The Title is the Hardest Part of These Writeups

1st Charles Reinke, as indicated by the "4-0 +482" next to his name in the stats, must have won all his games. I'll be doing a game-by-game analysis to see if that was really the case. He started off with a close-as-can-be 402-401 against Thomas. Thomas played NEURONAL and INTURNS, but Charles' late ATHEIST gave him just enough points to get the win. Things were not so close against Aaron in the second round, as he won 470-272. His double-double of PARODIES for 94 got him off to a quick start, then he added LEAFWORM and NODALITY. He hit a small bump in his perfect road against Richard, not because he lost or anything, but because he got his potential double-double QUERIDAS (n. a female sweetheart) blocked by Richard's SHIRTIER. QUERIDAS still was played, but for way fewer points. In the fourth round, he once again held one of the club's best players way under 300 points, beating Bryan 465-258. DRIPPER, REOPENED, and COHOSTS were his bingos, while Bryan didn't get any, actually, it's unclear whether he drew any good letters at all. With this loss, Bryan now has the same 36.2 winning percentage against both twins, which makes sort of sense, considering they're just two distinct manifestations of the same being.

2nd Gail Salm went 3-1 +54, coming in second place as the only three-and-oner on the night. She opened her night with a 326-434 loss to Dennis, her HORSIES (n. a cute little horse with cute little legs and ears and a tail (paraphrased)) and PADDIES not enough to overtake Dennis' OUTTAKE and STARVING. She opened her next game, against Thomas, with quick bingos of RIVETED and MORAINE, and used that advantage to secure an impressive 452-407 win. She has now one 4 of her last 9 against Thomas, a pretty record considering the outcomes of the previous 20 or so games with him. Against Helen in the next game, she won 383-344, showcasing her perfect knowledge of the RE- words by playing REBRAND (a word which was somehow only added in the last dictionary update), as well as her perfect knowledge of words containing JANITOR, with JANITOR. She continued her winning ways in the final round, against Dave, winning 428-350. Uncharacteristically for her, she played a phony, INPLANTS*, alongside two other real bingos. That is her second phony bingo of the year; maybe it is time to start being more watchful when she empties her rack onto the board.

3rd Richard Lauder went 2-1 +11, good for third because it looks like everyone went 2-2. He started off with a 433-354 win against Betty. His star play of that game was the triple-triple INDENTED through an already-existing DENT for 100-some points. Remember that the five-dollar triple-triple prize gets awarded whether the play was a bingo or not. Betty undid a lot of that damage with a 96-point FIBSTER, for her part. Richard's second-round match against Dennis turned out to be a barn-burner, with the final being 462-454 in Richard's favor. Dennis played LOMEINS, DEBITORS* (valid anagram DEORBITS, but if CREDITORS is good why not DEBITORS*?????), and UNVESTED, but Richard's triple-triple of TALISMAN for 140 was slightly too much to overcome. He lost in the third game against Charles, 382-458, then took his leave, citing the incredible amount of golf he had played that day.

Helen earned word-of-the-week for the second week in a row, with FLOWERET.

Experts
Charles Reinke4-0 +482
Gail Salm3-1 +54
Richard Lauder2-1 +11
Dennis Lloyd2-2 +207
Helen Flores2-2 +52
Aaron Bader2-2 -62
David Kinzer2-2 -120
Bryan Benwitz2-2 -230
Betty Hasselkus2-2 -244
Thomas Reinke1-3 +133
Mary Becker1-3 -170
Sue Goldstein0-3 -113
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Charles Reinke71.31455814343764182.054112
Aaron Bader69.5914004253862591.98197.36
Thomas Reinke661356924373794652.26122.615
Bryan Benwitz64.81276904143783601.8471.90
Lynda Finn57.2836204053822451.69156.115
Andy Bohnsack5022041539771.75000
Dennis Lloyd47.934370382395941.3277.44
Richard Lauder47.6394303723911321.6153.84
David Kinzer40.530440345375530.7235.70
Mark Kenas37.56100412435301.8826.70
Helen Flores34.26111813603921600.89116.94
Intermediates
Sue Goldstein18.920860307380190.18000

Bingos
Charles Reinke11ATHEIST PARODIES LEAFWORM NODALITY COURLAN QUERIDAS DENDRONS WOODMAN DRIPPER REOPENED
COHOSTS
Thomas Reinke11NEURONAL INTURNS JOLTERS HOISTER SOLDIERY LUNATED LEATHERN GOATIER INOSITE LONGHAIR
INSULINS
Gail Salm9HORSIES PADDIES RIVETED MORAINE REBRAND JANITOR SCORIAE SINGERS inplants
Dennis Lloyd8OUTTAKE STARVING LOMEINS UNVESTED GRODIEST TWIRLERS UNITERS debitors
Aaron Bader6PANTIES HEMMING POONTANG ASTERIAS KENOTRON FATIGUED
Bryan Benwitz5ANLAGEN TEENIER SPANDRIL SPINIER hainted
Richard Lauder4TAILORS PARRIED TALISMAN SHIRTIER
Betty Hasselkus4SADISTS FIBSTER SLINGER rehaunts
Helen Flores3REELERS FLOWERET FORKIEST
David Kinzer3RETAINS REBAITED godsent
Mary Becker3REVISITS SPITTERS UNSIFTED
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