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#player1 Carl Carl
#player2 Will Will
>Carl: EEGQTUY 8F QUEY +32 32
#note This was the last game of Day 4 and received a lot of attention at the time. As of this game, my record against Will is currently 0-4.
>Will: AAEILNU F8 .UAI +15 15
#note For those of you playing Annotated Game Yahtzee, this gets you the 'two consecutive misspellings of QUAY' award, plus the 'cray-cray' award if you're playing Annotated Slang With a Speech Impediment Yahtzee.
>Carl: EGSTTUU E11 GUT +14 46
>Will: AEGLNNP 12E .LPAN +22 37
>Carl: CEFGSTU H11 F.CET +30 76
#note The right play here is to just go for it with FUG 11H. If I had done that, I might have won this game. (-4) #strategysmall
>Will: AEEGLNO 15B ELONGA.E +60 97
>Carl: EGSUWYZ 14B YEW +35 111
#note This sims slightly better than SEZ J8, keeping garbage.
>Will: ADENNOW 9F .NWON +24 121
>Carl: GIOSSUZ 11H .UGIO +20 131
#note Sid pointed out SNUG J8, which sims even with FUGIO, but is probably a little bit better. Quackle always underrates defensive moves like that. Another option, which I didn't see, is OUZEL C11. OUZEL wins the sim, but I like SNUG best. (-1) #visionsmall
>Will: AADEILP 12L PAID +26 147
>Carl: AEEISSZ O12 .AZE +42 173
#note The commentators liked my play alright, but SIZED O8 wins the sim. For just three points, it seemed worthwhile to reduce bingo lanes. As it turned out, he would have bingoed after SIZED. (-7?)
>Will: ACDELRS 13A LAC +26 173
>Carl: EIMOOSS J8 S.O. +24 197
#note With both blanks out, Quackle plays OSMOSE 10J, but the two plays sim about even.
>Will: DEERRRS 14M RE. +24 197
>Carl: EFIMOOS 10L MOFO +24 221
>Will: DEHRRST O7 THR. +21 218
>Carl: AEIRSSV N6 VIA +21 242
#note The commentators liked this play, and I was disappointed by how badly this sims relative to REVISAL/SERVAL/VERSAL. I suppose turnover is important with both blanks unseen, but I figured Will probably had one by now. Also, I acknowledge that VIS is better than VIA, except that Will would know that I have another S. (-16) #strategylarge
>Will: BDEIRST M7 BRI. +24 242
>Carl: BDERSST 14G D.BT +16 258
#note DEBS > DEBT. -3 #strategysmall
>Will: ADDENST A8 DENTA. +24 266
>Carl: EEIORSS B3 SOIREES +64 322
>Will: ?DIJNRS 4A J.INDeRS +98 364
>Carl: ?AIMORX F4 .X +8 330
#note Quackle says that EX wins 12.5% and DEX 8A wins 62.5%. That's actually not true. In fact, EX always loses, and DEX wins only 25% of the time, when I draw the E. This is because Will is forced to block both bingos with SEV, and I'll outrun him with RIOJA. I thought it would be more difficult for WIll to block both Column D and Row H, but in fact it's quite easy. EKE/OKE does the trick; No matter what I draw, I'll never have a bingo hooking ER at G2. (-20) #preendgamelarge
>Will: EEHIKLT 3B .LEEK +40 404
#note Will knew that AVIfORM# is Collins-only. He also determined that OMNIVoRA D2 is my only bingo. He saw SHEIK a little too late, but this play does the trick. It's good to know that even the best players make endgame mistakes occasionally. It's possible that time trouble factored into it since this was a pretty tight game.
>Carl: ?AIMORV H1 VIM. +27 357
>Will: HIT H6 TH.. +10 414
>Carl: ?AOR E2 f..ORA +30 387
#note Interestingly, although the commentary/chat was much harder on me for my obvious mistakes in Round 25 vs. Josh, Quackle thinks I actually played slightly better in that game than I did here. Then again, you could argue that the duck's suggestions like REVISAL are too optimistic. Will probably has a blank in that spot. On the other hand, EX vs. DEX is a 25% chance swing, which is huge! It's a great example of how media can color our perceptions of events. I was the same flawed player in both games, but came off like an idiot in the one game and a hero in the other. In any event, this was a really exciting game, and I'm glad to have put on a good show.
>Carl: (I) +2 389
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