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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 LW Laura Wolfson
>JJB: AAEOOTV 8D OVATE +18 18
#note 0:49 [24:11]
>LW: EIJKMSW E8 .IEW +20 20
#note 1:19 [23:41] Jew(s) 7f 31/33, ojime(s)# d8 28/30, jewie# h4 23, mawk# f7 23, and a number of other plays rate ahead in points and usually leave (static value up to 17.9 higher).
>JJB: AELOTTZ D10 ZEALOT +48 66
#note 0:47 [23:24] JJB has the word and the placement both together. Behind the high-scoring ze# plays are honorable mentions azote 10a 34 and zooeal# d7 39.
>LW: DEJKMNS F7 D.NK +47 67
#note 1:25 [22:16] Great use of the column, but a little more noodling would reveal masked f7 57 (4.8 better).
>JJB: AAALSTU E13 AUA +9 75
#note 2:08 [21:16] JJB shows off his duplicates by playing all 1-pointers at face value, not the last time he will need to consult the vowel-heavy lists. Alula 13c 12 nets .3 better. Honorable mentions: taal# 22, taata# 15, statua# 18.
>LW: DEIJMRS 15D ..MED +24 91
#note 1:10 [20:06] It appears fishing with jew 13 or scoring with tajes 36 or ejido 26 are the plays called for here (up to 11.1 better). Claiming the triple is not that important, especially given JJB's indications about his rack by last play and by overdraw.
>JJB: ALRRSTY C11 SLAY +34 109
#note 1:36 [19:40] JJB has overdrawn without mixing, so LW sees RWY and returns W to the bag. JJB sees the correct slot and score but doesn't realize that it can be played without the S: ryal# c11 34, for 16.4 better leave. Also, the Spenserian anagrams stayre#/satyre# both play for 30.
>LW: EFIJNRS H12 JIR. +20 111
#note 1:13 [18:53] Another fish is surprisingly efficient: falaj# 15, 13.7 above jird's leave. Renovate(s) 33/36 are also available with negative leave. It is hard to see EFNS as worth only 7.8 while EFRS (jin c6 20) rates 14.6, but that's the data.
>JJB: BEERRRT 14G B.RR +12 121
#note 1:13 [18:27] JJB wants to show off with the consonants this time, missing rereview 31 (11.1 better). He could also safely leave two Rs with such scorers as berm f12 23, although his chosen leave is one of the best.
>LW: AFNOPSU 12H .UPON +28 139
#note 0:47 [18:06] An easy choice.
>JJB: EEGNORT L5 ROENTGE. +60 181
>JJB: AFGIINW (challenge) +5 186
#note 0:51 [17:36] JJB happens to know the best word (though not the second-best, rotovate# 33), and LW happens not to know it.
>LW: AEFILOS M7 FOE +25 164
#note 1:52 [16:14] LW decides in 16 seconds that she wants to spend 5 points to see the word. She has the presence of mind to score well in reply (foo 22 rates only .8 better).
>JJB: AFGIINW N8 WAIFING +91 277
#note 0:56 [16:40] JJB convinces himself that his holding is indeed a word, but does not think of novate for 2 more points. He also undercounts by 2, which will not be corrected within the tourney due to lack of recount.
>LW: ?AIILQS O4 QuAIS +90 254
#note 2:01 [14:13] LW is happy with a strong bingo equivalent (nowl# allows the improvement of quail(s) 90/97). But who needs that when there's a better real bingo? Siliquae 101 should occur to mind if the 5-voweled 8s are studied regularly (11.8 better overall).
>JJB: CDEHITX 5F DITCHE. +26 303
#note 3:14 [13:26] JJB is attracted to a play that is what it says; but itched 31 is a better ditcher. Best leave is hox# 36 (by 16.4) and second is dox# 28.
>LW: EIILNOR O12 NOIL +23 277
#note 1:13 [13:00] LW makes the best of another rack of one-pointers; renovate 33 is still available but far behind.
>JJB: ?DOPTUX K11 P.X +32 335
#note 1:35 [11:51] JJB now sees the spot when it yields an optimal play.
>LW: CEIRRSV H1 EVIC. +39 316
#note 0:30 [12:30] LW writes scriver* but the rack only plays through E and U; she finds the best play anyway.
>JJB: ?DOTTUY N5 OY +27 362
#note 4:56 [6:55] JJB does not hope for much with this leave (duty 18 is marginally better, .8), but it stuffs another spot.
>LW: BGNORRS 13C ...R +4 320
#note 0:35 [11:55] LW may be hoping to draw the blank, or brogans, birdsong, sobering, bighorns, sorbing, sombring, strobing, or burgeons (odds of 87.5%), but that only works if JJB does not unwittingly block. Rob/bovate# 17 rates 14.4 higher (not bad with an E draw), and if retaining O is important reb k4 9 is respectable.
>JJB: ?ADETTU 3E AlT.TUDE +60 422
#note 2:12 [4:43] JJB does not recall playing 10 tournament games in one day and is having trouble remembering the two letter changes of altitude. The best scorers should have been obvious: situated 68 and unhatted 67.
>LW: BGMNORS 2J MORNS +41 361
#note 2:21 [9:34] LW seizes the right opening, albeit mongs# rates 7.9 better there.
>JJB: AEEHILU 7F .IAL +12 434
#note 2:59 [1:44] JJB thinks out the endgame, but with a couple flaws in calculation. First is that opponent can outplay with bodges# 12 or begs 7, so the correct play is the highest net scorer, heliac 30 appearing neatly at 4c, net 28 better (huia# 1k 23 blocks but does not net enough). The next mistake is about to become obvious.
>LW: BGS 1G B.G +6 367
#note ~1:04 [~8:30] Knowing bodges# would wrap it up immediately for 12+14=26. Beg 6 allows hue 20, zeks 17+2, for net of 5 or 21 fewer.
>JJB: EEHU 4C EHEU +19 453
>JJB: EEHU -- -19 434
#note 0:10 [1:34] JJB's next error is to think he had seen eheu*, a crossword term, on a vowel list earlier that day. He gets a sinking feeling when LW challenges with 8:23 on her clock; she suspects he merely misspelled emeu. Hue 20 nets 32 better.
>LW: S J2 ..S. +9 376
#note ~1:21 [7:09] LW wants to play danks/sews 17 but does not get the nerve, and omits zeks 17.
>LW: (EEHU) +14 390
#note Actual should be 434-390, reported as 432-390. As the previous game, JJB's omissions, whether in bingos, endgame, or general, were more significant than LW's; LW also scored quite well for 0 bingos to 3. Points improvable based on tiles played: LW 29, JJB 75. Points improvable based on values: LW 111.4, JJB 115.0.
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