1st Bryan Benwitz prevailed over a tightly-contested club session where three players finished with 3-1 records, his +364 spread buoying him to a gold metal that, while not quite olympic in prestige, is still moderately prestigious. He won big against Thomas Reinke, 502-420, thanks to a four-bingo bonanza (bingonanza?) of ZEOLITE, BOSOMED, ANTIDORA, and the 9-letter POTTERIES. Bryan also unleashed some punishment on the other Reinke, taking down Charles 482-262 (Charles' lowest score at club since 2011). Bryan did suffer defeat in round three, with his gargantuan 17-game winning streak against Dennis Lloyd coming to its end in nailbiting fashion, 374-377. A nice RESHOEING brought Bryan's nine-letter bingo count to two, but Dennis' BAPTISE for 88 was enough to take a long-awaited victory.
2nd Thomas Reinke returned from illness in proper fighting form, finishing 3-1 +224. His first game was a Collins-lexicon match against Charles Reinke, and while it was atypical in that neither player scored over 400, Thomas was happy enough to take the win, 395-365. Thomas bingoed with ALASTOR, FROTTAGE, and GRAILES# in that one, while Chares was (again atypically) limited to zero bingos. Another three bingos (SENARII, SOUTANES, RADULAE) were deployed against Bryan Benwitz, but it wasn't enough to prevent a 420-502 loss. After defeating Sara McLaughlin 430-343 (despite Sara's finds of MASTERS and OUTDATED), Thomas pulled out all the stops and walked away from his contest against Dennis Lloyd with a big 515-326 win. A triple-triple of BILANDER for 140 points was a big factor there, although it wasn't the highest-scoring bingo played: that honor went to Helen Flores' 149-point SCRAPERS.
3rd Dennis Lloyd went 3-1 -84, having his positive spread built up so carefully through the first three rounds obliterated in round four. He started off strong with a 415-329 win against Helen Flores, getting down SERPENT for that eternally-lusted-after fifty-point bonus. Things got a bit tighter in a 369-353 victory over Sara McLaughlin, but Dennis' PORCINE and RESITES delivered him the win. As mentioned before, a lengthy losing streak against Bryan Benwitz came to and end when Dennis beat him 377-374, but visions of a glorious 4-0 outing were snuffed out by Thomas Reinke in the final game of the night, 326-515.
| Standings | |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3-1 +364 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-1 +224 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 3-1 -84 |
| Charles Reinke | 3-2 -10 |
| Helen Flores | 2-2 -52 |
| Richard Lauder | 1-3 -94 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 1-3 -104 |
| David Kinzer | 0-3 -244 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | ALASTOR FROTTAGE GRAILES# SENARII SOUTANES RADULAE PERACIDS OUTSAID LOONIES BILANDER(3x3) |
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | WEARIEST ZEOLITE BOSOMED POTTERIES ANTIDORA ENGINES RESHOEING URCHINS EXPORTED |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | ESTANCIA FALCATE EMPIRES AGONIES PERIODS SOIGNEE |
| Dennis Lloyd | 5 | SERPENT PORCINE RESITES BAPTISE RAINIEST |
| Charles Reinke | 5 | ENCODES MONIKER BRAYERS MOILING hurtlers |
| Helen Flores | 5 | COSTUMES JIGGIER PEALING SCRAPERS(3x3) EDITION |
| Sara McLaughlin | 4 | SHINERS LOADERS MASTERS OUTDATED |
| David Kinzer | 3 | CLEANING ROUSTED bulliers |
| High Games | |
| 515 | Thomas Reinke |
| 502 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 494 | Richard Lauder |
| 485 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 465 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.25 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.5 | Richard Lauder |
| 1.25 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 1.25 | Helen Flores |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 90 | Helen Flores |
| 82 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 81 | Thomas Reinke |
| 80 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 78 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 440 | Thomas Reinke |
| 436 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 391 | Helen Flores |
| 387 | Charles Reinke |
| 372 | Dennis Lloyd |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 345 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 384 | Thomas Reinke |
| 389 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 389 | Charles Reinke |
| 393 | Dennis Lloyd |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 149 | SCRAPERS | Helen Flores |
| 140 | BILANDER | Thomas Reinke |
| 116 | SHINERS | Sara McLaughlin |
| 102 | EXPORTED | Bryan Benwitz |
| 100 | ZEOLITE | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 390 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 432 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 348 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 79 |
Wednesday, December 31:
NO SCRABBLE CLUB ON NEW YEARS EVE
Wednesday, January 7:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 14:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 21:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Saturday, January 24:
Madison Scrabble Club Party and Tournament
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