1st Charles Reinke played ten bingos in his three games, and was rewarded for his high rate of bingoage with a 3-0 +342 record. Four of those bingos could be found in a 531-372 smackdown of his brother Thomas Reinke: RIVALED, BRANNED, MYOMATA, and SOVIETS. Thomas played RETOOLED and the ever-useful ENATION. Charles wrapped up his perfect evening with a high-scoring battle against Dennis Lloyd, whom he eventually prevailed against, 496-472, getting down NAVARINS, OPERATIC, and OVERMINE in the process. The losing score of 472 is Dennis' highest losing score ever at our club, so at least his three bingos of SWITCHED, TUNDRAS, and BLENDERS didn't completely go to waste.

2nd Thomas Reinke finished at 2-1 +183, held back from perfection by his pesky brother, as detailed above. He got off to a strong start by taking advantage of Peter Schmiedicke's painkiller-addled state to score a monstrous victory, 576-295. The odd-looking VIZIRATE for 124 was just one of Thomas' four bingos. Thomas' bingo volume dropped off precipitously, however, and by the time he lined up against Helen Flores, he could only muster a single bingo of CLEAREST, but was still able to overcome Helen's 89-point PROMISE and win, 393-332.

Experts
Charles Reinke3-0 +342
Thomas Reinke2-1 +183
Peter Schmiedicke2-1 +165
Dennis Lloyd1-2 -51
Helen Flores1-2 -173
Sue Goldstein0-3 -466
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Thomas Reinke73.71415014523864452.32357.926
Charles Reinke69.11346004503874252.19204.728
Bryan Benwitz60.831200427394981.9233.10
Richard Lauder58.531220370392811.5333.72
Dennis Lloyd47.9566113803931641.395311
Helen Flores39.3578803503981320.9121.54
Aaron Bader37.5350426417151.88213.30
Mark Kenas37.3315204234521692.043923.10
Sara McLaughlin31.636780350400950.8344.25
David Kinzer15.62131347398120.75000
Sue Goldstein9.18800298391200.23150
Intermediates

Bingos
Charles Reinke10OUTFIRE BRUISERS LADANUM RIVALED BRANNED MYOMATA SOVIETS NAVARINS OPERATIC OVERMINE
Thomas Reinke7VINASSE VIZIRATE IRONIST WEEPIEST RETOOLED ENATION CLEAREST
Peter Schmiedicke6SILICAS RATINGS DETAINER ELMIEST CORONATE TALIPEDS
Dennis Lloyd5TSARINAS FAERIES SWITCHED TUNDRAS BLENDERS
Helen Flores3BURGERS RELIQUE PROMISE
Sue Goldstein1STRIDING
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