1st Charles Reinke brought his winning streak to nine straight thanks to a flawless 4-0 +547 performance. His first-round victory against Mark Kenas, 463-399, was actually his lowest score of the evening. In that one, his triple-triple ASTERIDS# for 131 points was able to overcome Mark's FLITTERN#, RAPTURES, and CAMELIAS. A rematch against Mark also ended in Charles' favor, 501-352, thanks in part to another high-scoring bingo, ADJURERS for 116. In the final round, a true "clash of the titans" took place as Charles, sitting at 3-0, matched up against the one other remaining 3-0 player, Bryan Benwitz. Despite the impressive pedigree of the two combatants, the clash was somewhat lopsided, as Charles won 493-354. Bryan found LIPREADS and VENETIAN, while Charles' bingo list consisted of NONOBESE, BEADSMAN, and GREENLIT.

2nd Thomas Reinke had the same win total as his brother, but the addition of a single loss to his scorecard dropped him to second place at 4-1 +486. He saved the majority of his wrath for his two Collins-lexicon games against Mark Kenas; playing a combined NINE bingos, Thomas won the games 512-329 and 539-359. His bingos were ANGELICA, FLIPSIDE#, UNROTTEN#, LENTORS#, URALITE, MANPOWER, FERRELS, DUNITES, and ASCITES. A more closely-fought victory was gained over John Bialek, 406-368. John found the gross bingo of BOOGERS, but Thomas outdid him with finds of INTONER, TENSEST, and word-of-the-week GUAIACOL. Thomas' only loss was to Bryan Benwitz, 405-433.

3rd Ron Malzer marked his third visit to our club with his first appearance in the weekly writeup, finishing at 3-1 +214 with a hefty 408 per-game average. His best game was a 462-349 smackdown of Dennis Lloyd where the bingo battle (POSTURE for Ron, LISTERS for Dennis) clearly doesn't tell the whole story. Ron followed that up with another large win, this one against Sara McLaughlin, 439-329. That one also saw each player get exactly one bingo: Ron's LANCETS and Sara's MOTIONED. Like Thomas above, Ron's only defeat was at the hand of Bryan Benwitz, 338-452.

Experts
Charles Reinke4-0 +547
Thomas Reinke4-1 +488
Ron Malzer3-1 +214
Bryan Benwitz3-1 +108
Richard Lauder2-2 +196
Helen Flores2-2 +22
Sara McLaughlin2-2 -122
John Bialek2-2 -205
Sue Goldstein1-2 -80
Dennis Lloyd1-3 -208
Wendy Bialek0-4 -384
Mark Kenas0-4 -576
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Bryan Benwitz74.81133804383662981.9751.70
Thomas Reinke73.41746304513965622.377212.837
Charles Reinke65.81568104443945072.14387.537
Beth Amos58.314100382381351.4625.70
Lynda Finn53.7655613903851781.4673.915
Dennis Lloyd50.8646203813871841.46105.411
Karl Armstrong5011041338921000
Ron Malzer502424035837648136.30
Richard Lauder47.39710803803883221.57206.210
Sara McLaughlin45.1657903563791160.8165.22
David Kinzer38.724380356372380.6137.90
Renato Umali37.5350374417101.251100
John Bialek36.126460347385420.5812.40
Mark Kenas35.85710204254543292.076018.20
Helen Flores35.8509013543961200.8597.50
Wendy Bialek16.712600314390290.4000
Sue Goldstein12.98540296371120.193250
Intermediates
Francesca Lazio12.517029042850.63000

Bingos
Thomas Reinke15WINTERS ANGELICA ROMAUNT COURTED URALITE MANPOWER FERRELS DUNITES ASCITES GUAIACOL
TENSEST INTONER flipside unrotten lentors
Richard Lauder11SILKIER YOWLING BEARABLE SURNAME OUTLETS RESHINE POETESS RENEWALS PENANCE WEARIES
LEGGINGS
Charles Reinke9ANTIROCK SESTINE MATERNAL SKEANES ADJURERS NONOBESE BEADSMAN GREENLIT asterids
Bryan Benwitz9DOCKING PURGERS HERONRY RELENDS EGESTION CERESIN LIPREADS VENETIAN uranidic
Mark Kenas6RAPTURES CAMELIAS ADVISORY SARDINE flittern steepier
Ron Malzer5UNTITLED UNSAFER SOUNDED POSTURE LANCETS
Sara McLaughlin5ANTACID NEURONE RESTYLE MOTIONED airforce
Helen Flores3UNSATED EASIEST ghoster
Dennis Lloyd3TREADLES LISTERS OUTSIDE
John Bialek1BOOGERS
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