Charles Reinke Excels at Board Game
1st Charles Reinke uncorked a business-as-usual 3-1 +260 record to achieve the coveted "first paragraph in writeup" award. The lowest scoring of his wins also saw him get his largest winning margin in a 453-325 win over Lynda Finn. Lynda had HEISTER for 85 but Charles' SIGHLESS and NONACTOR were a plenty powerful counterpunch. The bingos truly began to flow during a game between Charles and his brother; an out-bingo of PROTOZOA resulted in a 534-448 win for the C-Twin, but Charles had three other bingos in addition to the three that Thomas contributed. Among Charles' list of bingos was the oddly high-probability phony BOTTIES. Fourth-place finisher and paragraph non-receiver Bryan Benwitz handed Charles his only loss, 457-404. Bryan's high-scoring QUARRIES, the only Q-bingo of the evening, was the third nail in the coffin for Charles: the other two nails were DIALECTS and BRAUNITE.
2nd Aaron Bader finished at 3-1 with a somewhat lesser spread of +239, a number that would undoubtedly be higher if he were allowed to use all of the fancy Collins words that inhabit his brain. Aaron's evening started off with a whimper when Charles Reinke took him down 388-487 thanks in part to a 110-point double-double of SLEAZIER. Fortune then decided to smile on Aaron, and he pummeled Gail Salm with four bingos (EPITAXY, ELUSION, LEGONGS, and DEPOSERS) en route to a massive 556-374 victory. Simultaneous to that game, Aaron was a little more restrained in his win over Andy Bohnsack, a game which ended with a subdued 414-357 final score. A 102-point BROACHED for Aaron was apparently enough points to make up for the fact that he failed to get an additional bingo.
3rd Thomas Reinke faced a murderer's row of opponents and emerged from the struggle with an impressive 3-1 +157 record, not to mention eleven bingos. Three of those eleven (PECORINO, AREOLATE, and RESITING) were unleashed in a 447-410 opening-round win against Andy Bohnsack, but at that point, nobody had any idea that Thomas' bingo output would pretty much stay constant throughout the night. Even a loss against Charles saw Thomas get down OUTSAIL, LINEAGE, and PARAMENT (sadly never hooked to make PARAMENTA). Thomas finished up his strong performance by easily cruising past Lynda Finn, 497-361. NETTIEST, NIELLOED, and HOOPSTER comprised a trio of bingos from which a victory could not be snatched away.
Charles' PROTOZOA was selected as word of the week. No bingos from the new dictionary were played, but there was a confirmed sighting of PO, so the new words aren't totally useless.
| Experts | |
| Charles Reinke | 3-1 +260 |
| Aaron Bader | 3-1 +239 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-1 +157 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3-1 +70 |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2-2 -111 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 2-3 +74 |
| Lynda Finn | 2-3 -63 |
| Gail Salm | 1-3 -311 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-4 -315 |
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 11 | HEMATIN SLEAZIER POMADES SIGHLESS NONACTOR RODENTS RETINULA PROTOZOA URIDINE CASEOSE botties |
| Thomas Reinke | 11 | PECORINO AREOLATE RESITING JETTYING CASELOAD OUTSAIL LINEAGE PARAMENT NETTIEST NIELLOED HOOPSTER |
| Andy Bohnsack | 10 | ANTLERS SORBATE GINNERS SHEBEAN PROTEASE HERMITS INBUILT TRANCES DANDIEST UNRAVEL |
| Aaron Bader | 8 | EASIEST EPITAXY ELUSION LEGONGS DEPOSERS BROACHED TRITONS ARENOSE |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | UNSEATS NOSEDIVE DARKENED RETOOLED INJURES BRAUNITE DIALECTS QUARRIES |
| Lynda Finn | 6 | ROADIES BRIGHTLY STAMINA HEISTER CRETINS GUITARS |
| Gail Salm | 6 | NITRATE MISDATE DERATING SENIORS DENTISTS FAINTERS |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2 | BELIEVER CHEATING |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High E | Charles Reinke | ||
| Low S | Sue Goldstein | ||
| High T | Betty Hasselkus | ||
| Low S | Gail Salm | ||
| High Games | |
| 556 | Aaron Bader |
| 534 | Charles Reinke |
| 497 | Thomas Reinke |
| 490 | Lynda Finn |
| 487 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.75 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2 | Aaron Bader |
| 2 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 90 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 82 | Aaron Bader |
| 78 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 78 | Gail Salm |
| 77 | Andy Bohnsack |
| High Averages | |
| 470 | Charles Reinke |
| 455 | Thomas Reinke |
| 443 | Aaron Bader |
| 413 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 412 | Andy Bohnsack |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 366 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 384 | Aaron Bader |
| 388 | Lynda Finn |
| 393 | Sue Goldstein |
| 396 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 110 | SLEAZIER | Charles Reinke |
| 103 | EPITAXY | Aaron Bader |
| 102 | BROACHED | Aaron Bader |
| 97 | UNSEATS | Bryan Benwitz |
| 94 | CHEATING | Betty Hasselkus |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 398 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 398 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 440 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 355 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
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