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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 EA Elspeth Abbate
>JJB: GGHJMPT 8G HM +14 14
#note ~0:30 [~24:30] Embarrassing to report, JJB whomps down hm without even seeing pht 16 (11.9 better, and just .1 better than trading to HT).
>EA: EEFLT 7F FEET +19 19
#note ~1:30 [~23:30] EA rules out fleet 20, though it is a likely improvement.
>JJB: CGGJOPT 6E COP +24 38
#note ~1:00 [~23:30] JJB makes the best play and prays for more vowels.
>EA: FIL E3 FLI. +18 37
#note ~1:00 [~22:30]
>JJB: EGGJNTU 4A JUGG.E +46 84
#note ~0:31 [~22:59] Just the opening needed.
>EA: ELOS A4 .OLES +36 73
#note ~1:00 [~21:30]
>JJB: ILNOTTU C2 TU. +8 92
#note ~1:14 [~21:45] Now not much is available; tolu/lout b7 10 rate .6 ahead at best.
>EA: AP 6A .AP +7 80
#note ~1:15 [~20:15] EA is obviously fishing, although pa b1 12 gets 5 more without significant rebound danger.
>JJB: ILNORTX 7A .XON +26 118
#note ~2:44 [19:01] Response should be obvious.
>EA: ?AENRST 9H EARNeST +63 143
#note ~1:43 [18:32] The best score is servant/senator 9g 74 with pehs.
>JJB: IILNORT K5 NITI.OL +28 146
#note 1:35 [17:26] JJB is very happy to have such good words to fit the board openings.
>EA: DGNY 6J D.NGY +22 165
#note 2:03 [16:29] Probably leaving too many vowels.
>JJB: DDNRSVW 4A ......D +17 163
#note 0:59 [16:27] After opening with 7 consonants, JJB draws 6 consonants to 1 here. The better drop is dew l8 18 (8.2 diff), rating just above trading to RS.
>EA: AEO 11J A.OE +4 169
#note 1:03 [15:26] EA has aeon/no 10 available.
>JJB: ADNRSVW 12H VAW +18 181
#note 2:52 [13:35] JJB misses an obvious hotspot for draw 12l 32, working on his leave (5.1 behind). Vaws is also better because the S adds enough.
>EA: AIV H12 .IVA +30 199
#note 0:22 [15:04] EA has another rebound.
>JJB: DEINNRS 3G ENDRINS +76 257
#note 0:58 [12:37] Finally the draw looks like a bingo, and JJB finds the only double.
>EA: AKU 8M AUK +25 224
#note 1:03 [14:01] EA has another solid middling play ready. The other hotspot yields kuna l1 26.
>JJB: ABEIIOT 14F OB.IATE +16 273
#note 1:16 [10:21] Not so clever to drop 6 when you can double them with niobate 20. Better still, 4-overlap with obia 2j 20 (5.6 diff).
>EA: EHLM 15L HELM +48 272
#note 0:49 [13:12] A strong rebound keeps EA one point behind.
>JJB: ?IIQTUY 15A eQUITY +59 332
#note 0:49 [9:32] JJB seizes the points, though there is wisdom in holding the blank with the triple-Q play quit 2k 41 (10.6 diff), or holding the QU also with yin h1 18 (2.7 diff). Equity also plays at 2j for 50!
>EA: BCIOR 13B BORIC +26 298
#note 1:51 [11:21]
>JJB: AEIRRWZ D9 WAZI. +34 366
>JJB: AEIRRWZ -- -34 332
#note 4:38 [4:54] The best outplay pair is ritz 26 (threatening sewar), seder 26, warred 14+6, net of 20. Even better is taking hotspots that don't necessarily go out: zin 36 (threatening rewarm), dree 20 (blocking), sewar 30, erose/erase 23 (not soar/osar/oats 8), or 4+2, net of 29. JJB thinks he has found wazir# 34 (threatening err twice), leading to soda 40, err 12+6, net of 12, so he could have searched longer. But he has also played a Collins-only word, giving EA the upper hand despite his lead of 34, with net of -14 (43 behind).
>EA: ADEEORS H1 DE. +12 310
#note 1:00 [10:21] Now EA has the opportunity to construct erode 26, zine 46, ease 20+14, net of 14 (loss by 20). Her simple play does yield two outs, requiring den 12 (threatening arose), zine 46, zero 39 (now not arose), war 18, as 13+2, net of 2.
>JJB: AEIRRWZ L1 ZI.E +46 378
#note 0:10 [4:44]
>EA: AEORS 1L .OEA +39 349
#note 0:20 [10:01] Now arose 15+14 goes out, but JJB has opened more points for both players: zero 39, war 18, as 13+2 (or raw 16, utas 11+2), net of 36. EA's choice is also better than going out, where subsequent optimal play (as produced) nets 31.
>JJB: ARRW 8C WAR +18 396
#note 2:00 [2:44]
>EA: RS 2K S.R +8 357
#note 0:46 [9:15] Best, tied with sir 8+2, or, without going out, nitinols/vaws 18, red/re 6+2.
>EA: (R) +2 359
#note EA's steady style of play yields a bingo and several good racks, but JJB adds a bingo equivalent (equity 59) and generally decent play with difficult racks. The majority of JJB's lost points were on one mistaken play, the Collins-only wazir#. Points improvable based on tiles played: EA 40, JJB 47. Points improvable based on values: JJB 85.0.
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