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#player1 Quackle Quackle
#player2 New_Player_1 New Player 1
>Quackle: BERW 8F BREW +18 18
#note Flashback to Kevin's bingo of BREWINGS earlier in the night
>New_Player_1: AAEELNP 7G APE +20 20
#note I was worried I missed a bingo here. Glad that Q agrees with my play.
>Quackle: DENW 9H WEND +24 42
>New_Player_1: ABEELNU K6 BUN.LE +18 38
#note Not a great play. Not only did I miss NEBULAE, but I chickened out on ABELE and a bunch of higher-equity plays. After shuffling my tiles around for about five minutes, I felt frustrated and played the first thing I had seen with the D.
>Quackle: AHTT L4 THAT +20 62
#note Well, at least Margo didn't seem close to bingoing.
>New_Player_1: AAEJORX F5 JER.OA +25 63
#note Quackle likes being agressive with RAJA/BUNDLER. Given a lack of esses on the board and my rack, I prefer to play off the J in a safer spot.
>Quackle: LUV E10 LUV +14 76
>New_Player_1: ADEGITX 12K DEX +33 96
#note I saw TAXIED but prefered to keep the board tight. Did not see GAITED in the same spot (hooking next to THAT). DEX isn't the greatest leave, but the tile gods would alleviate that quickly.
>Quackle: AMO M5 OMA +22 98
>New_Player_1: AGINSTT 13C TASTING +79 175
#note Lucked into being able to bingo on what is basically the only lane on the board. If I had two eyes, for instance, instead of and A, SITTING would not fit anywhere.
>Quackle: ETV M10 VE.T +28 126
>New_Player_1: FLNOSTY N2 LOFTS +36 211
#note Q prefers LOFTY/HOY. Given my lead, I'm not too keen on opening a potentially devastating 3x3, or even a play like ZILL for 69. I am glad that this sims higher than NONYL at H11. Wasn't sure if this was worth the 9 points for the S, but given that this is the only spot to score with one, it makes sense.
>Quackle: FIN O1 FIN +22 148
>New_Player_1: CGIINNY H11 GI.NY +30 241
#note Quackle thinks YIN at N12 is slightly better. I don't like that leave at all, nor do I want to open another triple and bingo lane for Margo.
>Quackle: ?AI 5E A.I +20 168
>New_Player_1: CEGINOS H1 ICONS +35 276
#note Q prefers fishing here, either the E, G, or C. Given Margo's last play, it seems pretty likely she's going to take the T with her bingo, which could easily leave me with nowhere to play mine, if I do draw one. ICONS doesn't give her much to work with, especially since she seems to have a vowel-heavy rack. And this puts me up by 100. If she bingoes with both blanks, or if I draw one, that's pretty much game. She'll likely need two bingoes to win from this points.
>Quackle: ?EILOOS C6 LOOnIES. +58 226
#note Fortunately that Margo did not see/know OtIOSELY. Not sure I would have seen that myself, to be honest, especially with the blank. Interestingly, OLIVE at 10J sims just 5 points behind her bingo. Given that there are no esses and just one blank left, and her 100 point deficit, it might have been worth gambling. Of course, LOS? does not exactly inspire confidence that she'll have a bingo next turn, especially in that spot. Bingoing for just 58 does mean she will have to bingo again, and OLIVE + a bingo along that triple doesn't give her a lead. So bingoing is probably best, even if she misses OtIOSELY.
>New_Player_1: DEEGOPR 8A GO.P +30 306
#note I didn't love opening the G for bingoes, but given the pool, she isn't very likely to hit anything big, even with the blank. Q agrees with taking the points.
>Quackle: AEU N13 EAU +8 234
#note Desperation here. Not sure it's worth it, but she does need to keep things open if she wants to bingo. If I don't have the H or M, or a 6 or bingo, I guess this wouldn't be too harmful. Q likes EAU/SEV or SAVE, which I agree with. 3rd is VAU at 10M, which might work given the pool.
>New_Player_1: DEEIMRR O12 DERM +44 350
#note Ouch.
>Quackle: CDEHIQR 10B Q. +31 265
#note No choice here.
>New_Player_1: AEIIRYZ B2 ZAIRE +36 386
#note Q thinks YEZ for 41 is slightly better. I disagree. There's still a blank out there, and this pretty much kills most bingo opportunities. I don't mind emptying the bag, since it does give Margo only one shot at bingoing, and it also guarantees I'll draw the blank if it's still in the bag.
>Quackle: CDEHIOR 4A R.CH +20 285
#note Not that it matters, but Margo missed many better plays, such as playing RICH/HAJIS, EACH/SEV, etc.
>New_Player_1: ?AIKRUY 2F YU.K +21 407
#note Whatever.
>Quackle: DEIO 11A DI. +15 300
>New_Player_1: ?AIR A11 .AIRy +18 425
>New_Player_1: (EO) +4 429
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