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#player1 YMP Ying Ming Poh
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>YMP: AERWX 8H REWAX +46 46
#note 1:22 [23:38]
>JJB: AILNRSZ 7I ZA +47 47
#note 1:04 [23:56]
>YMP: DOOR 6J DOOR +20 66
#note 2:21 [21:17]
>JJB: ?GILNRS 8H .....ING +57 104
#note 0:22 [23:34] The first time JJB has been shown to have bypassed a bingo for the right reasons! Ryan Fischer had just played slinger in round 16 and the alternatives had been reviewed; best was girnels# 9d 81. But JJB drew the hoped-for G, meaning that blank retention is actually 11.1 better than all and also led to the desired short-term result.
>YMP: ALLST 5H STALL +24 90
>YMP: AEGINNS (challenge) +5 95
#note 1:08 [20:09] JJB did not remember seeing adaw# and has drawn his bingo; but YMP is about to also.
>JJB: ?AELRST O8 .LARiEST +74 178
#note 6:13 [17:21] JJB challenges after 1:23 and being certain of at least one bingo (apparently gestural; useful anagram, gaulters#). Without certainty about adaws#, he did not find cartels/martels# 82, nor tried the O for gloaters 77.
>YMP: AEGINNS 4C INNAGES +73 168
>YMP: EEPV (challenge) +5 173
#note 1:43 [18:26] YMP finds the only bingo and earns a challenge bonus after 11 seconds to draw up even.
>JJB: AEEIIOU 3A EUOI +14 192
#note 0:26 [16:55] JJB smiles at such a draw after evenly strong racks, but at least the highest-rated play is obvious (trading to E is safer).
>YMP: EEPV A1 PE.VE +42 215
#note 2:08 [16:18] YMP balances efficiently.
>JJB: ABEEITY H1 BAY..T +33 225
#note 0:21 [16:34] JJB rules out eyebait* and binnages*, but shows off vocab but not balance. Abye n11 32 would show off paralleling skills (9.8 diff); abietes# 14i 30, which JJB has seen, shows off vocab and turnover. YMP holds suspiciously, but then recalls that it is a new word in Collins.
>YMP: DIMOOST 13H SODOMIT. +74 289
#note 3:05 [13:13] YMP takes advantage of the open board and pulls ahead.
>JJB: ACEEIOT L12 E.IC +22 247
#note 3:32 [13:02] Again another vowel can be peeled for higher score: cosie 24 (up by 7.9), written down but curiously not chosen.
>YMP: HY H13 .HY +27 316
#note 3:15 [9:58] Not to mention that opponent can use the opening.
>JJB: AAEFOOT K10 AFO.T +20 267
#note 1:32 [11:30] Here the points should be pursued if one knows the variant spelling fetta# 52 (26.0 diff); foot and feat also keep manageable leave without significant double-back risk. Having spotted afoot, the extra vowel can be disposed of at b5 for a much better 18.
>YMP: IK J10 KI +37 353
#note 0:37 [9:21] Continued score pressure is combining with JJB's missed balance opportunities, and clock pressure is about to join in.
>JJB: AEIORRU 2H .URORAE +18 285
#note 3:13 [8:17] With all five vowels again, JJB neglects that I is a negative leave but EIR is available for 3.6 more with urao# 12f 18.
>YMP: ?JMPU 1K JUMPy +68 421
#note 3:39 [5:42] Not to mention the available response.
>JJB: ABDEITW 3K WETA +45 330
#note 4:31 [3:46] JJB's third-row parallel is almost as impressive as YMP's in the previous game.
>YMP: DILNN F1 INL.ND +13 434
#note 0:30 [5:12] YMP holds briefly but is facing his own rack and time issues and attempts turnover.
>JJB: BCDEEFI E4 .EIF +21 351
#note 2:09 [1:37] Nef n8 29 keeps the bag unempty and is very simple for 18.2 better expectation. This misplay is a matter of not envisioning the whole board.
>YMP: EGHINRV D6 VIG +21 455
#note 4:12 [1:00] Again YMP's endplay is strong: vig 21, cubed 32, henry 15+22 nets 26. It is hard to top, but it appears the strongest pair is rho 12, debouch 34, given 29+20, or given 29, quod 28, rho 12+14, which nets 27. Excellent find.
>JJB: BCDEOQU D1 QU.. +23 374
#note 0:08 [1:29] JJB does not take time to find cubed 32-22 and opts for quin 23-20 instead, net diff of 7.
>YMP: EHNR B5 HERN +14 469
#note 0:26 [0:34] Missing only henry 15.
>YMP: (BCDEO) +20 489
#note JJB misses many balancing opportunities while YMP finds many high scorers: a rather cut-and-dry situation. JJB congratules YMP on securing a place prize. Points improvable based on tiles played: YMP 2, JJB 15. Points improvable based on values: JJB 80.5.
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