It Seems Like Thomas Reinke's Winning Streak Just Ended, And Here He is at Eight Again
1st Thomas Reinke won all four of his games for the second week in a row. He made quick work of Dave Gilligan, 448-318, despite just one bingo of MORGENS for 94 points. Dave played BOULDER for a fair share of his own point total. He put together a similar performance against Andy Bohnsack, again playing fewer bingos than we are accustomed to seeing from him (just REBOOTS), but snagging the win anyway, 439-337. The bingo train got back on the rails when he unleashed four of them against Charles Reinke (no relation), easily walking away with victory in hand, 471-372. Those four bingos were NOISOME, DANEWORT, VALETING and NONWORD (is that irony?); Charles played ALGICIDE for a helpful 94 points. With this undefeated performance and Aaron Bader's absence, Thomas is now in first place in the yearly standings.
2nd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +339, amassing plenty of spread points even after a near-100 point loss to his similarly-named nemesis. He started off his evening with back-to-back 500-point games, guaranteeing a successful outing. Against Bryan Benwitz, he pulled out all the stops, delivering a sizable walloping with a final score of 566-308. Bryan got NERVOUS in his losing effort; Charles played STAIDER, GAUFFERS (anagram SUFFRAGE), and the highest-scoring bingo of the evening, METALIZE for 108 points. Then, versus Peter Schmiedicke, the score was a slightly less dominant 502-342. Peter got fancy with REALIZER and DEVIANTS, but it was no use: Charles played ADEEMING, TRIHEDRA, and ISOLATE.
3rd Bryan Benwitz took the anguish from his first-round loss and used it as fuel for his future Scrabble conquests, ending at 3-1 +145. Helen Flores was not spared, and suffered a 467-304 loss brought about by Bryan's SENARII, BLINDER, and MANIFEST. Bryan's cumulative, which remained negative through the first three games, was finally pushed back into positive territory following a severe whupping brought down on Peter Schmiedicke, 560-354. Peter played STEARIN (one of the less-popular of the nine words in AEINRST), but it hardly mattered as Bryan coolly laid down four bingos of his own: FANCIES, RETCHING, URANITES, and word-of-the-week YEOMANRY. Bryan and Charles were tied for Bingo King with ten each.
Sue Goldstein: Undefeated, Perhaps Undefeatable
1st Sue Goldstein easily swept her three games, finishing 3-0 +272, her highest spread total since a +397 in 2012. Sharlie Miura came closest to defeating Sue, but the nature of the word "undefeated" indicates that it wasn't meant to happen, with Sue pevailing 310-293. A much bigger score was needed after that low-scoring affair, and the tile gods agreed, with Sue defeating June Scott 422-267. A bingo of TRAINERS for 74 points certainly helped in that regard.
2nd Aki Miura went 1-1 -22. Sue Goldstein beat him by an even hundred, 264-364, but redemption was partially achieved in his defeat of June Scott, 313-235.
| Intermediates | |
| Sue Goldstein | 3-0 +272 |
| Aki Miura | 1-1 -22 |
| June Scott | 1-2 -167 |
| Sharlie Miura | 0-2 -83 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 10 | STAIDER METALIZE GAUFFERS ADEEMING TRIHEDRA ISOLATE ALGICIDE ULTERIOR HANDSAW IGNITORS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 10 | NERVOUS SENARII MANIFEST BLINDER ENFORCE CHELATOR FANCIES RETCHING URANITES YEOMANRY |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | MORGENS REBOOTS NOISOME DANEWORT NONWORD VALETING MINTIEST DONATING SIDEREAL |
| Andy Bohnsack | 9 | SPECIAL UNHAIRS COATEES ARSENAL CURRENTS WINTERY PICRATES BRUNETS ANTACIDS |
| Gail Salm | 7 | SALTERNS PESTIER ENSNARES SLOTTERS INTONED INTERNEE alloted |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 7 | DIETARY EARNEST REALIZER DEVIANTS AEROGEL EMETICS STEARIN |
| Lynda Finn | 7 | BARISTA MUGGIER MITOSIS LINIEST LUCERNES griesen unropes |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | ABEYANT DEGRADE PAUSERS TARDIER VALISES SPRINGER |
| Susan Vergeront | 5 | OVERAGE HARDENS REGAINS FUSIONS PILLARS |
| Leslie Seltzer | 4 | DETOXED VIBRATE SHOWING NUTRIAS |
| Dave Gilligan | 4 | BOULDER MILLERS REGAUGE BARRIOS |
| Barb Besadny | 2 | outruled standin |
| Mary Becker | 1 | POISING |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | TRAINERS |
| Helen Flores | 1 | CONTINUE |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High L | Charles Reinke | ||
| Low U | Susan Vergeront | ||
| High F | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| Low F | Gail Salm | ||
| High Games | |
| 566 | Charles Reinke |
| 560 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 526 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 502 | Charles Reinke |
| 482 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.5 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2.25 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.25 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 1.75 | Gail Salm |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 83 | Charles Reinke |
| 81 | Richard Lauder |
| 79 | Leslie Seltzer |
| 79 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 78 | Lynda Finn |
| High Averages | |
| 472 | Charles Reinke |
| 452 | Thomas Reinke |
| 435 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 428 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 421 | Lynda Finn |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 275 | Sue Goldstein |
| 300 | Aki Miura |
| 325 | Sharlie Miura |
| 336 | June Scott |
| 337 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 108 | METALIZE | Charles Reinke |
| 103 | UNHAIRS | Andy Bohnsack |
| 95 | SHOWING | Leslie Seltzer |
| 94 | MORGENS | Thomas Reinke |
| 94 | MUGGIER | Lynda Finn |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 380 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 308 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 394 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 429 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 332 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
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Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
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