NSC 2008: Trip Payne [#70]

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On this page, you will find information about Trip Payne, 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 17-11, +957, and is ranked #13 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 Trip Payne]

Given name(s): Trip
Surname(s): Payne
Home: Boca Raton, FL, United States
Awards: American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion (93, 98, 04); first 32K winner on WWTBAM; featured in the movie Wordplay.
Hobbies: Puzzles, pinball
Occupation: Puzzlemaker
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 52/126, 16-15 +94
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 82/98, 12-19 -381
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 51/87, 13.5-14.5 -876
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 19/76, 16-12 -74

Round by Round
High score: 551 Average for: 411 Average against: 377
Round 1		Payne played #31 Steve Glass (Dade City, FL) and won 400 to 395 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-0, +5.
Round 2		Payne played #61 Nick Meyer (Berkeley, CA) and won 441 to 398 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 2-0, +48.
Round 3		Payne played #85 Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY) and lost 348 to 420 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 2-1, -24.
Round 4		Payne played #49 Rose Kreiswirth (East Northport, NY) and won 495 to 273 (a spread of 222). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-1, +198.
Round 5		Payne played #34 Steve Grob (Fenton, MI) and won 507 to 271 (a spread of 236). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +434.
Round 6		Payne played #105 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 423 to 359 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-1, +498.
Round 7		Payne played #43 Maddy Kamen (Covina, CA) and won 401 to 347 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-1, +552.
Round 8		Payne played #32 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and won 551 to 397 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 7-1, +706. Payne is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Payne played #18 Cesar Del Solar (Pasadena, CA) and lost 288 to 434 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-2, +560.
Round 10		Payne played #45 Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and won 457 to 327 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-2, +690.
Round 11		Payne played #7 Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ) and lost 385 to 427 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +648.
Round 12		Payne played #103 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) and lost 361 to 419 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-4, +590.
Round 13		Payne played #73 Nigel Peltier (Seattle, WA) and lost 420 to 433 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-5, +577.
Round 14		Payne played #82 Jeff Reeves (Woodworth, LA) and won 427 to 307 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-5, +697.
Round 15		Payne played #40 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) and won 396 to 328 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-5, +765.
Round 16		Payne played #60 Rahn McKeown (Pittsboro, NC) and lost 351 to 415 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-6, +701.
Round 17		Payne played #10 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and lost 300 to 426 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-7, +575. Payne is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Payne played #57 Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) and won 420 to 418 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-7, +577.
Round 19		Payne played #102 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and won 456 to 323 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 12-7, +710.
Round 20		Payne played #78 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 439 to 354 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 13-7, +795.
Round 21		Payne played #14 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 366 to 482 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-8, +679.
Round 22		Payne played #101 Ron Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) and won 480 to 329 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-8, +830.
Round 23		Payne played #64 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) and lost 390 to 395 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-9, +825.
Round 24		Payne played #97 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and won 420 to 411 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-9, +834.
Round 25		Payne played #23 Paul Epstein (Keego Harbor, MI) and won 408 to 360 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-9, +882.
Round 26		Payne played #103 Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) again and lost 343 to 436 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-10, +789.
Round 27		Payne played #3 Peter Armstrong (Milwaukee, WI) and lost 368 to 372 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16-11, +785.
Round 28		Payne played #1 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and won 475 to 303 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 17-11, +957.

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