Stats for September 17, 2014

Aaron Bader's Decree: Acquiesce, or be Destroyed

1st Aaron Bader breezed by a veritable "killer's row" of opponents with a 4-0 +393 record, causing one to wonder, how unstoppable would he be if his brain wasn't overfull with British words?  Thomas Reinke was the hapless victim who came closest to grasping the tantalizing fruit off the tree of victory, but he still fell well short, losing to Aaron 357-388.  Thomas played perhaps the easiest bingo of the night with EASIEST, whereas Aaron had to work a little bit harder for his own bingos, getting COSTIVE and ANGINAS.  Aaron's dominance was thoroughly proven as he handed three otherwise-undefeated players their only losses.  The highest-scoring of those was a dismantling of Andy Bohnsack, 521-402, giving Aaron his first win in five attempts against this particular opponent.   MORTALS and TRIODES were Andy's rack-clearing plays; Aaron had ENLARGER, OLDSTER, and Word of the Week TURBOFAN.  The yearly standings now show Aaron holding a commanding lead over the competition, but there is plenty of time to change that state of affairs.

2nd Andy Bohnsack topped the list of players with three wins, going 3-1 +188.  Richard Lauder put up a token amount of resistance, playing CYANITE and SADIRONS before succumbing to Andy's might (as well as his bingos, DITTIES and LUNETTES), 443-346.  Even more heinous than that, Andy whomped Leslie Seltzer by a score of 504-298, this time getting three bingos: SATIRIZE, ERUPTED, and CREASING.  In the last game of the night, the fear of god was deservedly put into Andy as he barely escaped with his life against Charles Reinke, 387-383.  High-level expert word knowledge was fully on display in that game: Andy played STARTLER and GAINERS, with Charles contributing WISTERIA. 

3rd Lynda Finn entered into the top three by a mere seven spread points with her 3-1 +134 record.  She stifled the normally bingo-prone Bryan Benwitz, beating him 378-369 and preventing him from bingoing for the whole game (it didn't hurt that Lynda got two bingos of her own, TUNNELS and SCARIER).  Versus Mary Becker, Lynda accomplished a similar feat, holding her opponent bingoless while bingoing a number of times herself: GLAZERS, OUTSLEEP, and FEATURE.  That game ended with a more distant 447-310 final tally.  Her final win was against Dave Gilligan, who was unable to withstand Lynda's triple-triple of REGRATED for 140 points.  Now, in cheese country, that word might be interpreted as "to grate again", but to REGRATE is "to buy up so in order to sell for a higher price in the same area".  By way of consolation, Dave played SPEEDERS for 83 points, but the final score was still well in Lynda's favor, 408-320.

Two other triple-triples were played and rewarded with $5: Leslie Seltzer had BINDINGS for 140, and Peter Schmiedicke scored 167 with his play of HARSHENS. 

Dave Gilligan Just One Point Away From Three Wins (or Two Losses Depending on How Optimistic You Are)

1st Dave Gilligan's final record of 2-1-1 got him first place in the intermediates.  A rare tie against Bryan Benwitz, 332-332, was more welcome than a loss but less welcome than a win.  Dave had INSIDER to Bryan's SPLINTER, and a "creative" miscount of either of those plays could have easily swung the game in either direction.  A match against June Scott ended more convicingly in terms of a discrete outcome, with Dave's MAINTAIN leading the way to a 340-280 victory.



Bingos
Aaron Bader10COSTIVE ANGINAS TOGETHER TERTIARY ENLARGER OLDSTER TURBOFAN FRAISES TENANTRY PIMIENTO
Andy Bohnsack9DITTIES LUNETTES SATIRIZE ERUPTED CREASING TRIODES MORTALS STARTLER GAINERS
Lynda Finn7GLAZERS OUTSLEEP FEATURE TUNNELS SCARIER REGRATED(3x3) OPERATED
Thomas Reinke7EASIEST BEASTIE VENUSES DUENNAS ANIMATE LENTANDO greedful
Charles Reinke7RETAILS VISITOR NITROGEN GOITERS FORAGER REQUEST WISTERIA
Richard Lauder7CYANITE SADIRONS RECANTED OARLESS OUTRAGES DENTALS nitrosil
Gail Salm7DIASTER VIOLATER TASTIEST DILATER COWIEST SNIGGERS ROADIES
Peter Schmiedicke6HARSHENS(3x3) TOWHEAD PETUNIAS TOURNEYS NEEDIEST ORIENTAL
Mary Becker4FALTERS RETIRED FROGGIER AIRIEST
Bryan Benwitz3GELATOS MADDENS SPLINTER
Dave Gilligan3MAINTAIN SPEEDERS INSIDER
Leslie Seltzer3BANKERS VANITIES BINDINGS(3x3)
Barb Besadny2REWIDENS DENTIST
Helen Flores2STERNER SUBDUES
Sue Goldstein1MOISTER

High Averages
448Aaron Bader
435Charles Reinke
434Andy Bohnsack
429Thomas Reinke
419Peter Schmiedicke

Low Opponent Averages
301Sue Goldstein
311June Scott
327Dave Gilligan
336Bryan Benwitz
349Aaron Bader

High Scoring Bingos
167HARSHENSPeter Schmiedicke
140BINDINGSLeslie Seltzer
140REGRATEDLynda Finn
99RECANTEDRichard Lauder
99COWIESTGail Salm

Session Averages
Avg. Game Score377
Avg. Intermediate Score316
Avg. Expert Score395
Avg. Winning Score418
Avg. Losing Score337
Avg. Bingo Score78

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