Session Results - 27 January 2005

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Judith Whitcomb	3-0	+330	1.000	399.333	1262 | (+31)
2	Nathan Benedict	5-2	+641	2.143	443.286	1626 | (-22)
3	Ed Saunders	5-3	+149	1.750	418.875	1369 | (+6)
4	Monique Kornell	3-2	-63	1.400	377.200	1272 | (+4)
5	Karen Lundeen	3-3	+59	1.000	360.667	1064 | (+22)
6	Naurlene Canterman	3-4	-8	1.000	363.857	1218 | (+9)
7	Joshua Kassel	3-4	-146	1.286	374.429	1154 | (-1)
8	Lewis Saul	2-4	+34	1.500	364.333	1378 | (-47)
9	Robert Whitcomb	1-2	-61	1.000	379.000	1341 | (-10)
10	Jeremiah Ramirez	2-4	-385	1.000	331.833	1021 | (+16)
11	Michael Rhodes	0-2	-229	0.500	320.500	515 | (0)

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Session Notes

This was the 12th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 11 players who played a total of 29 games in which we scored 22,825 points for a 787 point-per-game average. Of the 80 recorded bingos we played, 4 were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 600 points by Nathan Benedict. This is the first 600 game of the season.
Low Win - 345 points by Judith Whitcomb
High Loss - 458 points by Ed Saunders
Bingo King - Nathan Benedict for averaging 2.143 bingos per game
Closest Game - Joshua Kassel with 460 points vs. Ed Saunders with 458 points.
People Copying Jeremiah Ramirez's Bingos - ALIENOR played by both Jeremiah Ramirez and Karen Lundeen. ISATINE played by both Jeremiah Ramirez and Nathan Benedict.
Some interesting bingos:
- DOURINE \n. A disease of horses (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- FORINTS \n pl. Hungarian monetary units (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- PLEURAE \n pl. Membranes that surround the lungs (played by Nathan Benedict)
- SCALARE \n. A tropical fish (played by Karen Lundeen)
- SERINGA \n. A Brazilian tree (played by Jeremiah Ramirez)
- SOLERET \n. A piece of armor for the foot (played by Lewis Saul)
- SWEENIES \n pl. Atrophies of shoulder muscles in horses (played by Ed Saunders)
- TAMPION \n. A plug for a cannon's muzzle (played by Karen Lundeen)

One of the two contests for this evening went unclaimed. The "-MAN or -MEN Contest" for the highest scoring word of 4 or more letters ending in MAN or MEN had no entries. As is such we are going to roll it over to next week's session. The other contest for the session had very few entries and a very low scoring winning entry. The "Add 2" contest for the highest scoring word formed by adding two tiles to a preexisting word goes to Nathan Benedict, who added E and W to OR to form WORE for 14 points. Nathan takes home $7.50, and next week shall feature an extra contest for the unclaimed one this week.

This session also featured the letter H in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "H" scored a point. Three folks scored points, and Nathan Benedict is in the lead and Monique Kornell is in second.Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

Two of the four progressive jackpots was taken this session. Nathan Benedict won the Club #565 Progressive Jackpot by playing a game of 565 or more points. His 600 point game was the highest of the season so far. Jeremiah Ramirez won the 9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot by playing the (phony) 9-letter bingo BOYCOTING*. This earns him $2.06. The other jackpot prizes shall have $2.06 added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $266.58 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (03 February) shall feature the following contests:
- High Loss - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player with the highest losing score.
- "What's on the Menu" Contest - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest-scoring play of a food that is on the Denny's menu. To qualify for this contest you must record the food word and the Denny's dish it is on (e.g., The Grand Slam has PANCAKES). Don't forget to tip your server well!
- "-MAN or -MEN Contest" - $7.75 shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest-scoring play of a word that is 4 or more letters and ends in the suffixes -MAN or -MEN (e.g., YEGGMAN, DRAYMEN, etc.).
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is I. Each bingo beginning with I scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $12.73 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 - 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 27 January 2005. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Nathan Benedict - 15 Bingos
ANNULOSE
DIATRONS (INTRADOS)
dunders
EULOGIAE
GREENEST
HOLSTER (HOSTLER)
ISATINE
PAINTIER
PLEURAE
RATIFIER
SINGULAR
STALLED
SUTURING
VEILINGS
WEDGIES
Naurlene Canterman - 7 Bingos
AIRBRUSH
ALIENERS
NECKERS
OVERLOAD
REPORTED (PORTERED)
STIFFEN
LOUVRES (LOUVERS, VELOURS)
Joshua Kassel - 9 Bingos
ANTIQUE (QUINATE)
IONIZES
massers
MELDERS
QUININE
RAISERS (ARRISES, SIERRRAS)
REVISAL
SPEARED (RESPADE)
UNSELLS
Monique Kornell - 7 Bingos
EXITING
FIRINGS
GUIDERS
GUSTIER (GUTSIER)
HEADING
SLENDER (LENDERS, RELENDS)
TOURIST
Karen Lundeen - 6 Bingos
ALIENOR (AILERON)
DIETIES
dintiros
GORIEST (GOITERS, GOITRES)
SCALARE
TAMPION (MAINTOP, PTOMAIN, TIMPANO)
Jeremiah Ramirez - 6 Bingos
ALIENOR (AILERON)
boycoting
ISATINE
SERINGA (EARINGS, ERASING, GAINERS, REAGINS, REGAINS, REGINAS, SEARING)
SETTING (TESTING)
STAINED (DESTAIN, DETAINS, INSTEAD, SAINTED)
Michael Rhodes - 1 Bingo
RATIONS (ARIONTS)
Lewis Saul - 9 Bingos
ATELIERS (EARLIEST, LEARIEST, REALTIES)
FRIDGES
HEARING
NORITES (OESTRIN, ORIENTS, STONIER)
REQUINS
RESIDUA
SLAINTE (ELASTIN, ENTAILS, NAILSET, SALIENT, SALTINE, TENAILS)
SOLERET
THEREIN (NEITHER)
Ed Saunders - 14 Bingos
ALEVINS (VALINES)
ANTERIOR
BEARING
CARATES
CHAPERON (CANEPHOR)
DERIVATE
FREEZING
GASSIER
HAPLITES
REOPENED
SANGRIA
SWEENIES
WHITTLES
WIPEOUTS
Judith Whitcomb - 3 Bingos
ANISEEDS
DOURINE (NEUROID)
FORINTS
Robert Whitcomb - 3 Bingos
DESTINES
POISONED
TROLLING

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