1st Charles Reinke convincingly took the top podium spot with an unblemished 4-0 +725 record and a quite obscene 528 per-game average, his highest ever session average (topping a 524 back in 2015). Drawing off the frenzied energy of the gathered patrons of the bar next to our temporary playing area, Charles' Scrabble dominance could only have been stopped by a well-aimed barstool to the head, which (un?)fortunately did not happen. His only game below 500 was a 478-422 win over Mark Kenas in his first game - a 122-point 3x3 of SONICATE was helpful there.  Playing two-on-one against Lynda Finn and Richard Lauder in the next round, Charles won both games by substantial margins, 537-313 against Lynda (bingos: LEGATEES, CODRIVER, DUSTMAN) and 586-312 against Richard (NONGLARE, PLAUSIVE, COPEMATE, SNAKEPIT, LARDIEST). Charles got a repeat win against Mark Kenas at the end of the night, 511-340, a score that should not be taken as any kind of indicator of Mark's inebriation (or sobriety) at that late stage of the evening.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 +389 with a hefty, but ultimately unimpressive when compared with his brother's, average of 479 per game. He got an early Collins-lexicon win against Mark Kenas, 418-395, despite just one bingo of VEXATION (Mark found DITTIES, SINGING, and word-of-the-week PHORONID). After taking a break to eat some food (verdict on Hank's Italian Beef Burger: good, but too much mayo [who puts mayo on Italian beef?]), Thomas returned to notch another win against Mark, this time a bit more convincingly, 452-340. His bingos were AIRSOME and TEARGAS, showing he is not above playing common, high-probability bingos when the situation calls for it. Thomas ended his abbreviated session with a ruthless 566-312 beatdown of Andy Bohnsack, bingoing with the fearsome foursome of OUTSAID, ANALYZED, TOASTIER, and VANITIED.

3rd Andy Bohnsack returned from a somewhat lengthy absence to go 3-1 +19. Things started off nicely with a win against the current top dog of the club, 436-411 vs. Bryan Benwitz. Andy immediately found his bingo mojo (bojo?) with COARSER, NEGATORS, and ADOPTING; Bryan had VERNIXES and FORENAME. A lower-scoring 377-358 win over Richard Lauder followed, but it was just the calm before the storm as Andy then went ham on Sara McLaughlin, prevailing in their encounter 551-322. Sara did get down EARLIER in the midst of the drubbing, while Andy got EIDOLON, CURTAILS, and TONIEST. Andy's 3-0 record was looking pretty good at that point, but it all came crashing down in a spread-obliterating 312-566 match against Thomas Reinke, a loss that even a basket of chicken tenders couldn't assuage.