1st Thomas Reinke came in first place yet again, going 4-1 +202 and strengthening his first-place spot in the yearly standings with roughly two months to go in the year. He took on two at once in the first round and collected two victories, creaming Steve Hartsman 458-278 and fighting off Helen Flores, 423-385. Thomas then went up against Mark Kenas, and, typically for their Collins-lexicon matchups, it was a high-scoring affair; sadly, it was a loss for Thomas, 400-520, despite some neat bingo finds of MYOSOTE and BESPRENT (Mark had INACTIVE, INTERIOR, and PERIDOT). Staying true to his club-leading 2.36 bingos per game, Thomas piled on the bingos in his round-three match against Bryan Benwitz, slapping down PARADES, SILICATES, LEGATINE, and NOCTULE on his way to a 479-443 win. For the final game, Thomas got revenge against Mark, winning 477-409 with bingos of FUNKIER, ANCONAL, and OREADES#.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +327, nicely making up for the previous week's 1-3 record. A week's worth of pent-up craving for Scrabble domination was unleashed fully in round one, as Bryan bulldozed Richard Lauder by a score of 516-263, bingoing with MATINEE, TURNABLE, and MANGONEL. Bryan got down three more bingos (MAENADS, ALEURONS, GRIMNESS) while defeating Charles Reinke 447-391. Immediately faced with the other Reinke, Bryan suffered his only loss against Thomas, 443-479, while only bingoing once with ICINESS. Bryan got back to his bingoing ways for round four, getting LYDDITES, TALCIER, and RESTING in a 437-383 win against Steve Hartsman, who had CLARINET and OPSONISE.

3rd Dave Kinzer went 2-1 +24, prevailing in the standings over a large contingent of players who had 2-2 records. In round one, he squared off against Andy Bohnsack, and while he did not bingo himself, he also prevented Andy from bingoing; the result was a completely bingoless 363-346 win for Dave. Future Andy opponents, take note. Dave suffered a setback in the second game, losing handily to Lynda Finn, 313-461; again, Dave didn't bingo, and his strategy from the first game failed as Lynda got down HANDSET and VIRGATE. Dave's night ended with a 392-237 win against newcomer Kelsey Stanczak, 392-237, thanks to his find of INDOLES. (Kelsey's other game worked out better for her, as she beat Carol Ormand 326-253 and had the nice find of POINTES).

Steve's TURBOCAR was word of the week.

Experts
Thomas Reinke4-1 +202
Bryan Benwitz3-1 +327
David Kinzer2-1 +24
Lynda Finn2-2 +122
Mark Kenas2-2 +59
Andy Bohnsack2-2 +37
Steve Hartsman2-2 -19
Richard Lauder2-2 -197
Charles Reinke2-3 +121
Kelsey Stanczak1-1 -82
Helen Flores1-3 -365
Carol Ormand0-3 -229
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Thomas Reinke69.11235504473984202.364510.724
Charles Reinke65.71196204493984132.28368.722
Bryan Benwitz65.31025414373753252.0792.80
Andy Bohnsack63.3784514193832441.9793.78
Steve Hartsman55.3413314073901271.6986.33
Lynda Finn54.7645303903861721.4742.311
Randall 5011029737410.5000
Kelsey Stanczak5011028232310.5000
Richard Lauder47.1566313753971861.551370
Dennis Lloyd45.1516203693961471.364.16
Carol Ormand42.968031934970.5000
Mark Kenas41.5446204314482242.1147213
James Rollins40.517250360383431.02370
Ron Malzer36.416280354414420.9524.80
Sara McLaughlin35499103553991130.8132.70
David Kinzer3528520352391510.6423.90
Helen Flores28.632800348406930.8355.40
Nalina Cherr9.1110026640230.27000
Dora Kilburn8.72210300390160.7000
Beth Amos004030939410.25000
Jordan Barger001031446211000
Lesley Salas004029639810.25000
Buffy Hogan004033542310.25000
Ryan Adams004032138900000
Kimberly 001026236600000
Jessica Pasch002029634700000
Intermediates

Bingos
Charles Reinke13RATAFEE VAROOMED LATRINES SCANTILY EDUCATE SESTINE KOLBASI ANTIDORA TOUZLED REGRANT
LIVENING RENAILED bespits
Thomas Reinke12ANAGENS ENSURED OBELISE MYOSOTE BESPRENT PARADES SILICATE LEGATINE NOCTULE FUNKIER
ANCONAL oreades
Bryan Benwitz10MATINEE TURNABLE MANGONEL MAENADS ALEURONS GRIMNESS ICINESS LYDDITES TALCIER RESTING
Mark Kenas8LEISURES INACTIVE PERIDOT INTERIOR PYEMIAS TAENIAS MORAINE droniest
Andy Bohnsack8POINTIER SNOUTED GHOULIE CITATION LINKERS YULETIDE ALIENOR AGENESIS
Steve Hartsman8ANSATED GLOATER TURBOCAR GRIMIEST VIOLATER FILARIAN CLARINET OPSONISE
Lynda Finn7PANDIES DUCKING HANDSET VIRGATE URINOSE BROASTED TOASTING
Richard Lauder5BANTERS CRETINS COSTARD CATIONS VEINERS
Helen Flores4REGALES SHOUTING TINSELS daubings
David Kinzer1INSOLES
Kelsey Stanczak1POINTES
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