Aaron Bader Banishes Foes to Nether Realm

1st Aron Bader dominated the evening from start to finish, going 5-0 +526. Things seemed to be off to a rough start in a two-on-one against Lynda Finn and Gail Salm, with both Lynda and Gail bingoing on their first turns, but Aaron reversed his fortunes through sheer willpower (and tile-drawing technique) to win both. Following that triumph, he held the high-scoring Charles Reinke to 313 points while scoring 393 himself, all despite getting outbingoed two to one (Aaron had WETTEST; Charles had ANVILTOP and CENTRALS). Andy Bohnsack fared only slightly better than Charles did, losing 336-425 to the unstoppable Aaron machine, but he at least played the word of the week, HERSTORY, to lessen the blow of the loss. To wrap up his perfect evening, Aaron took down Bryan Benwitz 470-357 thanks to bingos of ADROITER and BARTERED, proving conclusively that he would never again lose a game if he didn't have all those Collins words rattling around in his skull.

2nd Lynda Finn went 4-1 +363, her only loss being to eventual first-place finisher Aaron Bader. Her best game was a 450-293 win over Gail Salm where she succeeded in preventing the bingo-oriented Gail from getting down any bonus plays. Lynda had two of them herself, the high-probability TONEARMS (anagrams STOREMAN, MONSTERA, and ONSTREAM) and INSTEAD (too many anagrams to enumerate; look them up yourself). A two-on-one match versus Sue Goldstein and Dave Gilligan was successful in much the same way as Aaron's two-on-one; a 398-314 win over Sue saw just one bingo of BASTARDS, but Lynda had three bingos (MOISTENS, ALIENEES, and CUPOLAS) to beat Dave 438-364. Lynda then took down a high-flying Helen Flores, who had just beaten BOTH Reinkes in succession, by a score of 423-313.

3rd Thomas Reinke went 3-2 +434 and finishing with a club-leading 464 per-game average. Falling victim for Bryan Benwitz' penchant for bingoing at inopportunte moments, Thomas lost his first game 432-422. Bryan's late game PRONOTA, in addition to finds of LEADSMEN and the nine-letter CHINTZIER through HI on the board, were just enough to beat out Thomas' FERMION and EXCLUDE. Thomas's two-on-one excursion was not as successful as Aaron's or Lynda's; he beat Betty Hasselkus handily, 497-239, but fell to Helen Flores 401-426. Helen found her chances were helped by matching Thomas' bingo total, as both players had two such plays: SPITING and RETREAT for Helen, MISERERE and YEASTING for Thomas. Rebounding strongly from that disappointment, Thomas released the full power of his Scrabble might upon an unwitting Andy Bohnsack, and won their game 539-408. Andy did play DENARII and STODGIER, but when Thomas bingos four times (RATTENER, SWAGMAN, REALIZER, CAPTURED) a win is rather unlikely.

Experts
Aaron Bader5-0 +526
Lynda Finn4-1 +363
Thomas Reinke3-2 +434
Charles Reinke2-2 +293
Bryan Benwitz2-2 +23
Helen Flores2-2 -45
Andy Bohnsack2-2 -138
Sue Goldstein1-2 -194
Gail Salm1-3 -340
Betty Hasselkus1-3 -530
Dave Gilligan0-4 -392
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Charles Reinke75.71625204493704642.1740.914
Thomas Reinke72.71575904413734872.25122.515
Aaron Bader70.31094604243733122.01134.211
Bryan Benwitz63.71287304173723891.9461.52
Andy Bohnsack60.2734814093882201.831.47
Lynda Finn55.8876904013832571.65155.87
Mike Johnson55.6540391394121.33216.71
David Kinzer51.517160360392250.76140
Richard Lauder51.5706603893872431.79166.612
Dennis Lloyd39.426400380391991.566.14
Helen Flores29.35914313534081800.8984.44
Intermediates

Bingos
Thomas Reinke12FERMION EXCLUDE SAURIES TARPONS MISERERE YEASTING REANOINT DOVENING RATTENER SWAGMAN
REALIZER CAPTURED
Lynda Finn11CHIDING RERAISES ALIENATE TONEARMS INSTEAD BASTARDS MOISTENS ALIENEES CUPOLAS STANINE
STARVED
Aaron Bader8ARIOSOS PRETTIER BIOWASTE WETTEST PERIDIUM SAVIOUR ADROITER BARTERED
Charles Reinke8RENMINBI MASTOID ANVILTOP CENTRALS PANICLED BEAUTIES SQUARES RECLINE
Andy Bohnsack8VARIETAL ACERATE WEARIES ROADIES HERSTORY EBONIZES DENARII STODGIER
Bryan Benwitz6CHINTZIER LEADSMEN PRONOTA AROINTS OUTSIDE RECOILER
Helen Flores4REGIONS RETREAT SPITING twingers
Gail Salm4BOVINES RELICTS REESTING CREATES
Dave Gilligan4BITTERNS MANNERS CENTURY SLITTED
Sue Goldstein1demoters
Betty Hasselkus1RUNNIER
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