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#player1 Mike_Frentz Mike Frentz
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
#description 07/27/2024 Word Cup round 11
>Mike_Frentz: AORSTTY 8G TOY +12 12
#note J: This game started a horrible 0-4 afternoon for me. I also think this was one of my worst played games of the main event. It does have some cool positions in it, though.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AACEEVW 9F VAW +18 18
#note I do not like 7H WAVE for 22. Saw it and dismissed it. VAW seems fine.
>Mike_Frentz: ACQRRST -QRT +0 12
#note Looks like keeping the T is worth it (barely), though I've been burned by that kind of leave before.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ACDEEOU 7G UDO +23 41
>Mike_Frentz: ACEPRRS 10H SCRAPER +73 85
#note Pop quiz: how many hooks are open on this board right now?
>Jonathan_Lindh: ACEENSU J10 .UE +3 44
#note Too fishy. O6 UNCASE for 36.
>Mike_Frentz: BDEFGNT 13J DEFT +21 106
#note FETED or BEGET at M9 look a touch better.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ACEENSW 12J .WE +27 71
#note Best. Horrible draw to CANES.
>Mike_Frentz: BGINRTU 9K TUB +21 127
#note Saw BRUTING, chickened out. I could give the old "passed it up for defense with an opponent who is clearly fishing" excuse, but even so, 50 points is too much to give up.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ACEMNOS 8L COMA +48 119
#note Best. I wisely stopped fishing here.
>Mike_Frentz: GILMNNR -GLMNR +0 127
#note No real reason to make a play on this board, though something like LINGAM is probably okay.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?AEENSZ O10 SNEEZe +57 176
#note SNEEZe and SNEEZy were better than REZ, but I never saw SEZ/SCRAPERS for 34. That balances leave and scoring. part of my problem is I missed the DOWSE hook until later in the game. This was a decent sized mistake. If I play to the triple, I need to play SNEEZy and not SNEEZe.
>Mike_Frentz: EEIINQX O4 XENI. +20 147
#note This is, from my perspective, the first time this comes into play: this should be NIXIE 11D (forming DOWSE). Hold this thought.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AAGILRY 4K GALA. +26 202
#note N2 GRAY for 30 is more defensive than my play. GALAX is still around #3-#4, though.
>Mike_Frentz: ?ADEILQ 5I QAID +37 184
>Jonathan_Lindh: DIORTVY 6F YO +17 219
#note No clue.
>Mike_Frentz: ?EGKLLN 15H GLENLiK. +86 270
#note J: This is where SNEEZy would have been a lot better. GLENLIKE is Mike's only playable bingo.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADEIRTV F4 IV. +9 228
#note J: I saw TARDIVE but I missed the DOWSE hook that makes TARDIVE play.
M: Apparently Jonathan was struggling through close-but-no-bingo racks here.
>Mike_Frentz: EINORSU 11B URINOSE +73 343
#note M: ...and apparently some of those racks would have played here. To be fair, I didn't notice this hook until now either.
J: Now Mike sees it. If I played TARDIVE, Mike would still have SNOUTIER coming back, so TARDIVE was not a 100% win by any means.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AABDERT N4 .BA +15 243
#note Need to bingo now.
>Mike_Frentz: AEGIIJN C10 I.ING +12 355
#note Forgot about the JIVY hook. GAIJIN would've been sweet, though even AJI is probably good enoigh.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADEEPRT 3A PREDATE +82 325
#note IRING blocked DEPURATE so I went with this play.
>Mike_Frentz: AEFIJLR A1 JA.E +42 397
#note M: Should probably be JAPER for better endgame timing.
J: Killer.
>Jonathan_Lindh: HIMNOOS 9B OH +23 348
#note MOONISH plays, but MOONISH rarely wins. I thought I screwed up here, but OH wins more than 9C MO for 19 which Mike and I considered in the postgame. 9C HI for 23 is apprently the best play, going for G2 MORIONS. OH is actually #3 which means I had the right idea.
>Mike_Frentz: FHILORT D3 .RIFT +18 415
#note The biggest threat I saw was MIDIRONS, so that's what I took out. Nothing is 100% here (this loses to ROTINIS), but this is as good as anything.
>Jonathan_Lindh: IMNORST A8 ROM +21 369
#note A7 RIN for 15 is best. I had seconds on my clock. Had I played MO/MIRING, I would have HORNIST and TINHORNS in 2 separate spots.
>Mike_Frentz: HILO C5 HO +15 430
#note J: HI and HO are tied for the best play.
>Jonathan_Lindh: INST 15C SNIT +16 385
#note J: Apparently I went out with a phony? HIRINGS# is Collins only.
M: Another one off the rails.
>Jonathan_Lindh: (IL) +4 389
#note J: Probably my worst played game of the main event. |
