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#player1 Brett_Smitheram Brett Smitheram
#player2 Elie_Dangoor Elie Dangoor
>Brett_Smitheram: EIMQRSU 8D QUIMS +52 52
#note Straight choice between QUIMS and QUIRE. QUIMS felt slightly more limiting on replies for Elie
>Elie_Dangoor: ELOOY 7F LOOEY +19 19
>Brett_Smitheram: AEEIIRR 8J AIRIER +26 78
>Elie_Dangoor: BELOSTW M4 BLOW.EST +68 87
>Brett_Smitheram: DEGLPST N6 PE.D +31 109
#note PEED over G6 DEP to take out the X/H threats from both TLS.
>Elie_Dangoor: ACEENV O1 ENCAVE +41 128
>Brett_Smitheram: GILSTTU D8 .UILT +28 137
>Elie_Dangoor: ?AEKNOT 12B Ou.TAKEN +62 190
>Elie_Dangoor: HINNO (challenge) +5 195
>Brett_Smitheram: EGGOOST L1 GOGO +24 161
>Elie_Dangoor: HINNO 1G HONIN. +30 225
>Brett_Smitheram: AAAESTT G10 TA.A +9 170
#note Sim slightly prefers AA at G13, but this achieves the same threatening opening for a comeback.
>Elie_Dangoor: JU 11K JU. +20 245
>Brett_Smitheram: AEHISTY 14B HAYIEST +89 259
#note Not to be sneezed at
>Elie_Dangoor: ?CEIIRR 2B pRICIER +77 322
>Brett_Smitheram: AELNOUW 15A LOWE +40 299
#note This over LOWAN in the same place to keep UN-together for plays from i13, as I anticipated h15 would be blocked. Plenty of Ds out for UN...ED bonuses. I also want to minimise the number of tiles I'm playing so I have enough firepower to catch up.
>Elie_Dangoor: DFN D1 F.ND +24 346
>Brett_Smitheram: ADINRUV 15H AVID +30 329
#note Elie's play suggests he might be struggling for vowels, otherwise he can score similarly from h15 and take out a dangerous spot. AVID retains the UN-prefix and gives me more confidence with a second spot open. It also neatly reduces the bag to 4 tiles so big plays from j14 will empty it and leave me a shot at bonusing out through the d4 D. The X is already a game-losing threat if Elie has XED so I have to bank on his not having that combination.
>Elie_Dangoor: APZ 6H ZAP +48 394
>Brett_Smitheram: AEFGNRU J1 .F +13 342
#note ZAP really hurt, and felt like the nail in my coffin for this tournament. 65 down, with power tiles unseen and only 1 in the bag...things seemed bleak.
>Elie_Dangoor: BDMRSTX G1 ..X +21 415
>Brett_Smitheram: AEEGNRU 13I UNEAGER +71 413
#note Elie plays HEX to block UNDERAGE, but I get the E for UNEAGER! I couldn't help but let out a short exclamation when I turned the tile over...and a game I always felt I was chasing was over, and in my favour.
>Brett_Smitheram: (BDMRST) +22 435
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