NSC 2008: Marty Gabriel [#28]

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On this page, you will find information about Marty Gabriel, who is competing at the 2008 National SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 14.5-13.5, -318, and is ranked #47 in Division 1.

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

[photo of Marty Gabriel]

Given name(s): Marty
Surname(s): Gabriel
Home: Charleston, IL, United States
Awards: Touch Football All-American (nine times); National Touch Football League championship team member (seven times); two 700+ games at club; 128 consecutive free throws made
Hobbies: golf, basketball, softball, tennis, pool, ping pong, birds
Occupation: Retired
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 99/126, 13-18 -283
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 36/98, 17-14 -9
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 65/132, 16-15 -442
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 95/172, 14.5-15.5 +285
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 46/87, 14-14 -272
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 33/76, 14.5-13.5 -416

Round by Round
High score: 582 Average for: 395 Average against: 406
Round 1		Gabriel played #16 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and won 582 to 349 (a spread of 233). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 1-0, +233.
Round 2		Gabriel played #59 Jesse Matthews (Kelowna BC) and won 407 to 351 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-0, +289.
Round 3		Gabriel played #40 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) and lost 335 to 468 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-1, +156.
Round 4		Gabriel played #100 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and won 513 to 384 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-1, +285.
Round 5		Gabriel played #57 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and won 354 to 313 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-1, +326.
Round 6		Gabriel played #34 Steve Grob (Fenton, MI) and lost 396 to 454 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-2, +268.
Round 7		Gabriel played #23 Paul Epstein (Keego Harbor, MI) and won 512 to 321 (a spread of 191). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +459.
Round 8		Gabriel played #10 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and lost 321 to 386 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-3, +394.
Round 9		Gabriel played #46 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 434 to 340 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-3, +488.
Round 10		Gabriel played #105 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 397 to 406 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-4, +479.
Round 11		Gabriel played #73 Nigel Peltier (Seattle, WA) and lost 205 to 511 (a spread of -306). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 6-5, +173.
Round 12		Gabriel played #56 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 389 to 358 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 7-5, +204.
Round 13		Gabriel played #78 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 483 to 365 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-5, +322.
Round 14		Gabriel played #67 Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 430 to 432 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 8-6, +320.
Round 15		Gabriel played #74 Webster Phillips (Montclair, NJ) and lost 394 to 514 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 8-7, +200.
Round 16		Gabriel played #54 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 316 to 488 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 8-8, +28.
Round 17		Gabriel played #102 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 289 to 526 (a spread of -237). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8-9, -209.
Round 18		Gabriel played #5 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and lost 371 to 391 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 8-10, -229.
Round 19		Gabriel played #62 Mark Milan (Laguna Niguel, CA) and lost 347 to 540 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 8-11, -422.
Round 20		Gabriel played #91 Lester Schonbrun (Oakland, CA) and tied at 477. Current ranking: #82. Current record: 8.5-11.5, -422.
Round 21		Gabriel played #63 Louie Muller (Newcastle, CA) and won 357 to 336 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9.5-11.5, -401.
Round 22		Gabriel played #81 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 433 to 384 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 10.5-11.5, -352.
Round 23		Gabriel played #20 Michael Early (Forth Worth, TX) and lost 315 to 489 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 10.5-12.5, -526.
Round 24		Gabriel played #82 Jeff Reeves (Woodworth, LA) and won 409 to 371 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 11.5-12.5, -488.
Round 25		Gabriel played #53 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 332 to 341 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 11.5-13.5, -497.
Round 26		Gabriel played #85 Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY) and won 459 to 414 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 12.5-13.5, -452.
Round 27		Gabriel played #25 Daniel Fogel (Newton, MA) and won 370 to 299 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 13.5-13.5, -381.
Round 28		Gabriel played #56 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) again and won 435 to 372 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 14.5-13.5, -318.

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