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#player1 Laurie_Cohen Laurie Cohen
#player2 Mike_Frentz Mike Frentz
>Laurie_Cohen: BEIX 8F IBEX +26 26
#note Word Cup 2024, Round 22.
>Mike_Frentz: EHILPPR 9H HIP +24 24
>Laurie_Cohen: AIJO 7C JIAO +21 47
>Mike_Frentz: EELPRRS D3 REPL.ERS +72 96
>Laurie_Cohen: AILW 5D .ILAW +20 67
>Mike_Frentz: AAEHINU 3C U.AEI +12 108
#note HANIWA is pretty. Didn't even look for it.
>Laurie_Cohen: EOOZ 6H OOZE +38 105
>Mike_Frentz: AEEHMNY 5K YEH +28 136
#note Though it opens the triple in dangerous ways, Quackle still prefers YAMEN or HYMEN on row 2. 7-13 points is a lot to give up, but this feels much cleaner defensively. I'm open to suggestions.
>Laurie_Cohen: AEGILNS K9 SEALING +75 180
>Mike_Frentz: AAELMNO 15H MAN.O +27 163
#note AMOLE 4K, throwing open a second 3x3 line, is an interesting idea. I'm okay with this, though.
>Laurie_Cohen: IT 4H TI +10 190
>Mike_Frentz: ADEILTT 11F DILAT.TE +59 222
#note Pop quiz, hotshot...
>Laurie_Cohen: OW 4L WO +25 215
>Mike_Frentz: ?ENRRTU 14B NuRTURE +70 292
#note Or UNRETIRE for slightly improved defense.
>Laurie_Cohen: BDINSTU N9 DUSTBIN +84 299
#note I stared at this for a good two minutes, went back and forth on it, then decided I could probably survive it being good, but with the Q on my rack, I may not be able to survive a challenge. Still, I shouldn't be guessing here; I should KNOW. And I didn't.
>Mike_Frentz: AFNOQRY 13H FAQ.R +26 318
#note Sim likes FRY or FOY at 3M, which I'm not sure I agree with. There are no more Is to draw for the 3I spot, and relying on something like QAT staying open (even if I hit it!) seems dicey. I could live with NIQAB 13J instead, retaining the F to score later at either 2F or 3M.
>Laurie_Cohen: DEGNU O5 NUDGE +24 323
>Mike_Frentz: ACENORY 3K CONY +36 354
#note All the best plays are up in this corner; this, CRONY, or CYANO lead the sim. I'm fine with this to draw one fewer tile from what's starting to look like a pretty ugly pool.
>Laurie_Cohen: ?ACDEGO 12A DECAGOn +78 401
#note Except, of course, for that rack. (Note that a block here still loses to DOCkAGE or the like on row 2.)
>Mike_Frentz: AEFKMRV A8 FREM. +33 387
#note I think I was envisioning some kind of mistake and a V-stick here, though it's hard to execute without getting stuck with my own. (Also: yay for drawing ALL of the dreck!). FAVS 10A, setting up KERF (even though it's not an out-in-two) sims best.
>Laurie_Cohen: OSTV 4A VOT. +13 414
>Mike_Frentz: AKV N1 KA. +20 407
>Laurie_Cohen: S L3 ...S +21 435
#note Was still in pretty good shape even with the phony, but just couldn't close out. This one hurt.
>Laurie_Cohen: (V) +8 443
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