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#character-encoding UTF-8
#player1 llamaste Mark Garrod
#player2 skaplan31 Samuel Kaplan
#description Created with Macondo
>llamaste: ?AEEMNT 8B cEMENTA +72 72
#note Rd 4 Philly virtual 6-24-2021
Standings:
1st me 3-0 +126
2nd 2-1 +201
3rd 1-2 -100
4th 0-3 -227
Win and I win the tourney, lose and I finish 2nd. This start is inauspicious. I like this bingo choice over MEATmEN, METhANE, etc. to start as this takes no hooks and only offers so much back.
>skaplan31: EIMNOOP 7H PO +9 9
#note Definitely wasn't sure how to approach this turn. Given that I needed to win this game as opposed to trying to cut spread due to having a large spread lead over Mark, I wasn't in any mood to parallel all the floaters I'm gonna want to have later on. As it turns out, this was a lame and unaggressive move. I think B8 (c)OMPONE was the play I was looking for here to stay withing striking distance and not shut the board down. #findinglarge
>llamaste: AEIIKLY 9E LEAKY +33 105
#note And Mark made me pay for it both in the short term and long term. This is a nice play.
>skaplan31: AEIIMNO 10I AMNIO +18 27
#note Maybe just OI in this spot is fine, but this game is already slipping away pretty quickly.
>llamaste: EEIINRT B4 REIN.ITE +61 166
#note The 7 in this rack does play at 11E for 92. Still, I'm in big trouble already without even playing my 3rd turn.
>skaplan31: BDDEFHI A1 BIDED +36 63
#note Yep, time to score.
>llamaste: ?ACILRU A9 AURICLe +83 249
#note Mark's 3rd bingo this game is not how I'm gonna get back in this one. K5 CIsLU(N)AR is his highest scoring bingo for 86. Consider me to be a punching bag.
>skaplan31: FHLNRRX -FHLNRX +0 63
#note Gross options all around.
>llamaste: AAACPVV C3 VAV +28 277
#note Looks good to me.
>skaplan31: DDIORWY 13A .ROWDY +30 93
#note If I was in Mark's position, maybe M9 WORDY or WOODY would have been fine. Not here though.
>llamaste: AACEGNP 11I PEAN +30 307
#note A word that sounds almost like my last name is the play here, E5 CAPELAN.
>skaplan31: BDFGIOQ L7 BID..G +22 115
#note Funny theme? I suppose. This game is already lost, even though J6 QI is fine.
>llamaste: ACEEGUX 14A .EX +33 340
#note Gotta love it when a tile that was terrible for me is suddenly good for my opponent.
>skaplan31: AFOOOQT 12C FOO +38 153
>llamaste: ACEGSUU 11E CUE +22 362
>skaplan31: ANOOQST K6 QAT +18 171
>llamaste: AEGGSTU D4 SAGU. +32 394
#note Looks good again.
>skaplan31: IJNNOOS 6D .OJI +28 199
#note 9L DJIN is fine here, nothing to lose.
>llamaste: AEFGOTU B1 OF +24 418
>skaplan31: HINNOSW M12 OWN +15 214
>llamaste: AEGRTTU 14J GRU.T +20 438
>skaplan31: EHIILNS 15G HILI +24 238
#note O12 HISN. This game has been a nightmare.
>llamaste: AELRTTZ 1A ..RTZ +17 455
>skaplan31: EEHNSSS O10 SNEESH +37 275
#note Oh, now I found a play. Kinda late for that when, you know, the game was lost a while ago.
>llamaste: AELRT 2E ALTER +18 473
#note Sometimes I just get outplayed, and this was one of those games. Well done Mark. Congrats on winning the tourney!
>llamaste: (S) +2 475
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