1st Bryan Benwitz continued his ongoing rampage through the field of inferior Scrabble players by going 3-0 +187 and lengthening his winning streak to nine games. His big win came against Dennis Lloyd, 400-287. Since both players played one bingo for exactly 74 points (CORDAGES for Bryan, TREMBLES for Dennis), the considerable point differential in the game must have come from somewhere else. Bryan also displayed his endgame prowess by snatching a 409-400 win from Michael David, who was stuck with an unplayable V while Bryan nickel-and-dimed him to his eventual downfall. A round three win against Charles Reinke, 438-373, brought Bryan within one game of a ten-game streak and, with it, a nifty $5 prize (plus $1 for each game past 10).

2nd Charles Reinke went 2-1 +116, beating out Dennis Lloyd (2-1 -39) for second place by virtue of point spread. He generously gave Michael David a "welcome back" gift by beating him 408-326 in round one. Charles played BIRIANI and RETINUE as his bingos, while Michael got down word-of-the-week BEGORRAH, an Irish interjection which means "by God". Against his brother (and eternal archnemesis) Thomas Reinke, Charles notched the highest score of the session in his 485-386 triumph. Bingos of PARDONS, GASTRAEA, and POSTTEEN were played by the winning side; the losing side had DIGERATI. Several punches (of the brotherly love variety) were duly thrown after the game.