FURZE +39 424
#note 2:45 [0:19] SF is back in the game, but JJB has been dealt a useful Z and spends most of his time (mis)calculating that it should win. JJB misadds this as +37=422, and then misreads his hurried ink scratches as 427.
>SF: ANTUV O6 UN. +3 412
#note SF elegantly blocks JJB's one out and keeps a useful out himself. SF calculates that this will tie, while JJB calculates that it will win by 5, but both are wrong.
>JJB: GV 3A V.. +13 437
#note 0:04 [0:15] JJB whips down his backup play, not realizing that SF is about to score 19+4 and claim a tie. Both players' endgames are optimal but the dust has not yet cleared.
>SF: ATV 9D VAT +19 431
>SF: (G) +4 435
#note [0:35] SF takes the spot that JJB noted but didn't analyze and surprisingly announces a score of 435-435. Both desire recount, which goes smooth until the second-to-last play. When furze comes up 39 instead of 37, SF's glasses suddenly run awry and JJB gasps in relief. JJB escapes from this first encounter with a 2-point win despite errors and SF's mammoth campaign. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 2, SF 5. Points improvable based on values: JJB 76.0. |
