Noah repeatedly using 'amount of . . . ' when it should be 'number of . . .'. One would expect such a talented wordsmith to know the correct usage.
@cowboy71703 күн бұрын
Nitya has a lovely voice and is my favorite Scrabble commentator/analyst. She would be perfect for voice over acting for animated films, doing roles like Pocahontas or a princess. Maybe voice overs for video game characters too.
@user-be9qm4es6v4 күн бұрын
Penthias
@user-be9qm4es6v4 күн бұрын
Lecanora
@dialecticsjunkie76536 күн бұрын
Quartals really should be in the dictionary... it's not an uncommon word in classical music
@user-be9qm4es6v7 күн бұрын
Untufted
@MikeJr__10 күн бұрын
Oh man, 32:10. He would’ve made so much point for “Compiler” if “Le” was a word. Just saying
@muffintentacle980812 күн бұрын
Thomas the pretender, Charles the one true Reinke
@kevinleeds97914 күн бұрын
Very impressive. I think my longest tournament winning streak is about 4.
@Dfcameron1315 күн бұрын
Wow - great job guys! Excellent commentary; both sharing your thoughts and trying to get into the heads of each player. Matt Canik and team did a great job throughout - very respectful of everyone. Morris provided a wonderful viewpoint. Although Morris should be glad he didn't put money on the line. When game 3 started, he said I'd give Mack a 15-20% chance of winning the tournament! 😂 Yet to keep my attention for 5 hours is quite a feat! And I played at SPC and learned a ton there and from this video.
@mulza15 күн бұрын
"AI", "GI", "TA", "RE"... wtf, have I been playing scrabble wrong? If I tried to pull that in a family game I'd be drop-kicked down the driveway. What kind of street rules is this?
@craiglarimer117316 күн бұрын
Really well played by both players. Loved the egg fake play. Announcers are A++++++
@ad.a.n17 күн бұрын
Happy 6 years
@craiglarimer117317 күн бұрын
These players are all a million times better than me. But I don’t understand why you’d empty the bag giving your opponent and easy opportunity of out in two and the win.
@itchy787917 күн бұрын
Chloe has been working HARD, very well deserved
@Dfcameron1317 күн бұрын
Wow - I played at SPC - some of those pictures must be at least 10 years old! Motivated me to change my 7-year-old picture.
@iBingoALOT17 күн бұрын
Great Speech! Congrats Mack.
@chloemchll377417 күн бұрын
“Now you’re thinking with quartals.” (There’s got to be some overlap between Scrabble players and the reference I’m making by way of pun, yes?)
@craiglarimer117317 күн бұрын
Awesome game and great commentary. Matt and Morris are an incredible team. Hopefully they will continue to work together. Morris is brilliant with extension plays he sees. Matt is always hilarious and insightful.
@jellomochas18 күн бұрын
skeigher#
@louismyers884518 күн бұрын
Just finished watching back this stream - thank you both for the great coverage!
Instead of bloc, I thought Seth should play za for 9 to unload z and leave two in bag.
@jellomochas20 күн бұрын
oops
@craiglarimer117320 күн бұрын
Really well played by both players. Pilchard was an epic find. Mack was also incredible.
@craiglarimer117320 күн бұрын
Great game. Matt’s comment about the San Antonio club and their tells was super interesting.
@craiglarimer117321 күн бұрын
I’m a lousy player, but even I figured out that quoin was not a good option. It gave easy points to Mack. Quango or even qi seemed much better.
@kjbirby21 күн бұрын
Wears a mask, touches it near his mouth, handles the tile-bag, passes the bag with his germs to opponent. Brilliant.
@kjbirby21 күн бұрын
It would be easier to watch if the letters on the tiles were white instead of grey.
@ab12c3d422 күн бұрын
MACK-nificent display till the end 🤯
@jellomochas22 күн бұрын
they adjudicated KIBE on the NWL computer
@arrowoflightezpez22 күн бұрын
Me next?
@jellomochas22 күн бұрын
I saw VIBEX on the JEU turn. I just wanted to play defense for some reason.
@CraigLarimer22 күн бұрын
I love these close games. Thanks for the production and announcing team. Super fun!
