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#player1 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
#player2 Joel_Horn Joel Horn
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADEGKTU 8E KAGU +18 18
#note There are surprisingly no 5s that use the K. So I settled on this.
>Joel_Horn: IJNS E5 JIN.S +32 32
>Samuel_Kaplan: DEORRST F4 ROD +24 42
#note Looked for a while for bingoes, and too bad RETRODS* isn't good. I liked this a lot in order to set up my T, and the sim loves it like the old saying in the McDonald's commercial.
>Joel_Horn: ?BEMRST - +0 32
#note Not actual rack. Joel exchanged 3 tiles here.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEERSTT 3B TERETES +71 113
#note My play actually does sim a little ahead of 3C TEETERS most likely by avoiding giving back the X bomb at 4D. I would still do my play again even while it might be highly unlikely that Joel kept the X after his exchange 3.
>Joel_Horn: ELNOSTT 2G TONLETS +63 95
#note Figured he was up to at least a little something. But he didn't score too much, so all good.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EGILOTT 1H GO +23 136
#note This does look like a scared play, but way too many things can go there if I leave that open. I can't afford to let him score 40+ there easily. With that said, it's very close between GO, GIE, and GI on Row 1, and I also don't know how I picked the last 2 Ts out of a nearly full bag with the open T in TERETES and TONLETS already present. Houdini act large? Or opposite of one since technically I didn't "escape" something? Lol.
>Joel_Horn: EGNV K1 V.NGE +18 113
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEEILTT 4A TELE +18 154
#note There is something to be said about doing TILE in this spot because of the 7 remaining Is. But there's also a lot of As remaining too.
>Joel_Horn: EZ M2 .EZ +24 137
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEIINRT D9 INERTIA +68 222
>Joel_Horn: CEFLORU 15C C.REFUL +36 173
#note After the game, Joel told me he probably should have done CARFUL here because that does not give back the 14F hotspot.The sim agrees with him in the sense that he scores the most while giving not as much back.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADIMOPU 14F PIMA +35 257
#note C9 MIAOU was missed and is easily the play. Very sloppy. #visionmedium
>Joel_Horn: ?ABIIOR A4 .IBIA +21 194
#note He has 13I cIBORIA for 68 and J5/L5 ROBInIA available for 64 and 61 repsectively.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ADIOUWX C9 XU +37 294
#note C6 DOUX is understandably simming ahead of my play just because it's better equity, but I figured here I would set up high scoring plays for myself that also partially block an easy bingo lane for Joel, as that appears to be the biggest threat for Joel to get back in this one, because I have the AXIS hook. At a minimum, I set up a sneaky insertion of B8 WADI, which I am keeping. #foresightlarge
>Joel_Horn: ??OORRW L5 mORROWs +60 254
#note He could have played this at J5 for 69. But if I'm him, I like the idea of playing this at 13I for 1 fewer point due to a more favorable board shape at this deficit.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ABDFIOW B8 WADI +36 330
#note Right idea, but maybe just WAB is fine. It's ok to try to outrun at this score, but there's a way to do it without allowing Joel easy access to Column A. #questionable
>Joel_Horn: DELMNPY 8L .YND +24 278
>Samuel_Kaplan: BCFHNOO K9 HOOF +32 362
#note Best play.
>Joel_Horn: ADEELMP A11 AMPLE +38 316
#note So I guess I somewhat dodged a bullet because he still had 2A LAMED for 33 before I gave him this.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ABCHINQ N8 .IQAB +36 398
>Joel_Horn: ADEISVY O11 DIVES +38 354
#note Misscored as 37.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ACHNOU J9 OCH +39 437
#note J10 CHON is 2 more. Small mistake. And this was misscored as 36.
>Joel_Horn: AY N4 AY +16 370
#note N14 YA is 6 more for him. Honestly I'm glad I made the play of XU as his bingoes would have indeed scored more. But again, a play like WADI that may seem a little innocuous could have turned out worse than it did. Another good game and hopefully I can get more good ones in with 2 games left. Final score was recorded as 434-375. 4-2 +239.
>Joel_Horn: (ANU) +6 376
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