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#player1 Scott_Appel Scott Appel
#player2 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
>Scott_Appel: AEINORY 8G YO +10 10
#note Thanks to Scott for providing his racks for this game. It's close with OY and IRONY.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADEJLRR 9C JARRED +32 32
#note I wanted a move that would not only suit my leave nicely but would also allow me to have decent options down the road while making a board that's more my style- I don't think Scott is keeping heavy pointers after fishing with YO on his opening turn, so I wasn't worried about him having Z-bombs. 9F JARL scores 11 less than JARRED does, and this is 5 more than 7F RAJ, but I am aware that this is a little more risky as Scott is probably keeping nicely, which I sort of need after I lost by 111 my first game.
>Scott_Appel: AEINQRR -IQR +0 10
#note I believe this is what he did, and if so, I don't agree with Quackle's moves of playing through this rack. The Q is unplayable on this board.
>Samuel_Kaplan: BDILNOR 10B BOD +24 56
#note Gonna keep things a little tighter and block some 2x2s after his exchange 3 now instead of doing 7G BROIL or 7G BRO.
>Scott_Appel: AEEINRS C9 ..INER +26 36
#note It's honestly a hard call between this and fishing, but I'm fine with being aggressive and hoping to claw back with big JOINERS plays.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAGILNR 13B G.RANIAL +61 117
#note If I saw the 7, which I unfortunately did not, 7B LARIGAN is the move at this score. I effectively make the top right of the board hard to access and 14A LARRIGAN gives him great counterplay. #findingmedium
>Scott_Appel: AEEIOSY 15A AIYEE +44 80
#note Looks like the clear best play.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEEITTZ 12H ZEE +45 162
#note I am not doing 12H ZETA in this spot, no way. I chose this over ZA as EEITT is not going to score anything next turn. Keeping the A at least gives me 12A plays as options and limits Scott's ability to have easy hooks on Column K.
>Scott_Appel: ?HIIOOS K9 OOHS +27 107
#note Another close call between this and 8D HO. I don't see a good way to dispose of both an I and an O without giving up so many points.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEEEITT E5 ATTI.E +19 181
#note 14C RETE is nice, didn't see that one. I guess 3 extra points isn't terrible because AEIT is still a vowel-heavy leave.
>Scott_Appel: ?GIIIUW -GIIIUW +0 107
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEELTUU A8 LUAU +20 201
#note This time, sacrificing 9 was too many even though I saw ELUATE on Column A too. I just didn't want to have Us on my rack. #strategymedium
>Scott_Appel: ?DLNOPT J4 DiPLONT +73 180
#note It's the only bingo and a nice find. Misscored as 72.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?EEFGTU 4H FU.GE +28 229
#note And me drawing the other blank was particularly clutch. This is clearly best and I like how well this forks.
>Scott_Appel: EEGKORS H1 KER. +33 213
#note I don't agree with KEEF here. This is fine.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?BCESTT 8D B. +16 245
#note Fish looks good. Hopefully the tile bag cooperates. Good thing I talked myself out of TEBETICS* (only TABETICS is good) because Scott would have challenged.
>Scott_Appel: CEGINOS 6A ESCO.ING +65 278
#note But I wasn't stopping him from bingoing either way, because he had 3A COSIGNE(R) for 9 more.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?CESTTW 14E WETS +33 278
#note Not the draw I needed to see. I thought about leaving the S off, but 13 is too many to give up and I would almost always have to start with the S at 14I. This looks fine.
>Scott_Appel: AALNQRW -ANQR +0 278
#note That Q is so bad on this board Quackle! Not sure what the duck is thinking here.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?CHITUV 10J ..UCH +18 296
#note I did not know that Andrew McCutchen's nickname of CUTCH was good. I like this play a lot because lots of bingoes end with -TIVE on Row 2. And I can always make my blank an E to score again if needed.
>Scott_Appel: AIILMNR N10 .ARMIN +22 300
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?IPTTVW -PTVW +0 296
#note I saw 15L PI(N)T. I hated the leave with this pool and was nervous about potentially picking the Q. That would have absolutely screwed me over if Scott bingoes with either the FUDGES hook, the TOUCHE hook, or throught the E in KERF. And even if Scott doesn't have a bingo, I then have to potentially waste my blank to dispose of the Q. Championship player does not put this too far behind A1 TaWPI(E) and O8 VIeW. Lookng back, maybe I should do 5D W(A)P if I'll score something and minimize turnover if the V is also very clunky on this board, except if I draw -TIVE bingoes on Row 2, namely 2A OpTATIV(E). #strategymedium
>Scott_Appel: AIILNOT 15L LI.O +15 315
#note Looks good for him.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?ADFITX O5 FIXATeD +114 410
#note Luckbox draw which effectively puts the game away.
>Scott_Appel: AIMNOSV N4 VIM +29 344
#note Looks fine to block my better Q spot. Misscored as 30.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EPQTVW 14M Q. +22 432
#note That's really the best I can do. FIXATeD might have meant being out of the woods, but the tile bag was not particularly nice.
>Scott_Appel: ANOS 3D SONA. +6 350
#note He was low on time, so he slapped this down. He could also do 11E SON for 20, then I do 2F TW(E)EP for 18, then he goes out with 12C NA resulting in a 70 point win as opposed to this 56 point win.
It was a close one until I got FIXATeD down. Scott's a great player and he just had some clunky racks to deal with. I got another great test from this game. 1-1 -55.
>Scott_Appel: (EPTVW) +26 376
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