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#player1 Mark_Miller Mark Miller
#player2 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
>Mark_Miller: BEGOT 8D BEGOT +22 22
#note Sooo....an interesting start to the tourney before Rd 1 even started: Tijan Jeng, who I was initially supposed to play in Rd 1, forgot about Daylight Savings so he missed his ride to the tourney. Therefore, I had a bye before the directors switched up the pairings for the first 5 rounds.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EJOORSU F6 JU. +27 27
#note Too focused on shedding the J and U...JEU 7G obviously.
>Mark_Miller: DM G7 M.D +18 40
>Samuel_Kaplan: EIIOORS 10F OI +11 38
#note Best play! Unfortunately, my S isn't super useful on this board so far.
>Mark_Miller: ?ABDGIR D5 DRA.BInG +76 116
#note Not sure if Mark saw this, but GA(B)BRoID also plays. This play is fine, GABBROIDS* and DRABBINGS* are both not good.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EINORSS 12A SEI.NORS +61 99
#note GORINESS is the real bingo in this rack, but this looked plausible enough. This is phony.
>Mark_Miller: CEELW A7 CLEWE. +33 149
#note This is also phony. Sounds like KREWES.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEEKQRU C5 EEK +28 127
#note It was tempting to take the points with C10 QUIRE, but EQRU is better than EEK, and any QUIRE plays are were not likely to get blocked immediately. This is best.
I wish that QUEER for 68 stayed open tho.
>Mark_Miller: AHY E3 YAH +32 181
>Samuel_Kaplan: CDEHQRU C10 QU.RED +44 171
#note I saw QUICHE but Row 15 is not staying open like that.
>Mark_Miller: EIORV 15C .EVOIR +33 214
>Samuel_Kaplan: CFHIITT 11H ITCH +20 191
#note Opening up the right which will be hard to block immediately.
>Mark_Miller: OOX 12K OXO +25 239
>Samuel_Kaplan: AFGIOTZ 13K GIF +40 231
#note So I might have taken out the floaters in OXO, but I score nicely while hanging onto the Z. Best play!
>Mark_Miller: AAAELLN - +0 239
#note Not actual rack. Mark exchanged 2.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAORTUZ F2 ZOA +39 270
#note I saw AZO 2E for 3 more but Mark is close to a bingo after he took some time before his exchange 2.
>Mark_Miller: ?AEILPS 9G .iPLESIA +65 304
#note Mark's best bingo was PLAInES(T), PAnEILIS(T), etc. at H1.
I cannot believe I accepted 2 phonies this game. Only DIPLEGIA is good.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AELRSTU G1 TAU +22 292
#note And now I whiff...wasn't sure if it's SALUTER or SALUTOR*. This game was very winnable.
>Mark_Miller: ANTTY 8K NATTY +36 340
#note And I would get punished very badly.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEELRRS H3 RE +10 302
#note 2D LAZAR #visionmeh
>Mark_Miller: DEINW 1G .WINED +36 376
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAELRSU 10I AA +16 318
#note Best play but it's not looking too good. And the laws of magnetism apply with the Us this game and next game: the Us are the north pole and I'm the south pole, or vice versa.
>Mark_Miller: FINO 5H FOIN +20 396
>Samuel_Kaplan: ELLNRSU L1 .ULLS +20 338
#note 4J SULLEN blocks his next play. #endgamenotgreat
>Mark_Miller: AMNPTV O4 VAMP. +19 415
>Samuel_Kaplan: ENR 10M ERN +13 351
#note Best out play.
Seems like I forgot how to play on a couple moves. I haven't lost the first game of a tourney in a while, but this game, I certainly deserved to lose. Nice job Mark!
>Samuel_Kaplan: (NT) +4 355
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