From: Bennett Dina <bennettd@ERE.UMontreal.CA>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:14:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Consensus Game #1, Turn #9
Message-id: <Pine.3.89.9803081728.A22310-0100000@tornade.ERE.UMontreal.CA>

Oh boy. There are close to a dozen possibilities here. I dont think sacrificing 8 points to block the S hook is necessarily worth it, when JOhn is more likely to hit ZED or ZEE for 36 or 39 points anyhow. WE are in the last third of the game here and we need to not only bingo, but to get lucky in the post bingo endgame (or bingo out). I think it is time to create some chaos on this board.

I vote RULIER 6J (8points)

"AT" is our best rack leave given that a bingo just aint gonna be enuf, and that IRES are overrepresented in the unseen tile pool, and that only 4\24 are non 3% tiles, as opposed to the average 23%.

we need to bingo AND to score half decent on our other turns to win this game, I think RULIER maximizes that possibility.

Daveboys 2034