Stats for October 25, 2023
1st Bryan Benwitz claimed hte undisputed top spot in a field of fourteen players, going 4-0 +317. He saved the bulk of his scoring punch for a second-round match against Beth Amos, where he won by a score of 510 to 344. Beth fought valiantly with bingos of CANDIES and STRIATED, but Bryan one-upped her with RALPHED, ONSTREAM, and VOLTAGE. Bryan then went on to face both Reinkes in succession and held them both under 400 points, a rare feat that of course resulted in two victories and a guarantee of an undefeated night. He won 402-383 against Thomas Reinke in a match that saw some well-balanced bingo action (LOANEES and CRADLED vs. BRUNETS, ARTISTES). Then, in the fourth-round clincher, he fought to a (relatively) low-scoring 404-345 win against Charles Reinke, where each player anomalously bingoed only one time: OPIATES for Bryan, VIBRATES for Charles.
Co-2nd Helen Flores went 3-1 +44, exactly tying the record of another player with whom she will share second place. She got her loss out of the way quickly, falling to Thomas Reinke in round one, 497-343, despite a find of HINTERS with two blanks. Things soon turned around for Helen as she went up against the husband-wife tandem of John and Wendy Bialek, winning both games with relative ease, 386-337 against John and 393-297 against Wendy. Helen's spot in the writeup was secured when she faced off against Ron Malzer in the final round of the evening and scored another comfortable win, 409-356. Ron got down a bingo of RENAMES, but Helen flaunted her own bingoing ability with SORDINES and BEARINGS.
Co-2nd Charles Reinke went 3-1 +44, and is now spending many sleepless nights wondering if even one additional point of spread could have been scrounged up in any of his four games. A veritable bingo bonanza was experienced in round one against Mark Kenas, as Charles played five bingos (ACRONIC, AIRBOUND, FELLATOR, BENDIEST, ESTRAGON) en route to a 519-423 win. Mark also made a significant contribution to the game's bingo list with finds of GRUTCHES, NAIADES, and OVARIES, putting the total number of bingos at eight, which ties a club record. A rematch, which Charles barely won 430-429, saw just half that amount of bingos on the board; MUSTARD, IDEATION, and DIATRETA# were played by Charles, while Mark got down SNOTRAG#. In between those two games, Charles squeaked out another close one, 355-349 against Richard Lauder. Richard's nice play of OPTIONEE (an example of an always-handy five-vowel-eight) was effectively nullified by Charles' higher-scoring ICEBERGS. The previously recapped 345-404 loss to Bryan Benwitz in the fourth-round battle of undefeateds was the only blemish on Charles' record.
| Thomas Reinke | 13 | PLAINED NATRONS LEUCEMIC LESIONS WINTERER DIALERS REGAINED TOURNEY BRUNETS ARTISTES COTININE WESTERLY acidest |
| Charles Reinke | 10 | ACRONIC AIRBOUND FELLATOR BENDIEST ESTRAGON ICEBERGS MUSTARD IDEATION VIBRATES diatreta |
| Beth Amos | 8 | CANDIES STRIATED SENDERS SEEPING IODATES ARCSINE HANGING PORTALS |
| Mark Kenas | 8 | GRUTCHES NAIADES OVARIES KILOBAUD OUTRATE STANDARD queenite snotrag |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | SAVIORS RALPHED ONSTREAM VOLTAGE LOANEES CRADLED OPIATES |
| Lynda Finn | 6 | CENTERS OVERSEE MORTISES INTERNAL CENTRIST HARNESS |
| Ron Malzer | 6 | RADIATE INTERNEE TOILETS TOILETS RENAMES rationer |
| Richard Lauder | 5 | LATEENER SEALANT COULEES OPTIONEE LEISTER |
| Helen Flores | 4 | HINTERS SLANTED SORDINES BEARINGS |
| David Kinzer | 4 | ENTERED GETTERS JALOUSIE SNOTTIER |
| Sara McLaughlin | 3 | REDOING STONERS TEENIER |
| Dennis Lloyd | 2 | ARENOSE moltings |
| John Bialek | 2 | ROTATES REALISE |
| Wendy Bialek | 1 | DEALERS |
| Avg. Game Score | 381 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 381 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 411 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 351 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
