I predict something like this:
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$$ | . O O O X . . . X . . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , O . O . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . 2 . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O C . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . 6 4 3 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . . 5 7 . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . X . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Then black tries to live inside. White's not in danger here, though, there is a cutting point to think about. But white has lots of space in the upper left corner, too..
So I guess I'd expect white to put pressure on black here - threaten to kill. If white kills black, that's great. But otherwise, white'll get stronger on the outside, and can move on to invade on the right and/or bottom when white (probably) gets sente:
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$$ | . O O O X . . . X . . O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . , O . O . . X . C . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . C . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . . O O . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ | . . . X . X . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . X . C . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . C . . . X O . . |
$$ | . O O . O . . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
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White actually has fewer points than I initially imagined - I wonder why that is. Maybe because of the low position in the bottom left?
But I'd say it's still a good game for white given that white can put pressure on these black stones, and have a good center presence, which will help when the game proceeds on the right and bottom.