Bryan Benwitz Gives Thanks For Perfect 4-0 Night
1st Bryan Benwitz served up a special Thanksgiving feast of word-powered punishment, going 4-0 +130. He started things off with an extremely tightly-contested 334-333 win over Thomas Reinke, a game in which only two bingos were played: COOLNESS for Thomas, OPALINE for Bryan. Things were not much easier against Gail "Gailstorm" Salm; Bryan had to overcome three bingos from his opponent (JOSTLING, MARINER, and SCARIEST) to edge out the win, 419-392. He did get the high-probability ONERIEST (anagram SEROTINE) to help his cause. These two bingo-deficient performances were offset by a high-scoring victory over Charles Reinke, 498-447. Bryan played four bingos (only three being valid): HEFTIEST, TRASHIER, BODICES, and UNLODGED. Charles got down three of his own: TRAILED, CLAIMANT (anagram CALAMINT) and ERINGOS.
2nd Charles Reinke finished 3-1 +495 and was also undisputed bingo king with thirteen such plays. He displayed an uncharacteristic lack of Midwestern hospitality when he blew out the visiting David Weiss by a score of 477-273. Everything went right for Charles that game, as he held his opposition bingoless while hoarding all the bingoey tiles for himself: ATROPINE, SILVERS, MANACLES, and GLAIRES were his bingo plays that game. Not content with just one drubbing, another four-bingo beatdown was in store for Lynda Finn: bingos of DERISIVE, TRAINED, SEAGULL, and TINKERS were deployed to secure a 528-326 victory.
3rd Helen Flores snuck into third place by just 13 spread points, going 3-1 +65. Her biggest victory came against June Scott, 406-254. A hefty bingo of CHEQUERS for 86 points helped put that game away. Her other wins weren't as high scoring, but still granted Helen some valuable checkmarks in the "W" column: 363-334 vs. Gail Salm (playing GARDENED) and 355-331 vs. Richard Lauder (playing GREASED). Charles Reinke proved to be the only one who could prevent Helen from going undefeated, with that game ending 454-314.
We welcome David Weiss back to our club after a who-knows-how-many-years-long absence. He stepped up to the plate with a 3-1 performance, including a win over current club leader Thomas Reinke, 429-425. David will soon have to return to Albuquerque, and thus, his winning percentage this year will likely remain at a respectable 75%.
Richard Lauder won bingo-of-the-week voting in a landslide, playing BEAUCOUP against Lynda Finn and later extending it to BEAUCOUPS.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 13 | ATROPINE SILVERS MANACLES GLAIRES DERISIVE TRAINED SEAGULL TINKERS SARCOID ETESIAN TRAILED CLAIMANT ERINGOS |
| Gail Salm | 9 | BERRIES ENTRIES SALINES LATRINE JOSTLING MARINER SCARIEST INSULTED NEEDERS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | OPALINE DOLLARS SANTERO ONERIEST HEFTIEST TRASHIER BODICES unlodged |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | COOLNESS GUITARS RIPTIDE OLEANDER DETAILS ALIENATE QINDARS ATTAINER |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | REIFIES FORAGED BEAUCOUP SOILING MASTOIDS MACULATE |
| David Weiss | 5 | ISLANDER TOENAILS LORDING FORBEARS roadlike |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 5 | ARISTAS SARODES RUTTIEST ANEROID TRIODES |
| Lynda Finn | 5 | ANTLERS HABANERO ANTHELIX allegate tuppers |
| Helen Flores | 3 | GARDENED CHEQUERS GREASED |
| Leslie Seltzer | 2 | SINUATE PIGOUTS |
| Barb Besadny | 2 | HOPPERS FRUITIER |
| June Scott | 1 | GLOSSES |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High S | Richard Lauder | ||
| Low T | Barb Besadny | ||
| High E | David Weiss | ||
| Low Y | Gail Salm | ||
| High Games | |
| 528 | Charles Reinke |
| 499 | David Weiss |
| 498 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 477 | Charles Reinke |
| 470 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3.25 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.5 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2.25 | Gail Salm |
| 2 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 79 | David Weiss |
| 78 | Helen Flores |
| 76 | Charles Reinke |
| 76 | Thomas Reinke |
| 75 | Richard Lauder |
| High Averages | |
| 477 | Charles Reinke |
| 412 | Thomas Reinke |
| 408 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 405 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 390 | David Weiss |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 343 | Helen Flores |
| 351 | June Scott |
| 353 | Charles Reinke |
| 355 | Sue Goldstein |
| 359 | Leslie Seltzer |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 98 | FORBEARS | David Weiss |
| 93 | QINDARS | Thomas Reinke |
| 92 | CLAIMANT | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | SARCOID | Charles Reinke |
| 89 | DERISIVE | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 374 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 374 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 411 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 337 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
Wednesday, April 9:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 16:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, April 23:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 30:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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