Thomas Reinke Might Be a Hyper-Intelligent Alien Shapeshifter
1st Thomas Reinke was the only undefeated player out of fifteen attendees, rightfully earning first place with his dominant 4-0 +420 performance. He also averaged 482 over his four games, bumping up his yearly average by a considerable amount. Bryan Benwitz was treated to an unwelcome beating at the hands of the T-Twin; Thomas' 540 was the highest scoring game of the evening, and the margin of 211 was also not too bad. Bryan did play INTINES for a cool 90 points, but Thomas unleashed CARLINGS, SPIRULAE, and PARODOI (plural of PARODOS, an ode sung in an ancient Greek drama) to make the game a non-contest. Against Aaron Bader, bingos were thrown around like lexical confetti; despite a two-to-three bingo deficit, Thomas won out, 461-440. His bingos were the pedestrian ORIENTAL and REPRISE, whereas Aaron's were more exciting with DEVOUTLY and a pair of nines, BALLERINA and word-of-the-week METAGENIC.
2nd Charles Reinke went 4-1 +427, his own undefeated efforts kiboshed at the last when he was taken down by his own brother in a fraternal fistfight, 405-444. In that contest, Charles was held to just one bingo of COWBIRDS; Thomas had LOONEYS and INDITER. An earlier contest had Charles defeat Peter Schmiedicke 526-303, using his advanced tile-drawing skills to get bingos of EGALITE, DOZENTHS, and INVOICES. Peter was able to get OUTSTARE to blessedly break the 300-point barrier. Of all Charles' wins, his game against Leslie Seltzer was the closest, ending with a difference of only six points, 404-398. Leslie had the nice find of CAUDATES, which drew a challenge (ECAUDATE is the one which doesn't pluralize), with Charles getting down LEAGUES and DOLESOME.
3rd Dave Gilligan, as the only 3-1 finisher, made the race for third place a no contest. He handily defeated Mary Becker 381-312 in the last game of the evening, thus securing his top-three finish. A significant 2-to-0 bingo advantage (SPARSER and OVERLENT) aided him greatly. Such a bingo advantage was not present in a matchup against Gail Salm, with Dave playing RELINED to Gail's WINTRIER, but this proved not to be a problem as Dave won that one as well, 384-356. Second-place finisher Charles Reinke was the only thorn in Dave's side, that game ending 491-355 in favor of the C-Twin.
Sharlie Miura Splits Games, but That's Good Enough
1st Sharlie Miura went 1-1 -9 for a pleasingly even evening. In their first-ever contest, Dave Gilligan won out with a 387-303 victory, but Sharlie rebounded to beat June Scott 373-298. A bingo of SAILING no doubt contributed much to Sharlie's victory.
| Intermediates | |
| Sharlie Miura | 1-1 -9 |
| Aki Miura | 1-1 -141 |
| June Scott | 0-2 -86 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 11 | EGALITE DOZENTHS INVOICES INCURVED TENURIAL INDORSED LEAGUES DOLESOME CERUMENS ENJOINS COWBIRDS |
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | PARODOI SPIRULAE CARLINGS FATTIER PEONISM REGLUES ORIENTAL REPRISE INDITER LOONEYS |
| Andy Bohnsack | 10 | AUTOPEN DETONATE SOLARISE MINIONS ERECTION DECORATE ABORTER INSULAR MISDATED LARGEST |
| Aaron Bader | 8 | TROOPER LEADIEST FRONTON DEVOUTLY BALLERINA METAGENIC pincered obtends |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 7 | OUTSTARE ADRENALS GREENTHS STRIDOR INSNARED PEDANTIC BITUMENS |
| Gail Salm | 6 | MIXTURE GRAFTERS STEADING HEARTING WINTRIER ENDORSES |
| Dave Gilligan | 4 | INMATES RELINED SPARSER OVERLENT |
| Bryan Benwitz | 4 | INTINES SOUTANE RENDIBLE DIRIMENT |
| Betty Hasselkus | 4 | INVERTS GROUTED ENFOLDS GLAMORS |
| Barb Besadny | 3 | BOTTOMED PLANNING SEAMIER |
| Mary Becker | 2 | TRASHING SCARRED |
| Leslie Seltzer | 2 | CAUDATES NUTRIAS |
| Sharlie Miura | 1 | SAILING |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High P | Aaron Bader | ||
| Low U | Barb Besadny | ||
| High G | Betty Hasselkus | ||
| Low H | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| High Games | |
| 540 | Thomas Reinke |
| 526 | Charles Reinke |
| 522 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 507 | Aaron Bader |
| 491 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.67 | Aaron Bader |
| 2.5 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.33 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2.2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 78 | Gail Salm |
| 78 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 77 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 76 | Thomas Reinke |
| 76 | Aaron Bader |
| High Averages | |
| 482 | Thomas Reinke |
| 476 | Aaron Bader |
| 451 | Charles Reinke |
| 422 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 409 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 315 | June Scott |
| 327 | Aki Miura |
| 343 | Sharlie Miura |
| 346 | Barb Besadny |
| 359 | Mary Becker |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 98 | pincered | Aaron Bader |
| 95 | CERUMENS | Charles Reinke |
| 95 | GRAFTERS | Gail Salm |
| 90 | MIXTURE | Gail Salm |
| 90 | INTINES | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 386 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 289 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 398 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 434 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 337 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 75 |
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