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#player1 Mike_Frentz Mike Frentz
#player2 Norases_Vesdapunt Norases Vesdapunt
>Mike_Frentz: CMNOTUZ 8G CUZ +28 28
#note 2024 Word Cup, Round 6.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: AFR 9I ARF +19 19
>Mike_Frentz: EMNOORT 8K ENORM +29 57
>Norases_Vesdapunt: DMRU 7J DRUM +25 44
>Mike_Frentz: BGIINOT 10F BIOG +26 83
#note Or OBIT 10F, saving the -ING for this spot later. I could go either way.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: ABENS 11E BANES +36 80
>Mike_Frentz: EEINORT N8 .EORIENT +70 153
>Norases_Vesdapunt: ?ACFLNT 13G CoNFLAT. +82 162
>Mike_Frentz: AEGIILO 15J IOLI.E +21 174
#note Close between this, LIGATE in this spot (6 extra points, worse leave), and GOALIE 12A (blowing the left side open while Saint's rack is random). In hindsight it probably should be GOALIE, but that may just be a one-game sample size talking.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: DEX 6L DEX +36 198
>Mike_Frentz: AGIOPQV 12D VOG +24 198
#note Generally speaking, I'm happy to play a defensive game against Saint, who's good with his words and scary on an open board. This (over QI in the spot) plays into that theme.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: AAIRV 6F VARIA +23 221
>Mike_Frentz: AIIPQST I5 Q. +11 209
#note This needed to be PI 5J, setting up QAT for next turn.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: EGY O4 GEY +24 245
>Mike_Frentz: AIIOPST L12 P.I. +12 221
#note POLIO K11 executes the same idea better.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: ESTW O10 WETS +31 276
#note It's time to abandon ship on the defensive game plan.
>Mike_Frentz: AHIOSTU H13 .OH +15 236
#note I really don't trust Quackle in these type of cat-and-mouse closed boards, but I'm saving the possibility of something like UTA N2 (threatening OUTA) until later. VAU D12, the sim leader, feels a little too desperate too early.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: ORTU 15D ROUT. +9 285
>Mike_Frentz: AAIOSTU N2 UTA +9 245
>Norases_Vesdapunt: AEIINPT M1 ANE +12 297
>Mike_Frentz: AIIIOSW -IIIW +0 245
#note It looks odd to keep the O, but I want to have OVA F5 available next turn after my rack improves.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: D 1L D. +5 302
>Mike_Frentz: AAEKLOS F5 O.A +6 251
#note Sim prefers OKA at either 14B (not a super strong lane, and doesn't provide reopening opportunities) or K1 (trickier to block without giving something else back). I still like this idea, though nothing is likely to work.
>Norases_Vesdapunt: DY 5E Y.D +17 319
>Mike_Frentz: AEIKLSW 4B WEKA +27 278
>Norases_Vesdapunt: ?EILNPS C2 SL.EPINg +70 389
>Mike_Frentz: EIIJLST 8A JI.S +36 314
>Norases_Vesdapunt: H 7B H. +10 399
>Norases_Vesdapunt: (EILT) +8 407
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