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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 NL Noel Livermore
>JJB: AADELSW 8D WALED +26 26
#note 2:07 [22:53] JJB, looking for a past-tense bingo, neglects weald 26 for 1.1 points better value in placement.
>NL: AIINPRS C7 ASPIRIN +86 86
#note 1:34 [23:26] NL's play is best, but for the second consecutive game he has drawn a common opening bingo that has an uncommon Collins alternate: rapinis#.
>JJB: ADGRSTU 14A DUSTRAG +82 108
#note 2:09 [20:44] For the second time, JJB has a bingo reply ready, but he is distracted momentarily by the G hook not playing.
>NL: AEJ A12 JA.E +60 146
#note 0:40 [22:46] Developing a commanding lead.
>JJB: EENRTUY 7G YE +21 129
#note 3:49 [16:55] Balance between turnover and synergy is very close this time, but in this case synergy wins by 1.9 with tuyere 32. Uey# 15g (ENRT) is slightly better than ye for the same score (ENRTU). JJB's invention for this rack is eyeturn*.
>NL: CDEILNN 12C .NCLINED +74 220
#note 0:40 [22:06]
>JJB: EIKNRTU 15F RUK +26 155
>JJB: EIKNRTU -- -26 129
#note 2:05 [14:50] JJB misremembers the rocs while trying to block and lets the score fall further behind. A little hunting would have found either uke for 39, or the big and easy 54-point play.
>NL: AIIO J10 OI.IA +10 230
#note 0:01 [22:05] NL challenges successfully after 1 second and his clock is not restarted this turn. He reaches 101 in score gap, although aioli and oye# would get 3 further points.
>JJB: EIKNRTU B9 UKE +39 168
#note 1:32 [13:18] JJB again misses tinkered 54, although the leave for uke is so good it's only 2.2 behind.
>NL: ABHIT A6 BATH +35 265
#note 1:25 [20:40] NL milks the opening well. It appears he prefers this to baith 38 due to leave.
>JJB: ILNORTU H1 OUTLIN.. +30 198
#note 0:40 [12:38] JJB is finally wise to the extension but does not know torulin#, which quadruples for 84 (52.9 better) and plays in 5 other places too to draw even again.
>NL: DIQ 2G Q.ID +18 283
#note 1:47 [18:53] NL is thankful for the U, albeit qi plays in 3 places for more points.
>JJB: AAEGNRY B2 ANGRY +49 247
#note 0:38 [12:00] This play is entered into the Avery Mojica prize as an early attempt to play the most tiles in the word Avery. Angary and anergy rate up to 6.4 better on leave but another big opening may not be worth it and JJB chooses to make any consonant in reply go to a2 rather than a3.
>NL: HOW K9 WHO +27 310
#note 1:21 [17:32] Neither player is alert to the hook hangry, which yields 13 more for NL here. Several other placements are possible.
>JJB: AEEEFGT F1 FEE +25 272
#note 3:33 [8:27] Hampered by previous vowel leave, this play is almost as good as the Collins special fanteeg# 27 (1.3 better). JJB thinks a feegate* should exist, with good feetage*.
>NL: IMX 15F MIX +43 353
#note 0:40 [16:52] Excellent block, although 9e is the placement, worth 4 more.
>JJB: ?AEGSTU 5D GAUd.EST +82 354
#note 1:16 [7:11] JJB draws his second successful quadruple of the tourney and pulls ahead by 1 point. The blank could be C#, D, M#, or Z.
>NL: OO 3H .OO +10 363
#note 2:40 [14:12] NL's trademark high-score racks have ceased to avail and he also misses the pretty placement of oo 13e 13.
>JJB: BEOOPTZ 4J BEZ +37 391
>JJB: ?AIOOPT (challenge) +5 396
#note 1:20 [5:51] Not out of the woods, JJB still has a comfortable position for cashing the Z. Quackle prefers by 2.0 the flexible leave of bop 9e 27, although if it knew dobs# would draw a challenge it would prefer that. This rack looks like it prefers longer plays, but the best rank way behind (netop 6h 17 and azote 14j 28, with poor leaves).
>NL: EERV D2 VER.E +18 381
#note 0:50 [13:22] Rieve# 21 is available and enerve# 18 is also good to know.
>JJB: ?AIOOPT A1 APO +21 417
#note 1:58 [3:53] Having drawn the blank JJB can sit more comfortably seeing only 2 vowels in 12 tiles for NL. No bingos appear to play for either side (e.g. ecotopia and patootie) so he must plot an endgame quickly. Quackle adds 1.0 for poo l8 19 but JJB elects to fill his weak opening in column A.
>NL: M 10J ..M +8 389
#note 4:08 [9:14] NL has allowed much time for thought and chooses an opener over a dump like em i12 14. However, an S that must be central leaves few options: in fact, his only bingo hope is the likely-unavailable blank for funster/netsurf and might be easily blocked. If he has firmest 41 available (or firms 37, a play he made in the previous game), he takes a lead and has hope of winning or coming close, but also significant risk.
>JJB: ?CILOTV M10 sTOIC +20 437
#note 2:50 [1:03] JJB, satisfied that no bingo exists, cashes his blank for enough points to stay comfortable, but misses olivet 23, otitic 21 with the same tiles, and Quackle's odd favorite of vom 17 by 35.9 (a valuation that does not account for endplay). Vom appears to net several fewer points if opponent tracks and is wise to alternatives, because a response like first 33 has several continuations and blocks all opponent outs.
>NL: EFNRRST K2 ST.. +24 413
#note NL finds the highest-scoring play but has not tracked to determine followups; JJB's outplay leaves NL with only 1 net point. Instead he needs to block and go out: fistier 23 is the neatest, followed by vom 17 and ern 11+2 to net 19 points.
>JJB: LOV 13L V.OL +7 444
>JJB: (EFNRR) +16 460
#note NL scored a pelican equivalent worth 220 points but then left many points on the table based solely on tiles actually played. JJB drew better synergy but made the significant errors of a phony play and a missed Collins bingo, and was saved by better drawing in the last plays. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 1, NL 50. Points improvable based on values: JJB 104.7.
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