The giant fish that won a giant Scrabble prize

Many high-profile Scrabble tournaments have come down to a climactic final game to decide the big winner. My 2024 Scrabble Players Championship win in the decisive game 5 of the finals was a notable example, but certainly not the only one, even of this past summer. The 2024 Word Cup in Albuquerque, New Mexico, another 5-day event with a $10,000 top prize, came down to a showdown between two-time defending champ Jackson Smylie and longtime top player Rafi Stern. Jackson had the edge, but then pulled a nightmare draw out of the tile bag, getting FOUR A's on the same rack. Could he possibly keep his scoring train going with such horrendous tiles and win an unprecedented third consecutive title?