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Andy Bohnsack Proves Once Again that More Bingos = More Wins

1st Andy Bohsnack was bingo king while also going 4-1 +212 to squeak out first place in the expert group.  His biggest victory was a 492-348 affair with up-and-comer Bryan Benwitz.  That game's +144 cume almost was enough to negate his 153-point loss (316-469) against Mary Becker.  Andy also pulled three power-tile bingos out of his bag of tricks, utilizing the Q (EQUATORS), Z (NOTARIZE), and X (EXILIAN).

2nd Mary Becker played the role of giant killer, besting the club's three best players (both Reinkes and Andy) before finally falling to the fourth, Mark Kenas.  She ended the night also 4-1, but with a slightly smaller +195 spread.  In her game against Thomas Reinke, she appropriately played the word TROUNCER on the way to a 427-408 win.

3rd Mark Kenas returned from vacation in style, accumulating an impressive spread of +361 and averaging an insane 477 while going 3-1.  He lost a very high-scoring game to Bryan Benwitz in the first round, 450-459, and didn't score less than that the rest of the way.  His best game was a 508-341 drubbing of current club leader Charles Reinke, a game in which he played four bingos (DEMISES, DEFINING, INFECTS, and the nice find of LARKSOME).

 Honorable mention goes to Lynda Finn, who lost to Bryan Benwitz 431-495 despite her triple-triple of DEAIRING. 

Sue Goldstein Paradoxically Proves that You Don't Need to Bingo to Win

1st Sue Goldstein went bingoless, but also went 3-1 +79, winning her first three games before her final-round matchup against Betty Hasselkus.  She beat expert Barb Besadny 380-343, overcoming Barb's play of HEAVERS. 

2nd June Scott won one of three, beating Helen Flores 343-305 and recording her highest loss of the year in a 374-384 loss to Barb Besadny.

3rd Barb Besadny also went 1-2 with a -164 spread which she can thank Helen Flores for.  Helen beat her 476-339, with Barb's SCANTIER failing to catch her up to Helen's LARDING and phony CURTSIE (just CURTSY and CURTSEY).

Small turnout at HyVee this Sunday. Renato is bingo king with 10. He also had the high game. There was no best bingo.

Thomas Reinke Eradicates Experts

1st Thomas Reinke walked coolly down the unobstructed path of victory, going undefeated through five games and amassing a spread of +760.  Scoring 550 against Betty Hasselkus was not enough, as he immediately reeled off a 528 score in the very next game versus Helen Flores.  A list of all his bingos would take up too much space so only a carefully selected few will appear here: OZONIDES, VERATRIN, PRUDENCE, etc.  Thomas also got word of the week when he played DEWLAPS, a dewlap being a "loose fold of skin under the neck". 

2nd Peter Schmiedicke lost his first game versus Charles Reinke, but was so enraged by defeat that he showed no mercy for his four remaining opponents, going 4-1 +187.

3rd Lynda Finn was 3-2 +156.  Chris Vergeront must have done something to her in a previous life, because she beat him twice on the night, first by a score of 494-341, then by 367-288 in a clever tactic switch from offense to defense.  She played four bingos in that first game, REALISED, SLANTING, EERIEST, and the phony-but-plausible HUMIDEST. 

Harwinder Dowd Dominates Intermediates

1st Harwinder Dowd encountered little opposition on her way to three wins, a healthy +236 cumulative, and a healthier 368 average.

2nd Sue Goldstein finished with two wins, but her spread took a hit when she valiantly faced expert Peter Schmiedicke in the final round.  Her best game was a 371-299 victory over Betty Hasselkus in which she played the bingo SWEARING. 

3rd Sharlie Miura went 1-1, losing to Harwinder in the first game before soundly defeating June Scott 357-302.  Sharlie had two bingos in her two games, IRONING in the first and HOSTING in the second.