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1st Thomas Reinke found himself in a familiar position in the nightly standings as a 4-1 +350 performance snagged him another first-place finish. All his scores were over 400 points, even his loss, which was a rather sound 415-542 beating at the hands of Mark Kenas. Thomas got bingos of AREOLES and CABRIOLE, but Mark had BATONED#, DOPESTER, and ORIGANS. Thomas was better able to cope with that outcome given that he had already beaten Mark earlier in the night, with a similarly lopsided final score of 490-361. Thomas had CONDOLES, ELATERS, and STOURIER# in that one, while Mark's triple-triple of ANGELICA for 140 points needed to be worth about twice that for Mark to have a shot. Thomas put the finishing touches on his productive outing with a 460-327 win over Dennis Lloyd, playing RAVENERS, NEURONAL, and KEITLOAS in the process.

2nd Due to how the two-on-one matchups shook out, Charles Reinke got the rare opportunity to play six games in a single club session, but didn't even manage to compile an unprecedented 6-0 record, instead going 4-2 +433. In the first round, he lost a tightly-fought, high-scoring contest against Mark Kenas by a score of 461-472. Charles' bingos were AMPUTEES and ROUTINES; Mark had SUDAMINA#, FAVORING, and GRUNTLES. Charles' other loss was against none other than Thomas Reinke, a 371-429 affair which was a bit lower-scoring than a typical game of theirs. However, Charles' scores in the four games he won were 479, 478, 477, and 476, demonstrating the scary consistency of his point-scoring abilities.

1st Charles Reinke enjoyed a relatively unchallenged first-place finish as he finished one game and 500 spread points ahead of his nearest competition, going 4-1 +374. The high point of his evening was a hearty 523-312 win over Thomas Reinke; despite leading the club in bingos per game, Thomas failed to get a single bonus play, while Charles had three: WATTAGE, ENDIVES, and SERIEMA. Charles breached the 500-point barrier a second time against Helen Flores, coming out ahead in that encounter, 501-326. Another three bingos were in store for Charles that game (HAEREDES, OUTSAID, GERANIAL), while Helen was held to a grand total of zero bingos. Only Mark Kenas was able to put a stop to Charles' winning ways, winning the first of their two matches by a score of 481-379. Charles played the COVID-relevant BOOSTERS in that one, but Mark outdid him with ARCHNESS, CILIATE, and the Collins-only FLOATANT#.

2nd Thomas Reinke finished a distant second with his 3-2 -148 record. He got flattened by Mark Kenas in round one, outbingoed 0-4 and forced to record on his scoresheet a 376-521 final tally. Mark's gratuitous bingos included SARONGS, ENTWINE, MATURATE, and MOUNTING. However, Thomas got his revenge on Mark in round three with a 532-433 victory, this time playing three bingos: CRUNODAL, OLEARIA#, and ANDANTES. Thomas' game against Dennis Lloyd was considerably more closely-fought than either of those two games, with Thomas pulling out 420-393 win. Dennis got down a bingo of UNDERAGE, but Thomas' TOMENTUM and TOLLAGE were just enough to take the victory.

Dennis' SHIVAREE was word of the week.

1st Thomas Reinke prevailed over all with a flawless 4-0 +559 record and a blistering 491 per-game average. His two-on-one encounter vs. Mark Kenas and Charles Reinke was especially fruitful for him, as he played a total of eight bingos across two games, both of which were wins (as his final record would imply). He defeated Mark 488-426, getting STATICE, MARAUDED, DISTANT, and EVIRATES#, while Charles was even more thoroughly victimized by Thomas' fury, that game ending 553-387 in Thomas' favor. Thomas' four bonus plays in that one were INSULTS, EXURBAN, GOATIER, and a fancy nine-letter TRIENNIUM. Not content until every Scrabble player in the room was made to suffer his wrath, Thomas reserved another 500-point game for Helen Flores, whom he beat 514-262, this time with "just" two bingos, HANTLES and REFUGES.

2nd Mark Kenas achieved a rare winning record against a relentless onslaught of Reinke brother bingos, going 2-1 +106. Both of Mark's wins came against Charles Reinke in convincing fashion. The first was a 459-384 affair, propelled by Mark's bingos of RIDGILS, PRAISER, and NEEDLIER#. Mark's superior Collins knowledge came to the fore in the rematch as he confidently slapped down three bingos only good in the international lexicon: TOASTIE#, WOUNDILY#, and RERAILED#. Charles had JETLAGS for 91 points but fell well short, 380-473.