1st Bryan Benwitz found himself at the top of the heap with a 3-1 +242 record on a night where only three out of ten players ended with a positive point spread. Bryan dominated his first two games, beating John Bialek 434-274 in round one and then felling Dave Kinzer 461-307 immediately after. INDURATE, ENDNOTE, CASTERS, and NEURITIC were his bingos in those games. He got his comeuppance when Thomas Reinke flattened him in round three, 518-392, but Bryan came back strong against the other Reinke, playing DILLWEED, NEONATES, and SOLVATE en route to a 461-407 win over Charles.
2nd Mark Kenas ran the Reinke gauntlet as he does every week, but came through it relatively unscathed, going 3-1 +170 in his series of Collins-lexicon games. His high-water mark was against Thomas Reinke, with an easy 481-375 win which saw him play GRECISE#, TARNISH, and ROTUNDS#. An earlier game against Charles Reinke ended in Mark's favor, 468-417, despite losing the bingo battle three to two. One of Charles' bingos there was the Madison-appropriate nine-letter find of BELTLINES, which makes one ponder, how chaotic would Madison traffic be if there was more than one beltline? Mark's only loss was against Charles, 423-441.
3rd Richard Lauder was the third and final player to finish with a 3-1 record, but his woeful -44 spread put him well back of the two other 3-1 finishers. Richard enjoyed success against players surnamed "Bialek", defeating John Bialek 402-308 (with bingos of SWAMPERS and HOLSTER), and then beating Wendy Bialek 391-306 (playing PRESIFTS and HEALABLE). A match against Sara McLaughlin was somewhat low-scoring, but still a win for Richard, 344-318. Sadly, all those wins were negated by a single loss to Thomas Reinke, 240-490, where Richard's bingo of RAINOUTS barely made a dent in Thomas' frightful bingo-driven assault.
| Bingos | ||
| Mark Kenas | 10 | RAINING GRADATE ASTONING# LIKELIER OPERATES APHELION LOOSEST GRECISE# TARNISH ROTUNDS# |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | INDURATE ENDNOTE CASTERS NEURITIC SWEETIE DILLWEED NEONATES SOLVATE |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | CRANKLES TOONIES SNARFING PATTERN ORGANDIE CANNERS INERTIAE birdying |
| Charles Reinke | 8 | BELTLINES ENSUITE REPINERS RANCHER EXACTOR GLOBINS BOWLERS ANODISE |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | RAINOUTS SWAMPERS HOLSTER PRESIFTS HEALABLE OVARIES |
| Sara McLaughlin | 3 | DEMERITS EGOTIST OLEATES |
| Wendy Bialek | 3 | SCRIPTS RICHEST LOCATES |
| David Kinzer | 2 | ROTTING CILIATE |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | ARGUING |
| High Games | |
| 518 | Thomas Reinke |
| 490 | Thomas Reinke |
| 481 | Mark Kenas |
| 468 | Mark Kenas |
| 461 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Mark Kenas |
| 2 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.5 | Richard Lauder |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 76 | Thomas Reinke |
| 75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 75 | Charles Reinke |
| 74 | Mark Kenas |
| 74 | Richard Lauder |
| High Averages | |
| 447 | Mark Kenas |
| 442 | Thomas Reinke |
| 437 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 403 | Charles Reinke |
| 345 | David Kinzer |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 340 | John Bialek |
| 342 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 351 | Wendy Bialek |
| 353 | Sue Goldstein |
| 356 | Richard Lauder |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 108 | LOOSEST | Mark Kenas |
| 100 | ORGANDIE | Thomas Reinke |
| 96 | EXACTOR | Charles Reinke |
| 86 | CASTERS | Bryan Benwitz |
| 83 | NEURITIC | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 369 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 409 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 329 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
Wednesday, December 31:
NO SCRABBLE CLUB ON NEW YEARS EVE
Wednesday, January 7:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 14:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 21:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Saturday, January 24:
Madison Scrabble Club Party and Tournament
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