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#player1 Josh_Sokol Josh Sokol
#player2 Arie_Sinke Arie Sinke
>Josh_Sokol: ARUW H7 WAUR +14 14
>Arie_Sinke: ?MOQSVY 9G S.Q +23 23
#note This wins a sim by a razor thin margin over exchanging. I will hardly ever bingo next turn but snagging the 23 points is nice, and it's harder for Josh to score well after SUQ.
>Josh_Sokol: AIJO 10H .IOJA +25 39
>Arie_Sinke: ?DEMOVY 11J YOM +43 66
#note This looks right.
>Josh_Sokol: ?ADERTT M4 TETRADs +72 111
>Arie_Sinke: ?DELNRV 5G LaVEND.R +72 138
#note Or oVERLEND, which I did not see. Both have positional liabilities.
>Josh_Sokol: EIKNO 12K EIKON +40 151
>Arie_Sinke: CEEEGGH 8L C.GE +30 168
#note Quackle thinks I should play GAGE in the same spot or go with the very aggressive EGGED L1 for 22. I may be underestimating how bad EEGH is as a leave.
>Josh_Sokol: AIM 13L AIM +32 183
>Arie_Sinke: EEEGHLO L1 HOLE. +30 198
#note This is about comparable with OGEED in the same spot for 20, which illustrates how bad a tile the G is in the leave.
>Josh_Sokol: HNU 1L .UNH +30 213
>Arie_Sinke: EEGNORW 6J WE +28 226
#note Bad play, should go with WO instead. EEGNR is better than EGNOR.
>Josh_Sokol: IPTT H1 PITT. +21 234
>Arie_Sinke: EFGINOR 3C REGIF. +28 254
#note I have to choose between playing for points and fishing here. FOO 2J wins the sim. I really don't like FOO - where am I even going to bingo? Josh will likely respond defensively to FOO, and I don't have an S.
>Josh_Sokol: AFG 14M FAG +34 268
>Arie_Sinke: EINOOOR G1 OO. +12 266
#note I basically have to fish here - anything else scores only a bit more and creates opennings unnecessarily.
>Josh_Sokol: ABIT 2J BI.TA +32 300
>Arie_Sinke: EEEINOR I5 .EE +19 285
#note It's this or VOE in the same spot - I can't score more than 19 here; might as well take it. EEINR is apparently a bit worse than EINOR here.
>Josh_Sokol: CDR D1 CR.D +20 320
>Arie_Sinke: EILNOOR E3 .OONIER +19 304
#note I just didn't have it in me to fish for a third consecutive turn. I'm going to be in trouble if I don't draw an S here. I was a bit concerned about 8A-E with the Z out, but fortunately all the Rs and 3 of the Ls are gone. Fwiw the sim thinks LOONS G5 is the way to go, by a small margin.
>Josh_Sokol: ADSUY D8 YAUDS +37 357
>Arie_Sinke: BEELLTX C8 LEX +30 334
#note Things are looking grim, but there are a bunch of draws that will bail me out here - it's certainly not over. I luck into one of those draws and my approximately 20% shot at winning ends up coming to pass.
>Josh_Sokol: ASUV 15J VAUS +19 376
>Arie_Sinke: ABEILST 12A BLA.TIES +64 398
#note Best bingo.
>Arie_Sinke: (INNPZ) +32 430
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