The 2002
National SCRABBLE® Championship
was held in San Diego, California,
August 17th through the 22nd at
the San Diego Concourse and Civic Theatre.
Over $89,000 in prizes were awarded to players in
six divisions, including $25,000 to the first-place finisher in
Division 1.
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DIVISION 1
(Rated >1899)
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DIVISION 2
(1700-1899)
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DIVISION 3
(1500-1699)
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DIVISION 4
(1300-1499)
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DIVISION 5
(1100-1299)
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DIVISION 6
(<1100)
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First Place
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Joel Sherman
25-6 +2020
$25,000
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Chuck Armstrong
24-7 +1668
$5,000
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Doug Brockmeier
23-8 +2315
$2,500
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Norbert Saldanha
25-6 +1838
$1,500
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Scott McDougall
25-6 +1213
$1,200
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Dielle Saldanha
25-6 +1828
$1,000
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Second Place
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Nigel Richards
22-9 +1633
$10,000
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Sal Dijamco
22-9 +1262
$2,000
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Patrick Hodges
22-9 +1225
$1,500
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Ralph King
23-11 +1273
$1,000
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Gina DuMez
22-9 +1658
$800
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Paul Haverly
23-8 +2055
$700
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Third Place
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Jakkrit Klaphajone
21-10 +1237
$5,000
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Steve Glass
21-10 +1200
$1,200
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Susi Tiekert
21.5-8.5 +815
$1,000
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Dave Zimmerman
21.5-9.5 +717
$750
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Angelina Scroggins
21-10 +1305
$600
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Jesse Cromer
22.5-8.5 +1336
$500
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Fourth Place
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Brian Cappelletto
21-10 +407
$2,500
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Clay Daniel
21-10 +703
$900
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Stephen Dennis
21-10 +1128
$750
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Tony Leah
21-10 +564
$500
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Leland Fidler
21-10 +875
$400
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Edgar Thomas
22-9 +1005
$300
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Fifth Place
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Paul Epstein
21-10 +149
$1,200
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Brian Williams
20-11 +1607
$700
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John Viloria
21-10 +764
$500
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Jerry Dynes
21-10 +1103
$300
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Bob Nellis
21-10 +650
$200
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Terry Kang
21-10 +794
$100
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Sixth Place
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Dave Wiegand
20-11 +1495
$900
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Mark Pistolese
21-10 +563
$500
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Shannon Burns
20.5-10.5 +948
$300
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Slade Sullivan
20.5-10.5 +997
$200
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Seventh Place
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Jere Mead
20-11 +811
$800
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Jack Eichenbaum
20-11 +590
$400
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Eighth Place
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Marlon Hill
20-11 +561
$700
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Mark Landsberg
19.5-11.5 +1338
$300
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Ninth Place
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Panupol Sujjayakorn
