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#player1 JJB John J. Bulten
#player2 KS Keith Savage
>JJB: AIMNRSY 8G MANY +18 18
#note 1:18 [23:42] (my 8g 14 +1.9) As Caesar Jaramillo is narrowly edging out Steven DiNapoli to obtain the win and the only 5-2 record, JJB and KS complete the round robin for bragging rights on their parts. JJB gets good synergy to start but sacrifices a bit of it for turnover.
>KS: EOOZ 7F OOZE +34 34
#note 0:47 [24:13] KS can top an A play with a Z play.
>JJB: AIIRSUW 6E AW +26 44
#note 2:10 [21:32] Having drawn AIUW, JJB has cancelled all his synergy, but he can still make the best combination play even though it keeps IIU.
>KS: IKO 5C OIK +26 60
#note 1:09 [23:04]
>JJB: HHIIRSU 4A HUSH +40 84
#note 0:44 [20:48] Both Hs score well and JJB's rack is starting to clear, so another parallel goes down. Column D offers rishi 24 to JJB, but that is the highest it goes and he passes it by.
>KS: EILOR A4 .OLIER +27 87
#note 0:45 [22:19] And KS's response was not that scary, but enough to claim the lead back. He is still showing a vowel imbalance.
>JJB: AEIIIRR 3D AIRIER +14 98
#note 1:52 [18:56] Too many vowels, but at least they fit together.
>KS: AOQTU 9C QUOTA +31 118
#note 0:46 [21:33] KS finds a pretty spot for the Q and is now getting better rewards from his turnover.
>JJB: ?BDIILU J6 ID.L +25 123
#note 2:44 [16:12] (bi 10b 21 +4.0) The play is showy but the leave is a drag on JJB's drawn blank. Since almost all the plays so far have been textbook, a simple bi/qi 21 should come to mind as better retention.
>KS: AFO 2F OAF +19 137
#note 1:39 [19:54] Another effective vowel dump that will turn the corner for KS's rack even as it makes weak use of the premium.
>JJB: ?BCINTU D8 C.BIT +24 147
#note 0:36 [15:36] (subtunic d8 78 +28.4) JJB angled for the bingo, and has seen the word before, but does not recognize subtunic once it appears, a major misstep. Best non-bingo is qubit 32, only 13 points behind.
>KS: ?ANRSUW 13B UNSWARe +80 217
#note 1:23 [18:31] KS reasons that a blank is better in column H, so takes a risk rather than playing unswear 80 or sunward 74. The fly in the ointment is that, back in the 70s when the lists were compiled, the un- list came from a different source than the out- list. So outsware is good but unsware* isn't. (Will the dictionary committee ever have a path to address this?)
>JJB: ?CEGNNU H12 G.NU +18 165
#note 3:05 [12:31] (challenge, gnu 4f 19 +81) JJB is again fooled by the out- list, reasoning that unswear is certainly a verb (and a valid alternate play) and so it ought to inflect like outswear. He has a chance to reset the score to 166-137, but instead the alternation of the lead, which has happened every turn this game, ends here due to a phony. But he plans a bingo soon.
>KS: AADELOV B10 VAL.ED +36 253
#note 1:15 [17:16] KS continues loading up on vowels, but makes another valued play.
>JJB: ?CEELNR 15G L.CERNEs +60 225
#note 2:06 [10:25] (recline 4h 77 +17) JJB doesn't want to run his clock any lower and so settles cheaply, not even noticing the fertile re- spot (recline, reclean), or cleaner/idyll.
>KS: AEOP 14J PEA +25 278
#note 1:16 [16:00] A start on board shutdown.
>JJB: ADOSSTY A14 YO +29 254
#note 1:35 [8:50] (oy 14e 31 +2) The corner, like a magnet, distracts from a higher placement at 14e. Otherwise a fine play, and the last Ss may give good win hopes.
>KS: EFO E11 FE. +30 308
#note 0:27 [15:33]
>JJB: ADRSSTT K10 DART.. +14 268
#note 2:14 [6:36] (zas h7 27 +7.0) JJB sees the single-S drop zas/quotas but doesn't convince himself a 1-tile play is best. But with this bag and his need for points, it should be indicated well ahead of a 14. Quackle also likes the leave after tad/tet and the score after start/idyls.
>KS: DEIOP L8 PIED +16 324
#note 2:16 [13:17] (redip 12k 22 +6) Redip will quadruple his P and strengthen his lead without significant added triple risk.
>JJB: GJMSSTT F12 T.J +29 297
#note 0:12 [6:24] Yup! All consonants. Best move selection via static leave is easier, but win chances are disappointing. Quackle's best strategy is to direct ism 9l to a hefty J play next turn, winning about 6% of games (gjetost is still possible); taj comes next in many simulations at around 3%-4%.
>KS: IOX M7 XI +21 345
#note 3:16 [10:01] (lox 6a 22 +1.4) While KS's rack is unrecorded, he has some tempting alternatives. He may have -ing for gor, to score at 1a; or B for kab/boozed, 27; or a big score in columns K, M, or N. Simulation indicates if he can make a closing play from m4-m5, or seal off row 4 with a block like fen 7, he is dealing best with opponent's remaining threats, 90%-100% effectively.
>JJB: GMNSSTT 8L ..NG +21 318
#note 0:30 [5:54] (zas h7 27 +7.3) JJB draws all consonants again, but still has threats left. If he plays mig/men 11 (compare gorm f1 7), he has a chance (among others) to draw stetson, which plays in both row 4 and (plural) in column N! This yields win odds of about 20% yet, but would take great board vision, and JJB elects to play quickly and analyze next turn instead.
>KS: BEGINOV K3 VEIN +16 361
#note 1:51 [8:10] (bovine m10 38, tmeses 4g 38, gene i6 12+2 +16) Now KS can convert the win easily with a simple out in two, and doesn't search harder for bovine/deb/ado 38, which would allow him 16 more spread in best play.
>JJB: EEMSSTT 4H MET.S +33 351
#note 3:25 [2:29] (tmeses 4g 38, bog m10 16+4 +7) Nor does JJB believe metes 33 can be topped, but he certainly knows tmeses!
>KS: BGO M10 BOG +16 377
#note 0:25 [7:45]
>KS: (EST) +6 383
#note JJB is forced to alternate wins and losses all day and end at 3-4, while KS achieves the same tourney result by losing the first two games and alternating after that. But pulling off a compounded phony against JJB was one of KS's best moves, and his disposal of his vowels is in high agreement with Quackle while JJB neglected the chance to play subtunic and tmeses. Known points available: KS 22, JJB 107. Overall points available: KS 23.4+, JJB 155.6.
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