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#player1 Josh_Sokol Josh Sokol
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Josh_Sokol: DFHMORV - +0 0
#note Exchange 4. Not actual rack. I was feeling great coming into this game with a 7-4 record but things would take a tumble shortly thereafter.
Josh: exchange FHVD keeping MOR. Not a standard-looking decision for sure. It's definitely standard to play FROM here, and if exchanging, to keep DMOR, DR or MOR seems to be stylistic. I played this knowing it probably wasn't Quackle's choice, but I'd rather not play on the post-FROM board with DHV. #questionable
>Jonathan_Lindh: AACDIIL 8H ILIAC +20 20
#note I think this is best. A number of plays sim very close together. i think the Championship Player likes mine the best.
>Josh_Sokol: ?AGMOQR J7 Q. +11 11
#note this is actually pretty sneaky, I block tons and I hit a lot of bingos to the H15 triple if it isn't blocked. IDEOGRAM, ISOGRAM, IGNORAMI (which I didn't see when thinking about the play)
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADFNOUU -FOUU +0 20
#note Sims close to the top if not at the top. This is a terrible rack for this board.
>Josh_Sokol: ?AGMORS H8 .SOGRAMs +83 94
#note Best play for Josh.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AABDENO 11C BANDA.E +22 42
#note I didn't like this play when i played but there isn't that much else to do. G12 3 letter plays close the board too much. I think BONDAGE in the same spot is probably best.
>Josh_Sokol: EIPRVVZ D10 V.V +18 112
#note This play messed me up.
Josh: I didn't see PIEZO 10D for 40, but this is much better luckily. My Z has many spots after this, and I'm nicely containing the board to the south.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AILOOTY L4 LOTI. +14 56
#note A hilarious sequence of events happened here. I orginally played COOLY and attempted to hit the SamTimer but the timer didn't register my play. I then decided I didn't like how COOLY collapsed the board and switched it to LOTIC. The Championship Player doesn't find LOTIC but when added to a sim LOTIC does pretty well.
>Josh_Sokol: EFIJPRZ 14F JI.P +31 143
#note Now Josh plays JIMP instead of JIMPER knowing I stupidly flashed a Y on the last turn. It gets better.
Josh: this was soooooo dumb. I wasn't sure which of JIMP or JIMPER to play, then after COOLY I was ready to play JIMP, and even more ready to do so when Jon hilariously switched his play after the mini timer malfunctioned, since I knew his range wasn't hitting the 15H s (which is the reason I would play JIMPER, to stop bingos from 15H all the while opening up a big spot. When I hit my clock, unfortunately, it didn't malfunction and I couldn't change my play knowing I had just gifted Jon 40 points.JIMPER sims best without an inference, and so I don't even want to infer OY and watch me bleed equity out my earholes. lmao #visionsaddest #strategystupidest
>Jonathan_Lindh: AEGY K3 YAGE +26 82
#note Now I whiff on JIMPY and make this horrible play. JIMPY would come up later in the game though.
>Josh_Sokol: EEFINRZ G13 F.E +20 163
#note I now miss a beautiful bingo of F4 FRENZIE(D), likely partially at least due to how stupid I felt that this sequence had just occurred. I definitely didn't deserve to draw into it, so let's just call it karmic intervention. I was completely drawn to fully blocking the S now.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EHINORU F7 HOUN. +11 93
#note Nothing is great here. I was trying to open up the board. The Championship Player and a sim like HOY although there are 4 A's out and if Josh has one of them HOY probably turns out badly.
>Josh_Sokol: AEEINRZ E5 ZEE +29 192
#note No Josh! Why did you have to block my nine?
Josh: My suffocating defense should not have worked this game for a variety of reasons.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEIIPRS 5E .IP +14 107
#note Josh blocked D4 PRESIDIAL which I had lined up and ready to go. I switched tactics and decided to set up my S.
>Josh_Sokol: AAINRRW M3 WAR +19 211
#note had no idea how to proceed here. I could play I3 WR(Y) I guess, but bingos play on row 2 after that. Put a lot of thought into 3F AIRWA(Y). His range is pretty thin here, bingo-ey, S for sure. WRA(P) again runs into bingos. This does too, but they don't tend to open enough space to matter long-term. I don't think he's going to score so much at H1, and he could draw into something from the A I guess. I could have played J11 RAW I assume. #questionable
>Jonathan_Lindh: DEHIRSU H1 HURDS +48 155
#note Best play.
>Josh_Sokol: AEEIKNR 10H .AKIER +22 233
#note what have I done, really felt I had squandered things. WAR had to be wrong. It's good for absolutely nothing. Say it again now.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEIIILN 3C LINIE. +14 169
#note 1H HEINIE maybe better but everything is pretty meh once again.
>Josh_Sokol: BDEGNOT 2F BO.ND +30 263
#note lucky to have escaped unscathed. Missed the much better OBT(U)ND in the same spot, although that does tend to open a lane at A1 I might have to address. This doesn't fully close 1H anyway.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EINOTUY J13 OY +40 209
#note Now I immediately see JIMPY and play it. The Champsionship Player and the sim think I should do J14 YO instead, possibly to set up 6's starting with OUT-.
>Josh_Sokol: AEEGSTX 2B TAX +31 294
#note I wonder if Josh had an S when he did this.
Josh: yup, good thought exercise. Figured my chances of outrunning were quite high now.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AEEINTU 1J AUNTIE +24 233
#note Best play.
>Josh_Sokol: EEEGRSS 4A GEES +37 331
>Jonathan_Lindh: DELMNOO 9M OM +8 241
#note Should play it more traditional and just do GLOOMED. OM gets blocked too easily and this game is almost certainly a loss anyhow. I was trying for GOLDENER or a bingo down column O.
>Josh_Sokol: ERRSTUW O6 WURST +29 360
#note game might have been a decent amount closer if I hadn't drawn the case S.
>Jonathan_Lindh: DELNOTT A4 .OTTEN +21 262
#note A4 GOLDEN for 24 is best which I saw but then dismissed because I didn't see an out with TT (There's TUTS). You might be tempted to block the J12 spot which seems reasonable until you realize Josh's outs are unblockable.
>Josh_Sokol: ?CEFOR 12J FREsCO +31 391
#note In addition to the J12 plays, Josh has 15A FREsCO(Es) for 42 and out. Both of missed that one after the game. This game had the worst board I've seen all tournament. What an ugly yet hilarious game.
Josh: I was so enamored with the fact that I had outplays in two spots with 6 tiles that I totally missed 15A FREsCO(ES)! This game was absolutely stupid, I felt I should have lost it by 200 myself, but I just drew the entirety of the bag. #endgamelarge #findingsaddest
>Josh_Sokol: (DL) +6 397
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