It didn't really matter but in the end you should have gone 5 with Lucci before playing helmeppo. He would have dropped a card or used Hawkins to drop than you could have gone 9 with Spandam for game because he only had 2 cards in hand.
True I think when you see me hesitate on putting the Lucci back in trash over spandam I was thinking about making sure a Doffy didn’t just like lock up the board and I had resources to go. Probably was irrelevant in the long run but felt pretty safe and with active leader and Kaku new I had guaranteed game next turn.