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#player1 JL Jacque Lease
#player2 JJB John J. Bulten
>JL: JKQXZ -JKQXZ +0 0
#note 0:35 [24:25] Rack unknown.
>JJB: AINOPST -P +0 0
#note 0:40 [24:20] Evaluation favors op 8h 8 by 6.9, then po 8g 8, then trade to AINPST (worth 31.0). Next trades are AINST (27.1), INOPST (25.7), and only then the actual trade AINOST (25.3). JJB should certainly have guessed the greater worth of one of the others.
>JL: AENY 8F YEAN +14 14
#note 0:09 [24:16]
>JJB: AAINOST I6 SA.ATION +61 61
#note 0:56 [23:24] What pressurized nonsense is this? Simply form atonias and then play 4-overlap at 9d for 72, or at least take time to form sonatina 61. Both players and a spectator noted at points that it looked sketchy.
>JL: EENN H12 NENE +20 34
#note 0:40 [23:36] JL clears duplicates herself.
>JJB: BDFIITV 6D BIFID. +20 81
#note 2:17 [21:07] Bifid(a) were directed I dumps, but were rejected in favor of bifids*. Highest ranked are parallels instead of dumps anyway, starting with fib g13 28 (9.1 ahead of the phony), and then vibist, .1 ahead of bifid j3 20 based on leave. Three turns without a valid play.
>JL: HOO 9E OOH +24 58
#note 0:43 [22:53] If that's not enough, next JJB draws 7 tiles to his non-bingo, and after 25 seconds he loses GT from GITV, the T being previously safe on his rack. JL continues rack clearing, but without catching hoo 5e 29.
>JJB: IRRUVVW 15E WIV.R +11 92
#note 4:37 [16:30] A rack not worth the time, the proper fruit of phonies and an overdraw. Good response, but trading to R rates .2 better.
>JL: CDELU 10B CLUED +31 89
#note 0:34 [22:19]
>JJB: DORRTUV 13G V..DU +13 105
#note 1:46 [14:44] Quackle prefers the bold vendor 13g 14 by 1.8, a risk somewhat borne out by simulation; and JL is not broadcasting an S. Roven 13e 12 and crudo b10 16 are worth consideration. JJB's actual play works better if he can remember the hooks (ES), but neither player is bold enough to hook it this game.
>JL: EHOP 5E HOPE +40 129
#note 0:42 [21:37]
>JJB: IORRSTX 14E OX +55 160
#note 0:28 [14:16]
>JL: EGILT 13A LEGIT +18 147
#note 0:45 [20:52] Safe (4h places for 1 point more).
>JJB: GIRRRST 4H GRR +13 173
#note 3:21 [10:55] Pretty good save, though girted 27 is enough to rate 2.9 better, and the points are preferable here.
>JL: AGQU 4B QUAG +35 182
#note 0:26 [20:26]
>JJB: ADILRST 4H ...RL +12 185
#note 0:33 [10:22] In this case JJB just wants the novelty of playing the new word. Its value is 16.9 behind ridged h1 27, mostly on the missed point differential. Many other middling scorers with bingo leaves are available, no desperation message needed to be broadcast.
>JL: OPT A12 P.OT +27 209
#note 1:39 [18:47] More chipping away at a win.
>JJB: ADIMOST B13 .MO +20 205
#note 2:51 [7:31] At this point JJB unaccountably fears the perfectly safe vendus and thus refuses diatoms 82 (and does not recall mastoid m2 79). Better non-bingos were amido 14j 29 and imaged h1 30. Opportunity cost of the belief that another bingo will materialize: 49.7. When low on the clock, take delaying risks!
>JL: EMN K10 MEN. +12 221
#note 3:17 [18:47] The hook, which JL recalled later, would allow men l12 20; men also plays at j9 17.
>JJB: AADISTT L9 DATA +20 225
#note 0:39 [6:52] At this point JJB gets back in stride with data (same as dita); but the S will add 12 here, so ditas l9 rates 1.5 better, and fast points are needed.
>JL: CR C3 C.R +10 231
#note 0:47 [14:43] JL now holds at least blank or S and is ready to use a line. She could open with marc 10k 14.
>JJB: ABIINST H1 BIN... +30 255
#note 0:34 [6:18] JJB finally notices and plays the column-H best move, right when his opponent has 100 points slotted there.
>JL: ?EIKSST 1H .rISKETS +104 335
#note 1:24 [13:19] Or the anagram!
>JJB: AAEEIST 5A AI. +14 269
#note 1:53 [4:25] AEEST rates +9.0, AEIST +14.0, an unappreciated difference that makes gae c13 12 better by 3.0.
>JL: EFL A5 .LEF +21 356
#note 2:14 [11:05] Overlap beats triple: lief 2g 29. Still JL has increased lead to 85.
>JJB: ?AEESTZ J1 .ZA. +33 302
#note 0:25 [4:00] Best play, and there is still hope of bingoing, but the blank and high-power tiles repel each other.
>JL: AEIORUY M12 YOUR +20 376
#note 4:26 [6:39] The highest-ranked series that yields two outs is roily c7 10, jewed m6 24, eau n10 12+4, net of 2. Your 20 allows blocking the out with awe 24, gae 12, jets 20+2; or, to block jets, awe 24, oi 2, juts 26, gae 12+2, both net of -14, probably the best setup response.
>JJB: ?EEJSTW D12 J.gS +44 346
#note 3:54 [0:06] JJB's apparent best is awe 2l 24, netting 34. But under time pressure he throws in a monkey wrench by relying on a third vocab lapse, jigs/swiver* 44 (he was thinking of skiver). But this is no time to start the discussion on wisdom of endgame phonies. Since it does not block ilea 4+14, it nets only 26, so was not even worth it; but finding awe/jets with juts backup is not easy either!
>JL: AEI 2N AI +10 386
#note 1:06 [5:33] JL has time to find the out (net 18) but allows JJB the out instead (net -13), a lapse of 31 points in spread on the last move (the swing is often not that big).
>JJB: EETW M7 WEET +21 367
#note 0:05 [0:01] Shocked, JJB has just enough time to play the tiles loosely and mutter a probable score, making corrections after hitting the clock. He has recovered 68 out of 85 points in the last three turns of the game, no small feat.
>JJB: (E) +2 369
#note Relatively error-filled for a level 1 tournament game. JL balanced toward a bingo just when it scored 104, and JJB's biggest error was not trusting vendus when 82 points rested on it. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 19, JL 73. Points improvable based on values: JJB 111.0.
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