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#player1 Timothy_Long Timothy Long
#player2 Arie_Sinke Arie Sinke
>Timothy_Long: FIZ H7 FIZ +30 30
>Arie_Sinke: EIJKOTX G4 KOJI +22 22
#note I convinced myself that KOJI would be better than KEX here for the improved leave despite giving up 8 points. The sim doesn't agree, favoring KEX and surprisingly also TIX G6 over KEX, which doesn't make much sense - apparently the short term defensive value of a play like KEX is such that I should give up a bit of equity to play it. Or so says the computer - unconvinced here.
>Timothy_Long: AFY I8 FAY +27 57
>Arie_Sinke: DEEISTX 11F EXISTED +90 112
#note Only bingo.
>Timothy_Long: BEW 12K WEB +27 84
>Arie_Sinke: EEINOWY H1 YOWIE +45 157
#note This is very close with the higher scoring alternative of WEENY 13J for 54, which sacrifices in leave by keeping IO. Quackle seems to think this isn't quite worth it over WEENY.
>Timothy_Long: ?HIINST 2G H.ISTINg +74 158
>Arie_Sinke: EEEMNOS 10E EME +30 187
#note This looks right.
>Timothy_Long: AGNR 12C RANG +16 174
>Arie_Sinke: AEILNOS C6 ALIENO.S +70 257
#note This wins a sim over ANISOLE for 74 at B8 or 77 at N9 - both of those plays score a bit more but create dangerous openings.
>Timothy_Long: EMPRRTU B8 TRUMPER +98 272
>Arie_Sinke: ACLRTUU E4 CULTUR. +18 275
#note I failed to challenge Tim's phoney bingo of TRUMPER here. CULTURE is not a particularly strong play. LUAU 1L gets a few more points with a marginally better leave. CURTAL in several places also looks better than this. He underscored this play by five so the game should have ended up 5 points closer.
>Timothy_Long: AELN 1L LEAN +21 293
>Arie_Sinke: ?ADEIRV N8 ADVIsER +94 369
#note I missed a much better play here - DRIVEwAY 1A for 109.
>Timothy_Long: DEH 8L HE.D +36 329
>Arie_Sinke: AAEOOPU K5 PAUA +21 390
#note POYOU 1F for 19 looks like a better play - scores a bit less but I'd rather play with As than Os.
>Timothy_Long: BGN 6J B.NG +13 342
>Arie_Sinke: ACDEOOQ 14J CODE. +14 404
#note I need to obstruct any bingo Tim might have with ADVIsERS here - however, the sim winner is COOER instead. I can only surmise that COOER helps in some endgames where I get stuck with the Q - the D is a better scoring tile than the O.
>Timothy_Long: AGORTTV J9 GO. +26 368
>Arie_Sinke: AANOOOQ I2 .ON +17 421
#note Q endgames are tough. I didn't realize that it would pay to play HA L8 now and prevent him from playing PAUAS/ZAGS.
>Timothy_Long: ILRSTTV 6B V.I. +15 383
>Arie_Sinke: AAOOQ 1G A. +10 431
#note Still need to block PAUAS.
>Timothy_Long: LRSTT K5 ....S +21 404
>Arie_Sinke: AOOQ J2 .O +8 439
#note Should play MOA 11B here to block MOL/LAT/EST.
>Timothy_Long: LRTT 4G ...T +11 415
>Timothy_Long: LRTT -- -11 404
>Arie_Sinke: AOQ 5K .O +6 445
>Timothy_Long: LRTT M12 .R.T +16 420
>Timothy_Long: LRTT -- -16 404
>Arie_Sinke: AQ M12 .A. +14 459
>Arie_Sinke: AQ -- -14 445
#note Sure, why not, I have nothing to lose.
>Timothy_Long: LRTT 1F R.. +6 410
>Arie_Sinke: AQ 5J A.. +9 454
>Timothy_Long: LTT 1E T... +7 417
>Arie_Sinke: Q - +0 454
>Timothy_Long: LT 11B ..L +7 424
>Arie_Sinke: Q - +0 454
>Timothy_Long: T L4 T.. +6 430
#note The final score was recorded as 445-454, underscoring Tim's play of TRUMPER by 5.
>Timothy_Long: (Q) +20 450
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