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#player1 cesar cesar
#player2 bruce_d bruce d
>cesar: DILMTVW 8G VIM +16 16
#note i knew that VIM was the best simming play here, but i don't like it one bit. i think i need to exchange and make up the equity difference in the next few turns. i can't be futzing around. this is game 1. i need to establish an early lead and win the damn game. quackle thinks the best exchange here is -DMVW and it sims about 5 points back from my move. i would do that next time.
>bruce_d: FOP 9H FOP +19 19
>cesar: DEJLTTW 10I WELT +23 39
#note it's going to be a bunch of forced moves now.
>bruce_d: AEINRV 11E RAVINE +32 51
>cesar: CDEGJTZ F10 G.DJE +20 59
#note i don't know if this is an overreaction. do i just play Z(A)G? GADJE sacrifices a lot of points but gets rid of some ugliness. CDEJT doesn't strike me as an appetizing leave. i suppose if i draw another E i can get JETTED for a few points, or DEJECT, etc. i hate this and should have exchanged on my first move. quackle thinks the sacrifice from GADJE is not worth it as i only get slightly more points next turn with GADJE than ZAG, but i'm sacrificing 13 pts now. makes sense that this is such a big equity loss. -10.5 #strategylarge
>bruce_d: EIMX 12B MIXE. +32 83
>cesar: CHORSTZ C9 ZOR.S +48 107
#note now i have to play off my S just to catch me up. this game sucks. i should have spotted ICHOR at H11 which even though it sims worse i like a little better.
>bruce_d: ADN D8 DAN +19 102
>cesar: ACCGHTU L8 CU.CH +30 137
#note when i choose to play all ugly i have to play as precisely as possible. maybe a robot can play perfectly after VIM, but i have to be able to find the somewhat hard to anagram CATGUT through the T and see that it's better than CUTCH. keeping the H is nice for the possibility at B10, and CH has good synergy as well. -4.5 #findingmedium
>bruce_d: IKN B12 .INK +22 124
>cesar: AADEGOT A13 TAO +32 169
#note i finally drew a bingo.. and it's collins-only. i don't think i can get away with it.
>bruce_d: ABR 8L .RAB +24 148
>cesar: ADEGORS E7 DOG +21 190
#note he played CRAB too quickly. he has a bingo there a lot of the time, but he probably has it even if i block CRAB. AG bingoes more often, but i wanted to open an additional lane.. so i don't know. if we give him a leave of ATS? for giggles, my move rises up a little higher, but G13 OD is at the top, i guess opening another triple for me to use or something. not a good position for me, but this is all a result of VIM. i'm going to be down my next move unless i bingo back. -0.5 #strategysmall
>bruce_d: ?AEEINT O8 .ETAINEs +80 228
>cesar: AEEIRSY N13 AYE +25 215
#note I HATE THE LETTER Y SO MUCH. M12 AYE actually sims just a tad higher than my play, despite scoring 8 fewer - i knew my play was inviting a big annoying comeback as well. damn it. #strategysmall
>bruce_d: EOW M12 OWE +35 263
>cesar: EEIRRSS 7J RISE +21 236
#note unbelievable, drawing bingoes every turn now and unable to fit them, what a mess of a game.
>bruce_d: AFLRU 13F .ARFUL +21 284
#note scoring and racing me to the second blank
>cesar: DERSTTU K5 TU. +6 242
#note another homeless bingo. quackle likes H13 RUT but i need something to happen. i know i'm giving up some points here but i don't know how else to open the board.
>bruce_d: IQ L4 QI +24 308
#note lol
>cesar: DEGLRST N6 GR.TED +28 270
#note just score and hope for a blank i guess
>bruce_d: INY M3 YIN +26 334
>cesar: ?AILOOS F4 OLIO +9 279
#note the bag looks good and i'm bingoing a ton of the time, but i need to leave 1 in the bag so he doesn't just play 1 off, as i need to bingo out to win (i get outscored too often at 14J if i don't bingo out). playing LOOS at N1 is cool but after his inevitable block my bingo only fits in one spot. playing OLIO at O3 might be a little better than my play as it decreases his bingo chances; i was just thinking i'd need every possible lane here, but i think my OLIO may be a mistake as it turned out.
>bruce_d: AEEHLNS 4A ENHAL.ES +76 410
#note ARGH WTF
>cesar: ?ABOPST 2G SPAmBOT +67 346
#note spent forever trying to find a triple triple and ran out of time. i hope i would have found POSTBAg if the game depended on it. -14 #findinglarge
>cesar: (U) +2 348
#note i absolutely knew i was going to have a bad tournament after this game. it really sucks to lose the opening game, and as much as i need to practice zen and whatever, you just know it's not your tournament after this. i was not feeling it. i do need to practice staying calm before nationals though, and i should have made more of an effort here.
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