Charles Reinke Takes Gold In Men's 400M Freestyle Scrabble
1st Charles Reinke finished 4-1 +411, snagging first place from the outstretched hands of his brother. Charles was easily bingo king with twelve such plays through his five games. Four of them came in his 513-296 win against Barb Besadny: ABROGATE, CAVIARES, AYURVEDA (n. a Hindu system of medicine), and ROUNDLET. Simultaneously, he played the word of the week YATAGAN (n. a Turkish sword, also YATAGHAN and ATAGHAN) while defeating a good-natured Sue Goldstein 473-303. Only 23-year-nemesis Thomas Reinke was able to interrupt Charles' winning ways, doing so in dramatic and emphatic fashion: 335-529 was the score after the fists stopped flying. Thomas played RINGWORM, RELOADS, and ROUTINES; Charles got CORODIES to regain a small amount of the pride which had been forcefully taken from him.
2nd Thomas Reinke, surprise, ALSO finished 4-1, but his inferior spread of +326 relegated him to a disappointing second-place finish. He had his brother met twice on the evening; details of the first match are above, but the second match had a much less favorable result for Thomas: a 354-376 loss. Thomas did have the nice find of JARLDOMS, but Charles' baby-bingos of REMATES and DASHEEN proved to be too much. Other than his 500-point game, Thomas' only score over 400 was also the only game in which he didn't get a bingo; Betty Hasselkus played ILLNESS but still lost 340-405.
3rd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +209, overcoming a tough Reinke-given loss in the first round to win his next three by an average margin of 135. Helen Flores bore the brunt of Bryan's fury, getting trounced 324-471. Worse, she had to endure unplayable bingos on her own rack while Bryan was fortunate enough to play three of his own: REINCITE, STIFLERS, and TIPSIER. Birthday girl Mary Becker didn't fare much better; Bryan clobbered her 410-325 with the assistance of his dual bingos CLOBBERS and PERSONA.
| Experts | |
| Charles Reinke | 4-1 +411 |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-1 +326 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3-1 +209 |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2-2 -137 |
| Mary Becker | 2-3 -99 |
| Dave Gilligan | 1-2 +67 |
| Sue Goldstein | 1-3 -188 |
| Barb Besadny | 1-3 -259 |
| Helen Flores | 1-3 -330 |
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 12 | REPEATS LIONISER HALVERS CORODIES SOOTIER YATAGAN ABROGATE CAVIARES AYURVEDA ROUNDLET DASHEEN REMATES |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | TINGLIER REINCITE STIFLERS TIPSIER PERSONA CLOBBERS TRYOUTS SPIELED |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | ABOIDEAU HERNIAS RINGWORM RELOADS ROUTINES JARLDOMS festing |
| Betty Hasselkus | 3 | ORATING MATINGS ILLNESS |
| Mary Becker | 3 | DEVOTES BRONZES STUDDED |
| Sue Goldstein | 3 | ENQUIRES SWARMERS RIOTERS |
| Barb Besadny | 3 | RESITED SITTERS FORGETS |
| Dave Gilligan | 2 | MEANEST DATELINE |
| Helen Flores | 2 | GENOMES ENTITLED |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High T | Thomas Reinke | ||
| Low A | Betty Hasselkus | ||
| High H | Helen Flores | ||
| Low R | Barb Besadny | ||
| High Games | |
| 529 | Thomas Reinke |
| 513 | Charles Reinke |
| 497 | Charles Reinke |
| 473 | Charles Reinke |
| 471 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.4 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.4 | Thomas Reinke |
| 0.75 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 0.75 | Sue Goldstein |
| High Averages | |
| 439 | Charles Reinke |
| 412 | Thomas Reinke |
| 397 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 355 | Dave Gilligan |
| 354 | Mary Becker |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 333 | Dave Gilligan |
| 345 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 347 | Thomas Reinke |
| 357 | Charles Reinke |
| 367 | Betty Hasselkus |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 366 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 366 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 415 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 317 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
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