1st Charles Reinke easily recorded another first-place finish thanks to his 4-1 +492 record. A large chunk of those spread points were gained at the expense of Thomas Reinke, as the first of their two contests ended quite lopsidedly in favor of Charles, 503-340. In that match, Charles unleashed a trio of high-probability bingos (NITROSO, CORSETED, ENLISTED) while Thomas had the more uncommon TEABERRY (which anagrams to the easier-to-spot BETRAYER). However, in their second contest, Thomas took back the initiative in their seventeen-years-running series with a 387-435 win, despite Charles' find of UNIBROW. Since Charles was playing in a 2-on-1 at the time, the pain of that loss was salved by a 417-366 victory over Peter Schmiedicke, who found that his impressively low-scoring bingo of OLEASTER for 57 points just wasn't quite enough.

2nd Helen Flores finished with a strong win-loss record of 3-1 but a less strong spread of -118 which was nevertheless good for second place. The brighest-shining jewel on her jewel-encrusted crown was a dangerously close 419-416 win over current club standings leader Thomas Reinke. Helen outbingoed the normally bingo-crazed Thomas 2-1, playing OVERRAN and TANGLERS to Thomas' sole DRESSING. Helen also has a solid 383-327 win over Sara McLaughlin thanks to a bingo of OUTSPAN. However, a 352-456 loss to Charles Reinke, who played the triple-triple BONNETED for 158 points in his winning effort, spelled doom for Helen's cumulative point spread for the night.

Experts
Charles Reinke4-1 +492
Helen Flores3-1 -118
Thomas Reinke2-2 +52
Peter Schmiedicke2-2 +3
Sara McLaughlin1-3 -101
Sue Goldstein0-3 -328
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
Buffy Hogan5022037738061.5000
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
Intermediates
Ryan Adams2513028639800000

Bingos
Charles Reinke11HALITES BONNETED NITROSO CORSETED ENLISTED VISEING HELLIONS MALONATE UNIBROW ENGILDS
ANADEMS
Thomas Reinke8SHEAFED SAUTOIRE CREELING TEABERRY DRESSING TABOURET PASTITSO CHEERING
Peter Schmiedicke7BLINDERS STORING ELYSIAN FOLIAGE MOONLETS TAENIAE OLEASTER
Helen Flores5SALTIER EROSION OVERRAN TANGLERS OUTSPAN
Sara McLaughlin3DOWNIEST BEASTIE EXTENDED
Sue Goldstein1resiners
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