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#player1 Bruce_D'Ambrosio Bruce D'Ambrosio
#player2 Stefan_Kac Stefan Kac
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: OCHW 8F CHOW +24 24
>Stefan_Kac: AEIDKYY F6 DI.KY +27 27
#note Club 44
8 February 2023
Round 2 (my game 1)
Theme: tortured by csw-only words that I can't/shouldn't play. And here also by expungements.
AYE on either side sims a bit better and DICEY just as well. Though I do prefer balance, I think we can argue against AYE given that it is quite volatile and we're not likely to win that volatility with the (highly symbolic) IDKY leave and opp a turn ahead of us on rack grooming.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: EEEDMNS J8 SEEDMEN +77 101
>Stefan_Kac: AAECLMY K10 MAY +33 60
#note Wasted at least two minutes looking for bingos and for better parallel plays, tho I had seen this before opp had even hit the clock. Running out of ideas for speeding up at tourneys, but at club when I've been up since four in the morning I should probably start slapping these down in one second and not worry about missing 10000+ type of shite.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: OJ 7H JO +25 126
>Stefan_Kac: AEUCHLR 14G LAU.CHER +76 136
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: AI 15G AI +14 140
>Stefan_Kac: OLLNPRW L8 PLOW +24 160
#note Missed my connection with WO(MY)N, and not for lack of trying. Probably don't want to do that or any other smallish turnover with the (LAUNCHER)S potential and three esses unseen. Not sure if I saw or considered PLOW(E)R, it has more upside than PLOW, but if I don't draw an ess I'm really bleeped, whereas after PLOW there's at least the potential that one of us plays to 8O and reduces the value of the esses and of bingoing with esses generally, and that is exactly what I need here. Did consider 6I PROWL; same issue, and sim actually likes it 1 less than PLOW. PLOW(E)R does 3 better.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: EOUGV E2 VOGUE +21 161
>Stefan_Kac: U?LLNRR 3B UNR.LLeR +68 228
#note This time I do instaplay, leaning toward this not being good, but it stays. Had I taken my customary seven minutes here I probably play (P)URL, which sims slightly worse than UNR(O)LL for obvious reasons but does consummate the line established last turn. NURL vastly improves the leave and also beats out PURL despite scoring 6 fewer, but that's putting all your eggs in the bingo basket without addressing a dire immediate threat.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: UX 2B XU +38 199
>Stefan_Kac: AIIIRTT 8L .ITA +18 246
#note Anxious to finally play in this spot and thereby whiffed badly on TI(K)I and I(K)AT. Prolly should just play TIKI and hope opp's bingo scores less than 100.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: AEZ N6 ZE.A +33 232
>Stefan_Kac: IIGRTTT M11 TIG.R +20 266
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: AE 9F .AE +24 256
>Stefan_Kac: AEIINTT E10 AIT +11 277
#note This was where it all went wrong. Since I can't block everything, or even most things, I should be trying to bingo back rather than play defense, since I'm really just blocking myself with this play. Most any TI play works, and I only considered all of them.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: AI?DNST 4H DeTAINS +73 329
>Stefan_Kac: EEEINTV 12B VEN. +14 291
#note Reeeally needed E(R)EV#. I missed VEE underneath DETAINS, which is fine, but it pretty much kills my nwl bingo chances and at club I think you should just go for the win. There's also VEE at 6I, which preserves row two and is def better than my play. My setup is pretty stupid, the leave sucks, and it's a fifty-fifty gambit at best. Maybe VE(T) for (E)VET# would have been slightly less bad? But D12 EVE looks like the star setuppy/forking play if there is to be one. I think that's what I should have done.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: EODNR A8 DRONE +30 359
>Stefan_Kac: EEEIBFT B9 EF +28 319
#note Of course I draw another of the EEs and think I've got something cooking, but then not. Thought I was not nearly close enough to play BEEF and also that EF leaves at least a puncher's chance at fitting an outbingo next to it. Fourply sim significantly prefers BEEF fwiw.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: IQ 3L QI +37 396
>Stefan_Kac: EEIBBPT 2H BIB +20 339
#note BIBE tops a fourply sim for win%, 5I BIB for equity (by a lot). I thought I could at least threaten a bingo if I draw the A.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: OORST O11 ROOST +32 428
>Stefan_Kac: AEEPNST 1F PEAT +39 378
#note With T(AY)# I at least threaten PENTA(N)ES.
>Bruce_D'Ambrosio: IOFG 2M FOG +20 448
>Stefan_Kac: ENS 5K ENS +24 +402
>Stefan_Kac: (I) +2 404
>Stefan_Kac: (time) -20 384 |
