Stats for February 3, 2016

Peter Schmiedicke Steps Back into Scrabble Arena

1st Peter Schmiedicke returned from a month-long absence to absolutely dominate all who dared step in his path, going 4-0 +426 and averaging 479 per game. His total of fourteen bingos in four games ties a club record as far as anybody can remember. Any rust remaining on Peter's Scrabble skills was not made evident in his first-round contest against Dave Gilligan, a game which ended decidedly in Peter's favor, 512-355. Playing EMBARKED, EPIDOTE, ORALISTS, and NONPLUS, it was the first of Peter's four-bingo games. The second came against current club leader Charles Reinke, and again, it was Peter's win, 521-436. When the fists ceased their flying and the dust settled, seven bingos had been unleashed upon the board; Peter's were VIOLATE, BIRETTA, INSULAE, and word-of-the-week ZACATONS. As the evening drew to a close, Peter took part in the Ultimate Battle of Immortal Glory (i.e. a matchup between two undefeated players) along with Dennis Lloyd. It was a close-fought game, with Dennis getting down a nice UPSTREAM for 82, but Peter ended up bingoing out with MOLESTED and catching Dennis with the Q to cement the final score at 468-363. And so it was that Peter Schmiedicke attained glorious immortality by appearing in the first paragraph of the writeup.

2nd Charles Reinke went 4-1 +544, and while his per game average didn't quite match Peter's, it was close, at 473. Charles had racked up a hefty 389 spread points after the first round thanks to a two-on-one match against Gail Salm (479-305) and Mary Becker (536-321). A total of six bingos were played by Charles in those two games: EARSHOTS, PLANNING, REFUGES, DRAWINGS, TINKLIER, and the new word TEENDOM (DEMETON was previously the only word in those letters). A tough loss (described above) against Peter set Charles back a little bit, but he won his final two games to ensure that his winning percentage of 79.6% would see a slight uptick. Charles extended his winning streak against Aaron Bader to nine in a row with a 447-369 victory; Aaron only got down NITRIDS while Charles had a trio of bingos: RETURNED, ONBOARD, and MOJITOS.

3rd Thomas Reinke finished at 3-1 +271 despite playing "only" five bingos and being held entirely bingoless in two games. The first of those bingoless games was a 428-360 loss against Aaron Bader, who had three himself (TANUKIS, MOTIONAL, and VARMINTS). The second ended with a more favorable 331-288 result for Thomas, although Susan Vergeront would probably disagree with that assessment. For her part, Susan got down two bingos, SWEARING and COSTLIER. Thomas managed to get back on the rails when he was matched up against Mary Becker, playing three bingos (OILFIELD, DELATING, and SHOFARS [SHOFAR also being pluralizable as SHOFROTH]) and winning 483-259.

We had plenty of new bingos played this week: INSULAE (Peter), TEENDOM (Charles), MOJITOS (Charles again), PONCIER (Bryan), and OILFIELD (Thomas).



Bingos
Peter Schmiedicke14EMBARKED EPIDOTE ORALISTS NONPLUS VIOLATE BIRETTA INSULAE ZACATONS PADRONES RELIANT HOAGIES CLOSETED ANTIWEAR MOLESTED
Charles Reinke14EARSHOTS PLANNING REFUGES DRAWINGS TINKLIER TEENDOM HORRIFIC INURBANE ISOMERS ANLAGEN ENDWISE RETURNED ONBOARD MOJITOS
Gail Salm8RENTIER AEROLITE STRINGS INSANER OUTRAISE EVILEST CREASING OVARIAN
Aaron Bader7TANUKIS MOTIONAL VARMINTS ABSOLVE STORAGE NITRIDS cragless
Bryan Benwitz7OCARINA UNTINGED LENITIES ERICOID YACHTERS SIENITES PONCIER
Dennis Lloyd6OPALINE SPIRITED UNROLLED TENABLE REVISION UPSTREAM
Thomas Reinke5SHOFARS OILFIELD DELATING FACETED SENHORA
Susan Vergeront5PICKLES OMITTERS SWEARING COSTLIER SOLVERS
Dave Gilligan4ANOINTER RETOOLS STOGIES TELLIES
Helen Flores4INQUIRE SHAKERS LUMPIEST SHUDDER
Mary Becker3HEADERS MORALIST EDITION
Joe Horowitz3DEMERITS FORTUNE RELIEVE
Buffy Hogan2KIDDOES DECODING
David Kinzer2VISITING TRAINED

High Averages
479Peter Schmiedicke
473Charles Reinke
414Aaron Bader
409Dennis Lloyd
400Bryan Benwitz

Low Opponent Averages
332Thomas Reinke
353Buffy Hogan
356Sue Goldstein
361Susan Vergeront
364Charles Reinke

High Scoring Bingos
99ENDWISECharles Reinke
99KIDDOESBuffy Hogan
92FACETEDThomas Reinke
90PADRONESPeter Schmiedicke
89YACHTERSBryan Benwitz

Session Averages
Avg. Game Score386
Avg. Intermediate Score0
Avg. Expert Score386
Avg. Winning Score434
Avg. Losing Score338
Avg. Bingo Score75

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