Pam Taylor-Bailey [#81] at 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Pam Taylor-Bailey, who is a contestant in Division 5 at the 2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship, held July 31st - August 5th in New Orleans, LA. This page is updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight CDT. Taylor-Bailey currently has a record of 14-16, -39, and is ranked #57 in Division 5.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player's past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player's ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player's opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Pam Surname(s): Taylor-Bailey Home: Calgary, AB, Canada Age: 36 Awards: I have appointed myself the Queen of Everything. Does that count? Hobbies: gardening, sewing, trying to find my keys Occupation: Stay-Home-Mom-Extraordinaire

Career History

5-year record against other players at this event	8.5-4.5 (0.654)
Past 1-12 months	7-3 (0.700)	WWW L WWW LL W
Past 13-24 months	1.5-1.5 (0.500)	TL W
Past 25-36 months	no games
Past 37-48 months	no games
Past 49-60 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 486 Average for: 355 Average against: 358
Round 1		Taylor-Bailey played #60 Marilyn Pomeroy (Whispering Pines, NC) and lost 312 to 413 (a spread of -101) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Pomeroy in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #79. Current record: 0-1, -101.
Round 2		Taylor-Bailey recorded a win with a spread of 52 points. Current ranking: #56. Current record: 1-1, -49.
Round 3		Taylor-Bailey played #17 Kathi Cann (Leitchfield, KY) and won 423 to 363 (a spread of 60) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Cann in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-1, +11.
Round 4		Taylor-Bailey played #42 Gail Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 351 to 347 (a spread of 4) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Linn in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-1, +15.
Round 5		Taylor-Bailey played #35 Darren Johnson (Bend, OR) and lost 344 to 349 (a spread of -5) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Johnson in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 3-2, +10.
Round 6		Taylor-Bailey played #92 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and lost 402 to 421 (a spread of -19) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Wood in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 3-3, -9.
Round 7		Taylor-Bailey played #12 Tracy Bowman (Chicago, IL) and won 382 to 362 (a spread of 20) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Bowman in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 4-3, +11.
Round 8		Taylor-Bailey played #67 Judy Romanenkov (San Francisco, CA) and won 479 to 259 (a spread of 220) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Romanenkov in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-3, +231.
Round 9		Taylor-Bailey played #18 Rachel Christensen (Seattle, WA) and won 408 to 320 (a spread of 88) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Christensen in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-3, +319.
Round 10		Taylor-Bailey played #44 Aaron McPhee (Centreville, VA) and lost 365 to 432 (a spread of -67) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played McPhee in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-4, +252.
Round 11		Taylor-Bailey played #32 Trish Harrop (Knoxville, TN) and won 298 to 293 (a spread of 5) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Harrop in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-4, +257.
Round 12		Taylor-Bailey played #14 Janet Buchbinder (Albuquerque, NM) and won 337 to 322 (a spread of 15) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Buchbinder in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-4, +272.
Round 13		Taylor-Bailey played #6 Ryan Barrett (Englewood, CO) and lost 336 to 404 (a spread of -68) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Barrett in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-5, +204.
Round 14		Taylor-Bailey played #31 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and lost 284 to 309 (a spread of -25) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Gupta in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +179.
Round 15		Taylor-Bailey played #74 William Snoddy (Asheville, NC) and won 436 to 309 (a spread of 127) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Snoddy in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-6, +306. Taylor-Bailey is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Taylor-Bailey is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 16		Taylor-Bailey played #8 Margaret Bee (Houston, TX) and won 486 to 360 (a spread of 126) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Bee in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-6, +432.
Round 17		Taylor-Bailey played #17 Kathi Cann (Leitchfield, KY) and lost 287 to 339 (a spread of -52) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Cann in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 10-7, +380.
Round 18		Taylor-Bailey played #84 Geoff Tongue (Tacoma, WA) and won 358 to 320 (a spread of 38) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Tongue in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #13. Current record: 11-7, +418.
Round 19		Taylor-Bailey played #28 Mike Garner (Taylor, MI) and lost 319 to 384 (a spread of -65) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Garner in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-8, +353.
Round 20		Taylor-Bailey played #7 Frances Bauer (London ON) and lost 314 to 395 (a spread of -81) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Bauer in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 11-9, +272.
Round 21		Taylor-Bailey played #5 Ron Barker (Portland, OR) and lost 322 to 386 (a spread of -64) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Barker in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-10, +208.
Round 22		Taylor-Bailey played #44 Aaron McPhee (Centreville, VA) and lost 372 to 424 (a spread of -52) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played McPhee in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 11-11, +156.
Round 23		Taylor-Bailey played #70 Bert Shankle (Astoria, NY) and lost 289 to 441 (a spread of -152) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Shankle in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 11-12, +4.
Round 24		Taylor-Bailey played #65 Fred III Rible (Durham, NC) and lost 267 to 411 (a spread of -144) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Rible in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 11-13, -140.
Round 25		Taylor-Bailey played #23 Charles Evans (Bartlett, TN) and won 412 to 373 (a spread of 39) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Evans in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 12-13, -101.
Round 26		Taylor-Bailey played #80 Jane Tacker (Sealy, TX) and won 456 to 250 (a spread of 206) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Tacker in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 13-13, +105.
Round 27		Taylor-Bailey played #51 Toni Nicholson (Asheville, NC) and lost 309 to 362 (a spread of -53) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Nicholson in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 13-14, +52.
Round 28		Taylor-Bailey played #30 Bruce Gram (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 299 to 374 (a spread of -75) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Gram in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #58. Current record: 13-15, -23.
Round 29		Taylor-Bailey played #60 Marilyn Pomeroy (Whispering Pines, NC) and lost 308 to 335 (a spread of -27) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Pomeroy in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #62. Current record: 13-16, -50.
Round 30		Taylor-Bailey played #86 Marina A. Villena (San Pablo, CA) and won 337 to 326 (a spread of 11) . Before this event, Taylor-Bailey had not played Villena in at least 5 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 14-16, -39.

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