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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 JT Jennifer Tomlinson
>JJB: BEHIJPR 8D JIBER +44 44
#note 0:35 [24:25] After 4 rounds of A v. B, the 5th-round swiss will look a lot like the 6th-round king-of-the-hill. JT recognizes early that she is likely to play JJB twice, but takes it in good stride and has fun along the way.
>JT: BHUU F6 HU.UB +26 26
>JT: BHUU -- -26 0
#note 0:40 [24:20] Bubu 14 is the dump, but JT calls out hubub* 26 and is challenged without a pause. Afterward she comments that it's too bad this needs another B.
>JJB: DEHLPSW I3 WHELPS +36 80
#note 2:18 [22:03] JJB prefers the look of this, even though phew 20 rates .3 better.
>JT: BHUU H4 UH +17 17
#note 0:46 [23:34] Bubu still rates significantly better.
>JJB: ?DDNTWX 5H ..WN +20 100
#note 1:07 [20:56] Again JJB prefers the look and feel of hewn 20 over g7 alternatives (xed 21, up by 9.3); Quackle also prefers dex 9e 41 with the blank.
>JT: BEIRU D8 .IBER +28 45
#note 0:35 [22:59] JT likes the word so much she appropriates it.
>JJB: ?DDELTX E10 EX +40 140
#note 1:09 [19:47] Good play, but xed 42 is so much better (11.0 points).
>JT: AOUV C10 OVA +26 71
#note 0:46 [22:13]
>JJB: ?DDLTTY G7 T.DDY +13 153
#note 2:06 [17:41] Straightforward dump, and the second-best play is actually JJB's next.
>JT: INU 11G .IN +6 77
#note 1:36 [20:37] Nib/it scores 9 instead of 6.
>JJB: ?DELLTT C9 L...T +21 174
#note 0:31 [17:10]
>JT: MU 10I UM +12 89
#note 5:19 [15:18] There are possibilities now.
>JJB: ?DELNQT E7 Q. +11 185
#note 0:35 [16:35]
>JT: ?AEINOS K7 ErASION +67 156
#note 1:02 [14:16] Best is to get the double and the hook and the higher N, with anginose k4 69 for 2 more points. Otherwise many bingos work.
>JJB: ?DELNTU 13H TUN.ELeD +68 253
#note 2:38 [13:57]
>JT: CEEITV O7 EVICTE. +42 198
#note 1:32 [12:44] JT bounces back with the triple.
>JJB: AAADFIO F6 FA. +28 281
#note 0:40 [13:17] JJB gleefully inserts A next to Q.
>JT: AEGR 3I .AGER +18 216
#note 0:39 [12:05]
>JJB: AAADIOT 2J DATA +23 304
#note 1:25 [11:52]
>JT: ENOP 1H PEON +26 242
#note 2:01 [10:04]
>JJB: AINOORS H13 .OO +9 313
#note 0:54 [10:58] JJB is finding many easy consecutive optimal plays.
>JT: CRY 1M CRY +29 271
#note 0:15 [9:49] JT is hanging in with triples.
>JJB: AGINORS J5 .O +11 324
#note 4:18 [6:40] Somehow signora 74 does not come together, and JJB makes the second-best play, 29.2 below.
>JT: AEGIU M10 GUI.E +6 277
#note 2:36 [7:13] JT starts to lay down agile 6, but makes it guile 6 instead.
>JJB: AGINRSZ 15B ZINGAR.S +69 393
#note 0:33 [6:07] JJB gets complimented on this phony. Griz/teg/carr 62 was better by 6.0 anyway.
>JT: AFIMRST 14E AM +23 300
#note 2:45 [4:28] Aside from challenging, one of the best options is tram 30 (threatening fits), oak 38, ifs 17+8 for a net of 17. Am 23 has no outplay and allows koi 21, sift 19, olea 14+2, net of 5. Other good outplays are possible.
>JJB: AEIKLOO 2D ALKIE +23 416
#note 4:52 [1:19] JJB sees leak 38 but is certain it will be suboptimal by not allowing him an out. He regrets missing lookie 24, but it fails by allowing JT an out. Koi 21 forces the block sift n3 19 for the lower out olea 3c 14+2, net of 18; alkie nets only 1 with best play as actually played.
>JT: FIRST 1A RIFT +26 326
#note 0:39 [3:49] Both players are anxious for the next pairing, which will be a king-of-the-hill repeat of this game, so this otherwise optimal 27-point play gets misscored as +26=326.
>JJB: OO 13A OO. +3 419
#note 0:31 [0:48]
>JJB: (S) +2 421
#note Final reported score, 421-326 as uncorrected (421-327 corrected). JJB had sufficient lead and power without a phony, and made 7 consecutive optimal plays, but would have been in trouble if JT's bingo came together. Points improvable based on tiles played: JT 17, JJB 17. Points improvable based on values: JJB 72.8. |
