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Peter finishes 4-1, is bingo king with 11 bingos, had high game of 524 and high average of 449. 

Andy was the only one who could defeat Peter, and finished in second at 3-2. 

Renato played the word of the night, HELLERIS

Charles Reinke Averages 522 a Game, Unsurprisingly Wins All of Them

1st Charles Reinke went 4-0 +833.  His lowest game for the night, 491, was higher than anybody else's high game.  His 13 bingos also easily coronated him as Bingo King, with words such as MAIDENLY, QUAGMIRE, and YAUPONS being the jewels in his crown.  Two of his games featured four bingos: his 550-322 against Betty Hasselkus and his 539-296 victory over a groggy, jetlagged, and Mountain-Dew-deprived Andy Bohnsack.

2nd Thomas Reinke, as the only player with three wins, attained second place in the experts with his 3-1 +112 record, despite a paltry (for him) five bingos.  Gail Salm beat Thomas for the second straight week, winning that round one matchup 437-404.  Thomas got down UREDINIA and MARTINS to Gail's JOUSTING and TENAILS.  He also played the word of the week, TOCCATA, when he beat an under-caffeinated Andy Bohnsack 460-418.  A toccata (plural TOCCATAS or TOCCATE) is a virtuosic composition usually for organ.

3rd Out of eight people with a 2-2 record, Peter Schmiedicke ended up at the top of the pile with his +72 cumulative.  He suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Helen Flores, 340-463, but regained most of that spread in a 475-272 demolition of Richard Lauder.  Peter got down GERMANE, MANORIAL, and DISSECT while Richard was able to play SNOBBISH.

Point Spread the Only Difference Between First and Last Place in Intermediates

1st Sue Goldstein went 2-2 +62, getting one bingo down (AMOUNTS) in her high game of the night, a 376-315 win against June Scott.

2nd June Scott went 2-2 with a predictable -62 spread.  She prevailed in a high-scoring 383-371 game against Sue Goldstein.

Its everyone has a shot night, with the top 4 players (Charles, Mark, Thomas, Andy) all absent.

For the experts:

Richard Lauder placed first finishing 4-1, +280, winning the first four straight until bumping into Lynda and almost taking her down as well. His high bame was 452 against Barb.

Mary Becker placed second finishing 4-1, -4. Its unusual to go 4-1 and still wind up with negative cume, but all of Mary's games were close, so that 74 point defeat that Richard handed her was enough to swallow her spread from her close games with Peter, Helen, Gail and Shayla.

Lynda Finn finished third with a 3-1, +62. Gail handed her her only loss which occurred just before the great diet pepsi spill of 2013. Lynda was bingo queen with 7 valid bonuses.

Helen played the only valid bingos containing the letter Y, ROYALIST and UNRHYMED. For this combo she is awarded word of the week honors. ROYALIST has an anagram. Can you find it?

For the intermediates:

Harwinder Dowd went 2-1 to top the field

Honorable mention to June Scott, Sharlie Mura and Aki Mura for 1-1.

Welcome to newcomer Rachel Connor who won a game in her first club outing which is an unusual accomplishment against our seasoned veterans. We hope she returns soon.