Stats for July 3, 2024
1st Thomas Reinke went 3-1-1 +304, snagging first place in a smaller-than-usual group of eight players. He started with a comfortable win over Helen Flores, 406-329, then immediately dropped a game to Charles Reinke despite three bingos (MISCHIEF, GASOLENE, MODERATO) and a 458 score - Charles' 530 points proved insurmountable, and his triple-triple of ANSWERER for 156 was icing on the proverbial cake. Thomas then (somewhat) reversed his recent losing streak against Bryan Benwitz by recording a 405-405 tie, the second tie in the club in as many weeks after a months-long drought of deadlocked games. Thomas played the happy bingo FRIENDS while Bryan's bingo list didn't have any particular emotional character: RETINUE, OOMIACS, and REWARDED. In the final round, Thomas exacted revenge on his brother in astounding fashion, playing four bingos (TINNERS, ELOQUENT, DEADLOCK, TAPETUM) and scoring 601 (to his brother's 458) for his fourth 600-point game of the year. At the same time, Thomas handily bested Sara McLaughlin 479-323, adding three more bingos to his overstuffed bingo list: MAHOUTS, SANTERAS, and WILLIES.
2nd Charles Reinke averaged a nice even 500 points per game while going 3-1 +266. A first-round victory against Bryan Benwitz, 462-405, was fueled by finds of HEAVENLY and COTTONS. Bryan had PROMOTES, MISDRAW, and the plausible-but-phony PINNINGS* for his bingos. A previously-reported 530-458 win over Thomas Reinke meant that round two was a success for Charles, and that success continued to flow with a huge 549-269 win against Richard Lauder. Richard did bingo twice with STEERERS and SOPRANI, while Charles got down DHARNAS, ADDENDA, and UNFAIRER. Sadly, Charles' perfect evening was ruined spectacularly by a 458-601 rematch loss to Thomas.
Of note was Dennis Lloyd's 533-319 win over Helen Flores which saw him set a new personal best with five bingos: STEROID, ENABLERS, METEORS, DONATING, and GUARDING.
| Thomas Reinke | 12 | ENGENDER MISCHIEF GASOLENE MODERATO FRIENDS TINNERS ELOQUENT DEADLOCK TAPETUM MAHOUTS SANTERAS WILLIES |
| Bryan Benwitz | 12 | PROMOTES MISDRAW GASTRIC DOOLEES RETINUE OOMIACS REWARDED ECLOGUES PARASITE BOUTADE DIASTEMA pinnings |
| Charles Reinke | 10 | HEAVENLY COTTONS REPORTED ANSWERER(3x3) DHARNAS ADDENDA UNFAIRER EARRING ZEOLITIC lignose |
| Dennis Lloyd | 8 | LUMINOUS ADIPOSE STEROID ENABLERS METEORS DONATING GUARDING radiolar |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | IMAGERS UNHAIRS RESILING HANDOUTS VIATORS STEERERS SOPRANI DOUBLERS |
| Sara McLaughlin | 7 | ATONERS INSIDER WARRANT REASONS TAILORS PRETTIED RELAYING |
| Helen Flores | 3 | STUNNER OUTSEEN DELATION |
| David Kinzer | 2 | MUTTONS YEASTIER |
| Avg. Game Score | 409 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 409 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 475 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 344 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
