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#player1 Stefan_Kac Stefan Kac
#player2 Emely_Weissman Emely Weissman
>Stefan_Kac: ?BCIRRW -BRW +0 0
#note 29th Silicon Valley Classic
14 August, 2021
Game 8
So begins the second round robin. Sorry sim, I'm just not playing the C and keeping the W here unless it scores massively and/or gives back nothing. Among exchanges sim does prefer this one.
>Emely_Weissman: II -II +0 0
>Stefan_Kac: ?CEIRSV 8G CuRSIVE +80 80
#note After opp's counterexchange, VoICERS is probably best. Opp knew (CURSIVE)LY and I didn't, but I got lucky enough merely to miss it several times rather than give it back.
>Emely_Weissman: AZ J6 ZA. +32 32
>Stefan_Kac: AADEIOO K3 ODEA +21 101
#note Major clerical fail here as I did not write down my post-bingo draw. This is a recurring problem. I'm 90% confident in my reconstruction of the mid-game, which now represents far more effort than the learning opportunities here justify. DOO(Z)IE and (Z)OOID do just slightly better than ODEA, I assume because ODEA gives back way too much. I can def get with DOOZIE here as it makes for open board fun time.
>Emely_Weissman: JMO 3J M.JO +26 58
>Stefan_Kac: AIIORTW L3 .OW +37 138
>Emely_Weissman: EEINNRT 2D INTERNE +67 125
>Stefan_Kac: AHIIIRT 1H AIRTH +49 187
#note Thaaat's right, this was the game where I kept having to keep two IIs. Nothing sims close to this, but uh...
>Emely_Weissman: AKPR 1A PARK +56 181
>Stefan_Kac: AEIIIIX -AEIII +0 187
#note Yup. I am a two-ply kind of simmer, and it figures that a two-plyer would encourage me to play 3F AXE and keep IIII. I couldn't talk myself into it. As for keeping XI instead of AXE or EX, my thinking was that IIs are actually quite nice tiles as long as you don't have more than one, and I am many times more likely to double up on AAs or EEs here. I also reeeally hate keeping unbalancedly on a midgame exchange, no matter the pecularities of board position nor the low chances of actually bingoing with the X. The rejoinder, I now see, is that there is not currently a XI spot on the board, but there is the AXE spot which I've just passed up and which seems more likely to stay open than to get blocked. According to sim this is a 3 point mistake. I am not so sure. I think this is a long-game play that you make on certain boards against certain opponents, whereas keeping or playing AXE is more of a short-term play that you make against certain other opponents on certain other boards. That thinking did work out, this time. As for E2 (N)IXIE, it sims pretty much the same as all of these other choices, but I have no idea what kind of board or opponent would dictate that kind of play. I can't think of any.
>Emely_Weissman: ?EFGNTU I8 .EFUTiNG +62 243
>Stefan_Kac: ADILOTX 3F OX +36 223
#note Well look at that, a nice balanced rack. Passing up 2A plays to ensure maximum volatility, and passing up 12G OX(T)AIL to keep the rack together.
>Emely_Weissman: DIIV L8 .IVID +24 267
>Stefan_Kac: ADILOTY 15I .OATILY +36 259
#note The problem with this phoney is I've gotten away with it so many times that now I think it's good. I am in a bit of trouble here if I don't know (CuRSIVE)LY. This bailed me out.
>Emely_Weissman: BGO K11 BOG +23 290
>Stefan_Kac: DEISUUY A1 .UDU +8 267
#note Good thing I left this spot open with OX. [-sad trombone-] Sim says exchanging UUY is 2 better. I don't remember if I had 14J in mind here, but I think holding the Y for that spot makes this play defensible. B1 (A)DIEU just doesn't do it for me but somehow sims ok.
>Emely_Weissman: EMPT M11 TEMP. +27 317
>Stefan_Kac: EHINSUY 14F HIN.Y +40 307
>Emely_Weissman: EFGIO 13B FOGIE +23 340
>Stefan_Kac: AELQRSU O8 SQUAREL. +113 420
>Emely_Weissman: EEIW 14B EW +25 365
>Stefan_Kac: ADELOST B4 SOLATED +66 486
#note LULZ. I should turn it ninety degrees.
>Emely_Weissman: AABEILN A7 BANAL +36 401
>Stefan_Kac: CENRS M1 SC.RE +26 512
>Emely_Weissman: EI G7 I.E +7 408
>Emely_Weissman: (N) +2 410
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