Game Details
Player 1
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#player1 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
#player2 DB_Firstman DB Firstman
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEIIITU -EIIIU +0 0
#note Doesn't help me score but at least this is best. It's been one of those tourneys at this stage where I just don't have any bingo racks for long stretches.
>DB_Firstman: ADH 8G DAH +14 14
>Samuel_Kaplan: ABEENST G1 ABSENTE. +63 63
#note Only bingo available.
>DB_Firstman: ?ADISTV J6 VISTAeD +78 92
#note Knowing DB is very defensive I am not surprised she passed up 4F D(E)VIAnTS or D(E)VIATeS.
>Samuel_Kaplan: BLNNQRR 1F B.RN +18 81
#note Knowing I'm gonna exchange anyway in the near future, the H1 hotspot is very dangerous to leave open. Turns out, she did have the X. I guess this move looked OK?
>DB_Firstman: UX H4 XU +36 128
>Samuel_Kaplan: ELNNQRS -LNQ +0 81
#note Best exchange.
>DB_Firstman: IP I7 P.I +22 150
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEMNRST 5E ME.. +12 93
#note REMEX
>DB_Firstman: DEGLSU 11E DELUG.S +32 182
#note UGH
>Samuel_Kaplan: ENRRSTT 4G ..TERN +26 119
#note There we go! #wordfindingbetterthanlastturn
>DB_Firstman: ANUU 3I UNAU +14 196
#note Are you serious? She seems to have the answer to everything. Nice play.
>Samuel_Kaplan: MNORRST 4B NORM +18 137
#note Gotta be aggro and get the left going now.
>DB_Firstman: EIKT A1 KITE +35 231
#note Of course she's got that covered.
>Samuel_Kaplan: HIJORST 3C JO +38 175
#note I can always open up the bottom later as well as use my S for UNAUS or EXTERNS. Plays that have SE- are clearly gonna help get me back in this game so I decided to play this over H10 JURIST. I also saw 2L JOT but DB is gonna block that easily.
>DB_Firstman: EGY 2E GY.E +35 266
#note Oh god cmon now
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEHIRST 10E EH +29 204
#note Best play!
>DB_Firstman: ACP D8 CAP +18 284
>Samuel_Kaplan: EGIRRST H11 .RGER +21 225
#note Don't care what Q thinks here. I can't just allow DB to shut down everything.
>DB_Firstman: ILL 12J .ILL +12 296
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEIOOST 8A OTI. +18 243
>DB_Firstman: ?AEILOV 15D VALO.IsE +64 360
#note Interesting decision to pass up 15A VIOLAtE(R) as well as A8 (O)VArIOLE.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEIIOOS -IIOO +0 243
#note I want DB to have to close down the DILLS hook. I'm not doing that myself with AIOLI which I saw.
>DB_Firstman: FFO 2J OFF +28 388
#note This does a nice job of restricting bingoes that can play along Column M.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ACEQSWZ B6 QA. +32 275
#note I played QAT over WIZ to set up WIZ for next turn. 32 + 59 = 91 over this sequence whereas WIZ first is 50 + 37 = 87.
>DB_Firstman: OOR 13K ROO +15 403
>Samuel_Kaplan: CEENSWZ C7 W.Z +59 334
#note Just what I described earlier.
>DB_Firstman: ITY 14G Y.TI +19 422
>Samuel_Kaplan: CEEINSW M3 SEWN +38 372
#note Get out of here with the stupid Ws! This is best. This is what I meant by words having -SE in them. I maximized the value of the S by not playing JURIST when I played JO.
>DB_Firstman: AADIO 6J .IA.D +13 435
>Samuel_Kaplan: CEI N6 .ICE +7 379
#note K2 (FAR)C(I)E is sick, didn't spot that.

It's gonna be an uphill battle from here as I have lost 3 in a row. So far I feel that Rd 3 was very winnable and Rds 4 and 5 were not.

Can I catch any breaks plz?!?!
>Samuel_Kaplan: (AO) +4 383
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