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#player1 EM Ezekiel Markwei
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>EM: DEFOOP 8D POOFED +30 30
#note 0:40 [24:20] EM finds it reasonable to start a Collins game with a phony. He is rewarded with 10.1 higher value than poof 8f 18.
>JJB: AEMOQUV D7 O.AQUE +34 34
#note 3:29 [21:31] JJB was not convinced of his play; it's only the best American word. Voema# 9c 31 (evaluation diff 8.0) and amove# 9g 26 underlap nicely (voema# is also best after a challenge), and vom# plays at 7c/9c.
>EM: NTW H7 W.NT +7 37
#note 1:19 [22:01] EM lays out town 9 but swaps it to went 7. Town/nowt/wont was available for 15, but EM might be holding ko# for a setup on the next turn.
>JJB: BIMSTVY E8 .BIT +31 65
#note 1:49 [19:42] Holding S is not necessary with this glut; stivy# c3 39 rates highest (12.4 evaluation diff), and vibs#/vims 13a 36 take the best S hooks. Tivy c4 23 is best without the S, symbiot e3 32 is nice, and obits e8 35 rates higher than obit (the S only adds about 3 to this heavy rack).
>EM: HIKNT C3 THINK +45 82
#note 0:35 [21:26]
>JJB: IIMRSVY D2 VIM +32 97
#note 2:18 [17:24] JJB misses another chance for the big hook with mirv#/miry 13b (up to 2.9 higher).
>EM: EOY 7F YO.E +27 109
#note 0:31 [20:55]
>JJB: ADIRSWY C12 WRY +23 120
#note 2:12 [15:12] Wry plays at 13c for 13 more. For a total of 20.9 more, make it wady 13b 41.
>EM: IX 10H .IX +26 135
#note 0:57 [19:58] EM is both improving his rack and staying ahead.
>JJB: ADFIIOS 11I FIDO +30 150
#note 0:45 [14:27] The only better-rated play is the overlap oaf b12 36, a missed hotspot, 3.0 ahead despite the II in the leave.
>EM: EEINPST L7 EPIT.NES +76 211
>EM: EEINPST -- -76 135
#note 3:33 [16:25] The players may have come across pentise# before (70 or 69) but neither could see it over the board. EM gambles on epitones*, 49.1 behind after a challenge.
>JJB: AAINOSS 8C S...... +26 176
#note 0:45 [14:27] JJB challenges after 31 seconds but sees no effective blocking plays when he doesn't see the one bingo that plays. He settles for cleaning up EM's previous phony (making spoofed 26), but what he needs is to toss off vowels along with his S: oars 13a 22 (11.1 diff).
>EM: EEINPST F10 NEP +24 159
#note 0:45 [15:40] The best-ranked fish is pye 14b 16, 3.7 ahead of nep#. But nep# is still 29.3 behind pentise#.
>JJB: AAINOOS B13 OO +16 192
#note 2:02 [11:40] JJB cannot consolidate his lead while overwhelmed in vowels. It makes the best play easier though.
>EM: EGIRSST J1 TIGRESS +73 232
#note 0:26 [15:14] Now EM is ready for optimal, but wide-open, play. Honorable mention: oystriges# 67.
>JJB: AAAEINS G12 AA +7 199
#note 1:38 [10:02] JJB really likes holding tisane in row 1, so even though he misses aa b5 10 he is not going to play taenia 21, rated as 6.7 better.
>EM: ?BHLMU 5E HUMBL.s +52 284
#note 1:05 [14:09] Amazing play, and yet humbl? plays for 4 more points at a10! With h1 and h15 available for dumps it may not be time to use up the blank.
>JJB: AEEINST 1H TE.ANIES +131 330
>JJB: AACEILR (challenge) +5 335
#note 0:28 [9:34] JJB was thinking only of whether EM would block row 1. He announces that he has the line, and then selects tetanies over tetanise. Good thing, because EM was not solid on all 4 of the anagrams (same in both dictionaries).
>EM: GUV H13 GUV +24 308
#note 0:15 [13:54] EM opts for the challenge after 15 seconds (clock does not restart after challenge) and quickly blocks h15.
>JJB: AACEILR 15F CA.ALIER +64 399
>JJB: ADILNNT (challenge) +5 404
#note 0:47 [8:47] JJB has now drawn into his study list, but he is so excited that he forgets to check for the anagram, variceal 98, at a significant cost of 34 points.
>EM: ?AEELRU 3H RE.ULAtE +68 376
#note 2:05 [11:49] EM has balanced his way to another bingo. With JZ in bag the narrow gap and chaotic endgame may be enough to win, but aureole a9 79 or squealer o1 74 would have helped more. Also he didn't need to challenge cavalier.
>JJB: ADILNNT A8 INLAND +28 432
#note 4:05 [4:42] JJB again goes with his propensity for points rather than nonempty bag. Lord 13a 24 keeps up bingo chances and certainly enough lead (9.7 diff). Dinna# a11 30 is the points winner.
>EM: ADGORRZ 14L ZAG +39 415
#note 2:02 [9:47] Second-best Z cash on static leave, after arroz 12k 55 (though that permits JJB's wild hope of ejector 17+8, net of 30). The out razor 30, jete 36, dog 26+6, yields net of only 26. But zag 39 retains many threats; best reply is jet 21 (blocking dorr), though it permits ord# 31 (rather than ardor), cel 7+2, net of 38.
>JJB: CEEJT 10L JET +21 453
#note 4:17 [0:25] JJB has time to note that eject loses points to ejector, and jete to order. Neither player spots that EM's leave is already unblockable. JJB compares leaves for joe l10, jot l10, and jet 10l, and decides he can run with the latter, which turns out to be best whether or not EM goes out.
>EM: DORR 12L ROD +28 443
#note 0:24 [9:23] Ardor 7+8 goes out immediately, but the points should be taken with ord# 31, cel 7+2, net of 22 instead. EM's play is also superior to going out, as rod 28, cel 7+2, has net of 19.
>JJB: CE M8 CE. +6 459
#note 0:20 [0:05] Missing cel 7.
>JJB: (R) +2 461
#note The biggest factor in score was probably JJB's nonuple, because EM's phony bingo and JJB's missed 34 spread on a bingo and other factors tend to even out. EM still had endgame chances but the tiles did not break his way in the end. Points improvable based on tiles played: EM 26, JJB 51. Points improvable based on values: JJB 109.7.
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