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#player1 Norases Norases
#player2 Kenji Kenji
>Norases: AZ 8G ZA +22 22
>Kenji: AJOPRST 9F JAR +25 25
#note TOPS is just so good on both row 10 and column i and also maintains a better balance and I really like it in terms of decreasing variance: I'm basically assured a decent play next turn with a balanced leave that has good upside, as opposed to PRS which can easily crash. Still, this isn't worth it: I know Norases has an A a lot, these spots are not really that good, and I'm giving my opponent over 8 points in expected score next turn while sacrificing 2 points. The OPST flexibility just doesn't make up for the fact that it's certainly nowhere 10 points better than PRS #strategymedium
>Norases: ADIKNOS E8 DAIKONS +85 107
>Kenji: LLOPSTU 12E .UTPOLLS +76 101
#note As it turns out JAR probably won me the game since this was huge, but that doesn't mean it was the best play.
>Norases: EOTY 8A TOYE. +30 137
>Kenji: CEEGOQR -EGOQ +0 101
#note RandomRacer says I exchange too much, and if so, this could be an example, as OGEE 11h isn't such a terrible candidate. But I just really don't like playing through with QCR behind on this board when there's plenty of floaters and a perfectly good leave. Quackle has OGEE winning slightly but I just don't agree, but it also has CEOR as a trifle better which I think I agree with: I jettisoned this because of the O floater at b8, but after analysis I think the O is barely worth it, so this is #strategysmall
>Norases: EINO H11 O.INE +21 158
>Kenji: CEELORV A1 COVERLE. +92 193
#note I actually saw the 9, but the 8 is just better.
>Norases: AAEORR K8 AREO.AR +14 172
>Kenji: ?EEHMNV J8 MEH +35 228
#note About now I was regretting COVERLET since VEHEMENT basically wins the game in either spot after OVERCLEAR.
>Norases: EHMOY L4 HOMEY +46 218
>Kenji: ?AAENTV 1A .AVATiNE +89 317
>Norases: DGI 2D GID +20 238
>Kenji: BDEFIUU 14G U.BU.IED +26 343
#note Thought for a while about this one. FUB is just better for the board and stops some bingos immediately, but at the cost of really crashing the rack sometimes. UNBURIED lets more jokers hit, but F is far more stable and lets me play out of some positions, especially after the UNBURIED underlap. I kinda just flipped a coin in my head here: seems very close to me. FUB does take out the major big threats here, but UNBURIED takes away the bottom corner for most major threats in the future. I'm going to say this is fine, but if you want to say this is an error I guess I can get on board with that, too.
>Norases: IQ M3 QI +27 265
>Kenji: ?EFFIRS B7 F.RFEItS +97 440
#note I saw FOxFIRES and I felt like this is just as good without the risk. This does allow threats like AXION but I just don't believe Saint has this often at all, and I'm favored to draw it, I actually want a little bit of variance as long as it's not game-costing (I need spread) and even if something like this comes down I still win. Maybe I need FOxFIRES just to draw challenges, though, but I honestly think it's not getting challenged very often, anyway.
>Norases: EGIN A12 GIEN +29 294
>Kenji: AINRTWX 15M WAX +47 487
>Norases: GOT 13M TOG +24 318
>Kenji: EIINNRT N2 TINNIER +85 572
>Norases: ACLPSTU O1 CAST +43 361
>Kenji: BDW B1 .W +20 592
>Norases: LPU 6I PLU. +10 371
>Norases: (BD) +10 381
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