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#player1 Cesar_del_Solar Cesar del Solar
#player2 Jim_Burlant Jim Burlant
>Cesar_del_Solar: DEFKORU 8D FORKED +36 36
>Jim_Burlant: EHIOSTZ F6 ZE.O +33 33
#note The obvious plays are F6 HERTZ or ZORI; I didn't see them. While this surprisingly sims not even 2-1/2 points down on HERTZ, this mistake is one of three that could have cost me the game.
>Cesar_del_Solar: EEHNPQU 7H HEP +18 54
#note it may be better at 9H. (-1.5)
>Jim_Burlant: ACHIIST 10B CHIAS +34 67
#note And if I played ZORI like I should have, I'd be sitting on ACEHIST and be looking at a bingo. Instead I have this. Q doesn't particularly like this, saying that, in stead, I should play KHI G8 23, docking me 8 points.
>Cesar_del_Solar: EILNQTU B6 QUIN.E +37 91
>Jim_Burlant: ?AAIJTW A11 AWAIT +38 105
#note Best, and I'm winning 57%. Burning the blank with AJIvA for 59 sims 6 points down. I was figuring to bingo with the blank in a couple of turns...but I was about to screw up royally.
>Cesar_del_Solar: EEILOTU C3 ETUI +19 110
#note louie 6i (-0.5)
>Jim_Burlant: DIIJRTV I4 JIV.. +16 121
#note This is not a typo - I lost the blank on an overdraw. When he turned the tiles over and I saw IV?, Cesar's question as I tossed the blank into the bag: "How'd you know I was going to put the blank back in?" To which I replied, "Yeah, let's put that nasty blank back in the bag." Anyway this is best, winning 45%.
>Cesar_del_Solar: DELNORU 4I .UREL +24 134
#note judo is better. i normally don't like LN together, but JUREL seems to give up more than JUDO. (-3)
>Jim_Burlant: DIRSTUW B1 WUD +17 138
#note The first 2 tiles out of the bag were UW. You have got to be kidding me! Best, winning 50%. Of interest: D2 WRITS 36.
>Cesar_del_Solar: DDEEFNO 1A O.NED +30 164
#note Well, that could have been a lot worse.
>Jim_Burlant: GILORST E10 .LGOR +12 150
#note Not even one of the oiriginal kibbitzer choices, this sims very respectably - while D3 LOTS (which I didn't consider) wins the sim, this is one of only 3 plays within 3-1/2 points of LOTS after 500 2-ply iterations. I figured that with this pool, I should set up my S and try to turn a few tiles to see if I could get my blank back. I was in for a rude awakening. Of note: maybe 2D LOG would have been better than this. While it wouldn't have stopped him from making a big play on his next turn, the end of this game would have been much easier for me to figure out.
>Cesar_del_Solar: ??DEFGO 12C Fa.GOtED +74 238
#note foliaged or goodwife are best. lucky for me jim overdrew and i got to throw in a blank last turn i think. (-5)
>Jim_Burlant: INRSTVY H12 .IVY +27 177
#note Play scored incorrectly as 30. This is best, winning 8%.
>Cesar_del_Solar: ABNORTY 11I BARYTON +81 319
>Jim_Burlant: CEINRST N2 CISTERN +85 262
#note There are no bingos down the triple line, and this is best. Q still says I have next to no chance, as it claims I'm only winning 3%. Woo hoo.
>Cesar_del_Solar: AELNOTT A8 TO +14 333
#note it felt right to take the X spot already now that i was up. i rarely do things like this and it is probably wrong; 14H VOLANTE achieves the same by going for the X, S, and blocking several lanes. (-11.5)
>Jim_Burlant: AAAGMNP 8L PA.G +30 292
#note Q prefers 10J GAMA for winning percentage, though this play sims with highest valuation.
>Cesar_del_Solar: AELNSTX G11 L.X +35 368
#note 9L AX is better or 9K LAX. this is actually a pretty big mistake. L10 SYNTAX sims best. i have to take away his scoring opportunities; more important than going for my own bingo. (-1.5%)
>Jim_Burlant: AABEIMN 10L BAM +32 324
#note Did not know this spelling of the word, as I only knew it as being spelled AMBIENCE. 2H AMBIANCE scores 70 and wins 17%...and this miss set up a rather bizarre finish.
>Cesar_del_Solar: AEINOST C9 O. +10 378
#note 7L OAR has 28.2 valuation. AZO has 10.3, and mine has 9.9. I don't understand why the difference is so enormous. It seems to be one of those things where since AZO and OAR result in bingos less often, the game goes longer and I get more points. Anyway, I took the CP %-win values (AZO wins there). (-7%)
>Jim_Burlant: AEEILNS 14H .ASELINE +76 400
#note If you're me, which bingo do you put down? I'll explain this choice shortly...
>Cesar_del_Solar: AEINRST 2D RETAINS +66 444
#note At the time, I had dickered over whether to put down VASELINE or the lower scoring SALIENCE on row 2. The unseen M made me worry that he could still outrun me in the end game if he had it, and that SALIENCE's 62 points weren't enough given my deficit and the unseen M. Hence, this choice. At the time, we thought that I had missed the winning play, but replaying the game shows that we weren't quite on target - if I play SALIENCE I still lose by 1. Oh well, I get what I deserve. If I can't find ZORI, and if I can't pay enough attention to what I'm doing to not draw too many tiles, I don't deserve the win. A shame, since i otherwise played about the best game I'm capable of playing.
>Cesar_del_Solar: (AM) +8 452 |
