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#player1 Evans Evans Clinchy
#player2 Nigel Nigel Richards
>Evans: CEIILUY 8H ICILY +28 28
>Nigel: AAEFIST I5 FAS.IATE +65 65
>Evans: DEIUVWX H12 WIVE +51 79
#note Lucky to have multiple X hotspots open -- I can take out this hotspot with the W now, and save the X-bomb for later. Sims best.
>Nigel: AIILMPT J10 MI +22 87
>Evans: DFHQRUX 13F QU.D +34 113
>Nigel: AEILNPT E7 PANTILE +83 170
>Evans: EFHNRUX J4 HEX +59 172
>Nigel: AJNOOPR K3 JAR +37 207
#note This sets up POON for 40 next turn, which is pretty sick.
>Evans: AEFNORU L1 FROE +43 215
>Nigel: AGNOOOP 2J PA.GO +39 246
>Evans: ADMNRUZ D8 ZA +44 259
#note The sim recommends NURD 14B, presumably leaving the Z spot open to fish for MATZA. A cool play that I didn't think of over the board.
>Nigel: EINOOOU M2 .ENU +37 283
>Evans: CDMNORU 1F MUCRO +31 290
#note My thinking here was that Nigel would have a distinct tempo advantage no matter what I did here, so I needed to leave bingo lines open. This leaves line C open and gives me line 2 to work with. Hoping to make something happen here. Sim slightly prefers MOUND C9, which does keep a stronger leave. Perhaps I'm overthinking the board dynamics.
>Nigel: EEIOOOS -OOOE +0 283
#note The pool is low on vowels, especially I's, so keeping EIS is better than just ES. Nigel and Quackle agree.
>Evans: ?DELNOU 15H .NsOULED +77 367
>Nigel: ABEIIST 8A BAI.. +48 331
>Evans: EEINRSW C7 W.NERIES +86 453
>Nigel: DEHIOST N5 HOISTED +70 401
>Evans: ADNSTTV F6 VAS +35 488
#note Wanted to keep scoring to put the pressure on. Would have been nice to block bingo lanes here, but there are two big ones open and I don't know which to block. If I guess wrong and he bingos and I haven't scored anything, I could be in trouble. Taking points while I still can seems like the best tactic.
>Nigel: ?BEGGNY M10 YEGG +26 427
#note This appears best -- burning the blank with BAGGY 2B for 53 is certainly an option, but Nigel would have to get extremely lucky to draw a bingo from there. He's more likely to come back with 26 now and a blank bingo later.
>Evans: ADNORTT B10 DO +16 504
#note This leaves one in the bag and blocks the more dangerous bingo line, points-wise -- BORNEOLS, BROOKITE, and BONTEBOK are all killers, and they're out of the picture now. Emptying the bag with something like DOAT O7 is not an option -- I can easily lose to a bingo out.
>Nigel: ?BEKLNT 2A BLaNKET +86 513
>Evans: ANORRTT A1 A.ORT +24 528
>Nigel: O 8N .O +6 519
#note Phew.
>Nigel: (NRT) +6 525 |
