1st Thomas Reinke decisively prevailed over all challengers with a 5-0 +488 record. On a night where all of his game could be viewed as "successes", he had the most success against regular Collins sparring partner Mark Kenas, as Thomas won both of their games by impressive margins, 517-413 and 529-364. In those two games, Thomas buried Mark in a veritable mudslide of bingos, eight of them to be exact: REBORING, PALATED#, DENOTES, BEDOUIN, BISCOTTO, SCANNERS, WEENIEST, and HAULMIER. In between those two games, Thomas picked up two wins as part of a two-on-one match, defeating Lynda Finn 433-344 and Ron Malzer 422-411. Thomas finished his flawless evening with a lopsided 438-318 win over Andy Bohnsack, where Andy's COENAMOR and CUTESIER were offset by Thomas' PIEPLANT and STELLAR.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 for the fourth straight week (not a bad pattern to fall into by any means), this time with a spread of +164. He managed a close round-one win against Ron Malzer, playing SEEDIER to Ron's GUTTERED. His next game was more "typically Bryan" as he easily dispatched Richard Lauder, 435-267. Richard played STAINERS, but couldn't get much else going as Bryan laid down IDOLISE, FRESHMAN, and WAGONERS. A 321-418 loss to Charles Reinke dashed Bryan's ever-present goal of going undefeated, but he recovered to end the session with a 431-362 win against Lynda Finn. Lynda got down INSNARER, but Bryan's bingo mojo (bojo?) returned as he found three bonus plays: SOOTHED, AIRDATE, and CARNIES.

3rd Charles Reinke finished at 3-2 +348. Unlike his brother, who had much success in Collins games against Mark Kenas, Charles had no such luck; both of his losses were to Mark. Despite a low-probability find of MISKICK, Charles lost game one of the series 403-467, overwhelmed by Mark's NERITES#, LEIPOAS#, and AMNIONS. Mark had three more bingos, CUTLETS, SEXTILE, and HOOTIEST, in a 481-443 rematch win; Charles had USERNAME to minimize the damage. However, a two-on-one set in the first round gave Charles a total of 353 spread points (480-340 vs. Andy Bohnsack and 494-281 vs. Helen Flores), so he had some wiggle room to lose games in later rounds. Charles also played the word of the week, FEMINAZI (a militant feminist) in a 418-321 victory against Bryan Benwitz.

Experts
Thomas Reinke5-0 +488
Bryan Benwitz3-1 +164
Charles Reinke3-2 +348
Andy Bohnsack3-2 +151
Ron Malzer2-2 +303
Lynda Finn2-2 -65
Mark Kenas2-2 -167
David Kinzer1-2 -115
Sara McLaughlin1-3 -109
Richard Lauder1-3 -433
Helen Flores0-4 -565
Intermediates

 
NameWin% W   L  T  Avg  Opp Avg Bingos  Avg Phonies % v2
Experts
Mike Johnson75310438417102.51100
Thomas Reinke66.9814004444012762.28259.115
Andy Bohnsack66532714253791692.0974.15
Bryan Benwitz65.3723814363722242.0262.70
Charles Reinke64.6824504473982822.22258.916
Steve Hartsman63.523131412378651.7657.71
Lynda Finn54.8463803893901211.4421.79
Richard Lauder47.9343713673941041.441110.60
Mark Kenas45.6313704324481462.153121.23
Dennis Lloyd45.3394703703951161.3554.34
Ron Malzer42.912160358407260.9327.70
James Rollins42.116220359380370.9738.10
David Kinzer36.519330351390350.6725.70
Sara McLaughlin34.337710356400890.8233.40
Helen Flores28.922540352401660.8734.50
Ari Smith2514130637530.5000
Tim Creedy12.503128037400000
Nalina Cherr9.1110026640230.27000
Dora Kilburn8.72210300390160.7000
Beth Amos004030939410.25000
Jordan Barger001031446211000
Lesley Salas004029639810.25000
Buffy Hogan004033542310.25000
Ryan Adams004032138900000
Intermediates

Bingos
Thomas Reinke12REBORING DENOTES BEDOUIN INQUIRER REPRINTS BISCOTTO SCANNERS WEENIEST HAULMIER PIEPLANT
STELLAR palated
Charles Reinke10FARRIER AURISTS OEDIPAL NEARISH TREASON SUBLOTS EENSIER MISKICK FEMINAZI USERNAME
Andy Bohnsack10PORNIEST ANDESITE FIREMAN STANDER TENSILE METRIST TORSADE YEASTIER COENAMOR CUTESIER
Mark Kenas10HOMINIES SCARFER AMNIONS GRAINIER CUTLETS SEXTILE HOOTIEST nerites leipoas grecised
Bryan Benwitz8SEEDIER IDOLISE FRESHMAN WAGONERS PARTIER SOOTHED AIRDATE CARNIES
Lynda Finn6WEEDING AEROSAT REPINNED SCUTTLE TICKERS INSNARER
Richard Lauder6PRODUCT STAINERS SHADING SPECULAR QINTARS theouria
Ron Malzer5GUTTERED AUDITEE REVIVAL VILLAGE RELAXES
Sara McLaughlin4PRAIRIE AWAKENS TEENIER GRIFTER
David Kinzer2INFLATED UNBEATEN
Helen Flores2PERVERSE outseat
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