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#player1 Jeff_Widergren Jeff Widergren
#player2 Rafi Rafi
>Jeff_Widergren: AMNW 8G MAWN +18 18
>Rafi: ?AADEOR 9H DEOdARA +70 70
>Jeff_Widergren: AIRTY M9 .ARITY +18 36
>Rafi: AEEFINO N12 FOE +29 99
>Jeff_Widergren: EFRT O10 REFT +27 63
>Rafi: ACEINOU 7I EONIC +21 120
>Rafi: ACEINOU -- -21 99
#note Huge huge huge blunder here. Despite what quackle says, I think I should have played CION here, for it's defensive qualities. Obviously phoneying is stupid.
>Jeff_Widergren: BNOO 7H BOON +23 86
>Rafi: ACEINOU 10F CUE +18 117
>Jeff_Widergren: EJPR L8 J.PER +70 156
#note Crap. Really pissed at myself for playing the phoney at this point.
>Rafi: ABIIMNO 6J MIB +27 144
>Jeff_Widergren: DESY M3 DYES +24 180
>Rafi: AILNOTX 4K OX. +26 170
#note LYNX, in my opinion, is suicide. But then again, certain parallel plays to the D after OXY (like TAD) would really destroy the board as well. One thing to take into account at this point is that I was playing VERY fast, and Jeff was under some pressure to make quick decisions.
>Jeff_Widergren: DEHIV 3G HIVED +23 203
>Rafi: AILNSST 2A INSTALS +73 243
>Jeff_Widergren: EKU 1A KUE +43 246
>Rafi: CDILLNU J2 L.D +21 264
#note Still playing extremely fast. Maybe AULIC or CAULD could work too, because there are three G's left to hook LED.
>Jeff_Widergren: AAEGGIU 1H GAGA +24 270
>Rafi: CILNNRU E2 .NURIC +16 280
>Jeff_Widergren: IP 8N PI +16 286
>Rafi: ?HLLNNR 6D N.LL +6 286
#note With such a closed board and the Q and Z unseen, the blank here is key.
>Jeff_Widergren: EIW 5C WI.E +11 297
>Rafi: ?EHNORU 4D H.E +27 313
>Jeff_Widergren: OTV 11I VOT.. +16 313
>Rafi: ?GNORTU A1 ..NG +11 324
#note KING looked pretty safe to me. I think Jeff was down to around 1-2 minutes at this point.
>Jeff_Widergren: AAEIISZ A1 ....SIZE +66 379
>Jeff_Widergren: AAEIISZ -- -66 313
#note Jeff played this almost immediately. My first inclination was that it wasn't good, but I had to see if there was a way to win if it was. After much deliberation, I challenged it off. Jeff showed me EQ as the curtesy tiles, so I was faced with an interesting decision.
>Rafi: ?OORTTU - +0 324
#note Knowing Jeff's rack, plus the contents of the bag, I really should have put more thought into this play. My mistake was that I thought I could Z (and maybe Q) stick him if I passed twice, because with AAEIIZS he had no Z plays. However, with the second E, he would draw ZEE in the top right, something I didn't think of. I think passing still wins 100% of the time, but definitely not by as much, and if I make a mistake in the endgame I could lose. The best play is probably TO/TYE, threatening QUaRTO, and cROQUET if he plays AZO - his only Z play.
>Jeff_Widergren: AAEIISZ F1 A. +2 315
>Rafi: ?OORTTU - +0 324
>Jeff_Widergren: AEEIISZ N1 ZEE +27 342
>Rafi: ?OORTTU O1 aT +35 359
>Jeff_Widergren: AIIQS O7 Q. +11 353
>Rafi: OORTU 4A .O +3 362
#note COO is 2 points better.
>Jeff_Widergren: AIIS 15N SI +13 366
#note JAPERS/STOT
>Rafi: ORTU F10 .OURT +9 371
#note Whew. What a game.
>Rafi: (AI) +4 375
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