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#player1 Carl Carl
#player2 Ed Ed
>Carl: EHIMNOV 8G VIM +16 16
#note Here's where a better player would know what to do. I liked VIMEN, which wins the sim, but I know that Quackle is often gutsier than it should be. (-5?)
>Ed: DGI 9H DIG +14 14
>Carl: EHNNOTW J9 .OWN +10 26
#note It's a close call between this and OWN 10J for a few more points. The plays sim evenly. It seemed like I was more likely to have a response after GOWN than OWN.
>Ed: OY K10 YO +25 39
>Carl: AEGHHNT 12H HE.NA +30 56
#note I don't really understand this position either. HANG 7G wins the sim easily.(-3)
>Ed: BEIZ 11E BIZE +35 74
>Carl: EGHIIRT 12C GHI +18 74
#note I was all set to play RIGHTIE*, which I thought was new. Fortunately, he blocked it, sparing me the embarrassment.
>Ed: Q F10 Q. +31 105
>Carl: BEIRTTU 13E BUT +13 87
>Ed: COOP 14F POCO +26 131
>Carl: ADEINRT 15I DETRAIN +80 167
>Ed: AEY C10 YA.E +16 147
>Carl: GIORRTV 15C VIGOR +18 185
#note An interesting option here is VO(YAGE)R, which might be a little too cute. (I didn't see it.) VOYAGER shuts down Quadrant 1 in the short term, but a play at 8A blows it right open. VIGOR sims best anyway.
>Ed: EIP D8 PIE +13 160
>Carl: CEKOORT B6 CROOK +47 232
>Ed: J 8A J. +27 187
>Carl: AEEENRT 14N AE +10 242
#note NAE or ANTE down there sim way ahead of my play. (-7)
>Ed: AL 7H LA +13 200
>Carl: EEENRST E3 ENTREES +70 312
>Ed: ADEERST M7 DEAREST +81 281
>Carl: EMSTTUX 8L T.XT +36 348
>Ed: FO N6 FO. +24 305
>Carl: EIMNSUU D1 MUNI +24 372
#note Once again, I tank on a difficult position and make completely the wrong play. MUNI scores way better than anything else, and starts to clean up the rack. However, despite the consonant heavy bag, it's too dangerous to open the 3x3 lane. With both blanks out, my goal should be to bingo myself as an answer to Ed's likely bingo. The sim winning play is Exch UU or MUU, going for something like MANLIEST O1. Notice also that D2 UNI is far superior to MUNI because it retains a big comeback play as a response to a bingo. UNI or Exchange win 18% more often than my play. (-14)
>Ed: ?AADLRS 1D .ALlARDS +80 385
#note It's decisions like MUNI, and my general inability to grasp the strategic side of the game, that all but ensures that I will never be a champion player.
>Carl: ELLSUUW O5 WEL.S +17 389
>Ed: ?AFIN J3 NAIFs +17 402
>Ed: (LUU) +6 408
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