Stats for November 13, 2024
1st Charles Reinke was an unstoppable force encountering no immovable objects, going 5-0 +369. High-probability bingo knowledge once again proved useful as a set of two-on-one games against Helen Flores (462-396) and Ron Malzer (478-349) saw the following bingos played: NASTIER, LOMENTA, ORGANDIE, ANEROID, and SEPTORIA. The club's neverending quest to play every bingo in the dictionary was not futhered by this selection of bingos, as all of them are common enough to have been played before. Charles went on to defeat Mark Kenas in round two, 527-361, thanks to TARRING, PODIATRY, and ENTAILER (Mark had the useful SERIATE). In the third round, Charles pulled out NEEDIEST and TALMUDIC (note that TALMUD* is not valid, only TALMUDIC) to snag a tight five-point win over Bryan Benwitz, who had CRAALING, SHEETER (note, no SEETHER*), and WEASONS. The final score was 436-431. Charles decided that a five point win hadn't raised his blood pressure enough, so he proceeded to go undefeated by way of a three-point win against Mark Kenas, 442-439. RIGORIST and CREATES were his bingos in that crowning victory.
2nd Thomas Reinke unleashed a tsunami of bingos which overwhelmed most (but not all) of his opponents, making eighteen bonus plays across five games while finishing 4-1 +445 and averaging 508 per game. A round-one match against Mark Kenas saw the two Collins players burst through the 1000-points-combined barrier, the final being 558-463 in Thomas' favor. Mark supplied ODOGRAPH, AMITIES, and TSARDOM, while Thomas had ANTIGAY, ERUPTION, JAVELINS, and the nine-letter MOTELIERS#. In round two, despite being mildly handicapped by a two-on-one game, Thomas pulled out his 7th 600-point game of the club season with a 610-353 win against Richard Lauder. Thomas served up five bingos in his monstrous scoring showcase: SYNCOPE, TACKERS, MERGERS, ROBINIA, and PETTING. Richard had AUDILES and RETOTAL, meaning every bingo on the board was a seven-letter word. At the same time, Thomas escaped with a win against Bryan Benwitz, 396-382, getting down TOLUENES, FARINAS, and GOTHITES. Thomas received a taste of his own medicine when Mark beat him in a round-three rematch, 501-481, a game which Thomas lost despite his four bingos: TENENDA#, INFLATER, MEATLOAF, and ELOQUENT (Mark had POUNCETS# and MASHLIMS#). The volcanic bingo eruptions from Thomas' rack were marginally reduced by the final game, as Thomas "only" had two such plays (HELICES, PETIOLES) in a 495-396 win over Andy Bohnsack.
3rd Bryan Benwitz snuck into third place with a 2-2 +238 record. Things started off nicely as Bryan found SEEDING and HEROICS to beat Andy Bohnsack 449-332. But that success was short lived as the pairings conspired to have Bryan face off against both Reinkes in sequence, and the results were unfavorable for Bryan: 382-396 against Thomas, then 431-436 against Charles. But Bryan was able to make up some ground in the last game, playing bingos of RERACKED, SENARII, and TONGERS to defeat Sara McLaughlin 489-349. Bryan still maintains a comfortable lead in the club standings with a month and a half to go.
| Thomas Reinke | 18 | ANTIGAY ERUPTION JAVELINS SYNCOPE TACKERS MERGERS ROBINIA PETTING TOLUENES FARINAS GOTHITES INFLATER MEATLOAF ELOQUENT HELICES PETIOLES moteliers tenenda |
| Charles Reinke | 12 | NASTIER LOMENTA ORGANDIE ANEROID SEPTORIA TARRING PODIATRY ENTAILER NEEDIEST TALMUDIC RIGORIST CREATES |
| Andy Bohnsack | 11 | ENDITES MODESTER PORTALS ERASION FINAGLED UPLINKED PASTIME TWINIER COLLIDER RESTOKED NATIONAL |
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | SEEDING HEROICS POSTCARD CRAALING SHEETER WEASONS RERACKED SENARII TONGERS |
| Richard Lauder | 7 | DOLLIES ACEROSE AUDILES RETOTAL SOOTIER FROSTED CRESTED |
| Mark Kenas | 7 | ODOGRAPH AMITIES TSARDOM SERIATE PLACATE pouncets mashlims |
| Sara McLaughlin | 6 | DIESELS FILLINGS TACKIEST DIRTIER CARTELS ENABLING |
| Helen Flores | 5 | HOMAGES STAINER DANDIEST RECEIVE TAWNIES |
| Ron Malzer | 4 | INCLUDE DARNEST MISHEARD OUTEARNS |
| Avg. Game Score | 416 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 416 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 463 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 369 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 78 |
