Game Details
Player 1
#player1 Arie_Sinke Arie Sinke
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Arie_Sinke: EFGILRS 8H GRIEF +26 26
#note This is fine. FIG/FRIG is a pointless sacrifice.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?BEEIQX 9G QI +24 24
>Arie_Sinke: EILOSTU M2 OUTLIES +76 102
#note This is also fine.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?BEERSX N1 EX +36 60
#note Looks good. Gotta hope for an O.
>Arie_Sinke: ACEMTTU L8 .ACTUM +26 128
#note I did not see ACME L1 for 38. FACTUM wins the sim easily over ACME because the leave is vastly better. I don't know if I can infer an O here. If I can, probably ACME or TECTUM 4J. ACME would probably be correct if he's 25% more likely than usual to have an O. No idea what to play here.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?BDEORS O1 SOBEReD +96 156
#note I saw DOOBERS* and DOBBERS. I corectly dismissed DOOBERS* but was only 60-70% of DOBBERS. Those 9 points would matter later on.
>Arie_Sinke: ADEGOOT 13I DOG.A +22 150
#note This looks fine.
>Jonathan_Lindh: CFKOORY 14F CROOK +46 202
>Arie_Sinke: EEEOTWY 15H WEE +44 194
#note Probably WEET or YEET here for the extra points. I eschewed WEET because I thought I needed to retain a consonant and YEET never entered my mind.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AAFIIVY 10J VA.AY +29 231
#note Looks good. Another new word. VACAY would play a key roll towards the end of the game.
>Arie_Sinke: ELNORTY 6J YON. +15 209
#note I feel like I need to be proactive about making openings here. YONI allows a lot of reparallels after a play on row 5. TOLYL 5I for 16 may be a better version of the same idea. I didn't see it.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EFGIIIT 10F GIF +29 260
#note I liked GIF over FIG given Arie's last play. That lane under QI has the potential to be a huge game changer.
>Arie_Sinke: EIILRTW 4H TWILI. +20 229
#note WILT 4J looks like the standard equity play but the openings aren't going to create themselves.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EHIIITU 5E ETUI +10 270
>Arie_Sinke: EHPPRRS 4B REPP +20 249
#note Still trying to be proactive about creating openings. Maybe PREP or PERP instead. I liked the R and the E as floaters. Quackle loves the defensive REPP (6E for 25) for equity. Not really sure what to do here.
>Jonathan_Lindh: BHIIMTZ B2 BI.TH +36 306
>Arie_Sinke: ADEHJRS C1 JAD. +34 283
#note I think this play is quite clearly right.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AEIMNRZ A1 ZA +38 344
#note Quackle likes A6 AZINE for 47 to score and dig for the blank. ZA is about #3. H1 ZEATIN for 45 also has some merit too.
>Arie_Sinke: EEHNRSV A6 EVEN +26 309
#note Don't really like anything here. Quackle likes EVENS A6 because I play down from B10 with the H for 45 so often. Unfortunately, that's probably not enough to win. This is probably fine; I still need to hang onto the S and keep column B alive to give myself a hope of bingoing.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AEIMNNR B9 AIRMEN +22 366
#note Wanted to score and dig for the blank and the S's. The Championship Player doesn't find AIRMEN, but when added to a sim, it surges into the top 5. The Player likes 12J MAUN for 21 which is kind of surprising. I don't know how I feel about that.
>Arie_Sinke: EHLNRSS 13A H.N +12 321
#note This play looks like my best shot by far. The key is to realize that ELRSS bingos a lot in parts of the board other than the spot I have just created, and Jonathan will be forced to block column D.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?ALNNOT D8 cANNOT +17 383
#note I never considered playing short with 2 in the bag. I think something like 13A HENT for 7 would have given me the best chance given what was actually left in the bag. HENT blocks a lot of Arie's bingos and leave the possbility of NONADULT to the T open with a D or U draw. I came close to laying down sONANT/VACAY for 31, but that still loses to outbingos. Had I played DOBBERS earlier in the game, I would be able to safely play SONANT/VACAY and barely outrun Arie since his bingos only would score 73 tops on the D and E columns. During this play, I was worried about the possibility of Arie having ASSURED/VACAYS for a bunch, and I concluded I was going to have to let that possibility remain open. I'd be curious to hear opinions on this play.
>Arie_Sinke: AELORSS F1 OLES.RAS +71 392
#note Only bingo. The fish worked.
>Arie_Sinke: (DLU) +8 400
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