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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 BS Bennett Schwartz
>JJB: ENORSTW -W +0 0
#note ~2:15 [~22:45] JJB goes into this tournament prepared as top seed, with good attitude, a streak of 6 club wins, and fresh analytical insights and techniques including endgame focus. His phony alarm is still too quiet, and that will manifest today, but with this opening rack he is ready to exchange and bingo. Quackle puts won 8g 12 ahead by 1.9.
>BS: AIKV 8G KIVA +22 22
#note ~0:15 [~24:45] BS can play a good opener.
>JJB: EINORST H8 .RONIEST +77 77
#note ~0:15 [~22:30] Calmly playing the best bingo and earning a hold.
>BS: OY - +0 22
#note ~0:15 [~24:30] BS quickly decides to challenge this common bingo: isn't irony a noun?
>JJB: AAHLORR G13 HA +20 97
#note ~2:50 [19:40] Back in normal rack territory, JJB unaccountably keeps two Rs when hoar 20 or other plays at g10 would get up to 12.3 more evaluation points.
>BS: OY F14 YO +27 49
#note ~0:45 [~23:45] BS continues playing quickly with twenty-somethings.
>JJB: AELORRZ E10 RAZOR +35 132
#note 1:50 [17:50] Better leave by 5.4 is orzo 10h 33.
>BS: AO 12D A.O +24 73
#note ~0:30 [~23:30]
>JJB: BBEEGLS D11 B.G +13 145
#note 2:14 [15:36] Kiva is so high that the S can be burned safely, such as with begs k5 26 (4.1 better value); gabble/gobble 17 also rate well. JJB did not note, but he is pretty sure he played the more open d11 rather than 11d, although the spot was never reused.
>BS: LNPT J6 PL.NT +15 88
#note ~0:45 [~22:45] Playing consonant dump after vowel dump.
>JJB: BEELNST 10G B.L. +6 151
#note 1:47 [13:49] Hebe 12 leads the dumps, ahead of bolt by 5.9.
>BS: GNU G5 GUN. +10 98
#note ~1:00 [~21:45]
>JJB: EEENSST E10 .....S +17 168
#note 2:26 [11:23] The recommended dump here is see/plants 14, 4.2 diff.
>BS: MU F6 MU +22 120
#note ~1:00 [~20:45]
>JJB: EEENNST E1 TENENES +72 240
#note 1:27 [9:57] JJB convinces himself he can play this unlikely string against BS; he is thinking of retenes and venenes. The phony rates 39.6 ahead of neg 5e 13.
>BS: DIJ 3B DJI. +24 144
#note ~0:58 [19:47] Promptly using the phony as a J dump. BS has just crossed the 5-minute mark after JJB crossed the 15-minute.
>JJB: ?EIILOW 1E .OWIE +24 264
#note 3:06 [6:51] Another long think reveals the best play, but JJB must go into blitz mode rather than allow time for endgame analysis as he hoped.
>BS: DF 4D F.D +24 168
#note 0:46 [19:01] Dif d2 27 rates higher.
>JJB: ?IILMOT 2E .MO +26 290
#note 1:01 [5:50] The Is play safely in idiom 28 (only 4.2 diff though).
>BS: HO 2A HO +16 184
#note 0:58 [18:03] BS is holding decent letters but prefers 2-letter plays.
>JJB: ?AEIILT 2I LAITIEs +68 358
#note 0:42 [5:08]
>BS: EF 1N FE +23 207
#note 0:55 [17:08]
>JJB: ?AAGIQT K5 QI +26 384
#note 0:52 [4:16] The triple is worth enough, and the Q is safe enough, that ag(a) 1a 29/32 both rate 1.3 higher.
>BS: AER 1A ARE +28 235
#note 0:45 [16:27] Plugging another triple.
>JJB: ?AAEGTY L6 GETAwAY +78 462
#note 0:42 [3:34] JJB plays the anagram that better fits what he feels he is making.
>BS: DEI 8L .IDE +15 250
#note 3:02 [13:25] Parallel beats triple: die m7 17. BS is probably bingo hunting.
>JJB: ALNUUVW N6 WU. +15 477
#note 0:40 [2:54] It appears uvula 15 was available (16.4 diff) but JJB wants to block for safety anyway and this is probably the safest.
>BS: EP 3G PE +18 268
#note 2:28 [10:57]
>JJB: ACLNTUV 11K V.C +16 493
#note 0:54 [2:00] If the board is correct, vulgo 13a 18 leads by 4.3.
>BS: CDEIRRS 3K SIDE +26 294
#note 3:53 [7:04] BS needs an outplay pair like ceric 23, cox 36, sard 14+10, net of 11; he is at risk of getting stuck with the C. He finds the highest play on this turn, but side 26 has a net of -9 to BS.
>JJB: ALNOTUX 4H XU +34 527
#note 0:14 [1:46] It appears both players found the optimal endgame from here, net of 35 to JJB.
>BS: CRR L2 ..C +10 304
#note 0:30 [6:34]
>JJB: ALNOT O8 .TALON +7 534
#note 0:16 [1:30]
>JJB: (RR) +4 538
#note BS makes lackluster plays and challenges the wrong bingo; JJB receives a blowout without missing any strong plays. Points improvable based on tiles played: JJB 0, BS 25. Points improvable based on values: JJB 60.0.
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