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#character-encoding UTF-8
#player1 llamaste Mark Garrod
#player2 skaplan31 Samuel Kaplan
#description Created with Macondo
>llamaste: BBFRTTV - +0 0
#note Rd 3 Philly virtual 9-9-2021. I'm 1st.
>skaplan31: EHIJTUX 8F JEHU +28 28
#note While I did see 8F JEUX, I am 0-2 with a -111 spread and in dead last. Mark was in 2nd being 1-1 +153. Considering this is a 4 game sprint, I have nothing to lose at this point trying to get myself up there in the standings. So the only way to do that is to hope to be able to take advantage of the 2 X hotspots I set up by doing this rather unconventional placement over the 8G placement.
>llamaste: BBFRTTV -BBFTV +0 0
#note Perhaps Mark suspected I had the X, but this exchange is reasonable.
>skaplan31: AINOOTX 9E TOXIN +55 83
#note Looks decent, but 9F OXO is slightly better equity. Still glad I got to use my X hotspot.
>llamaste: AFNORTZ 7G RAFT +39 39
#note I definitely like this over 10B ZONA to keep scoring potential for future turns.
>skaplan31: ADIOPRY 10E OY +36 119
#note Best play.
>llamaste: GINOPRZ 11B ZING +36 75
>skaplan31: ADIIPRW B9 WI.ARD +42 161
#note Best play.
>llamaste: ADOOOPR A12 POOD +42 117
#note Looks good again.
>skaplan31: ?EEIOPU A7 UPO +20 181
>llamaste: AEEELOR C11 .LEA +23 140
>skaplan31: ?EEEILS C3 ELEgISE +73 254
#note Safer is greater here than any option at J9 or K7.
>llamaste: ADEEIOR 4B O.EA +8 148
#note I really like 12A (PAL)EA setting up his other E. This was definitely an interesting play.
>skaplan31: ?ACEIIV E3 C.VIE +20 274
#note Row 5 is too dangerous to leave open with a lead like this. I like the short term defensive value of the move and can have at least 1 lane to myself now.
>llamaste: ADEINQR 3E .INQ +16 164
#note Nice play.
>skaplan31: ?AAIRRR 4G AIR +18 292
#note I did see H1 fA(Q)IR, but this is definitely OK for, again, short term defense while retaining my blank.
>llamaste: ADEGORS F2 G. +7 171
#note DOGEARS does play at K1 for 76 and 10I for 71.
>skaplan31: ?ABGRRS B2 BR. +12 304
#note Looked for a while, I did see BARGERS* but didn't think it was good. It's not.
>llamaste: ADELORS 15C LOADERS +82 253
#note Definitely Mark's best play.
>skaplan31: ?AEGRST K5 RESTAGe +86 390
#note Yep. This game's likely to be mine at this point. This, GaSTREA, and GASTERs all do the job nicely.
>llamaste: DHIINTT L9 HINT +23 276
>skaplan31: ABEEFSU J5 EF. +29 419
#note Best play.
>llamaste: DINNOTU M7 DUIT +19 295
#note M11 DONUT looks to be better equity, but I like this move better at this score. He does need to open up.
>skaplan31: ABCESUW L4 CAW +28 447
#note Mhm
>llamaste: AELNNOT 8M .N +2 297
#note Very nice fish- he can hit ETALONS in 3 spots (O2, 13F, and 14I) as well as TOLANES only at O2 and 13F and ANOLYTE only at 14I.
>skaplan31: BEKMMSU O8 SEBUM +45 492
#note At this point, the only playable bingo I saw for him was 14I ANOLYTE, which I'd have to sacrifice so many points to block. My only issue was not being able to go out in 1 move, but I'm up by enough that I can confidently outrun so that I can just take this spot.
>llamaste: AELNOTV N12 OVAL +18 315
#note I like the following endgame better for him: he does N11 NOVEL, then I would have gotten some points off my rack either way with G13 KY(E) either way, then he goes out with O14 TA.
>skaplan31: KMY G13 KY. +15 507
#note I7 (FUN)KY would have been the same score on this turn as well.
>llamaste: ENT 13G .ENT +9 324
#note While I won't be able to win a 4th tourney in a row, I do have nice spread now and could very well finish 2nd of 6. So let's see what happens. My bold placement of 8F JEHU did pay dividends, and it was a risk worth taking given my position in the standings. Finally a good one was played.
>llamaste: (M) +6 330
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