1st Thomas Reinke topped a field where nobody went undefeated, but four players went 3-1, with his 3-1 +264 record. That +264 spread put him a whopping nine spread points ahead of second place and nineteen spread points ahead of third. Thomas started strong by beating Helen Flores 472-272, despite "only" bingoing once with VERTISOL. His scoring potency wore off in the next game as he was bested by Andy Bohnsack 347-402; his bingo of INDURATE failed to stand up to Andy's DONATES and POSTMAN. The bingos flowed more freely in a Collins-lexicon matchup against Charles Reinke; Thomas deployed AGOUTIES, PACIFIED, EMBROWN, and AVENIRS# en route to a 558-444 win. Thomas finished with a low-scoring 338-333 win against Steve Hartsman, where Thomas' three-O OVERTOOK was the only bingo played by either player.

2nd Steve Hartsman reversed the previous week's 1-3 record with a 3-1 +255 showing. His first game was a hard-fought 378-336 win over Sara McLaughlin, where Sara's RECRUIT was matched by Steve's INSIDES. Round two saw Steve and his 20+ years of tournament experience go against the upstart James Rollins, and experience prevailed as Steve played PARITIES and CONTORTS on his way to a 431-253 victory. Matching up against Andy Bohnsack in the next game, Steve played two more bingos (ADMIRING, SIRENIAN) for a 442-402 win. Sadly, a potentially perfect night was disrupted by Thomas Reinke, as their fourth-round contest ended with both players well below their yearly averages, 333-338.

3rd Lynda Finn made her third writeup appearance in four attempts with a 3-1 +245 record. A 368-410 loss to Charles Reinke in round one was perhaps not Lynda's preferred way to start a relaxing (?) evening of Scrabble, but things quickly turned around with a big 488-263 win against Sara McLaughlin. Lynda got down STOLLEN, INTONERS, and CAESIUM in that one. Things were a bit closer against James Rollins, but Lynda found the game's only bingo (HETAIRA) and it was her win, 370-334. She finished her relaxing (?) evening of Scrabble with a 434-408 victory versus Andy Bohnsack, playing MISINTER, ENDEMIC, and GEARING to Andy's SHIVERED. That win makes her the winner of six of the last eight games in the Lynda-Andy matchup, although the lifetime series still belongs comfortably to Andy.

4th Helen Flores went 3-1 -35, recovering from a big loss in round one to win her next three. Among those wins was a 384-379 victory against Bryan Benwitz, snapping a 26-game losing streak against Bryan.

Bryan Benwitz got the first 600-point game of the year when he scored exactly 600 against Sara McLaughlin. His 212-point SPEEDWAY accounted for over a third of his final score, and is the highest-scoring bingo so far this year by a significant margin (Mark Kenas' SLABBERY for 176 is the next highest). 212 points is also tied for the fourth-highest scoring bingo since modern statkeeping began in 2011.

Experts
Thomas Reinke3-1 +264
Steve Hartsman3-1 +255
Lynda Finn3-1 +245
Helen Flores3-1 -35
Bryan Benwitz2-2 +331
Andy Bohnsack2-2 +159
Charles Reinke2-2 -100
James Rollins2-2 -176
Richard Lauder1-3 -119
Dennis Lloyd0-2 -287
Sara McLaughlin0-4 -537
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Mike Johnson75310438417102.51100
Thomas Reinke67.3723504453982442.2822911
Charles Reinke66.4733704483982492.2620814
Bryan Benwitz64.7593214353731821.9842.20
Andy Bohnsack64.5442414263821492.16645
Steve Hartsman62.120121413378571.73471
Lynda Finn56.3403103883911031.4521.98
Dennis Lloyd45.732380373394991.4155.14
Richard Lauder45.223281367398751.44810.70
Ron Malzer42.912160358407260.9327.70
Mark Kenas42.3223004274541092.12220.20
James Rollins42.116220359380370.9738.10
David Kinzer37.515250352385280.713.60
Sara McLaughlin35.933590357401730.7922.70
Ari Smith33.312031437231000
Helen Flores26.617470351405550.8635.50
Dora Kilburn9.52190302389150.71000
Nalina Cherr9.1110026640230.27000
Beth Amos004030939410.25000
Jordan Barger001031446211000
Lesley Salas004029639810.25000
Buffy Hogan004033542310.25000
Ryan Adams004032138900000
Intermediates

Bingos
Lynda Finn9RESTRICT PROVIDES STOLLEN INTONERS CAESIUM HETAIRA MISINTER ENDEMIC GEARING
Thomas Reinke7VERTISOL INDURATE AGOUTIES PACIFIED EMBROWN OVERTOOK avenirs
Bryan Benwitz7ASHRAMS GLEETING PANICKED SPEEDWAY CAVEATOR AIRFIELD WHEELIE
Andy Bohnsack7ENDPLAY OROIDES ETOILES DONATES POSTMAN MOORINGS SHIVERED
Charles Reinke7GRISTLE RATATAT DEFILING SAFROLE CERUSITE COTTONED salinate
Helen Flores6RESTOKE GOBLETS WIVERNS GREASED OUTRIDE NOVATES
Richard Lauder6CLENCHED FRONTIER MINUETS DARTLES DREAMILY TENNERS
Steve Hartsman5INSIDES PARITIES CONTORTS ADMIRING SIRENIAN
James Rollins2PATIENT DIASTER
Sara McLaughlin2RECRUIT OUTLIES
Dennis Lloyd1FINALES
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