1st Thomas Reinke strengthened his position in the race for "Madison Scrabble Club 2021 Champion" with a dominant 5-1 +569 record. His total of six games played was somewhat anomalous, but unavoidable due to the immutable laws of combinatorics which were called upon to inform the pairings. The highlight of his night was a 535-332 win against Sara McLaughlin where he got down MASONED, ELYSIAN, and TRICORNE (Sara had RELATION). He played a set of games against his suspiciously identical brother Charles, and while he won the first won 471-350 (aided by bingos of THEREON, ORACIES, and FEASING), the second game proved to be the one to cut short his perfect evening, as he lost 476-363 despite playing bingos of SIBILANT and LODESTAR. Charles had the high-probability trio of PAINTIER, INFARES, and PROTEASE in his winning effort.

2nd Charles Reinke went 4-1 +93 as he saw his hopes of being 2021 Champion slip through his grasp like a phantom vision desperately reached out for in a dream. His small spread was due to a pair of close wins: the first was a 451-436 victory against Bryan Benwitz, getting down PESTERS, PATINATE, and RIGATONI. The second was a 398-372 triumph over the returning Dave Kinzer - Dave had the nice find of AURICLE, but Charles got down TERRAINS and prevailed in the endgame. An aforementioned 350-471 loss against Thomas Reinke was a bit of a morale breaker, but morale was restored after an infusion of sugar courtesy of cookies provided by Sue Goldstein and candy provided by Dave.