Expert Scrabble Players Face Off (wild endgame position)

Adam Logan faces off against Ben Schoenbrun at the 2023 Canadian Scrabble Classic. Adam Logan sits down for a brief interview at the end of the game.
Check out the players' lifetime records here:
Adam Logan: www.cross-tabl...
Ben Schoenbrun: www.cross-tabl...
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[@Sam-oz8pn]

The analysis was so helpful for understanding the game :) A note about the titles - it’s awesome that you’re working to make scrabble more engaging and accessible to the public, like the thumbnails and interesting titles are great instead of just precise-but-generic “scrabble match tournament X.” And the stream layout is on point! But maybe tone down the emojis a bit? IMO it actually backfires. The words do the job to sell the appeal, you don’t want to then make it look like just cheap clickbait. Just my two cents as a viewer, I initially hesitated on clicking the vid for this reason. Regardless, keep up the great work!

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the advice. There’s more to come

[@Sam-oz8pn]

Exciting to hear, I can’t wait to watch all of your videos 😄

[@lildmckay]

Did the thumbnail change? It looks ok with no emojis now.

[@princeagbasa7385]

​@@letsplayscrabbledotcommm p

[@AlexDings]

Very instructive game! Great commentary

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

Thanks for watching! More to come!

[@tapiocabun]

39:20 i wonder if ben played this having in mind the possibility of drawing into TEQUILAS. might be improbable but what a way it'd be to go out - given that QAT didn't come down the turn before, it's not too hard to imagine that the Q and at least one of the unseen As are left in the bag

[@rhysgriffiths9675]

Great commentary. I feel like the commentators should also be credited in the description, and introduce themselves at the start of the video. They are obviously great players in their own right.. it would be nice to know who I'm listening to :)

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

Yes, that’s a good idea - when I upload individual games I’m including the commentator’s names and lifetime record links. Thanks for watching!

[@bro91wn]

Since I don't see it mentioned, I believe that Ben's best out sequence, if (PI)C is in fact the only C play, is to block with either (PI)S or (LID)S for 5, leaving OI in the bottom right for 21. This totals 32 points when you count the C from Adam's rack. It would still lose by 18, but is 7 points better than what was played. Not easy to see under time pressure, though. I always am scared I'm missing a spot for a tile to play. There is also the cool sequence of (LID)O, (L)I/(R)I(M), (O)S/(AXE)S which is just 1 point worse, but you need to be careful to play the I before the S, because COS is a word.

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

I think the C-stick was mentioned by the commentators but not the cool sequence! Thanks for watching - more games to come!

[@jellomochas]

If a bingo is like a home run, a double-double is like ... a double?

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

More like an inside the park home run

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Triple triple is like a grand slam

[@Austin101123]

LMAO BEN IS A FIIIEEEND NOT MAKING THE TILES UP RIGHT HAHAHAHAHA

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

Lol ‘Bnjy mode’

[@AgelessTurtle]

Yeah haha I didn’t know people did this.

[@harraz7632]

Is this CSW or NWL?

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

CSW

[@Dawson.Wright]

What does "courtesy draw permitted" mean?

[@TheUnlocked]

It means they're allowed to draw tiles to refill their rack. Usually you're supposed to draw tiles at the start of your turn because your last play can always be challenged by the opposing player during their turn, but as a courtesy you're allowed to draw tiles in advance during the opponent's turn (of course you have to put them back if they do challenge and you lose).

[@Dawson.Wright]

Thank you!

[@joshcoughx]

if a triple-triple is a grand slam, what's a triple-triple-triple?

[@josephmcclure9529]

Can't watch with Ben's letter not oriented upright. To distracting.

[@johnfoss8283]

I'm impressed he is able to play like that.

[@rhysgriffiths9675]

Yeah. Not great for viewers..

[@AgelessTurtle]

It’s kind of funny lol

[@itskmillz]

@@AgelessTurtle funny in a haha you ruined the entire viewing experience kind of way

[@purgruv]

*too

[@purgruv]

Gigot is pronounced jee-go in French

[@itskmillz]

I have OCD, this video is literally unwatchable for me. I cannot stand that dude's tiles being in all the wrong directions. Love the content but that man is a menace, ill watch a different one now lol

[@letsplayscrabbledotcom]

Thanks for watching! Sorry about the tiles - what’s affectionately known as ‘Bnjy mode’. We have lots of videos of games with orderly tiles lol!

[@purgruv]

Nduja is pronounced En-dwee-ya in Italian, comes from andouille.

[@BabaJeez]

24:08 a triple triple is 6x, not 9x.

[@karodon]

3x3 = 9, not 6 so they are correct

[@BabaJeez]

@@karodon it's 3x plus 3x not 3x X 3x (which would in fact be 9x^2)

[@faciendminuend7347]

​@@BabaJeezNo. It IS 3x3.