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#player1 Steve Steve
#player2 Paul_Epstein Paul Epstein
>Steve: ILNOORS 8G ROSINOL +66 66
#note Happy to find this.
>Paul_Epstein: AHITW M3 WITHA. +26 26
>Steve: CEJRTTY 5J JET.Y +30 96
>Paul_Epstein: IIIIII -IIIIII +0 26
#note Paul passed in six tiles.
>Steve: CDGNRTT -DGNRT +0 96
#note Duck likes playing on, thru the I at J7 with TING or TINCT. Of the exchanges, it prefers keeping DN.
>Paul_Epstein: GIORU 6F GUIRO +23 49
>Steve: ACDENNT 5E CANT +19 115
#note Missing bingos starting at J8 and I8.
>Paul_Epstein: AE N5 .EA +17 66
>Steve: DEELNOR O7 LODE +18 133
>Paul_Epstein: CDELO N10 DOLCE +31 97
>Steve: EEFGMNR O14 FE +20 153
>Paul_Epstein: IIIII -IIIII +0 97
#note Paul trades in five tiles.
>Steve: DEGHMNR 12L HE.M +24 177
>Paul_Epstein: EIPRZ 11H PRIZE +37 134
>Steve: ?DGINNR J10 D.N +8 185
#note Not smilling about missing GRINNeD at 9b.
>Paul_Epstein: DKOR 13G DORK +21 155
>Steve: ?ABGINR D5 sABRING +66 251
>Paul_Epstein: IQ C9 QI +44 199
#note Scores and sets up a hot spot.
>Steve: EINNRT 10C ..N +3 254
#note Not sure of my seventh tile here, but I'm pretty sure I overlooked either TINNIER or INTERNE here. I was too intent on blocking a big vertical play starting at B10. Big mistake.
>Paul_Epstein: EFY 14H FEY +45 244
#note Ouch.
>Steve: EIINRTT 15F RITE +33 287
#note Boy, do I suck. NITRITE for 95!
>Paul_Epstein: AA -AA +0 244
#note I can tell Paul is getting frustrated at the lack of bingo lines. Actually, anybody could - his tells are pretty obvious. He trades in two tiles.
>Steve: AEINOVX 14B OVINE +24 311
#note I liked this play because it burned tiles and set up the X. Q likes NOVA at E10.
>Paul_Epstein: P 6C P. +4 248
#note Nice set up, but at this point I realize that it's going to take more than one bingo to beat me. At least that's what I thought.
>Steve: AAEUVWX 15A AX +36 347
#note Q says I'm 94 percent to win after this play. It has no way of knowing I'm up against my daddy, however.
>Paul_Epstein: ?EMSSTU B2 MUTaSES +77 325
#note Only bingo. I didn't know it, and held. Looked like I could only lose by challenging, so I wisely held off.
>Steve: AAEOUVW A8 AVOW +36 383
#note Q correctly blocks the bingo line with the only play that guarantees the win. (Idalski suggested MAUVE, but this loses to ABULIAS). I was down to two minutes on the clock. The available pool didn't look too promising. I thought AVOW would be enough. (It is 97.22 percent of the time.) I was wrong. Again.
>Paul_Epstein: AABGILS 2B .AILBAGS +69 394
#note Prompting my unsportsman-like 'Un-fucking believable' utterance at the table. My apologies to those who heard it. This one left a mark.
>Paul_Epstein: (AETUU) +10 404
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