Don't Pass Up 200-Point Triple-Triples Unless You Have a Very Good Strategic Reason
1st Charles Reinke came out on top with a 4-1 +671 record. A large portion of his spread came from his opening 2-on-1 match against Helen and Sue, where he won by a combined 485 points. He then faced Andy and Andy's invisible friend, winning 464-411. Charles played COLLETED, PERVADE, and SPIERING that game, but passed up the 200+ point triple-triple BRIQUETS (next time you see BRIQUET on the board, remember that you can extend it to SOBRIQUET). Lynda was the only person to get the best of the bingo machine, winning their matchup in the third round 382-431. She played EPIGENE and ENDITES against Charles' RARITIES and ROSTELLA. In the last game, Charles handily defeated Bryan, 497-315, playing the word-of-the-week PIASAVA (also spelled PIASABA or PIASSAVA, a coarse fiber). Sometimes drawing three A's to go along with your blank isn't so bad!
2nd Aaron Bader came in second with his undeafeated 3-0 +263, failing to come in first because the website orders the results by wins first (don't want someone going 1-0 to win, do we?). He outbingoed Thomas 3-0 in the first game, playing DUSTRAG, OUTTHROB (v. to surpass in throbbing, duh), and EQUITES (plural of EQUES). His bingoing cooled off in the second game, playing only GRATERS against Betty's SHAKIER in a 425-357 win. Against Bryan, he played the nifty nine-letter PYRIDINES, but phonied with the Collins-only DAMASKIN*, an alternate spelling of the acceptable verbs DAMASKEEN and DAMASCENE.
3rd Lynda Finn went 3-1 +183, good for third place. She lost a close one against Bryan to open the night, 394-404, with Bryan's TOXINES for 115 being the deciding factor. Done with losing for the session, she rattled off three straight wins after that, the first against Gail, 475-393, where she played BARNIEST, TRANSOM, and YEASTIER. You already heard about her win against Charles, so following that she dropped 5 Benjamins and a Washington on Andy, winning 501-439. She played KNEEPAD and the always-appropriate WORDAGE, but phonied with UNDRIES* (valid anagram INSURED).
4th Helen Flores went 3-1 +15, proving that it's sometimes worth it to not curl up in a little ball and cry after one of the Reinkes beats you by 200 points.
Two triple-triples were played and paid, RETURNER for Helen and MERCHANT for Andy, both against Thomas.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 12 | SYNCHED TARWEEDS UPROOTER ENCLOSE ENTRUST COLLETED PERVADE SPIERING RARITIES ROSTELLA PIASAVA IODISES |
| Lynda Finn | 10 | TROPINS AUSTERER BARNIEST TRANSOM YEASTIER EPIGENE ENDITES KNEEPAD WORDAGE undries |
| Gail Salm | 9 | AIRIEST DINGERS PETTINGS ENDITES TUNNELS RESIDUE PRANCED OUTRAISE DELATION |
| Andy Bohnsack | 9 | STANDEE DEMEANED TURNABLE CESARIAN MERCHANT(3x3) OUTLIES VALORIZE COINTER RITARDS |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | UNSEALED TERRAIN DUALISM TEKTITES ENACTOR PASTERN ARTISAN LORIKEET |
| Aaron Bader | 6 | DUSTRAG OUTTHROB EQUITES GRATERS PYRIDINES damaskin |
| Bryan Benwitz | 5 | TOXINES DEFILERS NEPETAS PENLITES EMOTION |
| Richard Lauder | 5 | ONSTAGE BONIEST SULFITE GENERICS WEIRDIE |
| Helen Flores | 4 | RETURNER(3x3) MUSICALE LUSTROUS SARDINE |
| Betty Hasselkus | 4 | PITIERS SHAKIER LEANINGS DETERRED |
| Dave Gilligan | 2 | WATERED GOATEED |
| Mary Becker | 2 | SLIVERS BINGOES |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High N | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| Low A | Dave Gilligan | ||
| High G | Lynda Finn | ||
| Low A | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| High Games | |
| 576 | Richard Lauder |
| 541 | Thomas Reinke |
| 537 | Charles Reinke |
| 510 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 501 | Lynda Finn |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Lynda Finn |
| 2.5 | Richard Lauder |
| 2.4 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.25 | Gail Salm |
| 2.25 | Andy Bohnsack |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 86 | Helen Flores |
| 85 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 80 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 79 | Aaron Bader |
| 77 | Dave Gilligan |
| High Averages | |
| 469 | Charles Reinke |
| 462 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 450 | Lynda Finn |
| 449 | Richard Lauder |
| 429 | Aaron Bader |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 335 | Charles Reinke |
| 339 | Richard Lauder |
| 341 | Aaron Bader |
| 359 | Helen Flores |
| 367 | Gail Salm |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 158 | MERCHANT | Andy Bohnsack |
| 115 | TOXINES | Bryan Benwitz |
| 113 | RETURNER | Helen Flores |
| 108 | SYNCHED | Charles Reinke |
| 95 | damaskin | Aaron Bader |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 394 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 394 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 449 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 338 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
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