@enochnwali23 күн бұрын
Beautiful
@daaaaaaaaniel23 күн бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@craiglarimer117323 күн бұрын
Enjoyable to watch. But I love close end games. And this wasn’t close at all. Not a blowout - but the outcome wasn’t in doubt the last 7-8 turns.
@arthurbraden410223 күн бұрын
Chloe seems like such a nice/fun/brilliant person anyway ... but what a special award to win for her!!! Nice Chloe!!!
@nathanielsilver675224 күн бұрын
Game 5 was one game with $5,000 (not $10,000) on the line, because Ian received $5,000.
@ab12c3d424 күн бұрын
yet another tight loss 4 chloe... & QuARTALS staying on 👀
@chloemchll377424 күн бұрын
As a former poker pro, I might read that quick confident play as more likely to be a bluff than a real play. A few things here: 1) One of the most basic “tell” rules is “strong means weak; weak means strong.” Visible displays of strength (such as quick confident actions or staring down your opponent) are typically signs of weakness (in non-pros). Similarly, acting weak (not making eye contact, taking unusually long amounts of time to make a decision, etc) are usually signs of strength. The idea here is most people know poker is a game of deception, but they don’t understand how to be deceptive except on the most surface of levels. This is one of the best known tells in poker, being a subject of several pages in Mike Caro’s book on reading tells (still seen as the most fundamental tell reading book by most poker players, albeit most modern players value tells a lot less and rely on math/game theory a lot more when it comes to this sort of thing, at least against other pros. Against the fish, however, sharks will use whatever gets them the most to eat.) 2) Acting quickly means someone is more likely to be bluffing. This may apply more to poker, but the idea is simple- a quick action is more likely to be a bluff because it happens when you know bluffing is your only chance to win, whereas with most other hands you probably have to think about whether you’re better off betting (and if so, how much to bet, unless you’re playing limit where bet sizes are forced) or checking. To say it more precisely, a quick bet is more likely to be either a complete bluff or an unbeatable hand; it will rarely be anything in between unless your opponent is a sophisticated player (pros, generally) AND you know they know you are similarly sophisticated (pro), where you could be going into a leveling situation. Against most players, this tell is pretty reliable (it then becomes up to the player to figure out if it worth acting on, and what that action is, but it still is a good clue to work with in a lot of cases.) So this particular case is both played quickly (especially by the standard of how quickly he usually plays) and is trying to appear visibly strong and confident, and those two in combination would lead me to think about challenging if I had any doubt about the validity of the word. Something tells me Rafi knows better when he plays poker, and likely figured that, short of being up against another poker-literate scrabble player, it isn’t worth worrying about. Still, I wouldn’t attribute the way he played it to his poker background, as most poker players with a significant background in the game will be aware of at least one of the two above.
@chloemchll377424 күн бұрын
One other thought: The biggest way poker likely helps a scrabble player isn’t by making you better at “bluffing”, but rather at reading your opponent’s rack based off their actions and your knowledge of their game. A lot of scrabble players already do this of course, but coming from poker, thinking about what your opponent has and what their intention is are two of the most critical skills in poker, so it is probably a lot easier for those with a poker background to learn how to do this in scrabble, and once they learn it, they will do it faster and more consistently than non-poker players with the same level of scrabble ability.
@jacksonwhitcup118524 күн бұрын
is there any replay of the CSW finals?
@NASPAScrabble21 күн бұрын
Not on video - you can see the boards here and play through the moves here - event.scrabbleplayers.org/games/nsc2024/ - CSW-F1, CSW-F2, and CSW-F3
@jellomochas24 күн бұрын
AURIS is a big mistake; it allows SHRiN(A)L which I missed. I should have played YA.
@craiglarimer117325 күн бұрын
Great game. Loved the announcers insight - brilliant.
@jellomochas25 күн бұрын
I saw ABORE and wasn't sure of it, knowing there's a phony that looks like it ... that phony is ABORN*.
@robertarnold352825 күн бұрын
Brutal
@craiglarimer117325 күн бұрын
Mack is brilliant
@jamelarabia471326 күн бұрын
riz
@ab12c3d426 күн бұрын
RIZ#
@craiglarimer117326 күн бұрын
Well played by both.
@Dfcameron1327 күн бұрын
I wonder why Chloe played SIZY at 6H vs O12. Playing at O12 would have scored more points. Wonder what I'm missing.