1st Thomas Reinke basically crushed everybody who had the misfortune of being paired with him, as he finished at 5-0 +813. That +813 spread feels close to some kind of record; since this website does not keep track of such things, all we can do is wildly speculate. He smoked Steve Hartsman in round one, 528-321, getting NATURES, PLEACHES, and AIRIEST (that last one getting AIRIEST quite close to overtaking ETESIAN as the most commonly played bingo at club, 44 to 46). Switching over to the Collins dictionary, Thomas got a nice win over Mark Kenas, 472-383, while also adding three more bingos to his illustrious bingo total: LITHARGE, AUXESIS, and OVERLIT (Mark had CANOODLE and LEGLENS#). The bingoing slowed down somewhat for the third round, but even with a single bingo of TIDEWAY, Thomas took Richard back to school, 443-261. For the final round, Thomas put his undefeated record in jeopardy by playing two games at once, but when all was said and done, he had bingoed eight times and his undefeated record remained intact: he beat Mark Kenas again by a score of 492-328, but saved the majority of his wrath for Sara McLaughlin, whom he beat 557-286 while playing five bingos, all of them on the more probable end of the spectrum: FANTASIE, SLITTER, REDATES, OUTHEARS, and SOIGNEE.

2nd Charles Reinke went 4-0 +341, resulting in total Reinke domination. It was a slow start for Charles as he won his first game against Mark Kenas 369-345, an uncommonly low score when playing in the lexicon that has words like ZE and JA. Charles' knowledge of top-100-probability bingos came in handy as he plopped down ARENOSE to secure victory. He improved on that score, but not by much, when he beat Andy Bohnsack in round two, 382-360. Both players were not their usual selves and played just one bingo: INFLAMED for Andy, WHITELY for Charles. Charles got things going in round three when he beat Mark again, 507-385, finding EPHEMERA, ADVENES#, and CALIGOS# (EPHEMERA takes an E, L, and S at the end, since it is a type of fly and not just the plural of EPHEMERON). Charles faced strong opposition in the final round, with Bryan Benwitz representing a significant obstacle towards the goal of a perfect record, but Charles dispatched him handily, 488-315.

3rd Lynda Finn went 4-1 +352 to achieve her third one-loss session in a row. Her round one match against Dave Kinzer saw just one bingo hit the board (Lynda's ESTUARY), but it was her win, 374-314. In round two, Lynda suffered her only loss, 314-413 to Sara McLaughlin (playing FEASTING in the losing effort), but as consolation, she won the second game of her two-on-one, taking down Dennis Lloyd with a final score of 414-383 (playing LEATHERS and DESTINE). Lynda also got a big win against second-timer Carol, playing FEEDING and SINNERS (church joke goes here) for a final tally of 411-247. Cementing her third-place effort was a 418-405 victory against Richard Lauder.

Experts
Thomas Reinke5-0 +813
Charles Reinke4-0 +341
Lynda Finn4-1 +170
Andy Bohnsack2-2 +112
Dennis Lloyd2-2 +48
Richard Lauder2-2 +17
Bryan Benwitz2-2 -128
Sara McLaughlin2-2 -183
David Kinzer1-2 -31
Carol 1-2 -261
Steve Hartsman1-3 -226
Mark Kenas0-4 -299
Helen Flores0-4 -373
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Mike Johnson75310438417102.51100
Thomas Reinke69.31135004463973822.343910.221
Charles Reinke66.51115604483983772.26338.820
Andy Bohnsack66.273371423378222283.67
Bryan Benwitz65.2945014353752952.0382.70
Steve Hartsman56372914073881131.6987.13
Lynda Finn55.5614903903881601.4542.511
Randall 5011029737410.5000
Richard Lauder47.7515613743941671.55137.80
Carol 44.445032735460.67000
Dennis Lloyd44486103673951401.2853.66
Mark Kenas41415904314482122.124621.73
James Rollins40.517250360383431.02370
Ron Malzer36.416280354414420.9524.80
David Kinzer35.126480354388490.6624.10
Sara McLaughlin33.8469003544011080.7932.80
Helen Flores29.831730349403880.8544.50
Nalina Cherr9.1110026640230.27000
Dora Kilburn8.72210300390160.7000
Beth Amos004030939410.25000
Jordan Barger001031446211000
Lesley Salas004029639810.25000
Buffy Hogan004033542310.25000
Ryan Adams004032138900000
Kimberly 001026236600000
Tajah Tubbs001025241100000
Jessica Pasch002029634700000
Intermediates

Bingos
Thomas Reinke15NATURES PLEACHES AIRIEST LITHARGE AUXESIS OVERLIT TIDEWAY ASCRIBE KYANITE THINNERS
FANTASIE SLITTER REDATES OUTHEARS SOIGNEE
Mark Kenas9BUTYRINS CANOODLE ENDOCARP MARMITES GESNERIA BOLIDES smithed leglens aieries
Lynda Finn7ESTUARY FEASTING LEATHERS DESTINE FEEDING SINNERS SNARING
Andy Bohnsack7AERIFIED TUSSORE INFLAMED AGONIZES TROVERS HORNIEST INCREATE
Richard Lauder7SNAILED CLEAVING SEARING NATIVES RENAILS SALVOED STEADING
Charles Reinke6ARENOSE WHITELY EPHEMERA KINARAS advenes caligos
Bryan Benwitz5LORGNONS LOTIONS TUMEFIED RAISABLE UNRAISED
Steve Hartsman5DIABASE RESENTED CRINGERS OUTFIRED sunners
Dennis Lloyd4COTERIES STEROIDS LECTERN QUESTING
David Kinzer3FOOTIES ELECTION DOUBTER
Carol 2AUDITIONS LEONINE
Helen Flores2ROOTAGE QUIVERED
Sara McLaughlin1BESIEGED
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