1st Bryan Benwitz went 3-0 with a dominant point spread of 403, resurfacing the eternal philosophical question of whether 3-0 is a better record than 4-1 (the site doesn't seem to think so). He punished Richard Lauder in round one, 407-283, getting a 90-point ANTISAG to propel him to victory. After that point, Bryan's scoring skyrocketed as he found AIRWOMEN, UNPLAYED, BRETHREN, and SANDLIKE for a conclusive 524-300 win over Dennis Lloyd. For the final game of his abbreviated session, Bryan encountered Charles Reinke in a fireworks-filled game (insert July 4th joke here) that ended in Bryan's favor, 504-449. Charles actually outbingoed Bryan, getting DANDIES, FELLATOR, AIRWAVE, and RIVAGES to Bryan's CHAUFERS, OUTEATEN, and OUTFABLE, but it wasn't enough. Bryan has now won six of seven against Charles, a (presumably) rare feat.
2nd Thomas Reinke came back from a week off to go 4-1 +160, although it wasn't really a week off given his attendance at the July 4th tourney in Albany, New York. He kicked things off with a two-on-one match against Dave Kinzer and Chani Katz: while he was able to dispatch Dave by a score of 433-392, he lost to Chani 428-432, giving the second-time visitor a rare Reinke win that she can take back home and cherish. Thomas may have a significant amount of time to plot revenge before Chani is able to make it back to our club. Thomas started his comeback tour with a round two win against James Rollins, 396-335, getting TRESTLE and REINCITE vs. James' COMELIER. He then downed Andy Bohnsack in a tight 380-368 game where each of the two-a-game bingoers was limited to one bingo: TESTIER for Thomas, MUNTINS for Andy. Thomas was allowed to switch to the Collins lexicon for the last game, repelling Charles Reinke 438-388 with bingos of OESTRUAL and the always-useful-(but-only-for-Collins-players) DOUANIER#.
3rd Steve Hartsman got in some good practice games for the upcoming Scrabble Players' Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as he went 3-1 +196. He barely got past James Rollins in round one, winning 371-369 with an 80-point SORBITOL being his sole bingo (the higher-probability SORBITAN might come up more often). A 375-437 loss to Charles Reinke followed; Steve found out that playing only one bingo (CITADELS) isn't always sufficient. Regaining his momentum, Steve pulverized Dave Kinzer in their third-round matchup, 455-274, getting the high-probability sevens of ELOINER and BONIEST. The night ended with a 423-348 win against Chani Katz, where Steve got down ANESTRI and SETTLING.
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 11 | DOGTAIL ORATIONS POLARITY SATIATE CROONING DANDIES FELLATOR AIRWAVE RIVAGES DEATHIER# BESHOUT |
| Andy Bohnsack | 10 | AIRDATE ANGSTED NAUSEATE FILTERED CRADLING ENTRAILS MUNTINS TESSERA CAREENER PETUNIA |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | CESTODES SUNCARE ELEGIES GLANDERS TRESTLE REINCITE TESTIER OESTRUAL DOUANIER# |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | ANTISAG AIRWOMEN UNPLAYED BRETHREN SANDLIKE CHAUFERS OUTEATEN OUTFABLE |
| Steve Hartsman | 6 | SORBITOL CITADELS ELOINER BONIEST ANESTRI SETTLING |
| Dennis Lloyd | 5 | TRIBUTE DERISION STORAGE TOSTONE MINORED |
| Chani Katz | 5 | SENATOR ASTATINE WANNEST LOITERED INSECTS |
| Richard Lauder | 5 | TUNICATE REASONED ANTIRED ENTERONS REGALIA |
| James Rollins | 4 | REZONED COMELIER IODATING INDENTS |
| Carol Ormand | 2 | GLACIER SOLVING |
| David Kinzer | 1 | TARRIES |
| High Games | |
| 524 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 504 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 501 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 470 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 455 | Steve Hartsman |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.67 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 1.8 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.5 | Steve Hartsman |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 85 | Carol Ormand |
| 80 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 80 | James Rollins |
| 78 | Steve Hartsman |
| 74 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 478 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 426 | Charles Reinke |
| 423 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 415 | Thomas Reinke |
| 406 | Steve Hartsman |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 344 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 357 | Steve Hartsman |
| 362 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 383 | Thomas Reinke |
| 399 | David Kinzer |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 100 | WANNEST | Chani Katz |
| 94 | AIRWOMEN | Bryan Benwitz |
| 94 | RIVAGES | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | SOLVING | Carol Ormand |
| 90 | ANTISAG | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 395 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 434 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 357 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
Wednesday, July 15:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, July 22:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, July 29:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, August 5:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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