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#player1 Evans_Clinchy Evans Clinchy
#player2 Brad_Whitmarsh Brad Whitmarsh
>Evans_Clinchy: AEIORTT -O +0 0
#note I really like this opening.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: AEGNV H8 GANEV +26 26
#note Damn vertical opening. I shouldn't have traded.
>Evans_Clinchy: AEIORTT 12B ROTATI.E +72 72
>Brad_Whitmarsh: BEW 11C WEB +31 57
>Evans_Clinchy: AGHIINU 10E AHI.G +22 94
#note I figured INU was a pretty solid leave -- with that open G, I have a pretty good shot at bingoing to the triple soon. The sim likes it, but it likes AHI G8 a little bit better. Probably should just have played AHI.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: BD G9 B.D. +20 77
>Evans_Clinchy: ?CINNOU 13I NUNCIOs +71 165
#note The only bingo. Brad held for a loooooong time but correctly let it go.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: EINTU O8 UNTIE. +18 95
>Evans_Clinchy: DDEIOOU K10 UDO. +10 175
#note DOUCE is okay, but it takes no hooks, so it restricts the board a little bit. I need to win by 227! Actually, this doesn't open things much better, come to think of it. Not sure what I was thinking here.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: AQT L8 QAT +24 119
>Evans_Clinchy: DEEIIOS M7 EIDE +27 202
>Brad_Whitmarsh: IMSV 14F VIMS +20 139
>Evans_Clinchy: ACINOSX N6 OX +20 222
#note Almost convinced myself AXONICS or ANOXICS was good. That would have been silly. Neither one is.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: EF 15G FE +32 171
>Evans_Clinchy: ?ACILNS 5H CAtLINS +76 298
#note This is really interesting. I'm up 51, and ALNICOS or somesuch bingo would give me a 127-point lead. I'd still be 100 points away from winning the tournament, but if I open the board with an A here and get lucky to draw another bingo, then maybe I have a shot. Or I can be defensive, sticking a C in the middle of the board, and making it impossible for Brad to slot a bingo there and stage a comeback. I really wanted the win and the juicy second-place cash, so I opted for defense here. I don't think I had a chance of winning by 227. After Brad figured what I was doing, he realized he'd won the tournament. I tried to congratulate him, but certain people across the table who shall remain nameless yelled at us to stop talking.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: FO C11 ..OF +20 191
>Evans_Clinchy: EHPUWYY N12 Y.W +23 321
#note I have no clue. I guess I'm sort of autopiloting my way through the rest of this game.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: EIPR 15L PIER +37 228
>Evans_Clinchy: DEHJPUY J5 .YPED +18 339
#note I didn't want to open the board, so I did this. Terrible leave, but it doesn't really matter.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: AOST 15A OAST +26 254
>Evans_Clinchy: AHJMRUZ L2 HAJ. +28 367
#note JUN is better. Silly me.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: GLOO M1 LOGO. +32 286
>Evans_Clinchy: AEMRTUZ 1M .EZ +36 403
#note Either this or MAHOUT.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: AR 2L ..RA +29 315
>Evans_Clinchy: AILMRTU I5 .MU +18 421
#note Or I can play MALIC or UMIAC, taking out that triple immediately. I decided that could wait, since it didn't look like Brad had the right tiles to use that spot anyway.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: EKLNRRS 3K R..ES +21 336
>Evans_Clinchy: AEILRT F8 RA. +11 432
#note Best is dropping the T at 12M, blocking his K. This keeps a nice outplay though.
>Brad_Whitmarsh: KLNR 12M K.. +16 352
>Evans_Clinchy: EILT H1 TELI. +24 456
>Evans_Clinchy: (LNR) +6 462 |
