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#player1 Zach_Ansell Zach Ansell
#player2 Stefan_Kac Stefan Kac
>Zach_Ansell: DEEFX 8H FEDEX +48 48
>Stefan_Kac: AACIOQZ J5 AZI.O +35 35
#note 29th Silicon Valley Classic
14 August, 2021
Game 6
Wait, I seriously didn't play QA(D)I?
>Zach_Ansell: GHUV K2 VUGH +32 80
>Stefan_Kac: ACLOQSU I3 QUA +28 63
#note UGH. This is the best play but it's not "good" and I spent like five minutes looking for alternatives.
>Zach_Ansell: IT 6H TI. +25 105
>Stefan_Kac: CILOSTW 10F WILTS +36 99
#note Whoops, this is the one that doesn't hook. I knew that six months ago, and now I'll know for five more months. This steals several points of equity versus the quite uninspiring 9I W(O)T or W(O).
>Zach_Ansell: DEIMP H10 .IMPED +42 147
>Stefan_Kac: BCDENOP 12F CO.PEND +28 127
>Zach_Ansell: ?AENNST 14G N.ATNESs +68 215
>Stefan_Kac: ABCIKNO 9E OAK +28 155
#note Already in deep doodoo here and need to open. KAB and KOB score more and are the best chances to bingo immediately, but I'm more concerned with keeping the board open long-term. Sim says just OK is preferable here, and in hindsight that seems right; it keeps better and still opens up six-tile plays from 8A. I think my chances to win after KAB or KOB are worse than q says they are.
>Zach_Ansell: LLOY 4K .OLLY +26 241
>Stefan_Kac: BCGINVY 8A VYING +42 197
#note I forget about (FEDEX)ING, never see or consider it, and tunnel in on my previously outlined strategy. If I had played OK instead of OAK, then FEDEXING would definitely be the play here. As it is I think VYING is defensible because my leave after FEDEXING is horrible, I'm still down big tempo, and I probably don't draw the S(OAK) hook burning only three tiles. Ymmv.
>Zach_Ansell: IMR O1 MIR. +27 268
>Stefan_Kac: ABCFISW M3 F.AW +20 217
#note Terrible options here overall, and I choose poorly from among them. K7 F(E)W sims 4 better than F(L)AW. M10 FISC(S) feels like punting on the game, but so does my play.
>Zach_Ansell: ORT 15E TRO. +7 275
>Stefan_Kac: BBCIOOS N2 BI.BO +47 264
>Zach_Ansell: ANTU O6 TUNA +18 293
>Stefan_Kac: CINOSST 10L TICS +17 281
#note Somehow I'm still in this game, but I def don't deserve to win at this point. I can take the lead by playing the word on my rack for 39, or I can get 24 for 7L OS. Better conserving my time for this part of the game would make a huge difference.
>Zach_Ansell: AOR 15J OAR +11 304
>Stefan_Kac: EEEENOS 13L OE +13 294
#note This sims best, and somehow I am still almost 25% to win.
>Zach_Ansell: ?AEEELR A6 RE.EALEr +61 365
>Stefan_Kac: EEEINRS B10 SIREN +23 317
#note A day late and a consonant short.
>Zach_Ansell: ADGHJRU C4 HADJ. +24 389
>Stefan_Kac: EE 2J E.E +8 325
>Stefan_Kac: (GRU) +8 333
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