19-12 +1610
$600
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Tenth Place
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Joel Wapnick
19-12 +1128
$500
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Biggest Comeback
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$100
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Rich Moyer
down by 144
won 576-428
$100
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$100
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$100
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Roger Cullman
down by 106
won 349-282
$100
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Ruth McCandless
down by 116
won 367-356
$100
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Flashiest Bingo
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Danny Goldman
VERJUICE
$50
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Mary Capalbi
EX on board; played PEDIENT to TWS
$50
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$50
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$50
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$50
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$50
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Tuff Luck
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Lisa Odom
&
Rich Baker
-27
$100
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Gary Dismukes
-44
$100
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$100
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$100
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Carol Yamashita
&
Sylvia Strong
-41
$100
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Steve Ornish
-62
$100
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Highest-Placing Senior (60+)
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Robert Ellickson
18-13 +522
$200
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Mark Landsberg
19-11 +1338
$175
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$150
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$125
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Gina DuMez
Second Place
$100
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Bill Kinsella
20-10 +1300
$75
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Best Record Day 3 (Lower Half)
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Daniel Goldman
$300
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Judy Horn
$250
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$200
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$150
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Richard Savitt
$125
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Deborah Light
$100
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Best Record Day 4 (Lower Half)
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Marjorie Schoneboom
$200
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Rick Wong
$150
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$100
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$75
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Roger Cullman
$50
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Jean Lehman
$40
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Low Win
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Gail Wolford
290
$25
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Mark Pistolese
305
$25
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$25
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$25
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Ida Ann Shapiro
196
$25
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Christina Reilly
240
$25
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High Game Round 1
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Lester Schonbrun
584 $25 |
Iffy Onyeonwu
543 $25 |
Phyllis Patukas
519 $25 |
Stephen Wilkie
529 $25 |
Louis Block
&
Roger Cullman
481 $25 |
Dion Saldanha
536 $25 |
High Game Round 2
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William D Shipe
562 $25 |
Steve Grob
508 $25 |
David Lieberfarb
512 $25 |
Gigi Miller
491 $25 |
Louis Block
545 $25 |
Barbara Puky
508 $25 |
High Game Round 3
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Dave Wiegand
614 $25 |
Dave Leifer
521 $25 |
Greg Heidler
538 $25 |
Tony Leah
499 $25 |
Myrna Cohen
515 $25 |
Vera Kuznecov
467 $25 |
High Game Round 4
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Brian Cappelletto
548 $25 |
Rich Moyer
576 $25 |
Kit Morehead
499 $25 |
Norbert Saldanha
575 $25 |
Bob Nellis
