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#player1 Thavatchai_T. Thavatchai T.
#player2 Daniel_Heck Daniel Heck
>Thavatchai_T.: EFO 8G FOE +12 12
#note Game #2 at Reno Nationals vs. a very kind Thai gentleman with a very long and hard-to-spell last name :-)
>Daniel_Heck: EFU 9I FEU +19 19
#note At first I thought this would not create much danger since an X-crossplay would require another consonant to the left.
>Thavatchai_T.: INR K8 R.IN +8 20
#note But this play set up the 50-pointer for whoever got it first, and probably also balanced Thavatchai's rack. Fortunately...
>Daniel_Heck: EIINOSS L3 IONISES +76 95
#note I found something to take a good solid lead with.
>Thavatchai_T.: AJM K4 JAM +41 61
>Daniel_Heck: EKY 8K ..KEY +36 131
#note I do remember that these were my only tiles of greater than 1 point in my whole rack.
>Thavatchai_T.: ?ADEILV 2H VEDALIa +86 147
#note Fancy hook and a great find! One can only wonder how this board would shape if I had played IONISES in row 7 or 12...
>Daniel_Heck: AEOT H1 O.ATE +27 158
#note This was mostly to get rid of vowels at the time, but the shaping of the top half will hinge heavily on it.
>Thavatchai_T.: X 10J X. +50 197
#note And here he comes storming back. As I said, whoever got it first would play it there.
>Daniel_Heck: ITZ G3 ZIT +47 205
>Thavatchai_T.: ACEG O4 CAGE. +14 211
#note This play gave me a huge hint as to Thavatchai's style of play. He's biding his time to make me open the board for him, considering that this could have also gone at 7D or 9D.
>Daniel_Heck: GHI 6E GHI +28 233
#note So I try to keep scoring without opening up something incredibly silly-risky....
>Thavatchai_T.: ESV M1 V.SE +28 239
>Daniel_Heck: EO L11 OE +6 239
>Thavatchai_T.: AACINNO M10 BOLA +17 256
>Daniel_Heck: ?ADEMTU E4 DU. +10 249
>Thavatchai_T.: ACINNNO D3 QI +28 284
>Daniel_Heck: AC 1M .AC +25 274
>Thavatchai_T.: AINNNOR I1 R.P +27 311
>Daniel_Heck: BILRTTY -ILRT +0 274
>Thavatchai_T.: AINNNOU N7 W.N +11 322
>Daniel_Heck: AHR J5 RAH +18 292
>Thavatchai_T.: AINNOOU H7 W. +5 327
#note We've each been managing our racks, getting closer and closer to something big...
>Daniel_Heck: DEINRU K8 ....ED +10 302
>Thavatchai_T.: ?AGINNR C4 lARNING +62 389
#note Just then, Thavatchai strikes first! Another bingo with the second blank, and things start to look bleak...
>Daniel_Heck: ABELRTT 13D BRATTLE. +63 365
#note I'd say I was only 85% sure of this word's validity...
>Thavatchai_T.: DEMOOTT - +0 389
#note But it was unsuccessfully challenged, earning an extra turn!
>Daniel_Heck: MOO 14F MOO +25 390
#note I really should have thought about this some more, perhaps holding on to one O instead of exactly emptying the bag. I knew both that the tiles left were bingo-prone and that there are essentially no bingo lanes left...
>Thavatchai_T.: NRTUY 15H RUNTY +45 434
>Daniel_Heck: DEIOPST 1A DEPOSIT.. +89 479
#note So, I took my time on the clock (about 8 minutes) until this creative beauty popped into my head. Thavatchai's 434 registered as the high loss for that day's action.
>Daniel_Heck: (LU) +4 483
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