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#player1 Noah Noah
#player2 Jackson Jackson
>Noah: AAEIIMU -AIIU +0 0
#note Round 16 from our 50-game blitz match. 3 mins per side. I annotated this seriously as though we put all these thoughts into the positions while we played them. IRL, most of the decisions in blitz are made very intuitively, rather than involving much technicality or calculation. Still, the intuitive decisions generally mirror the technique.
Seems like he kept AEM here, although sometimes ISC misreports exchanges. EM is standard, but AEM does really well actually - the M is notoriously good with vowels, so AEM may be an exception to the rule. sims best
>Jackson: DGKNNRT -DGKN +0 0
#note I liked keeping the most bingo prone leave, especially after his exchange. I feel like NRT is standard anyways.
>Noah: AAEEMMY 8H MAMEY +32 32
>Jackson: ?ANORTZ 7H AZON +54 54
#note Played this pretty quickly over NOTARIZE, out of defense and generally cause the leave makes the sacrifice worth it. I didn't consider ZONA for 1 more, but I like this more anyways to make a better lane for myself on row 6, rather than give up more on column M. sims best
>Noah: AEEERTU 9K EAU +12 44
>Jackson: ?ADGIRT 9C DIRTbAG +82 136
>Noah: EERTTTV D7 TR.VET +20 64
#note a move that looks straightforward that is actually interesting! 10b VET, E4 VETTE(R), and E8 T(R)EVET all look interesting. At this point, noah is surely worried about the closing of space, particularly the top o the board. the AMA front hook gives a bit of a lifeline for the top of the board, along with the lanes in DIRT. However, after a play like TRIVET, the AMA hooks ar eblocked, and only the marginal C/E columns and F columns can be used to access the top. the bottom of the board is much less likely to be closed, in part because it's usually the top left that gets closed, so that will be my priority, and because on this board (like usual), there are more ways to back hook plays to go downward to open the bottom. This is to say I think Noah should make the play that gives the best access longterm to the top of the board. TRIVET bingoes the most next turn by a small amount (about tied with VET and 0.5% more than VETTE(R), and 2% more than T(R)EVET), but I think the other plays do a better job of accessing the top of the board. I think I'd play VETTE(R) here, cause it reaches the farthest to the top, and plays through the V can fork the board. I can see the idea with TREVET too though, keeping the C column open and 6 row alive. TRIVET does sim best but I think longterm it leads to more closed boards.
>Jackson: ACDEPRT 11B PR.ACTED +76 212
>Noah: EEFNOST 12H FOE +22 86
#note a rare bingo miss from noah! OFTENEST F2 is 65
>Jackson: AEEHIKY 13J HIYA +25 237
#note I missed 8A plays, notably KYA(R) and KIE(R). Both are good cause they don't give back good lanes to Noah. In the longterm plan to keep quadrants closed, it seems like this area (C and E and F columns) are in a way more dangerous than the 13 row. HIYA does a nice job of closing the 13 row, but CEF bingoes are gonna open the board a lot more for a comeback. KIER doesn't exactly block the lanes, but at least does the first part in a two turn plan to close them. I think I like HIER here, to keep a less risky leave than KYAR, and cause the Y is a better lane to hit for Noah.
>Noah: EENPQST M12 Q.T +12 98
>Jackson: EEIJKSU 15I JUKES +30 267
#note E4 JUKE is 32, but I think this lane needs to be addressed. There are some other nice defensive plays if QAT hadn't been played, like JUS(T)I(C)E and JEE(R), which both enact the same first step out of two in closing the upper left side. This might seem like overkill to sacrifice 2 points over JUKE while keeping a FAR worse leave, but I think it's justified with such a lead and one clearly amazing lane.
>Noah: EENOPSS 8A SPO.E +26 124
#note I might just do PO(R)E here. He may be worried I have a second S after JUKES since I made such a big sacrifice, but I don't think he should be too surprised that I'd play JUKES without a second S. PORE is really hard to block, and although it's doable, 7a 2 tile plays usually don't do the trick cause almost any letter will let him at least score quite well. I could play stuff like GI(P) to mostly block, but I don't always have such a good play. I don't know if PORE is actually better, cause SPORE does force a low scoring block as well, but I think he can often recoupe the 15 points he sacrifices since my PORE blocks let him score much more than my SPORE blocks.
>Jackson: EINNOUW A8 .UN +3 270
#note A pretty forced block at this point. The marginal 13 row and F column lanes are gonna be annoying, but hopefully I can stall so that he hits them late enough it's too late for a comeback.
>Noah: EEELNSW B5 WEE. +11 135
>Jackson: BEIINOW A4 BOW +21 291
>Noah: DELNOSS C2 OLDEN +24 159
#note sets up the g and H hooks
>Jackson: DEIINNO D2 DIE +19 310
>Noah: ILLNRSS 4C ..LL +5 164
>Jackson: AIINNOT 5E OI +10 320
#note thought I had IODINATION for a sec haha. Noah's doing a good job of forcing open new lanes each turn to distract from the TRIVETS lane (and keeping both Ss to maximize the chance that a bingo will hit the trivets spot). I'm also lucky to be getting nice blocks each time - without a balanced rack, it would be hard to properly deal with the openings. Worth noting that I played OI over ION to prevent H1 plays that score/open the board.
>Noah: INORSSV J4 VRO.. +12 176
>Jackson: ABINNRT 5H BA.N +12 332
>Noah: CIINOSS 2B I..IC +28 204
#note At some point he'll wanna do (Q)I, it's a lane that's really hard ot block if I don't have the blank or the X, both of which are decently not in my range after BARN and other plays (blank more likely than x, albeit). He could do QI this turn, he hits with 10/18 tiles in the pool. Also at this point it's kinda too lane to win without a crazy miracle. He needs two bingoes, which I guessss could happen after QI and a bingo that opens a second spot to trivets. supremely unlikely though, but I think QI is probably the call.
>Jackson: AILNRRT B10 A.T +11 343
#note just putting the nail in the coffin, blocking TRIVETS.
>Noah: EHNOSSU 1A SOH +30 234
>Jackson: GIILNRR L8 ..RN +7 350
#note I guess IRK is fine
>Noah: AEFNSUX N6 FAUX +33 267
>Jackson: GGIIILR 4J .IG +16 366
#note VIGIL is better, didn't see it
>Noah: ?ENS O5 tENS +22 289
#note Noah went overtime on VROOM, so final score 366-291.
>Noah: (GIILR) +12 301
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