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#player1 PA Peggy Altazan
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>PA: JQZ -JQZ +0 0
#note ~1:00 [~24:00] Rack unknown.
>JJB: AEMPRST 8B TAMPERS +78 78
#note ~1:00 [~24:00] JJB is happy with PA's exchange but leaves a dangling hook (stampers). He does not find restamp/emparts# for 1.7 better opening valuation.
>PA: LOX 9A LOX +37 37
#note ~1:00 [~23:00] PA is able to maximize the opportunity while leaving a bingo rack.
>JJB: BDELNOV 10B DEV +29 107
#note ~3:00 [~21:00] Can go all the way to devon 33 (6.6 higher value).
>PA: AEHINRS 7F NEARISH +69 106
#note ~1:00 [~22:00] The knockout is the quadruple seraphin/devi 110, while arshines#/sharnies# get the triple. Nearish comes next.
>JJB: BBILLNO 6H BOB +30 137
#note ~1:25 [19:35] JJB correctly rules out lob 26 but also thinks that boil will go down somewhere. Rather, lobi# 29 in the same place as bob rates negligibly .1 higher; but a vowelless rack is not much better than a doubled.
>PA: AKOY 8L OKAY +42 148
#note ~1:00 [~21:00]
>JJB: EILLNOU D1 LINOLEU. +72 209
#note 0:39 [18:56] Wait a second, I know this word!
>PA: IMO 1A MOI. +18 166
#note ~1:00 [~20:00] Parallel beats triple: moi 9l 23.
>JJB: ?EEGLQT N7 Q.T +12 221
#note 1:00 [17:56] Easy dump.
>PA: ENOSZ 10J ZONES +51 217
#note ~0:48 [19:12] Nearly tying response, a bingo equivalent.
>JJB: ?EEGLRW 4B GL.WEREd +62 283
#note 1:45 [16:11] Now JJB misses the quadruple: legwear# 104. Other row 11 plays score enough to evaluate above glowered.
>PA: FO 11J OF +31 248
#note 2:05 [17:07] PA takes her own opening.
>JJB: AADFGNT H1 FAD. +24 307
#note 1:57 [14:14] Parallel beats triple: daft/zoa/off 37, by 11.3. JJB saw data 28 there but did not plug in the F.
>PA: DHOT 12I DOTH +34 282
#note 1:41 [15:26] PA works row 12 out too.
>JJB: AGIJNTT K5 GA.T +30 337
#note 2:35 [11:39] Tiring of PA's parallels, JJB works out a nice one himself, hoping to cash the J later. Jar g2 24 takes care of the J and rates just .6 more, while ganja 29 is 4 behind. (Later today, PA has an opportunity to play ganja.)
>PA: ENP 13H PEN +23 305
#note 4:52 [10:34] PA starts to burn up minutes. Not much available, but enzones# 10h is of note.
>JJB: DIJNTUU H13 .IU +15 352
#note 1:18 [10:21] Aside from misleading the opponent, there's no reason to prefer this over pud 18 (5.2 diff).
>PA: AEW 5D .AW +27 332
>PA: AEW -- -27 305
#note 1:57 [8:37] PA lays down the reasonable awe 9e 21, then sees the useful row 5 and hurriedly makes it law 5d 27. Unhelpfully, this creates a reversed two and probably negative leave. Good use of the spot is alew# 5c 31.
>JJB: DJNTTUY 14F DJ.N +20 372
#note 0:37 [9:44] JJB hurries also, after 11 seconds to notate and challenge. For dumping the J without value, he could just make jaunty 18 for better leave; or vutty# 22 preserves djin. However, this rack's puzzle is actually answered by the 3-overlap with triple-double Y: namely untidy 2a 46, 32.2 better value.
>PA: AEW E4 .AW +27 332
#note 1:08 [7:29] Alew# 31 is still best with the known tiles, and anew 3c 28 also plays, but PA plays it safe.
>JJB: AEITTUY E8 .YAT +26 398
#note 3:28 [6:16] JJB came to the tourney determined to play some Collins 4s and has already missed at least 5 good ones. He finally scores one (though aitu# is just above it). His alternate, dautie 18, rates ahead of pyat# in leave. The overlap spot, however, now nests yitie# 2a 29, for an improvement of 5.4.
>PA: CEI D10 .ICE +20 352
#note 0:27 [7:02]
>JJB: CEGINTU 15A GUNITE +27 425
#note 3:34 [2:42] Happy to find 7 tiles in the bag, JJB is confirmed in the best play. Deucing 3h 26 is also of note; both are much better than the first draft, augite 11.
>PA: S J10 ....S +31 383
#note 0:40 [6:22] Several possible racks give PA bingos in rows 1-3, which might be winning. Burning the S does not appear called for.
>JJB: ACEIRRV 2G C.RVER +19 444
#note 2:14 [0:28] PA now holds no bingo, but JJB blocks the last spots just in case, missing avarice 28 (11.6 higher) and vraic# 24.
>PA: ?AEIIRU 1K rEAIR +19 402
#note 3:04 [3:18] With opponent going out, aurei 23 is best, followed by ratu#/rate 9l 25, then the interesting carveries 26. PA lays out re?ia 20 without announcing, then decides that ?eair 19 is safer. Then she announces the blank as R instead of D, for another phony; but JJB is not ready to take even the 5-point challenge risk over it.
>JJB: AI I1 A.I. +13 457
#note 0:20 [0:08]
>JJB: (IU) +4 461
#note Both players missed 100-point quadruples, but JJB was able to squeeze out three bingos to PA's one bingo and one equivalent. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 42, PA 46. Points improvable based on values: JJB 116.7.
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