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Charles Reinke Goes 4-1; Win Percentage Goes Down Anyway

1st Charles Reinke's previous 81.5% winning percentage took a hit as he finished 4-1 +625.  Dave Gilligan receives credit for Charles' sole loss, toughing out an eight-point win, 381-373.  The only bingo on that board, BULLION, was also Dave's doing.  Barring that unfortunate (and thankfully temporary) tile drought, Charles enjoyed a dominant evening, his victories coming by margins of 93, 148, 178, and 214.  Barb Besadny was the victim of the 214-point defeat, with even her bingo of REINTERS doing little in the face of Charles' might, evidenced by his bingos of ENCHASED (v. ENCHASE, to set a gemstone into) and CARITAS (n. love for all people, although it also sounds like it could be a tasty menu item at Taco Bell).

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +199, running off three straight wins to start the evening before getting toasted by Charles Reinke 355-448.  The Bryaniac did play two somewhat distasteful bingos (URINALS and SLEAZOID [n. a person of low morals or character]) to propel his bingos-per-game mark closer to that elusive 2.0.  Bryan's highest-scoring came against Peter Schmiedicke, 448-346, a lopsided score considering both players received good enough tiles to play two bingos: Peter had SEDITION and IODATED, with Bryan getting REFUTED and REGRANTS.

3rd Peter Schmiedicke fell just short of Bryan on spread, going 3-1 +188.  A good chunk of his positive spread was a result of his trouncing of Mary Becker, 497-251.  The words BIPLANE, ANECDOTE, and RAMJETS (n. RAMJET, a type of engine, not to be confused with a SCRAMJET, TURBOJET, or PULSEJET) were used by Peter to collect some much-desired 50-point bonuses.  On the opposite side of the spread spectrum, Peter got the closest win of the night when he snuck by Thomas Reinke 374-369.  The T-Twin was held to one bingo, GIGLOTS (n. GIGLOT, a playful or wanton girl, also GIGLET), with Peter playing two: the useful ESTRONE (never, ever play RETONES, RESTONE, or RENOTES) and RETAINER.

Barb Besadny also went 3-1, but her spread of +42 didn't quite get her into the top three.  If only some jerk hadn't beaten her by over 200!

Sue Goldstein: One Win Is All It takes

1st Sue Goldstein's final record of 1-2 -112 was good enough for first place in a small Intermediate group.  She beat fellow Intermediate June Scott 357-325 in a battle of the bingos: Sue had JAILERS to counter June's DOUSING.

Peter led the session with 3 wins and 2 losses. Peter and Lynda tied for the most bingos, but Bryan had the most bingos per game. All players averaged 400+ points per game. Want to know more? Join us on Sunday February 23rd at HyVee.

Thomas Reinke Terrorizes the Tiles

1st Thomas Reinke averaged 501 points a game, with his undefeated 4-0 record a mere sidenote to his domination.  But, alas, said domination was tainted: in his 580-294 win against Mary Becker, he played the phony triple-triple PETITELY .  In Thomas' defense, it is a very wordlike nonword.  He won his other games with varying degrees of dominance: a 494-343 victory over Lynda Finn was his next biggest margin.  Three bingos were the fuel that propelled Thomas to his win: WIDEOUT (Winner of $0 for most Super Bowl-y word), GUSHIER, and RUSTABLE.  Lynda played DERATED and TWOONIE (n. a Canadian two-dollar coin, also TOONIE), but apparently didn't score enough for them.

2nd Charles Reinke enjoyed a 3-1 +252 performance where his highest-scoring game was also his only loss.  Shayla Dunn bested the C-twin 505-494, with each player playing four bingos.  Brace yourselves: JADEITE, AURICLE, STRAYER, and PREDICTS were Charles', while Shayla played AERATION, BOOKIES, MUSTANGS, and ELOINED.  Their combined score of 999 is good for tops so far this year (beating out combined scores of 991 and 990), and Charles' 494 loss is the highest losing score so far this year, besting (worsting?) Peter's 483 earlier this year.  If only all losses could be so fun.  Charles avenged his loss by beating Richard Lauder 469-386 with the timely assistance of three bingos: SIGHTSEE, NARCEINE, and BATSMEN (n. batsman, a batter in baseball, a totally different definition from BATMAN).  Richard played EPILATE to reduce the damage.

3rd Chris Vergeront used the power of the beard to go 3-1 +18 and bring his yearly winning percentage back over .500.  As evidenced by his spread, all of his games were relatively close.  The beard must convey powers of clutchness as well; Chris bingoed out with the find of ENURETIC (n. one afflicted with enuresis [involuntary urination]) to beat Bryan Benwitz 393-342.  Bryan used his own beard-powers to play OVERSAD and PARRAFIN (PARAFFIN is good).  Chris' only defeat came against, who else, the T-Twin, 342-421, despite Chris' bingos of COURIERS and DAUNTERS.

4th Mary Becker missed out on third place by eleven spread points, and she was sick besides, so she gets a bonus mention in the writeup!  I guess we should be glad she wasn't healthier or she would have been unstoppable.

Andy Bohnsack played the word of the week, the nine-letter OVERLADEN.  Close runner-up as Thomas Reinke's double-double IMPARKED.  It sounds like something that would happen in a parking lot, but it is actually used in reference to animals being enclosed in a park. 

Sue Goldstein No Longer Underdog...Maybe Overdog?

1st Sue Goldstein finished at 3-1 +44, defeating two expert players along the way.  A close 353-347 win against Barb Besadny was a good way to start the evening, but she ended with an even bigger bang: a win against Lynda Finn by the score of 422-373.  Both combatants got two bingos: Sue played UNITERS and THORNIER, with Lynda unleashing RASPING and TOPLINES (n. topline, the outline of the top of an animal's body) in response.