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From: MBaron1949@aol.com
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 18:04:46 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Consensus Game #1, Turn #8
Message-id: <980302180444_-1864272648@mrin53>

AX (a14,29)

How many KORE players were surprised opp didn't play ZEE? ;) (Had we KARTed, we'd ZEE now for 36.)

If we agree a bingo is now nearly mandatory to eventually win, and if we agree that opp's ZEE/ZED is a near knockout without our subsequently bingoing (and opp's chances of ZEE have just gone up), anything wrong with the bingo-potent AELRT leave and stopping ZEE/ZED with a more modest XU (c14, 18) or a more open board after tUX (7a, 17)?

Reply: Yes! Too few points, we need to keep our own scoring opportunities open, and the U may help the Q. Go with AX (a14) to score 29, while keeping the E for ZEE. One argument, tho, favoring EX (besides the extra two points, plentiful Es, and ex-tensions): If you luck into the Q, you've got, ahem, SQUAT (h11) for 81, not ex-actly squat. Of course, our opp will play SWING, SWEAR, SPEED, or SMART there for 40ish. :(

Still, the ELRTU leave and the last?-chance possibility of ZEE/ZED lean me slightly in favor of AX...tho the prospects with the AELRT rack after XU or tUX do seem intriguing.

It-took-18-years-but-I-reached-my-lowest-rating (so far), Mike but-I-*think*-I've-still-got-my-health Baron 1830, tee hee

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   -----------------------------      Player Tiles   Score Time
 1|= V   '       U       K O R E|1
 2|  I       "   N   F   E   -  |2    cgp    AELRTUX   237  ---
 3|  G -     C U l L I O N S    |3    opp    -------   294  ---
 4|M O   -       I   N   T     '|4
 5|A R     C     T   E -        |5    Unseen tiles: AAA B D EEEEE G IIIII
 6|N "     H "       R       "  |6    L M N OO P Q RR SS T V W
 7|t   '   A   B O G Y     '    |7    
 8|E     H Y O I D       '     =|8
 9|A   '   O F T   '       '    |9   
10|U P     T "       "       "  |10  
11|  L   W E N D       -        |11
12|J A D E S     '       -     '|12  
13|  Z -       '   '       -    |13   
14|  A       "       "       -  |14
15|=     '       =       '     =|15   
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