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#player1 hellacia ROBIN Lewis
#player2 skaplan31 Samuel Kaplan
#description Created with Macondo
>hellacia: AEIKNQR 8G QI +22 22
#note Rd 4 Philly virtual 11-21-2021
>skaplan31: FHIRSVW 9F FISH +29 29
#note Looks fine, I preferred this over SHIV to force underlaps that would give me back some more points. Also, this was less likely to get hooked with FISHY than the SHIVS hook, or even WISH with SWISH.
>hellacia: AEKNNRT 7H TRANK +13 35
>skaplan31: AGPRRVW J6 V.W +17 46
#note Especially considering Robin's last move looked like a Z setup, I'm glad to have a way of freeing up some clunk and preventing the big Z play from happening. K3 PRAW(N) was also considered, but this way I can at least retain my only vowel.
>hellacia: AEIMNOR 10I MORAINE +70 105
#note Nice play.
>skaplan31: ADGPRRR O6 PARR.D +27 73
#note Not sure that I really care for PARGED here due to the RR leave.
>hellacia: AEILNOU L2 UNALI.E +24 129
#note Looks good.
>skaplan31: DGLMRST 2J GL.M +11 84
#note The last time I had an S, the only way I can get out of the bad rack was to score decently with it. I would have only scored so many more with it now that I didn't feel that it was worth it. 2J GLUMS I suppose would have been OK, I think I allowed emotions to influence this move too much. #strategymedium
>hellacia: EELOOUV 10B OVULE +19 148
#note That's a lucky break for me that she didn't see GLUME plays.
>skaplan31: ADEFRST 11M FA. +14 98
#note Unfortunately, neither did I, and N1 DEF would have been worth it for 30.
>hellacia: ADEOOST 1M ODE +16 164
>skaplan31: ADEGRST 4H GRAD.TES +63 161
#note Thank you.
>hellacia: AEIORST C7 TRA.OISE +76 240
#note Or go back to where I was before GRADATES was played.
>skaplan31: BEHIJNW H1 WHI. +33 194
>hellacia: ?BCEIOU 8A CU.B +33 273
#note Her only bingo here is D1 CIBOUlE for 78.
>skaplan31: BDEEJNS 12B J.BE +26 220
#note Definitely liked this over JIBED here. Sim puts me at around 19% to win after JIBE vs 16% for JIBED.
>hellacia: ?EIIOOY 11E YE +28 301
#note I like B12 JOY better for Robin here. It's definitely worth it to play thru this rack despite how ugly it looks. And it's more defensive.
>skaplan31: DEENOSY B12 .OY +38 258
#note I'll take that spot now.
>hellacia: ?EIIOOT N10 ..OI +4 305
>skaplan31: DEENNST A13 DEN +22 280
#note N1 (D)EN(E) is better for the score and leave. #visionlarge
>hellacia: ?EEGIOT A1 GEOdETI. +80 385
#note Only bingo for her and nice find.
>skaplan31: AEINSTT 15C SATINET +86 366
#note Come to think of it, I clearly did not even see (or consider) doing N1 DE. That is a stronger play because there is no place on the board for Robin to do ZAX besides G11, and this at least forces Robin to seriously consider which lane to block- the TRAVOISES hook or the CURBS hook. It would have forced Robin to potentially empty the bag herself and if I do bingo, I could get enough points off her rack in some cases to win that way if she did not draw ZAX. DE does give me around 19% winning chances. The only way to win after SATINET is if I happen to pick the blank. Turns out, I couldn't even draw an out in more than 1 spot with what was in the bag. I could have drawn STATINg, STATINs, or ATTAINS just to name a few. This one quickly turned sour, and it's truly amazing how sometimes there's a way to increase my win % by so much that I just wouldn't have thought of.
>hellacia: ?ACLPXZ 14E AX +52 437
#note Nice play here knowing G12 NOU(N) was my only out play.
>skaplan31: NOU M13 ON +8 374
#note Purposely passed up 14E AXON and N6 UN to block Robin's clear best play of 13K CaP(I)Z and make her eat the C.
>hellacia: ?CLPZ G11 ZeP +31 468
#note All according to plan. Yay.
>skaplan31: U 6N U. +6 380
#note Or K2 LUD.
This pre-endgame was unfortunately too short-sighted and I relied too much on trying to hope she didn't have the right stuff instead of keeping her on her toes. I just never know when purposely passing up a bingo in a pre-endgame is a high level play, which in this case it would have been. I'm quickly sinking in the standings now being 2-2 with negative spread.
>skaplan31: (CL) +8 388
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