Session Results - 24 February 2005

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Michael Rhodes	3-0	+428	1.667	420.333	1001 | (+30)
2	Naurlene Canterman	5-1	+316	1.000	401.833	1276 | (+34)
3	Joshua Kassel	4-1	+232	0.800	367.500	1171 | (+22)
4	Monique Kornell	3-2	+355	1.000	375.400	1258 | (-3)
5	Ed Saunders	3-2	+115	1.800	389.200	1378 | (-16)
6	Judith Whitcomb	3-2	+40	2.000	397.600	1280 | (-3)
7	Robert Whitcomb	2-3	-105	1.600	361.200	1270 | (-24)
8	Karen Lundeen	2-4	-109	0.500	291.833	1002 | (-16)
9	Tess Lind	1-4	-527	0.200	273.600	522 | (+8)
10	Jeremiah Ramirez	1-4	-563	1.167	319.333	962 | (-25)
11	Elizabeth Shaw	0-3	-180	0.333	281.000	511 | (-11)

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Session Notes

This was the 16th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 11 players, who played a total of 27 games in which we scored 19,005 points for a 703.8 point-per-game average. Of the 59 recorded bingos we played, 3 were phonies that went unchallenged. This session saw Michael Rhodes playing with his new NSA rating of 971, a rating he earned as the result of placing 1st in his first-ever tournament in Phoenix last weekend. True to form, he placed first this session as well!

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 459 points by Robert Whitcomb
Low Win - 255 points by Tess Lind
High Loss - 390 points by Judith Whitcomb
Bingo Queen - Judith Whitcomb for averaging 2 bingos per game
Bingo Coincidence - Jeremiah Ramirez and Ed Saunders both played the same word as their first bingo of the night in their respective sessions: STHENIA (\n. Excessive energy).
Some interesting bingos:
- ALIUNDE \adv. From a source extrinsic to the matter at hand (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- ARCSINE \n. The inverse function to the sine (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- SCORIAE \n pl. Refuses of smelted metal or ore (played by Ed Saunders)

Joshua Kassel won both of the session's contests. The "Out Play" contest for the highest-scoring final play of the game was snagged as the result of bingoing out on a TWS with an 89-pointer of OVERRIDE. The second contest was the "High Five" contest for the highest scoring play made using any five tiles. Playing through the previously-played word IN, Josh put down the five tiles ADQRS to form QINDARS with the Q on a DLS square and the word on a DWS, scoring 54 points. Josh takes home $15.50 for the night.

This session also featured the letter L in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "L" scored a point. 5 bingos beginning with L were played, and Nathan Benedict is in the lead, but Monique Kornell is just one point behind him in second.Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

None of the four progressive jackpots was taken this session, and each shall each have $2.06 shall be added to it. As of this session, we have payed out $357.84 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (4 March) shall feature the following contests:
- "K's okay " Contest - ~A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest-scoring play made using the K tile. To qualify for this contest, you must play the actual K; designating the blank as a K does not count.
- "It's NO Contest " Contest - ~A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest-scoring play that contains the tiles N and O played together in any position (e.g., NORITES, ACINOUS, INFERNO, etc.).
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is M. Each bingo beginning with M scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $21.90 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $2.06 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 - $6.74 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* - $6.74 plus 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 24 February 2005. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Naurlene Canterman - 6 Bingos
BLOUSIER
OVERBIG
RADIATES (AIRDATES, DATARIES)
RETURNS (TURNERS)
UNDERATE (DENATURE, UNDEREAT)
WOOLENS
Joshua Kassel - 4 Bingos
OVERRIDE
RESHINE (HENRIES, INHERES)
roilers (LORRIES)
TOLLING
Monique Kornell - 5 Bingos
APOGEES
EBONISES
ELONGATE
LIFELINE
TAILORS (ORALIST, RIALTOS)
Tess Lind - 1 Bingo
LEDGERS (GELDERS, REDLEGS)
Karen Lundeen - 3 Bingos
LOUSIER (SOILURE)
MEANIES
racials
Jeremiah Ramirez - 7 Bingos
ATLASES
DRESSING
ENSUING (ENSUING)
GRANITE (GRATINE, INGRATE, TANGIER, TEARING)
GUNNERS
SLOWING (LOWINGS)
STHENIA (SHEITAN)
Michael Rhodes - 5 Bingos
POUTIER
REASONS (SENORAS)
stormer (TERMORS, TREMORS)
URINATE (RUINATE, TAURINE, URANITE)
VARIANTS
Ed Saunders - 9 Bingos
ALIASES
IONISED (IODINES)
LEUCITES
SCORIAE
STHENIA (SHEITAN)
UNIFIERS
UNWIELDY
UPTURNED
VARIATE
Elizabeth Shaw 1 Bingo
SPOILED (DESPOIL, DIPLOES, DIPOLES)
Judith Whitcomb - 10 Bingos
ALIUNDE (UNIDEAL)
ARCSINE (CARNIES, ARSENIC)
BENCHED
DIASTER (ASTRIDE, ARIDEST, DISRATE, STAIDER, TARDIES, TIRADES)
EXTORTED
INGESTED (SIGNETED)
JOLTIER
LEISURE
MARINER
PROWLED
Robert Whitcomb - 8 Bingos
BANDIES (BASINED)
DEALING (ALIGNED, LEADING)
ENABLED
ROADIES
STEAMER (REMATES, RETEAMS)
STANINE (INANEST)
TEQUILA (LIQUATE)
TERMITE (EMITTER)

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