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#player1 NB NB
#player2 Bing Bing
>NB: EFH 8G FEH +18 18
>Bing: ADEEINY 7G EYE +25 25
>NB: STY J8 STY +24 42
>Bing: ADIILNQ 6D QAID +23 48
>NB: ?GGILST 9B GIGLeTS +75 117
>Bing: ILMNOPW E1 PLOWM.N +28 76
>NB: IINRV B6 VIR.IN +20 137
>Bing: ?CEILOT 1E .ETrOLIC +92 168
>NB: DEGR 11H DREG +19 156
>Bing: EEJMSUW 2A JEWE. +30 198
#note The first in a series of close decisions. I judged that keeping the S was worth the 10 points.
>NB: ANORSUU L5 URANOUS +65 221
>Bing: BEMNSUX M7 BUM +29 227
#note UNSEX M3 is the other major choice, but I think this move was fine. Keeping the firepower of the X made sense, with a play at 10E highly likely, and I was opening the right edge of the board for my S.
>NB: ACEOP 4C CO.PEA +28 249
>Bing: ENOOSUX 10E OX +51 278
#note All according to plan so far.
>NB: AINO H11 .ANIO +21 270
>Bing: DEKNOSU N5 UDON +17 295
#note I was happy to find this setup, which pretty much guaranteed some sort of 45-point play or better. Possibly KUDO (A10) is stronger, for the increased bingo chances.
>NB: ABIZ 12D BAIZ. +32 302
>Bing: EKOSTTV E9 ..V.T +16 311
#note Still marking time, waiting to drop the hammer.
>NB: EH A7 HE +26 328
>Bing: EKNORST 14H .NSTROKE +78 389
#note The moment of truth. Playing the bingo would empty the bag, thus lose if Nathan had a playable bingo (about a 14% chance on the face of the tile pool). Fishing off the K would probably give me a bingo, but it wasn't a sure thing. And this would potentially give Nathan another chance to fish. Were there any other clues? Nathan's last play suggests the bag was likely to contain 2 or 3 A's (since he didn't play HA), maybe this was enough to tip the scales. Personally, I think only the result was wrong.
>NB: ADEILRT 3H TRAILED +70 398
>NB: (AAAEFIR) +20 418 |
