1st Thomas Reinke found himself in familiar position, placing first once again at 4-1 +518. Fighting the familiar face of Charles Reinke in round one, Thomas prevailed 459-377, getting down ARBOURS, REFILES, and FURMETY vs. Charles' PLAICES and TREPANS. FURMETY is a medieval wheat porridge also spelled FRUMENTY, FURMENTY, FROMENTY, and FURMITY (the Wikipedia article attests other spellings, which you will not attempt to commit to memory if you know what's good for you). Thomas then went on to crush a series of opponents, starting with a drubbing of Ed Nawrocki, 442-289, aided by RETIREES, INFLATES, and TENTERED. The drubbings continued as Thomas rose up to the challenge of a two-on-one against Richard Lauder (471-301) and Dave Kinzer (509-347, including a 102-point WAYLAID). The carnage finally came to a blessed end as Charles managed to take Thomas down in a rematch, 472-423. That game was a bit more Collinsy than the first, with Thomas playing MISSORTS and RABATOES# to Charles' MARRYING, LAMELLAR, and VETTURAS#.

2nd Charles Reinke went 3-2 +139. After an initial loss to Thomas Reinke, 377-459, Charles was handed a chance at redemption with a two-on-one match in round two. Redemption was partial; a 478-307 win over Ron Malzer (featuring the uncommon bingo PERSPIRY) was nice, but not-so-nice was a 379-529 loss to Richard Lauder. Charles was able to bingo with TOLEWARE and OUTFAST, but Richard was firing on all cylinders with DITHERS, WHEELING, and the 167-point triple-triple ETAMINES, which is tied for the highest-scoring bingo so far this year. Making sure that all his subsequent opponents knew he was still sore about the triple-triple, Charles came away with a big 528-377 victory vs. Lynda Finn, countering her ALIENATE and RONIONS with ODORLESS, GAVELLED, and UNCREATE. Beating Thomas in the final game, 472-423, gave Charles enough solace that he's (probably) no longer sore about the triple-triple.

3rd Ed Nawrocki snagged third place by virtue of spread, finishing 2-1 -48. His showdown against Richard Lauder saw both players get two bingos (Ed's WADDING and RESIZES vs. Richard's BELTINGS and STOURIE), but Ed was able to take a comfortable win, 441-370. He fared worse against Thomas Reinke, losing 289-442, but at least got a bingo of REPAINTS (losing by 150 with no bingos is much more mentally devastating than losing by 150 with one bingo). For his third and final game, he beat Carol Orman 390-356, withstanding her bingo of UNLOVING thanks to his own SALIENT and CRATERS. (For bingo nerds, SALIENT does seem to be the most-often played bingo out of AEILNST, played twelve times).