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#player1 Mike_Frentz Mike Frentz
#player2 Sam_Hollington Sam Hollington
>Mike_Frentz: AAERSTV 8G TAV +12 12
#note Word Cup 2024, Round 21. AVA wins the sim, but it's quite possible to get left with an unplayable bingo on the next turn.
>Sam_Hollington: EGI 9F GIE +10 10
>Mike_Frentz: AEFRSWY G6 RA..FY +13 25
#note I think it's worth leaving the J column open (all of Quackle's other suggestions burn the S for it), but I'm open to persuasion.
>Sam_Hollington: ?AELMRT J5 LAMsTER +68 78
>Mike_Frentz: CEILOSW 11D COW. +24 49
#note OWIES H11 is probably worth it.
>Sam_Hollington: BEHL D8 BEL.H +30 108
>Mike_Frentz: DDEILOS K4 DIDO +23 72
#note Maybe GOWD F9, but it's hard for Sam to take the L4 spot without giving something back.
>Sam_Hollington: BFO L3 FOB +27 135
>Mike_Frentz: EEILNOS L7 OLEINES +71 143
>Sam_Hollington: AEHINST 13E SHEITAN. +63 198
>Mike_Frentz: IIIJRTU 10B JI.T +29 172
#note I stared at FUJI 3L for a while. The leave is clearly an improvement, but how badly will I get burned on the triple? I think I've still got time to bail out of this leave.
>Sam_Hollington: DNO H12 D.NO +21 219
>Mike_Frentz: IIMRTUV 14D VIM +29 201
#note So close to TRIUMVIR!
>Sam_Hollington: ?AALORU C2 AUReOLA +68 287
>Mike_Frentz: AINRTUU 8L .UAU +12 213
>Sam_Hollington: EX M3 EX +39 326
>Mike_Frentz: INNPPRT 2B P.N +10 223
#note I feel like this forks the board best and gives me whatever slim hope I can salvage; at this point, spread is not super-relevant (mine is terrible) and a ninth loss ends any hope for the title. Quackle's choice of PIRN 4A seems too easy to deal with. Even so, I'm apparently 1% to win here.
Hold that thought.
>Sam_Hollington: EY B6 YE +28 354
>Mike_Frentz: DINPRST 8A DR.. +27 250
#note Here, however, I do need to score some kind of points to make sure that the bingo I intend on drawing puts me close enough to matter. This seems--and sims--best. Still well under 1%, though.
>Sam_Hollington: EIQR O7 Q.IRE +14 368
>Mike_Frentz: IKNOPST 1D INKPOTS +95 345
#note Okay, that's one.
>Sam_Hollington: AEEGOWZ 4A WA.EZ +42 410
#note I believe Sam said this was his rack; I know he had the option of AZO F13 to block the opposite line. If this is his rack, though, there's a really cool option available: WE N2, threatening ZOEA 1L next turn to counteract a bingo by me. That's really tough to find, though. As for the choice of line to block, it certainly seems like the R is easier to hit than the O...
>Mike_Frentz: ACEGNST 15G C.GNATES +62 407
#note ...except when it's not. Cue up the Al Michaels audio.
>Mike_Frentz: (EGIORU) +14 421
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