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#player1 Mike_Frentz Mike Frentz
#player2 Sam_Hollington Sam Hollington
>Mike_Frentz: AEEILNO 8F ALOE +8 8
#note 2024 Word Cup, Round 3.
I always try to middle these racks and it never works out. Either go short (play/trade OE) or go long (EOLIAN), but don't do this. Duly punished:
>Sam_Hollington: ?ADEHRW 9F WARHEaD +87 87
>Mike_Frentz: DEIMNOT K4 DOMIN.TE +90 98
>Sam_Hollington: AIYZ 4H ZAI.Y +56 143
>Mike_Frentz: AFGIINT L11 FIG +19 117
#note FADING L7 is the star play here.
>Sam_Hollington: AELOSTU 6G SOUL.ATE +64 207
>Mike_Frentz: AEGILNT 10A ELATING +74 191
>Sam_Hollington: EINSV A10 .NVIES +39 246
>Mike_Frentz: EFGIMNT 11C GIF +29 220
#note Sim likes FAMING C9, which I'd do with the scores reversed.
>Sam_Hollington: ERVY 8K .ERVY +40 286
>Mike_Frentz: ELMNOST 14F MOLTENS +75 295
>Mike_Frentz: ELMNOST -- -75 220
#note I literally wrote this, MELTONS, and LOMENTS down. One with a check mark, one with a question mark, and one with an X. Guess which way round I had it. (Hint: it wasn't the right one.) Sigh.
>Sam_Hollington: BEIOO 13I BOO.IE +24 310
>Mike_Frentz: ELMNOST 14E MELTONS +73 293
>Sam_Hollington: AEW 15H AWE +35 345
>Mike_Frentz: ?AHNOPT B3 NAPHThO. +70 363
#note Probably worth the few extra points and openness from PHONATe 5A, but this is too many style points to pass up. (And not the first time I'll wind up going for style this tourney.)
>Sam_Hollington: BJSU N10 JUB.S +60 405
>Mike_Frentz: AKNOQTU A1 KNOT +32 395
#note Sim likes OTAKU A1 (which I didn't spot), but the Q can easily become a liability on this board. This play, on the other hand, leaves me a draw at QUIZ H1 to basically ice it.
>Sam_Hollington: DERU C1 RUED +20 425
>Mike_Frentz: ACCDQRU D6 QUAR..C +38 433
#note The only play given a chance by Championship Player is QUAD 13C, trying to draw RECCE N2. But that's easily blocked. I thought this might lead to a winning sequence if opponent miscalculated, not seeing the easy alternative. I don't actually think there are any wins here.
>Sam_Hollington: AEIPRRX B14 XI +38 463
#note The trap that opponent could have fallen into it playing PREZ H1, which gives me enough of a higher-scoring outplay (ICED 3F) to win by two. Fortunately for Sam, he dodged it.
>Mike_Frentz: CDI N3 DIC. +7 440
#note Word knowledge costs me a game, part one.
>Mike_Frentz: (AEPRR) +14 454
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