1st Thomas Reinke went 3-1-1 +304, snagging first place in a smaller-than-usual group of eight players. He started with a comfortable win over Helen Flores, 406-329, then immediately dropped a game to Charles Reinke despite three bingos (MISCHIEF, GASOLENE, MODERATO) and a 458 score - Charles' 530 points proved insurmountable, and his triple-triple of ANSWERER for 156 was icing on the proverbial cake. Thomas then (somewhat) reversed his recent losing streak against Bryan Benwitz by recording a 405-405 tie, the second tie in the club in as many weeks after a months-long drought of deadlocked games. Thomas played the happy bingo FRIENDS while Bryan's bingo list didn't have any particular emotional character: RETINUE, OOMIACS, and REWARDED. In the final round, Thomas exacted revenge on his brother in astounding fashion, playing four bingos (TINNERS, ELOQUENT, DEADLOCK, TAPETUM) and scoring 601 (to his brother's 458) for his fourth 600-point game of the year. At the same time, Thomas handily bested Sara McLaughlin 479-323, adding three more bingos to his overstuffed bingo list: MAHOUTS, SANTERAS, and WILLIES.

2nd Charles Reinke averaged a nice even 500 points per game while going 3-1 +266. A first-round victory against Bryan Benwitz, 462-405, was fueled by finds of HEAVENLY and COTTONS. Bryan had PROMOTES, MISDRAW, and the plausible-but-phony PINNINGS* for his bingos. A previously-reported 530-458 win over Thomas Reinke meant that round two was a success for Charles, and that success continued to flow with a huge 549-269 win against Richard Lauder. Richard did bingo twice with STEERERS and SOPRANI, while Charles got down DHARNAS, ADDENDA, and UNFAIRER. Sadly, Charles' perfect evening was ruined spectacularly by a 458-601 rematch loss to Thomas.

Of note was Dennis Lloyd's 533-319 win over Helen Flores which saw him set a new personal best with five bingos: STEROID, ENABLERS, METEORS, DONATING, and GUARDING.

Experts
Thomas Reinke3-1-1 +304
Charles Reinke3-1 +266
Bryan Benwitz2-1-1 +342
Sara McLaughlin2-2 +3
Dennis Lloyd2-2 -49
Richard Lauder2-2 -264
Helen Flores1-3 -366
David Kinzer0-3 -236
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Bryan Benwitz75.31504914433714272.14102.31
Charles Reinke69.71556714533934932.21489.733
Mary Becker66.721038435541.331250
Thomas Reinke66.41457314504025202.375610.828
Beth Amos57.1860402381181.29000
Andy Bohnsack54.2322704133971171.9832.67
Lynda Finn54.1857203903782241.43135.813
James Rollins5022031634551.251200
Mike Johnson50440446401182.25000
Renato Umali5022041738682000
Ron Malzer47.234380363391690.9657.20
Dennis Lloyd43.6516603753881621.38148.66
Karl Armstrong42.311150361379190.7315.30
Wendy Bialek41.71014033934370.29000
John Bialek41.710140355388200.83150
Sara McLaughlin41.68211503563901780.942.21
Richard Lauder41.47911203694023031.59134.34
Mark Kenas39.4578814264562962.035919.90
David Kinzer38.627430355373620.8934.80
Francesca Lazio34.114270345378340.8338.80
Helen Flores25.9361030339405870.6344.60
Sue Goldstein22.2828029536140.11000
Aaron Bader004039250161.5000
Melody Brown002029935300000
Mathias Chen003028239220.67000
Cooper 0010020337300000
Nalina Cherr004019637000000
Intermediates

Bingos
Thomas Reinke12ENGENDER MISCHIEF GASOLENE MODERATO FRIENDS TINNERS ELOQUENT DEADLOCK TAPETUM MAHOUTS
SANTERAS WILLIES
Bryan Benwitz12PROMOTES MISDRAW GASTRIC DOOLEES RETINUE OOMIACS REWARDED ECLOGUES PARASITE BOUTADE
DIASTEMA pinnings
Charles Reinke10HEAVENLY COTTONS REPORTED ANSWERER DHARNAS ADDENDA UNFAIRER EARRING ZEOLITIC lignose
Dennis Lloyd8LUMINOUS ADIPOSE STEROID ENABLERS METEORS DONATING GUARDING radiolar
Richard Lauder8IMAGERS UNHAIRS RESILING HANDOUTS VIATORS STEERERS SOPRANI DOUBLERS
Sara McLaughlin7ATONERS INSIDER WARRANT REASONS TAILORS PRETTIED RELAYING
Helen Flores3STUNNER OUTSEEN DELATION
David Kinzer2MUTTONS YEASTIER
9-Apr: Scrabble at Covenant Church16-Apr: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games23-Apr: Scrabble at Covenant Church30-Apr: Scrabble at Covenant Church