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#player1 Andy_Hoang Andy Hoang
#player2 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
>Andy_Hoang: ALOPU 8D PULAO +20 20
#note Toughest test of the day thus far. Gotta bring a very good game to have a chance.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EHNTTUX 7C TUX +24 24
#note I like this much better than F5 EXULT for positional purposes and the leave after 9G HEX is that much clunkier. NTTU is less than 12 points better than EHNT in equity. F8 LUX was interesting to think about but I think I'd rather not risk big counterplay from Andy.
>Andy_Hoang: DIIM 9F IMID +23 43
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEEHNPT 10D HEP +25 49
#note J8 HEPTANE #findingbad
>Andy_Hoang: INOV 11C VINO +29 72
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEMNOTZ 7H METAZON +75 124
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEMNOTZ -- -75 49
#note I picked the wrong time to try to bingo, and against a top-25 ranked player, that's not going to cut it. I mixed up MENAZON, METAZOON, and METAZOAN.
>Andy_Hoang: EINNRRU J4 RUNNIER +69 141
#note Some moves would have stopped this from coming down and others would not have.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEMNOTZ 6B ZA +33 82
#note No floating I for MONAZITE, but he's not going to do that when he knows my entire rack.This is the best play which would not have stopped RUNNIER from playing. I do need to get the Z off my rack now.
>Andy_Hoang: AEKT K3 KETA +24 165
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEMNOTW L2 WAME +37 119
>Andy_Hoang: ET M2 ET +23 188
>Samuel_Kaplan: FNOOSTW 1M WOT +24 143
#note WOF# in the same spot in CSW lol.
>Andy_Hoang: ABEIRRT N3 ARBITER +69 257
#note I guess I got lucky he gave me a spot for my bingo now?
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?FINOSS M8 FOISoNS +78 221
#note I looked for some time and this is the only bingo that plays. He did hold this for a while and was hoping he'd challenge this because he called off METAZON*, but he correctly accepted.
>Andy_Hoang: DEV O8 DEV +45 302
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAEEGOY L12 YEA +24 245
#note Hated to do this, but there's not much of an alternative but to have to draw into something to hook this. Looks fine.
>Andy_Hoang: DRY K13 DRY +14 316
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEGHOOS 15G HOAG. +36 281
#note I thought about doing N14 HO, but that's too many points to give up. I just have to hope Andy can't effectively block.
>Andy_Hoang: BCU 14F CUB +22 338
#note Denied.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEINOOS C11 .IE +12 293
#note Basically the same as VOE at this point considering how hard it will be to bingo.
>Andy_Hoang: CFL 12A FL.C +42 380
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?DENOOS A12 .OOD +24 317
#note I did see SPOONFED* and asked him if he would have challenged this one. He told me he would have. So I'm glad I didn't phony a 2nd time. But it has been annoying to not draw any extensions to DEV on Column O though.
>Andy_Hoang: EGIIN 5C GENII +16 396
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?EJNRST D3 JE. +20 337
#note My only hope here is AA being in the bag because if his rack is EGLLOQS, doing QI would not stop me from bingoing out with TSARiNA and the like.
>Andy_Hoang: AAEGLQS 2D ALGAE +21 417
#note Nicely done by him. I cannot stop him from going out.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?LNORST 1G LORN +20 357
#note I was low on time and slapped this down. N11 ONSeT is clearly best.
>Andy_Hoang: QS F4 Q.S +14 431
#note All righty...I cannot afford to play a phony bingo against someone this good. It usually won't end well. Since I didn't make enough plays in the beginning of this this game, it didn't matter that I outdrew him. He was simply better than me. Very good game Andy!
I asked him after the game if VOUCINNINI* was a food option in the Italian restaurant he was going to and he told me "we shall see". LOL! I couldn't help but bring up that phony with him because he had so much creativity and board vision to come up with that one that he was featured in Mack Meller's Youtube video of "Top 5 most outrageous phonies".
6-4 +101.
>Andy_Hoang: (ST?) +4 435
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