Thomas "Mr. 500" Reinke Brings Down the Hammer
1st Thomas Reinke averaged 501 points per contest as he strolled to a 4-0 +610 record. Three of his games were above the 500-point threshhold, with the highest being a 571-290 match vs. Barb Besadny. His four bingos (DETAILER, ROQUETS, EPINAOS, and DENUDATE) seem like a lot, but apparently this sort of output is normal for Thomas, as he again played four bingos while beating Mark Kenas 500-389. The bingos in that game were NATIVELY, RIGADOON (n. a lively dance), FOLIATE, and AMPERAGE for Thomas; Mark got UNSOCIAL and REINFUSE. The third of his 500-point scores came against Lynda Finn, who fell 391-548 despite her three bingos of LINEATE, BASTION, and ENFRAME. The culprit? Thomas' 167-point triple-triple ANEMONES.
2nd Charles Reinke finished at 3-1 +477. After bearing witness to his brother easily playing four bingos in a game, Charles figured he would do the same, unloading four bonus plays against Dave Gilligan to cruise to a 513-289 win. Those four bingos were ROGATION, PLUNDERS, FATTENS, and AIRTIME; however, they were all overshadowed by Dave's creative extension of ROGATION to PROROGATION. Sadly, Dave's creativity only netted him 28 points, once again highlighting the need to institute a "style points" system in Scrabble. Charles followed up that win with another spread-boosting victory over Chris Vergeront, 569-337. Sadly, nothing lasts forever, and Charles lost to his brother by a lower-than-usual score of 322-383. Both bingos in that game where Thomas': NUANCES and LATERAD (adj. toward the side).
3rd Mark Kenas came back from an extended trip to Mexico without having lost a step, going 3-1 +428. Like Thomas, Mark had three games over 500; how appropriate, then, that Thomas was the one to beat him! Bryan Benwitz was a mere spectator in a game that featured four bingos for Mark, with the final score being a lopsided 509-328. Bryan played OUTDATES, a valiant but inadequate stand against Mark's BREWAGE, TRAILERS, SEDILIA, and OUTRACED. Peter Schmiedicke put up a marginally better score, playing the words NONRATED and AMORTISE, but also succumbed to the terror of the overalled giant, 383-516. Even Susan Vergeront, who played the triple-triple RESTARTS, could only score 297 against Mark's might.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 12 | DETAILER ROQUETS EPINAOS DENUDATE NATIVELY RIGADOON FOLIATES AMPERAGE LATERAD NUANCES UPRATING ANEMONES |
| Mark Kenas | 12 | APHELIA SUNGLOW SCALENI UNSOCIAL REINFUSE BREWAGE TRAILERS SEDILIA OUTRACED AERATION STRIDES CORDINGS |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | ROGATION FATTENS PLUNDERS AIRTIME NERVIEST EYESPOT DOTTIER OINOMELS INFERRED |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 9 | TONGERS DISTANCE OSTEOID ALKALIES SLAINTE GENERAL GARPIKES NONRATED AMORTISE |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | CABINETS BONNETS TYROSINE DIALIST NATURES TRAIPSED DIAPAUSE shirted |
| Lynda Finn | 8 | RETOTAL PINIEST SNAKIER TRIOSES ASTERNAL ENFRAME BASTION LINEATE |
| Andy Bohnsack | 8 | ECTOPIAS AGREEING CITRINE LAUDERS MISDATES CONFIDES LORRIES GLEANED |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | TARGETS WAGGLES CRAVATS FRONTES OUTDATES LODGING DURIONS |
| Chris Vergeront | 7 | TRINDLES QUAINTER RESIDUA GIRLIES ANEROID VASTIEST partites |
| Susan Vergeront | 5 | RESTARTS DEAFENS ROUTERS INTONERS WARLESS |
| Mary Becker | 4 | SURLIER HUSTLING THREATEN DEBASES |
| Helen Flores | 4 | RUBBERS REDIALS SWASHERS NOXIOUS |
| Dave Gilligan | 2 | LETTERS outskied |
| Betty Hasselkus | 1 | BEELINE |
| Barb Besadny | 1 | STRAINED |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High L | Mark Kenas | ||
| Low E | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| High H | Mary Becker | ||
| Low R | Lynda Finn | ||
| High Games | |
| 571 | Thomas Reinke |
| 569 | Charles Reinke |
| 548 | Thomas Reinke |
| 546 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 537 | Richard Lauder |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3 | Thomas Reinke |
| 3 | Mark Kenas |
| 2.25 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.25 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2 | Richard Lauder |
| High Averages | |
| 501 | Thomas Reinke |
| 484 | Mark Kenas |
| 473 | Charles Reinke |
| 427 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 426 | Andy Bohnsack |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 342 | Richard Lauder |
| 344 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 348 | Thomas Reinke |
| 354 | Charles Reinke |
| 369 | Chris Vergeront |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 386 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 386 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 450 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 322 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
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