Charles Reinke Runs Amok
1st Charles Reinke extended his current winning streak to nine with his 4-0 +559 performance. He has not scored below 400 during his ongoing reign of terror, and he averaged 472 points per game on this night. His 537 (to Shayla Dunn's 399), the highest individual game score of the evening, was attained through bingos of CLAVIERS (n. CLAVIER, a keyboard instrument), MELANGES, and OARFISH. Shayla made an attempt to stay competitive with BALLOTED and the creative nine-letter phony INQUESTED. Charles also took out his latent and misplaced anger on Gail Salm, 495-248. Gail appropriately played NASTIER as Charles got FURANOSE (n. a type of sugar) and TWINIER.
2nd Thomas Reinke finished 3-1 +268 and built upon a streak of his own: he has now scored above 400 in 14 straight games. He barely escaped a game against Bryan Benwitz, winning by a razor-thin margin of three points, 410-407. Both combatants had two bingos: STUIVERS (n. STUIVER, a former Dutch coin) and OUTSAIL for Bryan, PERINEA and RESOFTEN for Thomas. His victory against Jordan Parker was substantially less stressful, with the final score being 446-269 despite a bingo of RATTENS for Jordan (Thomas had EVENSONG). Andy Bohnsack proved to be Thomas' downfall, soundly defeating him 502-437 in a high-scoring contest.
3rd Betty Hasselkus overcame a first-round defeat at the hands of Charles Reinke, 383-419, to win the next three and finish 3-1 +205. She averaged 415 points over her four games, more than 70 points better than her on-the-year average. Of the three opponents against whom Betty was victorious, the most formidable proved to be Lynda Finn, who went down swinging, 408-414. Betty got down a high-scoring REFACING to overcome Lynda's SOUTANE and RENTIER. After that, Betty grew tired of letting her opponents stay competitive, and easily defeated both Helen Flores and Shayla Dunn (with scores of 440 and 421, respectively). In doing that, she got down two Q bingos, REQUEST and SQUARED, proving that the Q isn't all bad. Actually, yes it is.
Andy Bohnsack, Aaron Bader, and Gail Salm also finished with 3-1 records, but space considerations prevent us from detailing their notable accomplishments.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Aaron Bader | 10 | LIFETIME MOONLESS HOARDERS DIPNETS CHOREAL TENURES EXACTER YOGINIS PLANERS etourdi |
| Charles Reinke | 8 | CRESTED PATINAED FURANOSE TWINIER CLAVIERS MELANGES OARFISH GREASES |
| Lynda Finn | 8 | SOUTANE RENTIER DETENTE GARNETS WRITERS TALLEST LASSOING wanding |
| Andy Bohnsack | 8 | RESPONSE ENTAILS NITRATED TEGUMINA REFUTED BONESETS ANCHORS ANTLIONS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | RESCALED SEELING TERATOID SIGNORI UNLEVEL OUTSAIL STUIVERS |
| Shayla Dunn | 7 | RESENDS VIZIERS RENTALS SQUINTY BALLOTED TINDERS inquested |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | MEDDLERS PROVIRUS EARLDOM EVENSONG PERINEA RESOFTEN capiche |
| Mark Kenas | 6 | COASTED RESONANT UNSAVED RESTERS BEAUTIFY intrince |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 6 | FANNERS EROTICA RATTENED RAISONNE UNMARKED HISTONE |
| Michael David | 6 | MINARETS STIPENDS CLAMORER ITEMISED OUTGOING MULETAS |
| Susan Vergeront | 5 | RUSHING ANTERIOR GARNETS INSERTS gratines |
| Mary Becker | 5 | ADAGIOS WINTERED AVERAGE TUITION VARIOUS |
| Gail Salm | 5 | EXIGENT NASTIER LIAISED IONISED SNARING |
| Betty Hasselkus | 5 | DASHING REFACING REQUEST DEARIES SQUARED |
| Dave Gilligan | 5 | UNSEALS CREATING GAMBITS STRONGLY reflames |
| Richard Lauder | 4 | MORTALS SEASIDE POETISE antiart |
| Jordan Parker | 3 | ELISION RECOUPED RATTENS |
| Helen Flores | 3 | REFUELS PURSERS outbests |
| Barb Besadny | 1 | WASTERS |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High G | Gail Salm | ||
| Low Y | Charles Reinke | ||
| High P | Richard Lauder | ||
| Low S | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| High Games | |
| 537 | Charles Reinke |
| 502 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 502 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 496 | Mark Kenas |
| 495 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Aaron Bader |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2 | Mark Kenas |
| 1.75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Averages | |
| 472 | Charles Reinke |
| 436 | Thomas Reinke |
| 428 | Aaron Bader |
| 423 | Mark Kenas |
| 420 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 332 | Charles Reinke |
| 363 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 367 | Gail Salm |
| 368 | Dave Gilligan |
| 369 | Thomas Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 390 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 390 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 436 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 344 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
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