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#player1 Alec_Sjoholm Alec Sjoholm
#player2 Chris_Cheng Chris Cheng
>Alec_Sjoholm: IPU 8G PIU +10 10
>Chris_Cheng: EEFOOUY -EFOOUY +0 0
#note I don't think playing through this rack is right unless you know G8 (P)OYOU but even then it is pretty uninspiring.
>Alec_Sjoholm: BGO 7F GOB +16 26
>Chris_Cheng: AAAIIRT 6C ARIA +11 11
#note I like making the V hook given that VOG almost definitely would have been played instead of GOB if Alec had a V.
>Alec_Sjoholm: ?AEIOST 5E ATOmIES +82 108
>Chris_Cheng: AEGHITX 6J XI +52 63
>Alec_Sjoholm: ERY 7B RYE +21 129
>Chris_Cheng: AEGHNOT 4G HOG +18 81
#note Would have played H1 OGHA(m) if I saw it, but that said my play is a bit weaker but isn't terrible. 9H OH is nice because it sets up the G in row 10 for an -ING word if I draw an I, but 4 are already played so it isn't a huge offering.
>Alec_Sjoholm: ERRTTU 3B TURRET +21 150
>Chris_Cheng: AAEENTW 4A WANE +30 111
#note 8A WEET is 6 more points but takes out the R as a starting letter and also takes away the 7s lane in row 9, so I think WANE is better positionally.
>Alec_Sjoholm: DEIKR 9D IRKED +23 173
>Chris_Cheng: AAEELTT 10D TEA +17 128
#note 2B ETA seems too risky to me.
>Alec_Sjoholm: IS 11E IS +17 190
>Chris_Cheng: ?ADELTT L6 sLATTED +75 203
>Alec_Sjoholm: ELUV 8K V.LUE +24 214
>Chris_Cheng: GJMNNOW K11 MOWN +29 232
#note Unfortunately no J plays worth considering here, MOWN is fine.
>Alec_Sjoholm: COPS 12B COPS +20 234
>Chris_Cheng: DGIJLNO C11 J.G +22 254
#note Rough spot here given the last two plays by Alec strongly signal that he has the case S for S(COPS). It is not really blockable either. Several moves keeping DGILN are the top simming plays, which seems a bit weird to me. I guess it just bingoes a lot more often. C11 D(O)JO is pretty risky because it may give back a bingo in row 15 for a lot of points with S in early position which otherwise may not be playable. M12 DJIN is probably my favourite among the remaining options, scores and has a more balanced leave. Should also mention the fishing plays with J(UN) or (TA)J. Interesting idea considering FFQUVY are all lurking. Not really a clear best play or plays in my opinion.
>Alec_Sjoholm: AALSV A8 LAVAS +37 271
#note Could have been a lot worse
>Chris_Cheng: DEILNNO 9L .IN +9 263
#note I'll admit that this is a really weird play... I was thinking about the Q here. If Alec plays Q(U)IN or something similar through the U, I am in a pretty awful position because the board is so blocked and the only reasonable bingo lane left would be through the N of MOWN which is quite easy to block with column J plays. If he drew the Q after LAVAS, unless he has the U and can make a play elsewhere, the Q is going to be really hard to play. Either he might be saddled with it for a turn or more, or it could even force an exchange after (T)IN. DELNO as a leave gives me options next turn to open a new lane (column J or row 2) while still having the E of VALUE as a bingo line. And if I draw the Q, I am probably lost anyways.
This blurb is already too long to talk about the other options, but many of them are reasonable.
>Alec_Sjoholm: MU 2B UM +19 290
#note Now the Q is really really dangerous...
>Chris_Cheng: CDEHLNO 2E OH +28 291
#note N7 L(UN)CHEON is a nifty play but... I really have to play short here to avoid the Q as often as possible. Worth noting no hooks to HE remain.
>Alec_Sjoholm: EORZ J10 ZERO +47 337
>Chris_Cheng: DEEELNN M12 END +13 304
#note Considered something like N7 D(UN)CE but that gives back several scoring plays from O11. I didn't really have any idea what to do here. I kind of just played something. Definitely want to keep 2 vowels.
>Alec_Sjoholm: B 13I B.. +11 348
>Chris_Cheng: CDEEFLN N7 F..D +12 316
#note After B(OW) I know 1 of 2 things is true... either Alec has at least one I if the Q is in the bag, or if both Is are unseen, Alec has the Q. Realistically, I doubt B(OW) is played if Alec has the Q but no I, he would probably want to be scoring points and trying to survive a Q stick rather than trying to draw an I to play QI for11 or just have it blocked by me anyways. I don't know if it changes much if Alec has QI with one I unseen, because like before QI would only score 11 and would give me the chance to play a huge response underlapping, or as before I can just block QI if he delays playing it until the endgame. If Alec has both Is and the Q (which I think he said was the case after the game), I think that really is the only case where B(OW) makes a lot of sense strategically, because QI is a setup and one that I can't block while still scoring enough. Of course, Alec can easily have both Is without the Q, with B(OW) being a safe opening for QI to be played only by him.
I could easily be overlooking a lot here, but basically my conclusion was that I could only win if I drew an out, and the best I saw was F(UN)D which draws into 14D or O10 ENLACE. Of course, if I draw an I then QI immediately would give me a huge response, and therefore I could have an opportunity to block and Q stick. As it turns out though, when I don't draw ENLACE, an attempt at a Q stick doesn't really come close to winning as the remaining tiles Alec has can score quite a lot, as well as some cool setups which I will avoid diving into to avoid running out of ink...
>Alec_Sjoholm: AFINOQY 14H QI +15 363
>Chris_Cheng: ACEELN O10 ENLACE +30 346
#note So basically, I luckboxed*
>Chris_Cheng: (FINOY) +22 368
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