1st Charles Reinke's 4-1 +410 was sufficient for first place in a field where no player went undefeated. Charles' non-undefeatedness (defeatedness?) was firmly established in round one when he lost to Mark Kenas 433-451; Charles got down OPERETTA and a nine-letter BARGAINED, while Mark had UPFLOWED, REHEATS, and ANTISERA. Charles rebounded by defeating Bryan Benwitz in decisive fashion, 497-314. Bryan had a lone SALIENCE to Charles' CLEAROUT, WOODMAN, and TRENCHES. Round three saw Charles embroiled in a two-on-one against Mark Kenas and Lynda Finn, but the extra challenge didn't slow Charles down too much, and he won both, 418-404 vs. Mark and 422-378 vs. Lynda. Charles wrapped things up with a nearly-uncontested 537-346 win over familial foe Thomas Reinke; sadly, his valid bingos of NOTELET and WINERIES did not prevent bystanders and assorted kibitzers from calling Charles' ethics into question thanks to his phony OVERSUM* (MEVROUS# is good in CSW - NWL players should refrain from committing that one to memory).

2nd Thomas Reinke was blessed with the opportunity to play six games in a single club session, but instead of making the most of it by going 6-0, he decided to go 4-2 +375 instead. In round one, he played two games at once, and while his game against Lynda Finn was a comfortable 539-334 victory with four bingos (ANTIWEAR, ANTISEX, MORGENS, TROPHIED), his game against Sara McLaughlin was a low-scoring 357-335 win where Thomas didn't bingo (Sara had AIRDATE). Thomas displayed some deep word knowledge with a find of FUSCOUS in the next round, but lost to Mark Kenas 421-458. Another two-U bingo, ULCEROUS, was deployed against Helen Flores for a 472-334 victory. The final round game Thomas another two-on-one opportunity, and while he got bigtime revenge against Mark Kenas, winning 539-301 with BURETTES, SNEEZES, TARAIRE#, and LACTONIC, he also suffered a bigtime loss to Charles Reinke, 346-537.

3rd Bryan Benwitz scored over 500 in all his wins and finished at 3-1 +457. Three bingos of ELOINERS, NITERIES, and PICRATE gave him a big 517-288 victory over Helen Flores to start things off. Losing to Charles Reinke 314-497 wiped out much of his spread, but he gained it right back with a 522-335 romp against Sara McLaughlin where he put his bingo-finding skills to good use with FEMALES, TAUNTER, and COVERERS. His third and final win of the night was a 514-290 match against Lynda Finn.

Experts
Charles Reinke4-1 +410
Thomas Reinke4-2 +375
Bryan Benwitz3-1 +457
Mark Kenas2-2 -193
Lynda Finn2-3 -170
Sara McLaughlin1-3 -280
Helen Flores0-4 -599
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Bryan Benwitz75.31504914433714272.14102.31
Charles Reinke69.71556714533934932.21489.733
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
Sara McLaughlin41.68211503563901780.942.21
Richard Lauder41.47911203694023031.59134.34
Mark Kenas39.4578814264562962.035919.90
David Kinzer38.627430355373620.8934.80
Helen Flores25.9361030339405870.6344.60
Aaron Bader004039250161.5000
Nalina Cherr004019637000000
Intermediates

Bingos
Thomas Reinke15ANTIWEAR ANTISEX MORGENS TROPHIED ITERATE FUSCOUS ULCEROUS OTITIDES MARLITE SUPERMEN
BURETTES SNEEZES LACTONIC fusarol taraire
Charles Reinke12OPERETTA BARGAINED CLEAROUT WOODMAN TRENCHES AGGRADED ENAMINES URINATES SANDIER NOTELET
WINERIES oversum
Bryan Benwitz9ELOINERS NITERIES PICRATE SALIENCE FEMALES TAUNTER COVERERS SEPALINE SMOLDER
Lynda Finn8RETITLES EELPOUTS MORAINE STROBIL SOAPIER GAITERS OPERATIC UNSATED
Mark Kenas7UPFLOWED REHEATS ANTISERA LOOPIER NAVETTES TETANIES POTSHERD
Sara McLaughlin4AIRDATE ADJOINED RECITING STREAKED
Helen Flores1REUNITED
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