Stats for January 17, 2024
1st Charles Reinke recovered from the previous week's unprecedented 0-4 outing to go 4-1 +509. This serves as a gentle reminder that his opponents should never force him to go 0-4, lest they face redoubled wrath in subsequent games. The losing streak actually reached 0-5 as Charles suffered a first-round loss to Mark Kenas, 349-415. However, the losses stopped there and Charles reeled off four straight to secure first place in the weekly standings. He beat his brother Thomas Reinke by a score of 444-370, getting down STEERED, DREARIER, and SHRIEVAL in the process. The wins kept racking up in round three when Charles played in a two-on-one and won both in convincing fashion, 537-295 against Richard Lauder and 494-318 against Mark. The redemption tour concluded with a 497-414 victory against Bryan Benwitz, where Charles' ARIETTA and TRAMROAD were matched by Bryan's INTIFADA (sadly, never extended to INTIFADAH) and EROSELY.
2nd Bryan Benwitz, journeying vast distances through bone-chilling cold to reach the playing location, made all the effort worth his while with a 3-1 +180 finish. His 448-416 win over Thomas Reinke puts him at seven wins in their last eight encounters. A 116-point bingo of QUAYSIDE was certainly valuable in that one. Another 100-point bingo was in store for Bryan, as his 101-point EXISTING (along with TITMOUSE and ZINCATE) propelled him to a comfortable 533-332 win over Richard Lauder. A 411-381 victory vs. Dennis Lloyd was a bit more closely-contested, with Bryan getting RECEIVES of SENNITS, and Dennis finding OUTDONE (which helpfully anagrams to DUOTONE). Sadly, the session culminated in a loss when Bryan was downed in the final game against Charles Reinke, 497-414, despite the aforementioned INTIFADA being played by Bryan for 98 points.
| Thomas Reinke | 15 | SPLENII IGNOBLER INTEREST SECTION ECAUDATE LOGANIA YESSING BRAIDERS HELOTAGE VIRTUOUS COPREMIA TANISTRY ARENOSE meranti mangeao |
| Charles Reinke | 12 | UNSOWED STEERED DREARIER SHRIEVAL INSPIRIT RATTLIER INFUSED BRIGADES INVALID FONTANEL ARIETTA TRAMROAD |
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | QUAYSIDE CHLORID TITMOUSE EXISTING ZINCATE RECEIVES SENNITS INTIFADA EROSELY |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | UPROOTS PONGIER AERADIOS ETIOLATE THORNIER REPRISE |
| Dennis Lloyd | 5 | NARRATER INCOMES RELATES OUTDONE GUESSING |
| Mark Kenas | 5 | AVIONICS ELOINERS BRANCHES PAULDRON sazeracs |
| Avg. Game Score | 408 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 408 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 467 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 350 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
