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#player1 Puneet Sharma
#player2 Niel Gan
#description 01/18/2025 Crescent City Cup round 20
>Puneet: EUY H8 UEY +12 12
>Niel: ACDNVWW G9 WAW +27 27
#note Didn't consider (E)WW, which keeps a vowel and is more defensive.
>Puneet: ABDELOR F8 LABORED +95 107
>Niel: CDDEINV 13A EVINC.D +30 57
#note Odd that I didn't look at VIC(E)D, which seems clearly better
>Puneet: EGN A12 G.NE +21 128
>Niel: DGHRSTV 11D VR..S +29 86
>Puneet: EHINORR I2 HORNIER +64 192
>Niel: AADGHQT 1G QAT +47 133
>Puneet: AP 12C PA +24 216
>Niel: ADGHIST 5E DATI.GS +36 169
#note Seeing HIG(H) is crucial here even if not sure of HIGHT.
>Puneet: EFY 6D FEY +33 249
>Niel: CEFHNOZ 4D FOH +31 200
#note The six is new to me
>Puneet: IM J2 MI +25 274
>Niel: CEJNRTZ 3H J..NTER +28 228
>Puneet: ADEPSS O3 SPADES +51 325
>Niel: CKOORUZ N7 ZOUK +40 268
>Puneet: AILT 10J TILA. +11 336
>Niel: ?CEGORX B13 .OX +39 307
#note Here I started thinking about my slim chances of outrunning, especially if I draw a T for 3C TORC.
>Puneet: ILT 11K TIL +14 350
>Niel: ?CEGORU 3D ORC +27 334
#note Went for scoring because board looked bad for bingos, but the keep is not good enough. Plays at 12L more sound, while G(AL)ORE a gutsy option that maybe sims better than in practice.
>Puneet: OOT C1 OOT +18 368
>Niel: ??EGILU 12L GU +17 351
#note Here I panicked because I laid down (D)UELlInG before noticing it made DU. I didn't think it was good to bingo right away, couldn't find one anyway, and couldnt find a satisfactory way to create a second lane given the pool. This sims much better than it deserves, I think. Maybe I(O)? Havent run analysis on that but the pool is so vowel-heavy.
>Puneet: EE E13 .EE +8 376
>Niel: ??AEIIL O10 sALtIE +24 375
#note I(O) wins 25% of the time, whereas trying to outrun only wins if the M is in the bag. If I wanted to try to make him go over time I needed to play both of my last two moves near isntantly, which I did not do.
>Puneet: AEIMNNU 8A MENIA. +27 403
>Niel: BI G1 .I +11 386
#note I accidentally left the B in the bag and the scores got recorded before we noticed. In this case it wouldn't have made a difference in the outcome. Tough loss but a lot of instructive positions. |
