Session Results - 13 January 2005

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Nathan Benedict	7-0	+748	1.857	430.571	1632 | (+20)
2	Monique Kornell	4-0	+394	1.500	406.500	1283 | +16)
3	Bob Yarmchuk	4-2	+410	1.167	411.167	1389 | (0)
4	Joshua Kassel	3-2	+310	1.800	411.200	1159 | (0)
5	Judith Whitcomb	3-2	-116	0.600	338.200	1223 | (+12)
6	Naurlene Canterman	4-4	+229	0.875	365.250	1246 | (-9)
7	Ed Saunders	3-3	+154	1.667	396.667	1384 | (0)
8	Robert Whitcomb	2-3	-221	1.800	360.600	1350 | (-10)
9	Jeannette Kaufman	1-2	-191	0.333	320.667	784 | (+14)
10	Karen Lundeen	2-5	-270	0.571	314.714	993 | (-33)
11	Daniel Forrest	0-4	-295	1.000	302.000	880 | (-9)
12	Yusupha Jow	0-3	-394	0.333	298.667	1145 | (-18)
13	Michael Rhodes	0-3	-668	0.000	246.667	517 | (-1)

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Session Notes

This was the 10th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 13 players who played a total of 33 games in which we scored 23,969 points for a 726.2 point-per-game average. Of the 74 recorded bingos we played, four were phonies that went unchallenged. We were also happy to welcome back Yusupha Jow, who has not played at club for some time.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 557 points by Bob Yarmchuk
Low Win - 294 points by Judith Whitcomb
High Loss - 391 points by Robert Whitcomb
Bingo King - Nathan Benedict for averaging 1.857 bingos per game
Bingo Coincidence - SEQUOIA is one of three bingos that contain all 5 vowels and a low-probability bingo to boot. This session saw it twice: once by Naurlene Canterman (SEQUOIA for 85 points) and once by Ed Saunders (SEQUOIAS for 64 points).
Some interesting bingos:
- BARQUES \n pl. Sailing vessels (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- DECIARE \n. A metric unit of area (played by Monique Kornell)
- ETHIONS \n pl. Pesticides (played by Robert Whitcomb, which figures seeing that he is an entomologist)
- FOWLINGS \n pl. The huntings of birds (played by Karen Lundeen)
- GAVOTTES \v. Dances the French dance, the gavot (played by Ed Saunders)
- HECTORS \n pl. Bullies (played by Nathan Benedict)
- PINDERS \n pl. Officials who formerly impounded stray animals (played by Joshua Kassel)
- SORINGS \n pl. Practices of making a horse's foot sore in order to encourage high stepping (played by Bob Yarmchuk)

For the 6th straight week in a row, Bob Yarmchuk is in the money. He took the High Game contest with a 557 point game, one of four games we saw this session above 500 points. The second contest was the All Vowels/All Consonants Contest for the highest-scoring word containing all vowels or all consonants. Your absentminded director, Josh, did specify that the letter Y could not count as a vowel in this contest. He did not have the acuity to say that it couldn't be a consonant, either (sigh). Naurlene Canterman takes this contest with a 38 point play of XYST. Both Bob and Naurlene take home $9.25 prizes.

This session also featured the letter F in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "F" scored a point. Five folks scored in this contest. Nathan Benedict is still in the lead, with Monique Kornell and Joshua Kassel ties for second. Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

None of the four progressive jackpots was taken this session, and all shall have $2.43 added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $213.79 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (20 January) shall feature the following contests:
- Low Win - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the lowest winning score.
- Any Letter But S Contest - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest-scoring play by playing any single letter except for the letter S (or a blank designated as an S) in a turn.
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is G. Each bingo beginning with G scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $8.42 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $2.43 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 - $4.67 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* - $10.10 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 13January 2005. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Nathan Benedict - 13 Bingos
DESIGNEE
DOPAMINE
ELUTION (OUTLINE)
ENTREAT (TERNATE, RATTEEN)
FORERUNS
HALITES (HELIAST)
HECTORS (ROCHETS, ROTCHES, TOCHERS, TORCHES, TROCHES)
NASALIZE
PARTNERS
RELATION (ORIENTAL)
REVISAL
SCULPTOR
WISHING
Naurlene Canterman - 7 Bingos
COMFORTS
INTONED
LEGENDS
OUSTING (OUTINGS, OUTSING, TOUSING)
OUTSIDE (TEDIOUS)
REMAINED
SEQUOIA
Daniel Forrest - 4 Bingos
ABORTING (BORATING, TABORING)
FURROWED
REFINED (DEFINER)
SMARTER (ARMREST)
Yusupha Jow - 1 Bingo
HOLIEST (EOLITHS, HOSTILE)
Joshua Kassel - 9 Bingos
BLOUSIER
FATTIES
GARROTED
GRAYOUTS
PINDERS
slingier (RESILING, RIESLING)
SOARING (ORIGANS, SIGNORA)
TARRIES (ARTSIER, TARSIER)
UNSTUNG
Jeannette Kaufman - 1Bingo
VAULTED
Monique Kornell - 6 Bingos
AGONIST (GITANOS)
DECIARE
OUTLINED
RETAILS (REALIST, SALTIER, SALTIRE, SLATIER, TAILERS)
STENTORS
TALLIED
Karen Lundeen - 4 Bingos
FOWLING (FLOWING, WOLFING)
INTENSER (INTERNES)
ROOTIER
VARIOLES (VALORISE)
Michael Rhodes - 0 Bingos
Ed Saunders - 10 Bingos
GAVOTTES
REEDIEST
REHANGED
RETURNED
SALIENCE
SEEDIER
SEQUOIAS
SKELTER (KELTERS, KESTREL)
TENDERED
ZINCITES (CITIZENS)
Judith Whitcomb - 3 Bingos
BARQUES
NAIVEST (NATIVES, VAINEST)
RETAILS (REALIST, SALTIER, SALTIRE, SLATIER, TAILERS)
Robert Whitcomb - 9 Bingos
BRISTLE (BLISTER, RIBLETS)
DARINGS (GRADINS)
ETHIONS (HISTONE)
INDITERS (DISINTER, NITRIDES)
PAMPERED (REMAPPED)
SEDUCERS
SIDELINE
TRIMERS (RETRIMS)
UNDERATE (DENATURE, UNDEREAT)
Bob Yarmchuk - 7 Bingos
bunnions
cestate (CASETTE)
CONNERS
FRAUGHTS
HAULAGE
sombers
SORINGS (GRISONS, SIGNORS)

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