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Charles Reinke Runs Amok

1st Charles Reinke extended his current winning streak to nine with his 4-0 +559 performance.  He has not scored below 400 during his ongoing reign of terror, and he averaged 472 points per game on this night.  His 537 (to Shayla Dunn's 399), the highest individual game score of the evening, was attained through bingos of CLAVIERS (n. CLAVIER, a keyboard instrument), MELANGES, and OARFISH.  Shayla made an attempt to stay competitive with BALLOTED and the creative nine-letter phony INQUESTED.  Charles also took out his latent and misplaced anger on Gail Salm, 495-248.  Gail appropriately played NASTIER as Charles got FURANOSE (n. a type of sugar) and TWINIER. 

2nd Thomas Reinke finished 3-1 +268 and built upon a streak of his own: he has now scored above 400 in 14 straight games.  He barely escaped a game against Bryan Benwitz, winning by a razor-thin margin of three points, 410-407.  Both combatants had two bingos: STUIVERS (n. STUIVER, a former Dutch coin) and OUTSAIL for Bryan, PERINEA and RESOFTEN for Thomas.  His victory against Jordan Parker was substantially less stressful, with the final score being 446-269 despite a bingo of RATTENS for Jordan (Thomas had EVENSONG).  Andy Bohnsack proved to be Thomas' downfall, soundly defeating him 502-437 in a high-scoring contest.

3rd Betty Hasselkus overcame a first-round defeat at the hands of Charles Reinke, 383-419, to win the next three and finish 3-1 +205. She averaged 415 points over her four games, more than 70 points better than her on-the-year average.  Of the three opponents against whom Betty was victorious, the most formidable proved to be Lynda Finn, who went down swinging, 408-414.  Betty got down a high-scoring REFACING to overcome Lynda's SOUTANE and RENTIER.  After that, Betty grew tired of letting her opponents stay competitive, and easily defeated both Helen Flores and Shayla Dunn (with scores of 440 and 421, respectively).  In doing that, she got down two Q bingos, REQUEST and SQUARED, proving that the Q isn't all bad.  Actually, yes it is.

Andy Bohnsack, Aaron Bader, and Gail Salm also finished with 3-1 records, but space considerations prevent us from detailing their notable accomplishments. 

Brian and Lynda each won 2/3 of their games, but Brian was 2/1 over Lynda making him the session dominator. Lynda missed SURVEIL and played the silly phony RIVULES for about the 20th time if you include cardbox attempts. Peter was missed.

In The Face of Incredible Adversity (Read: Book Signing), Charles Reinke Perserveres For Perfect 4-0 Record

1st Charles Reinke bought himself a ticket for one (1) ride on the Victory Train, finishing 4-0 +546.  It was a night of pure, uncut dominance, with Charles averaging 512 points per game and playing fourteen bingos along the way.  Against Lynda Finn, Charles prevailed 560-386, owing much of his point total to bingos of GRADIENT, MISFIRED, CORACLES (n. CORACLE, a small boat), and YEARLIES.  Charles had a similar amount of bingos in store for Mary Becker: ORANGIER, ACERATED (adj. needle-shaped), TOWERIER, and a nine-letter SATISFIED propelled him to victory, but Mary got down GREASING as well as some high-scoring power-tile plays to keep the score a respectable 529-401.  Even archfoe Thomas Reinke was rendered powerless by the defeating aura of Charles' might, succumbing 429-456.  Charles could only muster three bingos in that one: OESTRIN, NEUSTIC, and PERIODID.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +216, a solid performance that is quickly becoming the norm for him.  He didn't manage to win any games by 100, but he came close when he beat Susan Vergeront 434-338.  Susan played the only X bingo of the night, UNTAXED, but two bingos is better than one, and Bryan had two of them: PENNERS and a phony EROTISE. He upped that total when he played three bingos (INTENTS, DARIOLE, BUMPIEST) in a high-scoring 500-406 game against Thomas Reinke.  Andy Bohnsack was the man responsible for the detestable checkmark in the "loss" column, scoring a narrow victory 421-406.  Bryan got LAVATION and ANTONYMS, but Andy bested him with OUTSEWED, ITCHIER, and word-of-the-week SEMIMUTE.

3rd Peter Schmiedicke was not his usual high-scoring self, only averaging 378 on the night, but still put together a strong showing with a final record of 3-1 +79.  His high game was a 415-310 bout with Helen Flores which featured bingos of REFUTALS and SANTERA.  Late arrival Michael David got a taste of Peter's medicine when that game ended 400-320 in favor of Peter.  Michael was unable to get a bingo down while Peter played REVISITS and an, um, creative phony of IGLESIA (Spanish for 'church', but English for 'nothing').  In addition to Bryan's EROTISE, Andy's OUTSEWED, and Lynda Finn's BOLITES, IGLESIA joins the list of high-probability phonies that should never have seen the damning light of day.

Thomas Reinke gets a special mention here for piling on a whopping 669 points against Dave Gilligan, who, to his credit, broke the 300-point barrier with a final score of 320.  Thomas had four bingos: PAROLING, STUDYING, a triple-triple SERAGLIO, and an out-play of SUBTONE.  669 is the second-highest score recorded since the institution of this website, losing out to Thomas' own 739.