berkeley yesterday
i haven't looked at my games yet, but i was mostly happy with my play! that's good. i wrote down rationale for a few moves and was pretty focused. i still made a pretty poor decision which i justified at the time -- i'm down by about 25 or so and peter makes a one-tile fish for 3 points, opening up another bingo lane. my rack is UPFIELD and it STILL DOESN'T FIT. i wasn't 100% sure on FLUED although i still was going to play it, but UPFIELDER* for 98 was just way too tempting and i tried it. i figured if he challenged it off and bingoed, UPFIELD or UPLIFTED or PRIDEFUL would probably fit.
however, he challenged it off, and spent a while finding the one bingo that didn't give me any of those options :( maybe i should have played a phony high scoring 6. i don't know. then after that he drew both blanks and played qUiXOTE for like 88 more so it was game over anyway.
also played some lower-probability words - MUNTIN, DOUCELY, and saw the possibility of GRAMERCY and CAMPHOR.
went 4-2 but had the lowest spread of the 4-2s due to being killed by nick and peter, but meh, i'll take the rating increase, the focused play and my $20 back :P also, it wasn't too bad for 4 blanks in 6 games. although honestly i have to stop counting blanks. no more of that.
however, he challenged it off, and spent a while finding the one bingo that didn't give me any of those options :( maybe i should have played a phony high scoring 6. i don't know. then after that he drew both blanks and played qUiXOTE for like 88 more so it was game over anyway.
also played some lower-probability words - MUNTIN, DOUCELY, and saw the possibility of GRAMERCY and CAMPHOR.
went 4-2 but had the lowest spread of the 4-2s due to being killed by nick and peter, but meh, i'll take the rating increase, the focused play and my $20 back :P also, it wasn't too bad for 4 blanks in 6 games. although honestly i have to stop counting blanks. no more of that.