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#player1 Steve_Grob Steve Grob
#player2 Noah Noah
>Steve_Grob: AIV H6 VIA +12 12
>Noah: DDEGILV I7 DEV +20 20
#note Wasn't sure whether to play this, VIG, or VID. Quackle prefers VIG to VID, I think largely because VIG is less hookable. DEV is simming just ~.5 points ahead of VIG.
>Steve_Grob: IO 10H OI +10 22
>Noah: DGILNOR 11I LORDING +77 97
>Steve_Grob: ?DEIISS O8 DIS.uISE +131 153
>Noah: ACJNOOT M9 JO.NT +40 137
>Steve_Grob: EEW 12J WEE. +27 180
>Noah: AACHMOO G8 HOMA +21 158
>Steve_Grob: ABINNOT 13E OBTAIN +16 196
#note I think he laid this down fairly slowly, from the left, and I was sure he was going to play OBTAINS, so this was a surprise. I think he said he kept an N.
>Noah: ACEOTWY 14C COWY +40 198
#note Tricky play. My main alternative ideas were WYE 14E and CATE H12. Sim doesn't like CATE and prefers WYE by about 2 points to COWY. I don't know if I gave enough credence to the fact that WYE blocks most column H plays.
>Steve_Grob: BHU H12 H.BU +39 235
>Noah: ACDEEIT C9 ACETI. +22 220
#note Mainly considered DEE 15D as an alternative. This is about a 6 point error in Quackle's eyes - DEE is way more defensive and scores better.
>Steve_Grob: ENNPSTU D3 UNSPENT +72 307
>Noah: ADEELOR 3C A.REOLED +72 292
>Steve_Grob: AEFGKTZ 2A FEZ +41 348
#note I believe Steve said this was his rack.
>Noah: AEMPRSU H1 PA.M +33 325
#note I was tempted to play SUPREMA# here.
>Steve_Grob: AGKT F2 K.G +18 366
>Noah: EEGLRSU A2 .UGLERS +39 364
#note Invalid. I wasn't sure, but I guess didn't like this. He held, I think he said he was about 90% sure this was not good. If so, challenging sounds pretty good to me.
>Steve_Grob: AEFLNTT E7 FAT +16 382
#note I believe this was his rack.
>Noah: ?AEIQUX B5 AXE +55 419
#note Probably poor. I noticed EQUId 2J, but for some reason decided to play this instead. EQUId (or EQUIp) looks much more bingo-limiting than this, and I should be able to win comfortably (almost?) whenever he doesn't bingo after it. AXE I1, somewhat surprisingly to me, limits bingos even more than EQUId (if my sim details are to be believed) It may be the play over EQUId, though it probably would've lost in our actual game. It seems like I will be a bit worried about scoring after AXE, outside of some of the better draws like bingos, PAROQUET, and perhaps PAURAQUE. But I save some mediocre Q plays like EQUIp 4J, fIQUE N4, and QUEEr 11A, that might be able to eke out the win. If he fishes, I can probably block. He doesn't seem to have too many good scoring plays possible, though something like PALTRIER or PARROTER might hurt. Seems close between EQUI(d|p) 2J and AXE I1 to me as best, with my actual choice of B5 AXE very likely worse than 2J EQUI(d|p), and the status of AXE I1 less clear.
>Steve_Grob: AELNOTY N2 ANOLYTE +89 471
#note Ouch!
>Noah: ?IQRRRU 6J QUeR. +36 455
>Steve_Grob: I J2 I. +5 476
>Steve_Grob: (IRR) +6 482
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