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#player1 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
#player2 Froilan_Mendoza Froilan Mendoza
>Samuel_Kaplan: FINNRSW 8G FIRN +14 14
>Froilan_Mendoza: BCEIP 7D BICEP +22 22
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?ALNOSW J8 .OW +14 28
#note D3 SNOW(B)AlL is a very cool one that I didn't spot. That W kills so many bingoes and I spent a while looking for 7s that don't exist.
>Froilan_Mendoza: DJOO 8A DOJO +44 66
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?AELNRS E7 .SLANdER +77 105
#note Hard to really be a fan of anything positionally here. Doing C8 (J)ANgLERS opens up a 3x3 needlessly as well as leaves the 2x2 open and doing something like A8 (D)ANgLERS still leaves open the 2x2. E6 m(I)SLEARN would be a bit better positionally normally, but since I have historically had no problem outrunning Froilan on a board that presents many scoring opportunities (460 average for and 431 average against in 4 matchups including this one), I guess this looks fine. MISLEARN and ISLANDER both give back X-bombs too which was the issue here.
>Froilan_Mendoza: OX F9 OX +52 118
#note Yep, that's never fun to see.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADGQRTT 11H QAT +19 124
#note I hated this position a hell of a lot more than the last one but at least the QATS hook isn't super dangerous just yet.
>Froilan_Mendoza: Z 10D Z.. +19 137
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADGIORT 12G GID +21 145
#note And of course I have a no-go as this board is very S-dependent. I liked blocking this dangerous Q spot with 4 Us still unseen as well as the E in ISLANDER after Froilan just fished. 11A GITA(N)O gives back a hotspot for high pointers that I don't even have, and D10 ZOA leaves me with too much clunk which can go south if I pick 2 more consonants.
>Froilan_Mendoza: TU G12 .UT +5 142
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAEKORT D10 .OA +28 173
#note As much as I don't like that Froilan just fished yet again, I think this looks fine. I like the nice balanced leave where if I don't draw a bingo, at least I can score decently with my K. Fishing with H14 OK wasn't great- where am I going to bingo besides the D and O in DOJOS without drawing an S? And I would also have to draw a D or an O to hit a Row 13 bingo which isn't even that likely.
>Froilan_Mendoza: FT 9E ..FT +29 171
#note This is a perfectly welcoming word to see considering that I may have to loft a bowling ball at some point when I do the so-called Impossible Challenge in Morrisville, PA on September 15th. And this was misscored as 28.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEKLRTV B8 .VERTALK +84 257
#note Not a good draw, but it's a good time for it when I can get rid of the clunky KV combo with this bingo!
>Froilan_Mendoza: AGO C13 GOA +22 193
#note I guess this is fine from an equity standpoint. SMUG leaves me in a worse position because there's still 9 Es to draw. CGI is a better leave for surviving that potential draw.
>Samuel_Kaplan: CGIIMSU K11 SUMI +38 295
#note I liked this over SMUG because drawing too many Es will hurt me after keeping CII. CGI will at least overcome that potentially bad draw better. I didn't think Froilan had particularly high scoring tiles after fishing off UT.
>Froilan_Mendoza: NPU L12 PUN +24 217
>Samuel_Kaplan: BCGIIVY 14J V..IC +36 331
#note Looks like the clear best play.
>Froilan_Mendoza: ?AEEORR A1 OvERREA. +77 294
#note I really thought this was good. I didn't even hold this one. Man, it's always something every single game!
>Samuel_Kaplan: BGIILTY M13 G.B +24 355
#note I'll take out the UPS hook and save 15A I(KA)T for next turn.
>Froilan_Mendoza: DE B5 ED +16 310
>Samuel_Kaplan: EIILNTY 15A I..T +27 382
#note Well planned out.
>Froilan_Mendoza: DEEI C2 EIDE +13 323
>Samuel_Kaplan: EILNWYY 4C .EWILY +34 416
#note Now we're finding plays.
>Froilan_Mendoza: AHS H1 ASH. +30 353
>Samuel_Kaplan: EHMNRUY 2F MU.HY +27 443
#note I thought about just doing MUSH leaving 1 in the bag. I was afraid that I might not be able to outrun bingoes that end at K8 or K9 with this very strong pool. If Froilan bingoes from K2-K8, the Y will become more of a liability than an asset. I'll let him potentially bingo out with 6H bingoes that don't score as much and also won't outrun MUSHY.
>Froilan_Mendoza: AEINNST 6H STANINE +67 420
#note I mean I finally got a win, but I had to really work for it. Better overall aside from accepting OVERREAD*. Final score was recorded as 443-433. 1-2 -199. Not gonna lie, some mistakes are finally catching up to me.
>Froilan_Mendoza: (AEELNOR) +14 434
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