Session Results - 14 April 2005

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Nathan Benedict	5-1	+639	1.833	407.833	1637 | (-3)
2	Joshua Kassel	4-1	+112	1.400	361.800	1216 | (+76)
3	Jason Sommer	4-2	+9	1.000	375.167	1393 | (+10)
4	Naurlene Canterman	4-3	-79	0.571	329.857	1319 | (-4)
5	Lewis Saul	3-3	-119	1.167	366.167	1353 | (+4)
6	Karen Lundeen	2-4	-102	0.333	335.167	1107 | (+5)
7	Monique Kornell	1-3	-203	0.500	347.500	1171 | (-8)
8	Robert Whitcomb	1-4	-128	1.600	352.200	1241 | (-19)
9	Ed Saunders	1-4	-139	1.200	370.200	1310 | (-36)

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Session Notes

This was the 23rd session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 9 players, who played a total of 25 games in which we scored 18,026 points for a 721 point-per-game average. Of the 53 recorded bingos we played, only 2 were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 483 points by Nathan Benedict
Low Win - 317 points by Karen Lundeen
High Loss - 410 points by Monique Kornell
Bingo King - Nathan Benedict for averaging 1.833 bingos per game
Long Words - We saw two 10 letter plays this evening, which is a slightly unusual occurance. Lewis Sauls put down ARACHNOID, which was back-hooked to form ARACHNOIDS. In another game, Monique Kornell played EQUALISE, which was hooked twice to make EQUALISER and the EQUALISERS..
Blanks and S's - Karen Lundeen and Josh Kassel both had the opportunity to burn through a lo of blanks and S's in single plays. Karen, with a rack of ??EGOSS played GrOSSEr. Josh, with a rack of ?EPRSSS, played off an O to put down a phony: OPRESSeS*.
Papal? Or Narcissistic? - Nathan Benedict was able to play a bingo of his own last name: BENEDICT
Some interesting bingos:
- COVERLET \n. A bed covering (played by Monique Kornell)
- ESERINE \n. A toxic alkaloid (played by Nathan Benedict)
- MILTERS \n pl. Male fish at breeding time (played by Robert Whitcomb)
- ORDINES \n pl. Calendars of religious directions -- plural of ORDO (played by Ed Saunders)
- SEMIMAT \adj. Having a slight luster (played by Nathan Benedict)

This session featured the "%$@*!!" Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that is considered offensive or vulgar in nature. Although we expected a lot of entries in this contest, there were only a few. The winner was selected by a pal I work with, who chose Jason Sommer's entry of his 59 point play QUEAN (short for COTQUEAN, a whore). The other contest was "Blackjack Scrabble" for the highest scoring play made one turn before or one turn after a play in that scored 21 points. Nathan benedict won this one by playing BLISSED for 91 points followed by AMMO for 21. Both Jason and nathan take home $6.25 for the session.

This session featured the letter S in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "S" scored a point. Seven players turned in bingos starting with R, and Nathan Benedict remains in 1st place, with Ed Saunders running second.Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

One of the four progressive jackpots was taken. Lewis Saul won the 9+ Bingo PriogressiveJackpot for a 9-letter word: ARACHNOID and takes home $3.36. The other 3 progressive jackpots shall each have $1.68 added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $537.76 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (21 April) shall feature the following contests:
- Gary Wagman Contest #1 - In memory of Gary Wagman, a Tucson player and friend who passed away recently, ~a quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest scoring play beginning with G.
- Gary Wagman Contest #2 - In memory of Gary Wagman, a Tucson player and friend who passed away recently, ~a quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest scoring play beginning with W.
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is T. Each bingo beginning with T scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $7.29 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $1.68 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 100 or more points in a single play
- Club 565 Progressive Jackpot - $1.68 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 565 or more points in a single game.
- 9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot* - An eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who plays a bingo of 9 or more letters in length.
* = Jackpot prizes cannot be combined.

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Bingos Played

The following is a list of bingos played by player at NSA Club #565 on 14 April 2005. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Nathan Benedict- 11  Bingos
BENEDICT
BLISSED
DETERGED
DINITRO
ESERINE
GLUTEUS
GRANITE (GRATINE, INGRATE, TANGIER, TEARING)
QUESTED
RENOGRAM
RETILING (TINGLIER)
SEMIMAT (MISMATE, TAMMIES)
Naurlene Canterman - 4  Bingos
ANTIRED (DETRAIN, TRAINED)
AUNTIES (SINUATE)
STAINED (DESTAIN, DETAINS, INSTEAD, SAINTED)
SUNSETS
Joshua Kassel - 7 Bingos
DIVIDERS
ELUDING (DUELING, INDULGE)
MARRIER
opresses
SPINIER (INSPIRE)
STAINER (ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STEARIN)
STRAINER (RESTRAIN, RETRAINS, TERRAINS, TRAINERS)
Monique Kornell - 2 Bingos
COVERLET
EQUALISE
Karen Lundeen - 2 Bingos
BRAWNIER
GROSSER
Lewis Saul - 7 Bingos
ARACHNOID
AVERTING (GRIEVANT, VINTAGER)
ENDITES (DESTINE)
INERTIAL
MUSTING
PRANCING
SATORIS (ADORISTS, ARISTOS)
Ed Saunders - 6 Bingos
cardate
DISHIER
ORDINES (DINEROS, INDORSE, ROSINED, SORDINE)
RESIDUE (UREIDES)
SPANNING
UNSOLID
Jason Sommer - 6 Bingos
DELETED
REALISED (RESAILED, SIDEREAL)
REGALED (LAGERED)
SLEEPER (PEELERS)
STEWING (TWINGES, WESTING)
TIERING (IGNITER)
Robert Whitcomb - 8 Bingos
BAILIES (ALIBIES)
GETTERS
LINEATE
MILTERS
PLUSHES
SEXTAIN (ANTISEX)
SLEETING (GENTILES, STEELING)
TONGERS

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