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1st Bryan Benwitz extended his current winning streak to six games (an impressive feat when constantly having to play Reinkes), going 2-0 with a gargantuan point spread of +11. He defeated Thomas Reinke by a score of 446-436, getting bingos of SARNIES and LONGINGS in the process. Thomas, meanwhile, played SQUEEGEE out of a rack of EEEEG??, as well as HEMATAL. Bryan thought that ten points wasn't a small enough point spread, so, in the next round, he defeated Charles Reinke by the smallest possible margin, 393-392. Since Charles was playing two games at once with no clock, Bryan used the lack of time pressure to his advantage, making precise endgame plays that secured his victory. Both players had two bingos: SMARTENS and FILARIAE for Bryan, CARTOON and REVEHENT for Charles.

1st Bryan Benwitz emerged unscathed from a four-player fray, going 3-0 +359 and averaging 453 points per game in the process. He started with a sound drubbing of Thomas Reinke, 474-359, playing AIRLINE, EGOTIZED, and PRESTIGE. That victory was followed up by a 399-381 win over Charles Reinke, thus bestowing upon Bryan the distinction of having pulled off the "anti-reinke" (beating both Reinkes in one club session). Even a late phony of AUREOUS could not save Charles in that one. In the third and final round, Bryan pulled out all the stops against Dennis Lloyd, walking away with a 486-260 win while getting down bingos of OUTMOVE, DABSTERS, and OVERWARY.

Bryan's RIFLIPS was word of the week. RIFLIP is a variant of the acronym RFLP, which stands for restriction fragment length polymorphism. To this writer, that phrase sounds like four random words that in no way relate to each other at all.

1st Thomas Reinke ran the table, going 4-0 with a numerically consistent +333 spread. His most closely-fought contest was a bout against Helen Flores in which he won by a score of 480-439. Thomas got down bingos of ENCIPHER and INITIATE, but Helen gamely punched back with her own plays of CRESTING and REREADS. The high point of Thomas' evening came in round three when he obliterated his brother Charles Reinke, 520-368. Charles played the word of the week BARLEDUC, but this accolade did little to assuage the torment he felt as Thomas laid down bingos of INVITEE, EVANISH, and NITRILE.

2nd Bryan Benwitz enjoyed a solid 2-1 +174 record. He effortlessly turned away Charles Reinke in round 1, playing bingos of CONSUMES and MARCHES. Bryan deployed the creative extension of MARCHES into MARCHESI, displaying for all to see his deep knowledge of obscure hooks. His sole loss came against Thomas Reinke, 323-414, with each player playing one bingo (PRODUCED for Bryan, CANNONED for Thomas). The baffling discrepancy in their point totals can be explained by the fact that Thomas scored more points than Bryan over the course of the game.