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#player1 Alec Alec
#player2 Carl Carl
>Alec: BEFJPUX 8G JEUX +36 36
#note C: Master of suspense that he is, Alec spent several minutes dithering over whether to play or retain the X, as if this would make all the difference in the world. Meanwhile, I'm sitting there looking positively constipated.
>Carl: ?AELOUU J1 rOULEAU. +68 68
#note In the alternate universe where he kept the X, this board would look very different.
>Alec: BEFGMPW 5I F.W +18 54
#note K5 FEM. #findingmedium
>Carl: AEILNRR H7 N.ARLIER +59 127
>Alec: ABEGIMP 1F EPIG.AM +42 96
#note A: I chose EPIGrAM because it creates a decent sevens lane on row 2. But 1I PrIMAGE is slightly better, possibly because EPIGrAM creates scoring opportunities for Carl? I don't know. #tacticssmall
#note C: The whole game, I wanted to play EPIGRAMMIC*, but it's ENGRAMMIC/IDEOGRAMMIC/PHONOGRAMMIC only.
>Carl: AADELNV 11E AVE.LAN +40 167
#note It's close between this and VANED 2B, ostensibly because F2 is a much more dangerous hotspot, and AVELLAN takes an E.
>Alec: BDORSUZ 2J .DOUR +19 115
#note Fishing for Z plays at 10J in a way that doesn't arouse suspicion. J10 ZA is best, followed by plays using the letters BURD, BUD, BURDS, etc. but suspiciously not at 10J. #tacticsmedium
>Carl: DIOPSTT 4H PI.OT +30 197
#note PITOT 10J is better, once again because F2 (A: 10J?) is such a big spot. Also better is TIPTOED 13C, breaking up the unpalatable DS combo. (-3.5) #visionmedium
>Alec: BFIISTZ 10J ZIT +65 180
>Carl: ADIMSTY 13B DAYTIM.S +86 283
>Alec: BEEFISS 14C BEEF +41 221
#note N1 FRISBEES. #findingmedium
>Carl: ACEHIIO 12B OCA +32 315
#note A very scary play at this score. Another option is ICE 12B, which takes more hooks and makes Alec play there right now with whatever he has on his rack. Or I could do AHI 2E and just let Alec have Row 12 or Row 15. All three plays sim within .5%.
>Alec: HINSSSV A8 SHIVS +43 264
>Carl: EGHIINW 2B WEIGH +53 368
#note A very Nigelian play is availble here: HINGE M9, setting up the W. I *love* what that does to the board, and wish I had seen it. That being said, WEIGH is fine, and sims about the same.
>Alec: ABINQRS M9 NIQAB +47 311
>Carl: ?EILNNO B6 ELOIN +20 388
#note So many lanes, so much potential! I spent more than 5 minutes looking for bingos and didn't see one. After the game, I gave the rack to Alec and he found the only bingo in about 30 seconds. Dude is *sharp*. Also, LENO 1A is better than any other play by far. I must have gotten flustered after wasting all my time failing to find the bingo that I didn't take more time to find the right non-bingo play. (-30) #visionlarge, #strategylarge, #timemanagementlarge
>Alec: GRRSTTT D1 G.RT +14 325
#note A: The best plays are exchanges: Quackle's pick is to exchange all 7, followed by other exchanges keeping the S and maybe one other tile. Keeping the S seems right because it is essential for column O and also useful on column N making ZITIS. GIRT blocks column D and leaves 6 in the bag, making it impossible for me to play two bingos. #strategysmall
#note C: Worse yet, a few years ago, I prepared a spreadsheet of all the blank bingos with 5 or fewer solutions, and have looked at the top 3,000 8s maybe 50 times each. One of these blanagrams is ?AEILNNO, with four solutions. If I had recognized this, I might have found mINNEOL(A) E4, but that seemed like the least promising lane, and I didn't give it enough time. All those hundreds of hours I've spent looking at those lists, and then I miss something from there. But it pays to remember that all the study in the world can't guarantee that you'll find the word. It merely increases your chances of finding it.
>Carl: ?CDNNOY A1 CaNDY +48 436
#note I saw CaNYON but didn't want to empty the bag. Quackle says: why not? He can't possibly have a bingo that beats you. (-10) #scaredycatscaredycatnyahnyahnyahnyahnyahnyah
>Alec: EOORSTT N5 TORTES +28 353
#note 14J ROOST is a much better play; it does not give back O4 DONEE/RAKEE, and it blocks L12 DANK/DARK, while guaranteeing an out with whatever I draw. #visionlarge (-16)
>Carl: ADEKNOR O6 KEA +35 471
#note Somehow, I missed DARK/DANK L12. (-3) #endgamesmall
>Alec: EO B2 .OE +11 364
>Alec: (DNOR) +10 374
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