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#player1 LW Laura Wolfson
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>LW: AEHIINR H4 HERNIA +26 26
#note 0:39 [24:21] When possible, dash off the best first play quickly!
>JJB: FIMMNPS G7 IMP +25 25
#note 3:08 [21:52] JJB takes his time but makes the best reply.
>LW: ACIILTU 10F CILIA +33 59
#note 0:39 [23:42] LW continues optimally and studiously. A few points behind is another chance to play hutia# (16), which came up possible the previous game.
>JJB: EFGMNQS 11I FEM +23 48
#note 3:24 [18:28] Taking even more time and winding up with a play that rates below trading to EMNS, JJB rejects as uncertain the underlap meng# 9e, which rates 3.2 more and disposes of an additional consonant (fegs# is comparable).
>LW: AARRTUZ F6 ZA +34 93
#note 1:02 [22:40] Almost optimal again. Only better plays are azure/razure# in column E for up to 5.2 more leave points.
>JJB: BGNNQSX -BGNNQ +0 48
#note 1:51 [16:37] JJB thinks trading to SX will rate best but trading to NS is 1.3 ahead in this position. It turns out that JJB makes good use of SX, though.
>LW: AAERRTU F10 .AR +5 98
#note 1:34 [21:06] LW is not pleased to see 1-point duplicates again, and considers ar 9d 9 briefly, but prefers to open a hook for 4 fewer points. Urea/feme 17 is a sound dump, rated 12.7 ahead.
>JJB: AEEIRSX 4H .EXERAIS +88 136
#note 0:37 [16:00] JJB is certain he has spelled hexereis correctly, but he has confused his German suffixes with his Greek ones. LW also likes the phony.
>LW: AERTTTU O4 .TATURE +21 119
#note 1:05 [20:01] Blocking the nonuple lane may seem paramount and worth the 2 points by which the double (tauter/feme) beats the triple. But bingoing is always paramount, and here LW was handed a rack that played the 10-letter word attainture# 62 (diff of 41.1).
>JJB: ADEGLTY N10 YEALD +47 183
>JJB: ADEGLTY -- -47 136
#note 1:34 [14:26] JJB in turn misses dalgyte# 82, a marsupial. Instead he phonies again, and is caught (84.1 behind), where the best plays at 14j are instead yag, agedly, and delay.
>LW: ADEGQTU N2 QU.ET +38 157
#note 1:25 [18:36] LW challenges in 14 seconds and finds the best play in a minute more.
>JJB: ADEGLTY 13C GLADY +35 171
#note 0:37 [13:49] JJB's safe play is "only" 45.1 behind dalgyte#.
>LW: ADGIILW N10 WIG +28 185
#note 1:30 [17:06] Fine choice, unless one knows wilga# 47 (15.1 higher).
>JJB: ?EOPTTY L7 POTTErY +83 254
#note 2:35 [11:14] JJB draws into another bingo after mishandling the last few racks. The only better is typtoed# 87, which oddly means "worked at Greek grammar".
>LW: ADHIJLU K3 J.HU +28 213
#note 2:25 [14:41] The overlap lehua e7 34 rates .2 better, but this leave is certainly happy.
>JJB: BDIKOOW D9 KOBO.D +26 280
>JJB: DGILOSW (challenge) +5 285
#note 1:17 [9:57] Many plays are available in this point range, but this one (4.9 behind) leads them all, assuming it gets challenged. Otherwise avoid showy turnover with boak# 30, bio 26 with cardi#, or dojo 30, or the easily spotted ki/qi 29.
>LW: AADEILN I3 A. +3 216
#note 1:07 [13:34] LW challenges at 20 seconds, but again holds a non-go rack. Her opening play rates at 18.1, while aa 13l 17 rates at 28.9; but then an opening is needed. Quackle suggests laari 12a 20 or ai 13m 14.
>JJB: DGILOSW 15A WOGS +42 327
#note 2:39 [7:18] JJB gets an S at a well-timed moment.
>LW: ADEILNR 7E L... +4 220
#note 1:55 [11:39] Investigating parallels might have revealed laddie(r) n2 47/49, which is certainly worth forsaking a bingo for. Top dump is pad i7 17. LW's new opening is 20.3 behind; cardi# 10 takes A, E#, O, and S# and might be a recommendation as well.
>JJB: DEILOST 14A OD +17 344
#note 1:07 [6:11] JJB is correctly confident that no bingos play, and he closes up a scoring spot (several points better than his alternate, di/qi), falling behind only pad i7 17 by 1.1.
>LW: ADEINRS D1 RANDIES +73 293
#note 2:28 [9:11] LW first lays down sardine/nae 65, then adjusts to the best scorer.
>JJB: EILNSTV 1D .IVET +24 368
#note 3:27 [2:44] JJB can still hold the game if that last blank doesn't work against him. Rather than try decent leaves for up to 14.1 more (nav(e) 13c 22/27, vinyl(s) m9 30/40, vow 1m 9, even navies 13c 40), he blocks the nonuple (rivel#/livre and riven rate better).
>LW: ?CEFINU 3C U. +4 297
#note 0:51 [8:20] LW keeps her mind on opening up. Unci 15l 25 rates best overall (17.9 ahead), enuf n7 20 is slightly opening, and fie 3b 24 is a decent opener of row 2 as well. Another word plays at i1 for 16 with respectable leave, and will come up again later this game.
>JJB: LNNOORS 2B LO.N +12 380
#note 1:02 [1:42] Unaware of the S hook, JJB leaves decent tiles, but could get 1 more with long 3j 13, and could get 8.1 better value with nolo 3h 18 or almost as much with nonyl m9 18.
>LW: ?BCEFIN 6C B. +4 301
#note 2:18 [6:02] Almost out of the bingo running, LW makes one more opening attempt and selects Quackle's chosen leave (albeit with ab/bet 9 instead).
>JJB: EENOORS 5B NO.R +12 392
#note 0:58 [0:44] JJB plays reflexively in time trouble again, with a play far down the list. The synergy of ore 12c 17 is still worth 29.4 more despite emptying the bag, among many alternatives.
>LW: ?CEFINV 2G NEVI +19 320
#note ~2:22 [~3:40] LW plans a decent endgame; the best continuation after nevi 19 is noyes 24, cliff 23+2, with net of 20 to LW. It appears that nave 13c 27 is best, allowing noyes 24, fisc b7 23+2, net of 28; JJB has no value from blocking fisc, whereas if fisc was played first he would block with snore 20.
>JJB: EENOS L1 SNO.E +20 412
#note 0:12 [0:32] Not familiar with noyes# 24, nor having time to see eons 13l 21 or several plays at n6 for 21.
>LW: ?CF 9A FeC. +15 335
#note ~1:32 [2:08] LW thinks carefully before designating the blank. Cliff scores 8 better.
>LW: (E) +2 337
#note Aside from not challenging, LW ostensibly played the better game, as her missed 10-letter bingo (attainture#) and her fishing were not nearly as problematic as JJB's missed bingos and poor endgame choices. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 9, LW 27. Points improvable based on values: LW 144.3, JJB 199.3.
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