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#player1 W Will Anderson
#player2 Thacha Thacha Koowirat
#description 12/09/18 Alchemist Cup round 39
>W: AAEELLS -ALE +0 0
>Thacha: DERW H6 DREW +16 16
>W: AEEJLRS 6F JA.E +28 28
#note Tempting to play JEE or JEW but JADE too many points.
>Thacha: HLOR 9H .HORL +15 31
>W: BEILLRS M3 BILLERS +85 113
>Thacha: ?DEHIRT 4G DIsHER.T +74 105
>W: ACEEEIS 8K AE.IE +23 136
>Thacha: GISV O1 VIGS +40 145
>W: ACEGOSU N2 GU. +20 156
#note Odd miss of GUACO 3C which looks quite normal. I somehow only saw COGUE (which Quackle still prefers to GUT)
>Thacha: DEW 10J WED +35 180
>W: AACEOST 7F OA. +16 172
>Thacha: ABENNT 8A BANNET +37 217
>W: ACEINST 11E ACETINS +100 272
>Thacha: NOPRY 12A PORNY +31 248
>W: ILMOTUZ A12 .UTZ +45 317
>Thacha: DEOP J2 EP.OD +35 283
>W: IILMMOO 3C MOOLI +20 337
>Thacha: FI 4C IF +24 307
>W: ?AAAEIM B14 AA +19 356
>Thacha: FO K4 .F +20 327
>W: ?ACEGIM C11 C.AIG +32 388
#note Missed C6 CENTIGRAM
>Thacha: OY 9C YO +20 347
>W: ?EKMNOU B6 KO. +17 405
#note No idea what I was up to here. TOKEN probably pumps up my score to where I can't really lose. This is just a meh move, doesn't score enough and doesn't block anything.
>Thacha: X 7M .X +18 365
>W: ?AEMNUU 12G MANs +21 426
#note Was low on time here, probably exhausted (last game of day 4), and could not find an adequate block of STRIVEN/STINTER, so opted for this. I failed to realize that after just dumping a U with, for example, (AY)U, if Thacha bingos, I will either draw the Q, the T, or the V - if I draw the Q i'll have EQUAL for a huge score, if I draw the T I'll have MANSUETE up top for an outbingo, and if I draw the V he'll be Q stuck. I additionally failed to realize that if he has STRIVEN he'll also have NERVIEST/SERVIENT up on row 2, so I can't empty the bag/burn the blank now or I lose to that rack. The worst case scenario after something like AYU is he plays NERVIEST up top and draws the T, after which only sQUAME 14E will get me even a tie. Therefore, the best move here is not AYU, but rather 3I UP, blocking NERVIEST/SERVIENT and forcing him to play down low, where I will always have a winning move no matter what the last tile in the bag is.
>Thacha: EINRSTT G2 T.. +4 369
>W: EQUUV 7L V.. +21 447
>Thacha: EINRST 9C ..N +8 377
>W: EQUU 3I U. +7 454
>Thacha: EIRST 9C ...S +18 395
>Thacha: EIRST -- -18 377
>W: EQU E11 ..U +6 460
>Thacha: EIRST 15A ...S +15 392
>W: EQ 2F E. +8 468
>Thacha: EIRT C3 ..R +5 397
>W: Q - +0 468
>Thacha: EIT 7L ...T +16 413
>W: Q - +0 468
>Thacha: EI C3 ...I +12 425
>W: Q - +0 468
>Thacha: E 8H .E +7 432
>Thacha: (Q) +20 452 |
