Scrabble Adventures

Ugh.  What a crappy finish.  After three days, I had a chance at a decent finish, but on the final day, I ran into some very tough tiles and finished 2-5 for the day.  My final result was 15-13 good for 43rd place.

I’m going to take a few days to review my games on Quakle and will post the entire set of games (probably in sets of seven).

Next year is the Player’s Championship at Dayton, Ohio and I’m thinking of attending. Guess I’ll need some time to get over all of the losses and prepare a study schedule.

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After yesterday’s very successful day, I was expecting some greater challenges as I would be facing higher rated opponents who are playing very well.

I finished the day with a 4-3 record to bring my overall total to 13-8 for 21st place (personal stats page).  We have the final seven games tomorrow and I have an outside shot at a top 10 finish.  In all honesty, I played some of my best Scrabble during the final two games that I lost:

• In one game, I was down by over 170 points but managed to claw back to about 30 with a play of REmIXED (115 points).  Then I got a bit unfortunate with the tiles and couldn’t get the win.  Nevertheless, I made some great plays to keep even a sliver of a chance.
• In my two games against Jason Keller, I played great (actually we both played verygood games in both games), but only managed to eke out one win.  Both games were very enjoyable with a high degree of skill (in my opinion).

I have a bit of a headache, so I think I’m going to relax a bit, maybe sit by the pool, and enjoy the time in Florida.

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After a challenging first day, I wasn’t sure what to expect for day two.  For some reason, today was felt very long, even during the morning session.  My challenge was trying to stay focused and awake.

Nevertheless, I had a good day and finished with a record of 6-1, bringing my overall record to 9-5 good for 18th place by the end of the day.  I found out there was a player in my division who was undefeated for most of the day, but is currently at 13-1 with a huge spread.

Tomorrow’s another day and I hope to continue my streak of good play.

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I finished the first day with a record of 3 – 4.  Not bad considering I haven’t studied in quite a while.  I was just happy with the mental break from work.  Tiger Woods is known to say that you "can’t win on the first day, but you can LOSE a tournament on the first day".  I think that type of thinking applies here.  I’m not in the best of shape, but there are still quite  few games yet to be played.

The first few games were tough as I was not getting good tiles.  In fact, I believe I played very well given the tiles I had – I just couldn’t keep up in the end.  Nevertheless, tomorrow is another day.

Just a quick shout-out to a few top performers:

• Ben Lam: 6-1 in division 3
• Chris Bonin: 6-1 in division 4

You can find live coverage of the entire event here with more details on the standings here. My personal stats are found here.

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