486 $25 |
Jan Hein
504 $25 |
High Game Round 5
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Rich Baker
550 $25 |
Howard Pistol
577 $25 |
Charles Merlis
465 $25 |
Claudia Koczka
484 $25 |
Brenda Smith
492 $25 |
Geoff Tongue
552 $25 |
High Game Round 6
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Panupol Sujjayakorn
550 $25 |
Martin Smith
511 $25 |
Gavin Hyde
523 $25 |
Gina Fassio
506 $25 |
Waheed Thompson
510 $25 |
Dion Saldanha
542 $25 |
High Game Round 7
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Robert Felt
545 $25 |
Matt DeWaelsche
506 $25 |
Ruth Hamilton
518 $25 |
Mary Aline Stevens
503 $25 |
Mary Becker
461 $25 |
Nora Poulos
481 $25 |
High Game Round 8
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Evan Berofsky
621 $25 |
Brian Williams
516 $25 |
Doug Brockmeier
522 $25 |
Joyce Zmorzynski
509 $25 |
Linda Oliva
535 $25 |
Jean Lehman
456 $25 |
High Game Round 9
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Ira Cohen
&
Robert Ellickson
523 $25 |
Benjamin Bloom
509 $25 |
Su Edwards
515 $25 |
David Hermanson
567 $25 |
David Dinning
528 $25 |
Vera Kuznecov
527 $25 |
High Game Round 10
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Ben Withers
546 $25 |
Cheryl Tyler
556 $25 |
Susi Tiekert
541 $25 |
Lynn Gunn
508 $25 |
Sara Weidner
530 $25 |
Dielle Saldanha
429 $25 |
High Game Round 11
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Steven Alexander
578 $25 |
Chuck Armstrong
527 $25 |
Kit Morehead
579 $25 |
Stan Khury
463 $25 |
Nick Carter
503 $25 |
Geoff Tongue
572 $25 |
High Game Round 12
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Panupol Sujjayakorn
572 $25 |
Adrian Mannella
518 $25 |
Jason Bednarz
560 $25 |
David Stokoe
475 $25 |
Celia Lopez
502 $25 |
Paul Haverly
484 $25 |
High Game Round 13
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Robert Felt
582 $25 |
Mark Landsberg
518 $25 |
Carlynn Mayer
547 $25 |
Judy Ford
490 $25 |
Todd Pfalzgraf
526 $25 |
Chora B Eilertsen
498 $25 |
High Game Round 14
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Dean Saldanha
566 $25 |
Ronald Howard
639 $25 |
Noel Livermore
549 $25 |
James L Kille Jr
528 $25 |
Kathi Cann
485 $25 |
Dielle Saldanha
524 $25 |
High Game Round 15
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Ben Withers
536 $25 |
Judy Horn
535 $25 |
Varda Horelle
542 $25 |
Slade Sullivan
539 $25 |
Laurie Lu Longway
480 $25 |
James Wallenberg
436 $25 |
High Game Round 16
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Mark Milan
521 $25 |
Mark Pistolese
553 $25 |
Isaac L Apindi
502 $25 |
Tony Leah
540 $25 |
Brenda Smith
506 $25 |
Jesse Cromer
492 $25 |
High Game Round 17
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Steve Tier
558 $25 |
Stefan Fatsis
535 $25 |
Marian Koonce
514 $25 |
Tony Leah
507 $25 |
Brian Sebastian
499 $25 |
Geoff Tongue
522 $25 |
High Game Round 18
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David Weisberg
536 $25 |
Brian Williams
517 $25 |
Ed Saunders
548 $25 |
Jeremy Simon
510 $25 |
Craig Mobley
482 $25 |
Suzannah Badgett
460 $25 |
High Game Round 19
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Joe Edley
586 $25 |
Ron McGill
595 $25 |
Charles Merlis
499 $25 |
Gwen Bishop
538 $25 |
Angelina Scroggins
506 $25 |
Dion Saldanha
490 $25 |
High Game Round 20
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Stephen Haraske
566 $25 |
Matt Dickey
&
Ed Neugroschl
522 $25 |
Yvonne Knickerbocker
581 $25 |
Stan Khury
501 $25 |
Grace Brooks
506 $25 |
Paul Haverly
491 $25 |
High Game Round 21
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J Goard
554 $25 |
Rick Wong
679 $25 |
Susi Tiekert
547 $25 |
David Hermanson
480 $25 |
Andrea Bauman
485 $25 |
Margaret Hughes
565 $25 |
High Game Round 22
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Dave Wiegand
627 $25 |
John Olaughlin
523 $25 |
Joyce McFadden
587 $25 |
Heidi Kujac
557 $25 |
Gina DuMez
499 $25 |
Charles Evans
528 $25 |
High Game Round 23
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Michael Baker
594 $25 |
Joe Neff
551 $25 |
Ann Raymond
529 $25 |
Slade Sullivan
474 $25 |
Lois Greene
517 $25 |
John Jacobsen
530 $25 |
High Game Round 24
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Daniel Goldman
607 $25 |
Chani Katz
545 $25 |
Doug Brockmeier
513 $25 |
Joan Knobelsdorf
477 $25 |
Matthew Carter
548 $25 |
David Johnson
484 $25 |
High Game Round 25
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Jeremy Frank
560 $25 |
Matt Dickey
567 $25 |
Patrick Hodges
509 $25 |
Carl Warner
497 $25 |
Esther White
568 $25 |
Bob Godfrey
428 $25 |
High Game Round 26
