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#player1 Tom Tom
#player2 Carl Carl
>Tom: IIII -IIII +0 0
>Carl: DEIKTUY 8D YUKED +34 34
#note I knew it was a choice between YUK and YUKED and it was pretty close. This time, Quackle says I'm right. I think what swayed me toward YUKED is that YUK takes the E.
>Tom: AEGT 9C GETA +20 20
>Carl: FIIORTU 10F FOU +32 66
#note I'm shocked to see this sim so far behind FRUIT 10F. IIRT seemed like a better leave than IO, plus FRUIT opens up QI/XI at I9. (-4) #leaveevaluationmedium
>Tom: DGIPR H10 .PGIRD +36 56
>Carl: EIILNRT 7G NITRILE +66 132
#note Why not TINGLIER? We just had a discussion about the word in a previous game, so it's odd that I'd miss it. Weird. (-3)
>Tom: DEM 8M MED +22 78
>Carl: AAEFHXY G12 AXE +40 172
#note I liked this better than HYRAX 14F because it takes out lanes and sets up the F, while scoring about the same. HYRAX wins the sim, but I think Quackle understimates the power of shutting down this entire quadrant so early. (-4?)
>Tom: AJR 7C JAR +27 105
#note I like this placement of JAR more than 6F. Tom needs to keep bingo lanes open, and I'm not going to be able to do much about Column B.
>Carl: AFHNOSY K3 FASH.ONY +84 256
#note In an ordinary tournament, this might have been the sickest draw. But the way my Nationals went, it wasn't even in the top 5.
>Tom: ADEELNP 15H .EPLANED +89 194
>Carl: AOOORUV -AOOOUV +0 256
#note Nooo, VODOU! I *always* miss that. Also, if I'm going to exchange, keep the A for B7. (-11) #visionlarge
>Tom: ?AAILNS N1 NAsALIS. +76 270
>Carl: ABEHLRT 5D BLATHER. +76 332
>Tom: CMOU H1 MOUC. +45 315
>Carl: EGIIOOZ 1J OOZI.G +78 410
>Tom: R 10F ...R +7 322
>Carl: EIIIOWW G1 OW +14 424
#note It's uncertain how wrong this is after opponent fishes 1. WO 6F is a lot of points, but can I really leave those lanes open? (-14?)
>Tom: TV 4M T.V +10 332
>Carl: ACEIIIW M12 CAI. +12 436
#note Here I figured that 9-letter words on 2D were the most dangerous threat. Bingos on column B require designating the blank an A, and give me something back. CAIN seemed better than WAIN because the W fits better at F6. Quackle agrees with all this, but there's an even better block: AECIA L11. (-4) #visionsmall
>Tom: ?ENORSV B2 VERONaS +82 414
>Tom: ?ENORSV -- -82 332
>Carl: EEIINTW 12J TWI.E +20 456
#note This is pretty good, but TEENIER 14B is even better, because it sets up QI in two places. UNIFIES 3H is also cool (I didn't see it) but I have to keep an I here. (-3) #visionsmall
>Tom: ?ENORSV N10 VO. +14 346
>Carl: EEINOST 6K .E +7 463
#note Quackle says that emptying the bag here with something like FOES is best. I don't really understand why. Maybe because the Q is valuable at 10B? (-31?) #preendgamelarge
>Tom: ?ENQRSU 14B QUEeR.. +34 380
>Carl: BEINOST 15A BINTS +41 504
>Tom: INS 11D INS +17 397
>Tom: (EO) +4 401
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