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#player1 Karl_Higby Karl Higby
#player2 Joshua_Sokol Joshua Sokol
>Karl_Higby: EIMOOOU -IOOOU +0 0
#note going into this game, if I win, I have around a 50% chance of cashing. However, Wally has to beat Joey for me not to pass him. I can also win by a lot and hope Frank beats Matt Graham by a little. Going into this game, I just want to win to give myself a good shot.
>Joshua_Sokol: EEEILPW H4 PEWEE +26 26
#note however, in 2017, I won against Joe Edley, thinking I had cashed, but everything else did not go my way and I ended up right outside the money. I saw WEEPIE and was just too uneasy about its validity to play it. I knew that I could afford a few small mistakes, so long as I didn't lose a turn. Though, I had lost a turn to Karl earlier in the tournament and still won that game. WEEPIE is obviously a word and I just have no self-confidence. #knowledgesmall
>Karl_Higby: EIIMORU G7 MOI +18 18
#note the key play here is EURI(P)I 4D. #findingsmall
>Joshua_Sokol: ADIILNQ I3 QI +25 51
#note Quackle suggests the counterintuitive F9 QAID for 27. It is more defensive than it looks, and perhaps works decently against Karl's range. #questionable
>Karl_Higby: EHIRRUU 3I .UIRE +28 46
#note Karl's 3rd bad draw in a row is saved by my Q
>Joshua_Sokol: ABCDILN N1 BID +28 79
#note I contemplated BID and BAD for a long time. The A is far likelier to duplicate itself than the I, of which 3 have already been played. Still, then CLAN leave looked better than the CLIN leave by enough to offset that fact, or so I thought. BA(R)DIC L1 is also an option I failed to consider. Quackle agrees with me after simming for a while
>Karl_Higby: GHIRSSU 1L HU.S +39 85
>Joshua_Sokol: ACELNRT 10A CENTRAL +69 148
#note ooh there is another bingo available! It's also maybe better to play it, despite it giving up 7 points! #questionable
>Karl_Higby: AEGIIRS A10 .AGIER +33 118
>Joshua_Sokol: IJMNOOT J2 J.NTO +35 183
#note 14A (E)MOTION is kinda cool, since it sets my J up pretty well, but nah. I have to play this, even though I am not ahead enough to be comfortable with a play like this, which opens a big bingo lane with both blanks unseen and leaves me vowel-heavy.
>Karl_Higby: FIINORS K5 IF +19 137
>Joshua_Sokol: EIKMNOV F2 INVOKE +30 213
#note come on, one blank one time.
>Karl_Higby: HINNORS E5 NOH +31 168
>Joshua_Sokol: DDGMOWY 3C DOW.Y +32 245
>Karl_Higby: ACINORS 4A CION +25 193
#note incredible that Karl keeps missing
>Joshua_Sokol: DEGMNPV B6 VENG.D +22 267
>Karl_Higby: AADFRSS A7 FA +26 219
#note 2B FAD is going more places than A7 FA.
>Joshua_Sokol: AALMOPT 2A LOAM +21 288
#note absolutely no idea what to play here. I think I came up with the best idea, but it was tough to figure out how to proceed. L3 (R)APT was on my mind a lot, and C10 (N)OTAL over (N)OPAL because NOTAL doesn't take an S, etc.
>Karl_Higby: AAADRSS C7 DA +17 236
>Joshua_Sokol: ALPTUXY 14A .UTAXY +48 336
#note amazing draw. I have 40+ point plays in two spots!
>Karl_Higby: AABRSSS H10 SABRAS +43 279
>Joshua_Sokol: ELPRTUZ L1 .E.TZ +46 382
#note whew. This should be enough. Incredibly Quackle says "no, play 12H (B)UTLER and score with the Z next turn. Quackle assumes Karl will give me huge spots for the Z. Sorry bud, not happening.
>Karl_Higby: ?EEOSTT 12G O.TESTEd +68 347
#note Karl has to play A1 E(L)E(C)T here and hope he has unblockable bingos that outrun me. Wouldn't have worked though.
>Joshua_Sokol: AGLLPRU M9 PAG.R +22 404
#note I panicked here. Massively.
I didn't know what the standings were, I just knew I had to play a valid word to secure the win. I also wanted to play the endgame well. I saw (S)PURGALL and briefly wondered if I could be making it up. I tried to see what his highest-scoring play was, but with seconds to go I could only see 15, which would tie the game, but I couldn't be sure. Had I been aware of the standings, I would have played the bingo!
#endgamelarge
>Karl_Higby: ?EIR 15D RIEl. +22 369
#note Turns out, I needed to win by 130 points or more to secure 5th place. SPURGALL would have won by... 130.
Lake George has always been a disappointing to mediocre result for me. This could be no diffferent, I guess. I have never cashed in this tournament!
>Karl_Higby: (ULL) +6 375
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