1st Charles Reinke extended his current winning streak to twelve games thanks to a 4-0 +481 record. His 16-2 record in the first month of the club season has him comfortably atop the yearly standings, haughtily staring down upon the groveling hordes clamoring at the feet of his throne. He wasted no time getting down to business as he trounced Mark Kenas in round one, 548-366, playing bingos of REGULATE, FELUCCAS (word of the week), and a nine-letter RADIATION. The next round saw Charles score a big win against Dave Kinzer, 445-302, despite Dave's hefty bingo of GOOFIER (Charles got down DONATIVE and ONEIRIC). A rematch against Mark Kenas was a bit closer than the first game, but Charles was able to add another checkmark to the "win" column of his scoresheet, 485-441. A 149-point triple-triple of TUMEFIED from Charles did significant damage there. At this point, a fourth and final Charles victory seemed almost inevitable, but Bryan Benwitz stood poised to halt Charles' progress; sadly, Bryan's efforts fell somewhat short, and Charles won his fourth game, 498-385. Bryan found FAITOURS and ZINGARA, but was overwhelmed by Charles' LAPIDES (plural of LAPIS, don't play LAPIDE*), IGNITES, WEEVILY, and MELINITE.

2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 with a less-voluminous-than-usual spread of +83. It was a slow start for him as he was held bingoless against Dennis Lloyd (who played SLEEKLY), but Bryan managed to squeeze enough value out of his non-bingo plays to grab a 391-346 win. The bingo struggles persisted in the second round as Bryan was outbingoed by Helen Flores two to one (ALLUDING vs STUDIER and BERLINE), but again, Bryan eked it out, 426-396. Bryan finally got into more comfortable territory as he overpowered Dave Kinzer 494-373, although a phony RESWORN* added a dash of intrigue to the proceedings (his other bingo, UNMITERS, was perfectly cromulent, as were Dave's DREAMED and ELECTION). Bryan's own designs of a flawless 4-0 performance were scuttled by Charles Reinke in the final round, 385-498. Perhaps things would have been different if Bryan realized that Charles now has a five-dollar bounty on his head, given the newly-minted ten-game winning streak...