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#player1 Samuel_Kaplan Samuel Kaplan
#player2 Samuel_Moch Samuel Moch
>Samuel_Kaplan: EENSTUZ 8G ZEN +24 24
>Samuel_Moch: DIILOOV 7I OVOLI +13 13
#note Thanks to Sam for providing his racks. I like OVOLI better than 9I or 7I OVOID since OVOLIS* isn't good and he gives back way fewer points to me.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EHOSTUW 8M TOW +20 44
#note This play is not great statically, but it sims fairly well. If I'm not going to see M3 OUTW(I)SH for 34, which flushes out all of the bad tiles, I could probably just go with G6 WU(Z) if I really wanted to keep the board bad for him or L4 WHO(L)E for a few more points but keeping a slightly worse leave that does not preserve scoring power. TOW sims slightly worse than WHOLE since the H gets along nicely with the W, but that combination is weakened by keeping the U to go with it. I'd probably do WHOLE in a do-over since WUZ blocks off the bottom left of the board, and OVOLI actually blasted it open nicely. 
>Samuel_Moch: ADGIILS M4 DIG..ALIS +62 75
#note Wow. That is a nice find. I don't think I would have spotted that. Kudos!
>Samuel_Kaplan: EHJNRSU 12I JEHU. +30 74
#note I did not think about the DIGITALISE hook just because those words are pronounced very differently. 13L JEHU easily reigns supreme. #hookrecognitionlarge
>Samuel_Moch: ?ACNOPS 5H CANOP.eS +72 147
#note Lol. He's got his bingo bango no matter what. But the only difference is I'm down less if I realized DIGITALISE could have been formed.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AEENORS 13E ARENOSE +76 150
#note And not seeing DIGITALISE bites me again since ARENOSE would have played for so many more at 13H with DIGITALISES (assuming it does not get blocked)! It's very rare that you seen an 11 on the board. Luckily he didn't see it either.
>Samuel_Moch: DEFHIKQ O1 KIEF. +48 195
#note This is his best play.
>Samuel_Kaplan: EEIIPRT L3 PI. +20 170
#note Maybe H1 PIER(C)E?
>Samuel_Moch: DEHQRRY 2N Q. +22 217
>Samuel_Kaplan: CEEIRTV 12A CIVET +28 198
#note This time, I would not have made a play with the DIGITALISE hook even if I had seen it. The problem with making a play there is it doesn't open much and allows him to outrun me easily. CIVET does a nice job of forking vertical lines such that the board will be that much harder for him to block. For this reason, I'm fine with CIVET. 12A VERITE might be 2 more, but CIVET at least opens the board in a way that's not going to give back so many points to him and preserves the board shape that I'm looking for in a better fashion.
>Samuel_Moch: DEEHRRY 14B HERD +20 237
#note I believe that he made a mistake here. This would be reasonable if he had the last S and didn't sacrifice so many points. Like I mentioned earlier, we both missed the DIGITALISE hook all game and EDH would have played at 13M. That said, I think he should play 11D HERRY here. I am not guaranteed to have a good rack after CIVET. 
>Samuel_Kaplan: AELNORT 15A TOLE +25 223
#note I read Sam's last play as a potential S setup and would like to address this since he could have also played HERD at 11D for 7 more. If he hits a bingo with the TADS hook, I am going to have a hard time clawing my way back. I can see why LONE sims slightly ahead of TOLE despite there being more Ts unseen as opposed to Ns- ART is a bit of a better leave than ANR. Even with an S specified, 9F TALON tops the bunch in the sim, but I was not comfortable doing that when 14B HERD raised alarm bells. I'm fine with my idea here; ART bingoes a little more often than ANR. It's good to have an A in reserve in case I need to use Row 9 next turn.
>Samuel_Moch: EGMNRRY 9K GR.Y +13 250
#note 13M ERG appears to be worth it here. But that assumes he sees the DIGITALISE hook.
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAINNRR H1 ARNI.A +27 250
#note Yes, I did consider 9F RAN. I didn't like it for the same reason I didn't like leaving Row 15 open on my previous turn: I thought he kept the last S after his placement of HERD. RAN allows high scoring bingoes on Row 10 ending with -ES which would force me to have to open the left side of the board for cheap depending on what he puts on Row 10. It's another situation where I will probably have a hard time coming back if I make the wrong play. ARNICA not only scores 9 more than RAN, which would make it worth it either way, but he also won't be up by enough to fully commit to shutting down the board. The H1 placement does sim ahead of the A8 placement by just a little. I would think about A8 more if I was ahead, but forking horizontal lines was a key driving force while I was behind.
>Samuel_Moch: ABEMNRX 9F MAX +34 284
#note I think this looks good if the DIGITALISE hook was missed.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?BEFNOR 14G FOB +27 277
#note 2B FReEBO(R)N is not easy to spot, but that's clearly best. The blank was still a clutch draw. #findinglarge
>Samuel_Moch: BEGLNRU 10B BUGLE +22 306
#note I might do 10E BUG here- since shutting down the board is not possible, he should try putting himself in a position to bingo back if I do that on my next turn since my last turn was a bit more aggressive. BUG wins a good 4% more often than BUGLE does.
>Samuel_Kaplan: ?AENRTU 15I sAUNTER +83 360
#note As boring as this play looks, it's obviously better than anything else available. Sometimes those are the plays that win you games.
>Samuel_Moch: EMNORTT 14N MO +18 324
>Samuel_Kaplan: AAIISWY 2F AI.WAY +16 376
#note Picking 2 Is would normally be terrible, but given the positioning of the G in BUGLE, this is actually a huge break since there are no -ING threats to worry about. Sam's last play of MO was a great one since he leaves 2 in the bag, and I will have to permute more combinations to block as many bingo threats as possible since I'm not up by enough to outrun. G2 AIS looks tempting at first since I take out the RNI in ARNICA, but the problem is it still allows 1C UNDER(A)TE if DT is in the bag and 1E DER(A)TTED if NU is in the bag. I missed 1C DENUD(A)TE assuming RT is in the bag, but given that I saw more threats after AIS, I still felt it was incorrect. AIRWAY is the best play not just for spread purposes if he does bingo out, but AIRWAY only allows 5C DENDR(I)TE if TU is in the bag. Champ does confirm that this is my winningest move along with WI(R)Y and WA(R)Y, and I'm proud to have gotten this one right.
>Samuel_Moch: EENRTTU 3E REN.ET +21 345
#note This is a nice play.
>Samuel_Kaplan: DDIS G8 ..S +21 397
#note I correctly determined that this would be 2 more spread points than 11F DID, but I did miss I5 (A)D(ON)IS which is tricky to spot and is several spread points better than ZAS. #visionmedium
>Samuel_Moch: TU 15F UT +8 353
#note This is best. I really thought he was going to beat me for the 1st time after he found a 9 and was averaging nearly 40 points a move through 4 turns. It goes to show that anything can happen and I took advantage of his mistake of 14B HERD. He's tough to play against.
>Samuel_Moch:  (DDI) +10 363
