1st Richard Lauder secured his first 4-0 record in eight years, putting on a display of pure Scrabbacular tyranny by going 4-0 +137. His marquee victory came in the very first round against Thomas Reinke, where a late bingo of FADLIKE for 107 gave him the cushion he needed to win, 441-412. Thomas had a high-scoring bingo of his own in that one, getting down QUASHED for 109. Crafty endgame skill was again deployed to beat Dave Kinzer in a close one, 387-383, despite not playing a bingo and having to confront two bingos from his opponent, GOUTIER and SANDALS. An unplayable Q tile was the key to Richard's close escape. Richard finished his notable night by downing Dennis Lloyd by a score of 384-304, playing GOALIES to win comfortably.

2nd Charles Reinke went 3-2 with a pile of positive spread points, 524 of them to be exact. He saved his best for last in defeating Dave Kinzer 519-293, just one of two 500+ point games of the night (the other being Helen's 503 against Dennis). Charles' bingos in that one were YEARLIES, ELASTIC, and HAIRNETS, all high-probability bingos worth knowing well. Charles lost a close one to Dennis Lloyd, 402-382, but his losing margin against Mark Kenas in round one was even smaller, as Charles was defeated 456-458. Mark showed off his well-honed bingo-finding ability with LEERIEST, STEENED#, and LINAGES, while Charles had TORPEDO. With just one month to go in the club season and trailing his brother by several percentage points, Charles would certainly like those close losses to be converted into wins instead.