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#player1 cesar cesar
#player2 john_karris john karris
>cesar: ADEGKOS 8H OK +12 12
#note the previous game against chris schneider was one of the worst games i've ever played. i know i like saying that a lot and hyperbolizing, but it really truly was; it's up on cross-tables for your viewing needs. i still blame it on that first round loss; i truly believe that if i had won the first game i would have won this tournament, but instead i am sitting here at 5-7 with 8 games to go. after tacos el gordo, one of my favorite restaurants in north america, i felt like it would be a waste of my time and money to not give it my very best shot, so i resolved to play the next 8 games as well as i possibly could. i think KEG or OAKED are a little better than my move, though. -1.5 #strategysmall
>john_karris: DEERRTT H5 RET.RTeD +60 60
>cesar: AADEGMS 5E SMA.AGDE +98 110
>john_karris: EE I7 E.E +15 75
>cesar: ABLNQSU L1 QUAL. +48 158
>john_karris: EINRU 1J RE.UIN +45 120
>cesar: BENSTVX J7 NEXT +33 191
>john_karris: BIO 4D BIO +16 136
>cesar: BERRSSV 11G V.RSE +26 217
#note 3J BRAVE is fine. i hold a bunch of the hooks for it. -2 #strategysmall
>john_karris: AZ F10 ZA +39 175
>cesar: BDLORSU 3F DRUB +17 234
#note i did actually see BUSLOAD but i didn't love using my S like that. dunno, DRUB is overall pretty weak, i suppose. should just take the points. -5 #strategymedium
>john_karris: HOP 12D HOP +30 205
>cesar: AGILOSV 13A VIGA +21 255
#note -1, quackle like using the S again, for C9 AVISO. eep. i don't think HOP actually implies he has the S, though, but if he did would that make AVISO even worse? #strategysmall -- another move that looks good here is 13B AVO, which blocks the S but doesn't give up pts like VIGA.
>john_karris: ACIRT A10 CRA.IT +36 241
>john_karris: ACIRT -- -36 205
>cesar: GILNOOS M5 SOLOING +73 328
>john_karris: CLT 8L C.LT +27 232
>cesar: HIOOPUW A13 .OW +27 355
>john_karris: EE G11 .EE +18 250
>cesar: EHIIOPU O8 .OUPIE +9 364
>john_karris: IW - +0 250
#note he challenged
>cesar: DHIINTY 15A .ITHY +18 382
#note quackle never likes plays like this, but i'm fine with it. just trying to avoid miracles. -6 vs the straightforward B10 TIYIN.. #strategylarge ?
>john_karris: IW 10D WI. +15 265
>cesar: DFFIN 13L FIF. +20 402
#note sadly i didn't write down my full rack. i did write down on the back of my scoresheet "perjuror" though, as i watched a young player next to me play this word, which i was about 95% sure was phony, on someone, getting away with it, among many other phonies throughout the three days, and then i wondered how many phonies i could have played this tournament.
>john_karris: MO N6 MO. +23 288
>cesar: ADEILNT 14I NIDATE +35 437
#note this seemed like a decent block, but it could backfire. DILATE is a little harder to underlap (LA LI LO vs NA NE NO NU with the blanks as vowels), and there are two Ns left. -3 #findingmedium
>john_karris: ?ACENRS 15G CrANERS +94 382
>john_karris: ?ACENRS -- -94 288
>cesar: AAJLNY 15J NAY +28 465
>john_karris: ?ACENRS 6B CRAmS +25 313
>cesar: AJL D8 JA. +21 486
>john_karris: EN 2G EN +6 319
>john_karris: (L) +2 321
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