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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 EH Eric Harshbarger
>JJB: AADEMMU 8D MADAME +28 28
#note ~2:00 [~23:00]
>EH: AEILW F3 WAILE. +12 12
#note ~1:00 [~24:00] 9g calls out for walie 29 or the like.
>JJB: HIRTTUY 3F .ITHY +19 47
#note ~3:00 [~20:00] JJB also misses 9g while thinking he is going for leave (RTU), because he could keep better after yurt 28 (HIT) or hut 27 (IRTY); thuya 22 and yttrium 24 are also better. He is probably distracted by trying to play thirty for more than 24 points. This is a difference of 11.7 points of static leave evaluation.
>EH: AOY H1 OA.Y +33 45
#note ~1:00 [~23:00] EH takes advantage of JJB's propensity for open play.
>JJB: IRTUUVZ 5C VIZ.R +34 81
#note ~0:12 [19:48] Here while sitting on vizir 34 (17.7) one should take more time to search for yutz 36 (24.7).
>EH: ABGINOR 2J BOING +41 86
#note ~2:00 [~21:00] EH spots but distrusts bigaroon 63/62, and makes the next best play after bagnio 43 (diff is only 20.1).
>JJB: ACRTUUX 9G XU +38 119
#note 0:31 [19:17]
>EH: AOR 1M OAR +14 100
#note ~1:00 [~20:00]
>JJB: ACRSTTU D4 T.C +10 129
#note 2:08 [17:09] JJB uses a mnemonic, curtate: wee line, to rule out play through row 7, but then doesn't realize that that row contains a great overlap with a great leave anyway, acuter 29. He is in a fishing mindset with a rack weaker by 15.8.
>EH: ADENORR 7I READORN +63 163
#note ~0:28 [19:32] EH is not confident of adorner 71 either and settles for widely opening o8.
>JJB: AENRSTU 10B NATURES +76 205
#note 1:30 [15:39] JJB outpoints EH by finding the best bingo on a familiar list.
>EH: FGILP 6J FLIP +39 202
#note 1:36 [17:56] EH must choose between flip/fling 39, and the choice is very close between these best two; a fuller determination probably pends upon his and his opponent's racks.
>JJB: DFGOQSU O4 FOU.D +39 244
#note 1:07 [14:32] JJB hopes to play the Q separately for more score, and he does succeed.
>EH: GT C9 G.T +6 208
#note 2:56 [15:00] EH is in the common cycle of alternating between not finding a bingo and making a low-value opening play, which can get a player more than a bingo behind.
>JJB: ?GINOQS 9M QIS +32 276
#note 1:16 [13:16] JJB is disappointed that qigongs does not play, but he already played sheqels earlier in this room so has no complaints about finding the best play instead and continuing to hold the blank (EH has not drawn his yet).
>EH: AEEILST E5 .ET. +20 228
#note 1:48 [13:12] EH, also dismayed that a bingo rack doesn't play, opts for AEILS when fishing with EEILST is much better indicated (by 4.5, za 16).
>JJB: ?EGNNOO 3L NOO +18 294
#note 1:10 [12:06] Here the non-go is nonegos. Careful thought yields the best combo this time.
>EH: AEIJLOS 12A JOES +43 271
#note 0:28 [12:44] Excellent. Keeping the S for 15 points less rates .1 better (jiao 3a 28).
>JJB: ?DEGKLN A12 .ErK +42 336
#note 2:57 [9:09] Very risky play that could get problematic, or get bailed out, by the next draw. Instead, if playing the blank, keep an E with junk/jink 42, or use the quadruple line with ?lanked 44 (BCFP). If not, search for hotspots and put the K on 4l (elk 36 with bingo leave worth 25.6 diff).
>EH: ?AEEIIL 3B LIE +12 283
#note 1:38 [11:06] EH correctly prefers this opener to olea b12 18, but JJB points out later that both allow him to bingo. Mites 12 has the best value (8.5 up), while lei 11g 20 is right behind with the leave EH chose, and neither allow a bingo with JJB's rack.
>JJB: DEGLNPU A3 PLUNGED +92 428
#note 0:31 [8:38] Not knowing pungled JJB wins the high word prize for this round anyway. Olea would have led to replunged 64! For other plays, the quadruples plagued 44 and glandule 40 were available.
>EH: ?AEHIIS 10K AHI +17 300
#note 0:43 [10:23] EH makes a last attempt at drawing a seeable bingo, but Quackle does not advise emptying the bag; ai 13 rates 9.1 ahead. Also, EH's last opening favored the holder of the P and he has now fallen too far behind.
>JJB: ABEENRW 14A .ENEW +14 442
#note 6:18 [2:20] EH has no bingo and JJB, having tracked correctly, simply needs not to allow him one (e.g., web/wab 11i 24); he even saw replunged again (39 this time). Ironically, JJB opens up a triple bingo line with a weak play, just as EH did moments ago: renew 14 is a net to JJB of -66. Incomplete analysis of many lines suggests the best is the obscure bee 11j 19 (3 outs), shiv/spiv 12l 32 (most efficient block), brawn/rowan 18+10, a net of 15 (so allowing the bingo cost 81 points).
>EH: ?CEISTV 13E aCTIVES +70 370
#note 0:24 [9:59] EH is thankful for the returned favor.
>EH: (ABR) +10 380
#note Players' bingos were run quite in parallel. JJB made more efficient use of power and synergy but then reduced his own spread by 83 by simple endgame error without time trouble. Points improvable based on tiles played: EH 33, JJB 81. Points improvable based on values: JJB 141.1.
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