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CHRIS VERGERONT LEADS EXPERTS IN WINNING PERCENTAGE

1st - Thomas Reinke was top expert in a group of 5 3-1 finishers with his 336 cume. He validated his top dog position on his very first play at club in his 505-371 win vs. Richard Lauder as he played ELITIST to begin his night. In his closing game with brother Charles, he PILLARED Charles 480-308, DEFACING any DETENTES those two players once agreed to.  : )

2nd - Chris Vergeront sits atop the experts with a 75% winning average as Chris made an impressive initial appearance at club this year. He finished his 3-1 +197 night with a hefty 475-292 game with Barb Besadny. Chris played UNSTICK, OESTRINS and ENTITLE in that final game.

3rd- Andy Bohnsack's 3-1 +181 was sufficient for 3rd position..his big game also was his closing 454-351 game with Helen Flores, his total enhanced with bingos of TURACOS, OVERAGES and LATITUDE in that game.

Peter Schmiedicke was bingo king with 10 and Charles Reinke laid down the word of the week..UGLIFIED. It means what it says...making UGLY.

HARWINDER DOWD TOPS 5 INTERMEDIATES

1st - Harwinder Dowd's 2-1 paced the Intermediates which included her high game of 426-298 with Asa Miura. Harwinder bingoed twice there, with FATHERS and LISTINGS padding her scorecard.

2nd- Asa Miura's 1-1 -31 gave him a 2nd place spot as he won a rare face-to-face with his wife 384-295. They normally never play each other at home.

3rd- Asa's wife Jill finished 3rd at 1-1 -72 as she bested June Scott 327-302 before both she and Asa had to leave to spell off a babysitter back in the real world.

Brian Benwitz was the victor beating Andy not once but twice to earn the honor. His only loss was to Lynda Finn who needed both blanks and many S's to turn him away.

Coming in second was Andy Bohnsack, who would have lead the session had Brian not beaten him in an opening game nailbiter by 2 points. Andy was bingo king, with 9 bonus words, including the great find of CRAALING

Renato Umali took third, with both of his decisive wins and five of his six bingos coming against Lynda. Renato once again played the word of the week, KURTOSIS. Great play!

LYNDA FINN JEMMIES BACKDOOR TO TOP EXPERTS

(RARITY factor 1 - NO REINKE'S IN TOP THREE!)

1st - Despite having an overall minus cume, Lynda Finn expertly stitched her way to a winning 4-1 -7 tally. Her big loss came at the all too familiar hands of Andy Bohnsack in a one-sided 347-613 game, This was Andy's second 600 game in recent weeks. Lynda even accounted for muscle in her own game there with her bingos of ITERANCE and RODEOING, despite being tossed off that "horse" by Andy's heavier scoring onslaught.

2nd - Andy Bohnsack's game was afire in his first three encounters, averaging an eye-popping 547 per game before "Hurricane Sandy Lauder" swept in to quench Andy's flames, in their closing game, for Andy a 291-475 loss. That's Andy's sixth consecutive loss to Richard in club games this year. Andy still finished solidly in 2nd at 3-1 +538! And, Andy moves into 2nd place in the club stats, chasing Thomas Reinke as the duo averge scores of 440 per game...only Michael David joins them in the "+425 averages club"

3rd - Richard Lauder ended at 3rd with a 3-1 +360, losing his first game 438-473 as Thomas Reinke went on a food tear, playing both OREGANOS to one triple word score, and the excellent find of the 9 letter HABANEROS into the same "S" of his first play as another triple word play. That "O" he hungrily hooked "HABANER' into came from Thoma's earlier play of MAYO to complete his tasty win. 

HARWINDER DOWD TOPS FIELD OF THREE INTERMEDIATES

1st - Harwinder had a beautiful album of wedding pictures to share with us before getting down to business with an outstanding 409-405 win versus expert barb Besadny. Harwinder ended the night at 2-1 +5 to take top spot in a field of only three intermediates.

2nd - Sue Goldstein, nursing a freshly injured hand, was thrown three times into the expert's wolf pack where she braved out the onslaughts, but the expert wolves won all three. The result was a 1-3 night, but still enough to garner 2nd place in her division, as she won her game with June Scott 380-272 with her bingo of JAILERS.

3rd- June Scott finished 3rd of the 3 Intermediates to round out Halloween's night where she saw mostly "tricks" on her board's squares.