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#player1 Alec Alec
#player2 Peter_Armstrong Peter Armstrong
>Alec: AAELOSU 8H AUA +6 6
#note CoCo Seattle Scrabble tournament round 5. I have heard it said that on an opening turn, one should exchange rather than playing a low-scoring vowel dump, to avoid allowing eights. That is especially true here, as I can keep a better leave after exchanging AOU. #strategysmall
>Peter_Armstrong: LV I7 L.V +11 11
>Alec: EEGLOOS 10F GOOSE +19 25
#note 7F GOEL# is the clear best play, as it preserves the closed position and keeps the best possible leave, including an S to hook onto AUA# or LUV. #strategymedium
>Peter_Armstrong: ELT 7G TE.L +9 20
>Alec: AEEHLOO 11E OOH +20 45
>Peter_Armstrong: EEINRRT 6A TERRINE +63 83
>Alec: AEEEILR A2 REAL.IE +24 69
#note According to Championship Player, REALTIE# has the highest valuation, but 12E EE# has the highest win chance; 5C EALE# is second in both categories. I see no reason not to take the points and defense; the leaves AEILR and EIR aren't all that great, especially after Peter blocks the T.
>Peter_Armstrong: DKNU 5E DUNK +29 112
>Alec: AAEHIOP H1 HOPA. +45 114
>Peter_Armstrong: DIIOO E3 OI..OID +9 121
>Alec: AAEIRRU 6J AUREI +14 128
#note AUREI does surprisingly well considering that six plays have better equity---the top equity play, I1 AUA#, doesn't even appear on Championship Player's list---but 3H PARURE ends up with the highest valuation by a smidgen. Why PARURE performs better than PARURA is a mystery. #questionable
>Peter_Armstrong: BM 4D M.B +19 140
>Alec: ACDEGRW 12A WAGED +31 159
#note I saw GAWD# at D1 before it was blocked, but not at 5K. Oops. #visionmedium
>Peter_Armstrong: INTY A11 T.INY +33 173
>Alec: ?ABCRRT N4 TR.BRACh +67 226
#note N1 CaTBRIAR/CATBRIeR. #findingmedium
>Peter_Armstrong: AFM 8L FA.M +39 212
>Alec: ?DEIILW O1 WILI +27 253
#note The only bingos are 1G WHIlLIED# and WHILlIED, which I did not know. However, Quackle prefers 13A IWI#, which keeps a better leave than WILI# (including two vowels, which is important given the consonant-heavy pool) and gives me a chance to play a bingo from 1H-1O next turn. I considered 9M WAI#, with the same idea; but WAI performs slightly worse than IWI and the bingos, likely because it blocks column L. #strategymedium #knowledgemedium
>Peter_Armstrong: CNTU M11 CUNT +15 227
>Alec: ?DEEGNN 13D NEEDiNG +67 320
>Peter_Armstrong: Q H12 Q. +20 247
>Alec: AEIJSVZ 15H JAZIES +76 396
#note All the 100% winning plays block 15G SEXPOTS or leave a tile in the bag. O11 AVIZE# loses by two points!
>Peter_Armstrong: EOPSSTY 1E TYP.OSES +67 314
>Peter_Armstrong: EOPSSTY -- -67 247
#note The best endgame is 12K SOUS + B10 PEATY, to be played in either order. Peter may have conflated TYPHOSE and PHYTOSES#. (-43)
>Alec: FVX 2G V.X +13 409
>Peter_Armstrong: EOPSSTY B10 PE.TY +46 293
>Alec: F G9 F.. +13 422
>Peter_Armstrong: OSS (time) -10 283
>Alec: (OSS) +6 428
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