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#player1 Johnny_O Johnny O
#player2 Dave Dave
>Johnny_O: AACLO 8D COALA +20 20
>Dave: ILLMVWW E4 WILL.W +24 24
#note His opening play saved me from having to trade with this dreadful rack. But I wasn't totally happy about having to do this when I couldn't remember if WILLOWER was good.
>Johnny_O: DEORY 4C DO.ERY +34 54
>Dave: EMOPPRV H1 MOP. +33 57
>Johnny_O: BINOU C1 BOU.IN +18 72
>Dave: AEHOPRV D8 .OPRAH +31 88
#note Quackle does not approve. I had several better plays. The best by far is APPROVE 3G.
>Johnny_O: DEFSU 14B FUSED +40 112
>Dave: ADEQUVV 2F QU.D +34 122
#note It's a funny choice here between keeping two V's or the the QU, but I think this is reasonable.
>Johnny_O: DEFT 15E DEFT +30 142
>Dave: AEEIRVV 11D .EVIVE +24 146
#note I totally missed WILLOWIER for 40 points. With both blanks unseen, turnover is at a premium, so this made more sense than something like VIBE or VARVE.
>Johnny_O: CIRSTT J2 STRICT +33 175
#note Sets up the ASTRICT hook, which I eyed for the rest of the game but wasn't able to do anything good with.
>Dave: AGGMNRY 1A GA.Y +42 188
>Johnny_O: OX 2A OX. +41 216
>Dave: GGIMNNR 5I M.RING +18 206
#note I clearly wasn't looking closely enough for parallel plays in this game. GOWNING is the star play. At the same time, I realized it was crucial to continue playing for turnover. I first laid down MINING, but changed my mind for two reasons: MININGS and keeping NG seemed wise with so many I's to draw.
>Johnny_O: AEILNTU K7 ALUNITE +66 282
#note John said afterward that if I had played MINING setting up the S hook, he would have played this at 14H setting up another one.
>Dave: AGIKNST 14I TASKING +86 292
>Johnny_O: HINO O11 HON.I +30 312
>Dave: ABEIJOR N7 RIOJA +33 325
#note It was getting more and more stressful not seeing any blanks, but I think this is the right idea. I need to score a lot and grab as many of the remaining tiles as I can. Blocking bingo lanes and setting up possible Z spots is not bad either. If he bingos on column B, I might be able to come back with a Z play, or vice versa.
>Johnny_O: AE 15A AE +11 323
#note John didn't have the blank yet and was dealing with a surfeit of vowels. However, he recognized that the bag he was dipping into was so rich that he could afford to empty it. Now I am lost because he has MEANDERS 1H in addition to bingos on the B column. Against a lesser player I would have blocked the B-line, but I trusted John would find the spot.
>Dave: ?BEEETZ L2 BEZ.l +30 355
#note BEZANT is a few points better.
>Johnny_O: ?AEENRS B6 EARNESt +64 387
>Johnny_O: (EET) +6 393
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