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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 YMP Ying Ming Poh
>JJB: DFIJPRY 8G JIRD +24 24
#note 1:20 [23:40] YMP (Wolfram Poh Ying Ming) needs four out of five wins in this match to take first place from Ryan Fischer, while JJB needs four out of five wins to take second place over YMP. JJB starts correctly; slightly better than his other choice, fyrd# 22, from his wordplay youth.
>YMP: AABDENS I3 BANDE.AS +66 66
>YMP: AABDENS -- -66 0
#note 1:53 [23:07] JJB is pretty doubtful and challenges in 5 seconds on principle. YMP later admits what JJB suspects, that this is just an actor's name that smuggled itself into vocab. Best static leave is bade 9f 25 (27.3 better than passing).
>JJB: AFLMPVY I3 VAMPY. +24 48
>JJB: AFLMPVY -- -24 24
#note 0:32 [23:08] JJB, attempting to rush, decides to test the waters with a word that isn't American but just might be in Collins but isn't. YMP decides within 13 seconds. Vampy does not play; phonying rates 29.6 worse than the simple amplify 18.
>YMP: AABDENS G8 .AB +13 13
#note 5:28 [17:39] YMP lays down dab 12 then improves to jab 13, 2 behind ba 9f (best leave) and only 2.9 behind bade.
>JJB: AFLMPVY F10 AMPLY +28 52
#note 2:02 [21:06] Probably ok for turnover but pav# f9 20 gives much better leave and rates up by .8. JJB correctly prefers amply to family and palmy.
>YMP: ADEENPS 13C DEP.ANES +76 89
#note 1:08 [16:31] Higher scorers are sneaped/speaned 83, spaldeen, and sandpeep.
>JJB: FIIOUVW 12B VOW +31 83
#note 2:36 [18:30] JJB trusts his ability to handle IIU better than VW, but the former is the worse combo; ufo# e9 28 rates 2.0 higher.
>YMP: IQ H11 QI. +13 102
#note 3:13 [13:18]
>JJB: FFIISUU I10 FIF. +26 109
#note 0:33 [17:57] JJB does not search further for quiff 40, 26.6 better in value; rack balance continues to be at issue.
>YMP: ?EHIORR K5 HORsIER +98 200
#note 1:10 [12:08] YMP has other bingos, and some row 14 plays that rate higher, but he finds the quadruple.
>JJB: DEINSUU J3 UNUSE. +20 129
#note 3:09 [14:48] JJB considers unused 20 and (better) dui l3 13, but not undue 19 (up by 7.3), dud 18, neum 22, dui 15, unused 25, or trading UU. How these options were missed is mystifying.
>YMP: AGIO A12 AGIO +29 229
#note 0:54 [11:14]
>JJB: DEGGIOU 14I DOGGIE +38 167
>JJB: AADESUU (challenge) +5 172
#note 1:03 [13:45] JJB knows the hooks on fife (and doggie!) and finds the optimal play more easily this time.
>YMP: EOW 15M OWE +25 254
#note 1:05 [10:09] YMP challenges within 5 seconds, and does not have significant difficulty ahead unless JJB bingos. Owe plays at e9 for 28.
>JJB: AADESUU M11 AUD.. +12 184
#note 2:10 [11:35] JJB has seen 4 Us in 5 turns. Better by 1.4 is aua# g13 8; trading to ADES or DES is also recommended.
>YMP: S -5 +0 254
#note 1:44 [8:25]
>JJB: AAENOSU E7 SAUNA +23 207
#note 2:35 [9:00] After another hard think JJB declines the best play, aune# 21, when it should be clear that AOS is worth much more than 2 above EO (6.7 more).
>YMP: EEEILNS N5 LIENEES +63 317
>YMP: EKY (challenge) +5 322
#note 1:05 [7:20] N6 is 2 points higher but replies much worse. JJB is confident YMP has not erred, but challenges at 8 seconds just to have an experience to tie the word to.
>JJB: EENOOTX O6 OXEN +52 259
#note 0:57 [8:03] JJB calculates parallels well, but misses the leave after oxo 47 that rates .2 better.
>YMP: EKY M7 KEY +51 373
#note 1:22 [5:58] YMP is keeping the lead distant with an unconsidered windfall.
>JJB: ?AEOOTT 3I O.TATE +14 273
#note 5:55 [2:08] JJB knows to look for patootie but misses it (error of 20.5). Lots of shorter leaves have better synergy.
>YMP: ABCHT F3 BATCH +23 396
#note 1:58 [4:00] YMP cleverly sacs points to block both lines where JJB had a bingo ready.
>JJB: ?IILNOV L1 VI.L +22 295
#note 1:25 [0:43] The only two words on the rack, olivine and violins, were both playable and both blocked. JJB opens another line but without much hope for any bingo this game; voila/viola rate 2.5 better but close out bingos. At least YMP has used his last vowel.
>YMP: CLMRRTT 4D CL.M +16 412
#note ~3:00 [~1:00] Incredibly, YMP cannot block 8d because all blocks (cru, ma, mu, ta, la) allow trizone# or trizonal# in reply! (Ta ties, and la loses!) Since JJB always has out in two, YMP must also, and can only do so with clart# 16, leading to mirza 69 e.g., trim 10+6, with net of -37. Clam 16 appears reasonable but allows 84 points in reply, net -68, or diff of 31.
>JJB: ?INORTZ D8 ZO +44 339
#note 0:20 [0:23] Right idea, wrong implementation; sextuple beats quadruple. JJB is unprepared for outplay against a consonantal rack and misses 8a (bonza#, forza#, mirza, motza#). Forza# 69 gives two strong outs; after doggier 12, vint# 21+6 (alternate tiyn 19), it nets 84, while zo# 44 nets only 61 as per the sequel.
>YMP: RRTT N2 T. +4 416
#note ~0:35 [~0:25] JJB actually has two outs, and forestalling invert 24 with the weak-looking block te 4 (RRT; or re) is actually best, 1 better than doggier 12 (RTT), because the diff in outs is 9. Good analysis.
>JJB: ?INRT D1 TRI.e +7 346
#note 0:13 [0:10] Pirnit# 15+6 and out! JJB was convinced no outplay existed and missed a net of 18.
>YMP: RRT D12 ..RT +8 424
#note ~0:10 [0:15] Now doggier 12 would be useful to net 2 more points.
>JJB: N H8 .N +4 350
#note 0:04 [0:06] An in.
>JJB: (R) +2 352
#note After competing phonies, YMP gets the three bingos while JJB struggles with leaves but performs passably for having no bingos. In an exciting endgame, YMP could have been tricked into losing while trying nobly to block, and JJB had an opportunity to limit the spread to 33. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 41, YMP 47. Points improvable based on values: JJB 138.6.
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