I have to say it does seem to favour player 2 whether it is computer or person I just played myself player two went first (again) and scored
1400,z,z,850,1200,3550,1800,1050,300 and player 1 got: z,750,z,400,z,z,300,z,z (and I tried to play them as similarly as possible.
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