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Marty Gabriel
527 $25 |
Larry Gradus
533 $25 |
Mark Goodman
482 $25 |
Will Cooper
&
Susan Hoehn
477 $25 |
Karen Moss
507 $25 |
Terry Kang
460 $25 |
High Game Round 27
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Evan Berofsky
560 $25 |
Joel Horn
557 $25 |
Nancy Johnson
533 $25 |
Helen Burns
552 $25 |
Barry Skoletsky
496 $25 |
Dolores Furye
493 $25 |
High Game Round 28
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Panupol Sujjayakorn
632 $25 |
Larry Sherman
535 $25 |
Rob Matthews
504 $25 |
Pat Kovalcheck
521 $25 |
Paul McCurdy
489 $25 |
Bob Antolak
447 $25 |
High Game Round 29
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J Goard
556 $25 |
Caesar Jaramillo
521 $25 |
Pat Yarnell
499 $25 |
Claudia Koczka
513 $25 |
Celia Lopez
494 $25 |
Neva Slater
479 $25 |
High Game Round 30
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Steve Tier
505 $25 |
Scott Pianowski
505 $25 |
Mark Penhallow
565 $25 |
Julie Lopez
&
Jeremy Simon
487 $25 |
Lois Greene
483 $25 |
Barbara Puky
484 $25 |
High Game Round 31
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Panupol Sujjayakorn
556 $25 |
Cynthia Seales
566 $25 |
Doug Brockmeier
571 $25 |
Jacqueline Stewart
483 $25 |
Maureen Kennerk
525 $25 |
Terry Kang
472 $25 |
High Loss Round 1
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Stuart Goldman
447 $25 |
Judy Horn
442 $25 |
Gretchen Cowan
439 $25 |
Ossie Mair
422 $25 |
Stella Russell
406 $25 |
Eunice Smith
368 $25 |
High Loss Round 2
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Kenji Matsumoto
441 $25 |
Alan Whitman
433 $25 |
James Abbott
421 $25 |
Barbara Gray
401 $25 |
Ken Louie
407 $25 |
Asif Rahman
378 $25 |
High Loss Round 3
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David Weisberg
496 $25 |
Ben Loiterstein
438 $25 |
Glenda Short
415 $25 |
Peter Dolgenos
428 $25 |
Brenda Smith
399 $25 |
Andre Ornish
386 $25 |
High Loss Round 4
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Robert Linn
446 $25 |
Adrian Mannella
454 $25 |
Charles Merlis
435 $25 |
Ellen Massey
405 $25 |
Ian Sharp
389 $25 |
Steven Ornish
&
Ruth Barr
370 $25 |
High Loss Round 5
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Chris Cree
433 $25 |
Larry Sherman
427 $25 |
Mark Penhallow
416 $25 |
Trish Baker
436 $25 |
Barry Skoletsky
431 $25 |
Robin Bowles
358 $25 |
High Loss Round 6
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Jim Peters
486 $25 |
Rick Wong
433 $25 |
Greg Heidler
434 $25 |
Ruth Sawyer
412 $25 |
Tracey Martin
381 $25 |
Jim Barker
372 $25 |
High Loss Round 7
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Charnwit Sumrattanaporn
476 $25 |
Scott Pianowski
454 $25 |
Mary A Lyons
435 $25 |
Gina Fassio
405 $25 |
Miriam Saldanha
380 $25 |
Dorothy Hackney
379 $25 |
High Loss Round 8
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Albert Hahn
441 $25 |
Diana Grosman
416 $25 |
Sally Starr
392 $25 |
Andrea Ladmer
402 $25 |
Brenda Werner
374 $25 |
Marjorie Bash
384 $25 |
High Loss Round 9
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John Karris
440 $25 |
Steve Grob
430 $25 |
Richard Johnson
427 $25 |
Kimberly Howard Johnson
419 $25 |
Craig Mobley
413 $25 |
Dion Saldanha
390 $25 |
High Loss Round 10
|
Alan Stern
&
Margaret Bauer Williams
455 $25 |
Danny Panganiban
416 $25 |
Paula Catanese
&
Charles Merlis
419 $25 |
Ben Gittes
406 $25 |
Maureen Kennerk
382 $25 |
Neva Slater
388 $25 |
High Loss Round 11
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Jakkrit Klaphajone
464 $25 |
Brian Williams
440 $25 |
Carl Davis
430 $25 |
Al Schanzer
398 $25 |
Joyce James
376 $25 |
Charlotte Bremond
395 $25 |
High Loss Round 12
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Randy Greenspan
416 $25 |
Jerry Scheiten
407 $25 |
Nancy Druskin
436 $25 |
Helen Burns
&
Susie Page
397 $25 |
Roger Cullman
417 $25 |
Geoff Tongue
395 $25 |
High Loss Round 13
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Matt Graham
440 $25 |
Adrian Mannella
421 $25 |
Paul Beusterien
442 $25 |
Rosetta Donelick
385 $25 |
Sylvia Sparkman
394 $25 |
Mike Benjamin
390 $25 |
High Loss Round 14
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Mark Fidler
423 $25 |
Chris Guilbert
405 $25 |
Isaac L Apindi
395 $25 |
Joyce Zmorzynski
423 $25 |
Frances Gross
422 $25 |
Bill Kinsella
379 $25 |
High Loss Round 15
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Paul Avrin
419 $25 |
Diane Firstman
419 $25 |
Woody Chen
417 $25 |
Paul Trachtenberg
421 $25 |
Scott McDougall
370 $25 |
Neva Slater
385 $25 |
High Loss Round 16
