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#player1 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
#player2 Richard_Popper Richard Popper
>Samuel_Kaplan: AFGNOPT 8H GANOF +26 26
#note 8D FAGOT sims a little better without an S in hand. An argument could be made for FOP, which I also considered, but I much prefer open boards against Richard. #findingsmall
>Richard_Popper: KOY 9I YOK +31 31
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADHNOPT 10J HAND +37 63
#note Looks decent after he just played a Y. The board will be open a little longer after this instead of HAP or HAD.
>Richard_Popper: CEOU M10 .OUCE +16 47
>Samuel_Kaplan: BEIOPTT 12K BO.T +12 75
#note K8 (OKA)PI was missed for 10 more. The B isn't great on this board, but I would do OKAPI if I saw that. #visionlarge
>Richard_Popper: AEELNRT 7C ETERNAL +70 117
#note Luckily he missed the DOUCER hook and therefore didn't do 15I TELERAN or 15I ENTERAL.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEIPTVY N6 PEAVY +47 122
#note Definitely not doing N8 IVY, that's too dangerous. This is best.
>Richard_Popper: ALMP O5 PALM +42 159
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADEFIIT F7 .ATIFIED +68 190
#note Good. Because I drew most of the Is this game which was annoying.
>Richard_Popper: AOUVZ E2 ZOUAV. +36 195
#note He was getting this clunk off his rack somehow.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ACEEGII 2B GEE. +28 218
#note Looks good, but how long can I afford to keep drawing terribly?
>Richard_Popper: BIN 8A BIN +17 212
>Samuel_Kaplan: ACIIIRR 14J ICI.R +18 236
#note I would also go on to miss the DOUCER hook and 15K CIRRI there is better. At least I realized DOUCES* isn't good. #findinglarge
>Richard_Popper: EELMNOS 3D L.NESOME +64 276
#note Nice find. And this is better then OENOMELS to not give back 2 massive hotspots.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEIIJRR 1A JAR +35 271
#note Best play. 9 is too many to give up with 14B JERI(D) and it starts blocking the board which I don't want right now. I have also drawn 6 out of the 7 Is so far which is just nauseating.
>Richard_Popper: IW H1 WI. +18 294
#note This is not a good sign.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADEIIRR 4I RADII +21 292
#note And I missed a rare opportunity to have 7 matching letters out of 8 in 2 bingoes in the same game, because 11B RARIFIED plays for 74. I would have actually had a chance to win this game despite drawing poorly. Ack!
>Richard_Popper: UX 3M XU +36 330
#note And he's not hitting me as hard with the X after something else too.
>Samuel_Kaplan: DELQRRT -LQRT +0 292
#note Can't afford to play 5D QAT when I'm behind and this pool has too many consonants. And I threw back the T with 2 more of those unseen.
>Richard_Popper: ??ESSTU A8 .UTtrESS +74 404
#note And that exchange was all for naught because he was bingoing no matter what. 1H (W)EtSUiTS was his highest scoring bingo for 80, but this gets the job done for him. Yea, not easy to keep up like this when I'm getting totally outdrawn no matter if I miss a bingo or not.
>Samuel_Kaplan: DEEGHOR 5A GHER.OED +63 355
#note That's kinda shocking after this game is already decided.
>Richard_Popper: IOQRSTW E10 QIS +47 451
#note Clearly best for him because this stops me from playing either LINT or LENT.
>Samuel_Kaplan: LNT J13 N.L +3 358
#note Looks fine to block him from going out with WORT and forcing STROW. Play feels like NIL points with how this game went.
>Richard_Popper: ORTW 15A .TROW +9 460
#note G12 TROW was 8 more for him. Finding RARIFIED would have made it interesting, but I don't really think this game was winnable after all. As the old saying goes, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an I". Well, in my case, "It's not so fun and games when I draw too many Is". Lol. Good game Richard!
>Richard_Popper: (T) +2 462
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