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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 MP Melanie Payne
>JJB: AEHOSUY 8G HOUSEY +32 32
#note 1:08 [23:52] Again placement is debatable, but 8d is worth .5 to Quackle.
>MP: ABEFLLS 7A BEFALLS +73 73
#note 0:34 [24:26] MP's response is immediate. (Flyable 30 is second best.)
>JJB: AEIJLRU A5 JU.ILE +45 77
#note 0:56 [22:56] JJB thinks his find is clever but it ranks behind bijural (by 4.4) and jabiru.
>MP: ?EINOOP J8 .POONIEr +63 136
#note 0:26 [24:00] MP surprises JJB with two bingos in the first minute and JJB holds indefinitely, not recalling the link to snoopier and poisoner. The best play was elsewhere anyway: epizoon/jubilee 82.
>JJB: AAEOQRS 13I Q. +21 98
#note 2:44 [20:12] JJB has also overdrawn; MP sees EGO and returns G. JJB finds the one alternative better than trading.
>MP: ADEITY 15E DIETA.Y +30 166
#note 1:06 [22:54] MP is playing like scrabbler and crossword writer Trip Payne (formerly of Fort Lauderdale area), to whom she is not related.
>JJB: AAENORS G6 A.. +6 104
#note ~3:57 [~16:15] JJB spots arenose but not its placement for 31. He misremembers araceous as araneous*. He recognizes that AENORS beats ENORS; but the latter allows more points, namely aa 6f 14 for 6.7 value increase, and the hook he intended would not be too marred thereby. He chooses ash over sha 7 primarily for the best quadruple potential.
>MP: KOW 14D WOK +39 205
#note 0:41 [22:13] MP continues a very strong start.
>JJB: AENOPRS 5E PERSONA +93 197
#note ~0:27 [15:48] The big risk pays off; much better than e.g. psoralen.
>MP: EFGIO B10 FOGIE +47 252
#note 2:47 [19:26] With a little shuffling MP keeps up a 50-point average turn.
>JJB: AEHIMST H1 MATH. +42 239
#note 0:38 [15:10] This play is not bad, but haems is better on vowel count, and mashy or meshy scores 53 at k11. Best value however is uh 26 with the 6-tile leave worth 26.9 (3.1 diff). Theism 40 also placed.
>MP: CERU 4B ECRU +16 268
#note 4:07 [15:19] MP misses opportunity to hook cure/personae for 6 more.
>JJB: DEIILST 1D DELI.ITS +63 302
#note 0:34 [14:36] JJB knows the play and its anagram, but does not take time to look for idealist to scoop up 2 more. Even if sidelit* has not yet been admitted, JJB is now the one with 50-point turn average.
>MP: ABD A13 BAD +24 292
#note 2:34 [12:45] MP still has a winnable game.
>JJB: ?CDEOUX 2A CODEX +42 344
#note 3:44 [10:52] Dismayed that caudex scores only 17, JJB resolves to use up tiles even though the straightforward xu k11 38 keeps an identical 38.0 in bingo leave, 15.2 better than his play. Deoxy/personae also scores 42 more comfortably. Uncoaxed* was not worth considering.
>MP: NN B1 N.N. +4 296
#note 0:40 [12:05] MP's rack difficulties appear (nan 2g is 3 more).
>JJB: ?ERRRUV L4 REV +22 366
#note 2:20 [8:32] JJB also has a triple, not the last one in this game, but he has a hook in reserve.
>MP: EINV 11B .VINE +16 312
#note 3:12 [8:53] MP is resigned to a simple double (given is 2 better).
>JJB: ?AMRRUW K7 R.ARM +28 394
#note 0:49 [7:43] JJB thinks MP has blocked marrow (it still plays for 27), so casts about for a better dump, and finds rearm 28 lovely. The simple overlap maw 10d 35 rates 12.6 better on its bingo chances; murra also plays there.
>MP: Z 13A ..Z +28 340
#note 6:05 [2:48] MP still does not want to empty the bag when a good 1-tile play avails.
>JJB: ?AGINUW M8 sAWING +32 426
#note 2:39 [5:04] JJB concocts a plan whereby any draw will give him two outs. The only problem is that he has never looked up housey to find that it's an adjective, so he blissfully plays a phony plural. MP knows she should challenge but is not comfortable with the risk. Aw 10e 28 rates 31.8 better anyway.
>MP: AGIOTTT N9 GOT +18 358
#note 1:15 [1:33] Iota 19 or oca 23 both yield a net of 2 after curf 9. Got is only 1 behind.
>JJB: RU C7 .UR +7 433
#note 0:12 [4:52] JJB thinks he has spotted all the outs, but misses curf for 2 more.
>JJB: (AITT) +8 441
#note MP started with two bingos and three killer plays, but her racks fizzled while JJB found ways to keep scoring. Many opportunities were still missed, particularly when xu kept a better leave than higher scorers, and when the phony was played. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 5, MP 31. Points improvable based on values: JJB 76.3.
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