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#player1 Jim_Burlant Jim Burlant
#player2 Pam_Stubblefield Pam Stubblefield
>Jim_Burlant: AEFLNOR 8H OF +10 10
#note This was not an autopilot opening rack, and I spent a minute or so debating whether to go long or short. Quackle prefers 8D FLORA 24, with this choice coming in third. And I suspect that, if I were playing a 1700 or 1800 level opponent I would have gone with FLOREA. Against this opponent I took a different tack and was rewarded for it.
>Pam_Stubblefield: BCEI 9E BICE +13 13
#note If Pam had opted for the much more defensive BI 7H, this game might have turned into a slog...but this play gave me just what I needed to start the fireworks.
>Jim_Burlant: AELNORT F4 RELAT.ON +62 72
#note Quackle gives slight preference to ORIENTAL F7.
>Pam_Stubblefield: AGY E3 GAY +26 39
>Jim_Burlant: AEEPTUW D4 WEEP +36 108
#note AWEE D3 wins the sim by a hair.
>Pam_Stubblefield: IIKST 12B TIKIS +27 66
>Jim_Burlant: ALMNSTU B10 MU.ANT +28 136
#note Quackle prefers 8A LUMS or 8A MUNS, both scoring 32. While the leave is better with those choices, I still prefer turning this rack. I thought the S was worth more than 4 points given the hook at 10H.
>Pam_Stubblefield: AHOX A8 HOAX +55 121
#note Ouch.
>Jim_Burlant: AFILSUW J6 AWFUL +24 160
#note Best, at 66% winning chances
>Pam_Stubblefield: EO A14 OE +14 135
>Jim_Burlant: CDIIOST K10 ODIC +16 176
#note I take a mild hit for this choice, with the sim winner being ADIT 13B 24. I was too fixated on unloading the O to look anywhere other than K10 plays. Incorrectly scored as 14.
>Pam_Stubblefield: IQ C9 QI +26 161
>Jim_Burlant: DEIISTT K2 DITTIES +83 259
#note Best bingo.
>Pam_Stubblefield: IMPR G4 PRIM +36 197
>Jim_Burlant: AEGHINS 2H HEA.INGS +80 339
#note Luckbox! Now exceeding 98% winning chances.
>Pam_Stubblefield: DER 1G RED +30 227
>Jim_Burlant: ?EEEOSY O1 O.E +9 348
#note Arrrrrgh. Shame on me for not recognizing EYESOrE. Even compared to the non-bingo options, this is a bit weak. TYEE 4K would have been a much better choice given that I'm sitting on the case S and one of the blanks.
>Pam_Stubblefield: DN 13A D.N +16 243
>Jim_Burlant: ?AEERSY 4K .YE +12 360
#note I'm sitting on the second-to-last E, I have the S and the blank - why not open another line to guarantee a bingo?
>Pam_Stubblefield: ANR L4 .ARN +18 261
>Jim_Burlant: ?AENORS M7 SANtERO +74 434
#note Anything is as good as anything else at M7.
>Pam_Stubblefield: LUV I4 LUV +13 274
>Jim_Burlant: BGJLUVZ 6A LUG. +7 441
#note This is where I pay for missing EYESOrE...by drawing a rack that is quite an eyesore! While I got SANtERO down to seal the win, I think it's safe to say that, if I found EYESOrE 2 turns back, I probably woiuld have landed most, if not all of these scorers because of all the turnover. And if I landed them 2 turns ago I would have had time to unload them. Even if I only dumped them for chump change, I'd have still gotten between 30 - 40 points for them AND not given her 36 points points back for those tiles at the end of the game. Conservatively, that's a 70-point swing. Anyway, saw this and went into brain lock, taking several minutes to even find this. I realized my error right after I hit my clock. JUBE 6A should have been my play, of course. I thought I might catch a break if she couldn't go out...but no such luck. Good thing for me this game wasn't closer, or this could have killed it for me.
>Pam_Stubblefield: ?AEORT N8 bOATER +19 293
#note Scored as 20, and final score recorded as 439 - 344.
>Pam_Stubblefield: (BJVZ) +50 343
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