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Robert Felt
443 $25 |
Kay Patterson
442 $25 |
Sally Starr
423 $25 |
Jamila Atcha
391 $25 |
Burke Riley
392 $25 |
Sabrina Cassidy
385 $25 |
High Loss Round 17
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Walker Willingham
442 $25 |
Steve Glass
409 $25 |
Shannon Burns
402 $25 |
Jerry Dynes
399 $25 |
Maureen Kennerk
431 $25 |
Ron Barker
379 $25 |
High Loss Round 18
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J Goard
427 $25 |
Larry Gradus
434 $25 |
Thomas M Hall
420 $25 |
James Johnson
400 $25 |
Deborah Sapot
&
Ben Villanueva
388 $25 |
John Lauck
389 $25 |
High Loss Round 19
|
Sam Kantimathi
463 $25 |
Jonn Dalton
444 $25 |
Ann Raymond
412 $25 |
Jerry Dynes
414 $25 |
Julie Ellen Maria
401 $25 |
Ruth McCandless
380 $25 |
High Loss Round 20
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Tim Anglin
432 $25 |
Nancy Jessup
438 $25 |
Ember Nelson
425 $25 |
Joyce Zmorzynski
422 $25 |
Joyce James
381 $25 |
Jesse Cromer
394 $25 |
High Loss Round 21
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David Weisberg
457 $25 |
Matt DeWaelsche
409 $25 |
Joyce McFadden
475 $25 |
Mary M Gordon
420 $25 |
Lois Greene
393 $25 |
Maliha Mahmood
371 $25 |
High Loss Round 22
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Trey Wright
435 $25 |
Danny Panganiban
443 $25 |
Betty Burton
419 $25 |
Ralph King
450 $25 |
Frank Cracchiolo
393 $25 |
Don Austin
381 $25 |
High Loss Round 23
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Sam Kantimathi
462 $25 |
Harriette Lakernick
436 $25 |
Cindy Quinn
446 $25 |
Jo Anne Cohen
417 $25 |
Brian Knudson
388 $25 |
Dielle Saldanha
390 $25 |
High Loss Round 24
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J Goard
459 $25 |
Elaine Patterson
418 $25 |
Dennis Fenichel
444 $25 |
Barbara Lowrey
387 $25 |
Emilie Pandolfi
383 $25 |
Terry Kang
398 $25 |
High Loss Round 25
|
Bruce D Ambrosio
458 $25 |
Maddy Golob
437 $25 |
Thomas M Hall
423 $25 |
James Johnson
401 $25 |
Stephanie Steele
419 $25 |
Mary E Quigley
386 $25 |
High Loss Round 26
|
Lisa Odom
477 $25 |
Arun Methaset
409 $25 |
Pat Yarnell
418 $25 |
Judy Ford
432 $25 |
Todd Pfalzgraf
405 $25 |
Karen Lundeen
390 $25 |
High Loss Round 27
|
Cynthia Pughsley
467 $25 |
Ken Lambe
433 $25 |
Andrea Michaels
411 $25 |
Jeannie J Wilson
430 $25 |
Angelina Scroggins
&
Stella Russell
383 $25 |
Jeannette Nadler
360 $25 |
High Loss Round 28
|
Vince Castellano
442 $25 |
Brian Williams
426 $25 |
Isaac L Apindi
404 $25 |
Keith Smith
406 $25 |
Nick Carter
381 $25 |
Dielle Saldanha
373 $25 |
High Loss Round 29
|
Rita Norr
463 $25 |
Ben Loiterstein
426 $25 |
Gerri Martin
447 $25 |
Sarah King
391 $25 |
Sal Campo
407 $25 |
Elizabeth Angelone
395 $25 |
High Loss Round 30
|
Lynn Cushman
463 $25 |
Paul Holser
435 $25 |
Pat Yarnell
463 $25 |
Jan Parker
408 $25 |
Maureen Kennerk
380 $25 |
Karen Lundeen
370 $25 |
High Loss Round 31
|
Craig Rowland
442 $25 |
Richard Ganguet
416 $25 |
Mary Atwood
391 $25 |
Gina Fassio
399 $25 |
Brian Sebastian
397 $25 |
Jesse Cromer
361 $25 |
High Play (Sunday)
|
David Mallick
ANTIGENS (140)
vs. Brian Cappelletto
&
Joe Edley
DINETTES (140)
vs. Bob Lundegard
$25
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Dave Leifer
REACTING (158)
vs. Steve Jones
&
Helen Joffe
MARGENTS (158)
vs. Steve Grobe
$25
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$25
|
$25
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Penny Baker
QUIETERS (114)
$25
|
$25
|
High Play (Monday)
|
Evan Berofsky
RAPHIDES (212)
vs. Mark Fidler
$25
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Jeff Neff
THROWING (158)
vs. Ed Neugroschl
$25
|
$25
|
$25
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Ken Louie
AMORTISE (131)
$25
|
$25
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High Play (Tuesday)
|
Charnwit S.
RESTRIVE (149)
vs. Rod McNeil
$25
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Ron Howard
DEFINERS (167)
vs. Carl Stocker
$25
|
$25
|
$25
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Todd Pfalzgraf
SQUINTS (130)
$25
|
$25
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High Play (Wednesday)
|
Mike Baker
WINGLETS (176)
vs. John Terrell
$25
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Travis Cheney
DIORAMAS (149)
vs. Jeff Clark
$25
|
$25
|
$25
|
Irene Averell
SQUASHED (128)
$25
|
$25
|
High Play (Thursday)
|
Panupol S.
REOBTAIN (131)
$25
|
Fern Lindzon
SPILLERS (149)
vs. Jack Eichenbaum
$25
|
$25
|
$25
|
Seymour Zweigoron
REQUESTS (194)
vs. Brenda Werner
$25
|
$25
|
Best Strategic Play
|
$225
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