NSC 2009: Gerry Smith [#82]

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On this page, you will find information about Gerry Smith, who is competing at the 2009 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 12-19, -478, and is ranked #82 in Division 2.

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): Gerry Surname(s): Smith Home: Cincinnati, OH, USA Hobbies: Books Occupation: Teacher

Round by Round
High score: 521 Average for: 382 Average against: 398
Round 1		Smith played #15 Tyler Hannan (Winchester, KY) and lost 348 to 534 (a spread of -186). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 0-1, -186.
Round 2		Smith played #37 Amnon Igra (Sacramento, CA) and won 413 to 361 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 1-1, -134.
Round 3		Smith played #54 Ray Helle (St. Louis, MO) and won 437 to 338 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 2-1, -35.
Round 4		Smith played #42 David Weiss (Billings, MT) and lost 352 to 393 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 2-2, -76.
Round 5		Smith played #73 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 372 to 369 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 3-2, -73.
Round 6		Smith played #36 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) and lost 376 to 438 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 3-3, -135.
Round 7		Smith played #58 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and lost 271 to 404 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 3-4, -268.
Round 8		Smith played #61 Lisa Slankard (Arlington Heights, IL) and lost 328 to 386 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 3-5, -326.
Round 9		Smith played #75 Victor Li (Columbia, SC) and lost 372 to 424 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 3-6, -378.
Round 10		Smith played #34 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and lost 382 to 448 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 3-7, -444.
Round 11		Smith played #31 Scott Garner (Champaign, IL) and lost 252 to 519 (a spread of -267). Current ranking: #86. Current record: 3-8, -711.
Round 12		Smith played #56 Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC) and lost 358 to 402 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 3-9, -755.
Round 13		Smith played #88 Brenda Casey (Guilford, CT) and won 413 to 343 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 4-9, -685.
Round 14		Smith played #84 Lorraine Burton (Baltimore, MD) and won 386 to 368 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 5-9, -667.
Round 15		Smith played #17 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and won 437 to 338 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 6-9, -568.
Round 16		Smith played #80 Mary Krizan (Hastings, MN) and lost 377 to 447 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 6-10, -638.
Round 17		Smith played #26 Bob Enszer (Saginaw, MI) and lost 332 to 379 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #85. Current record: 6-11, -685.
Round 18		Smith played #69 Mark Gooley (Hawthorne, FL) and lost 388 to 414 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 6-12, -711.
Round 19		Smith played #81 Arline Silverman (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) and won 426 to 392 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 7-12, -677.
Round 20		Smith played #52 Yolanda Ushry (McDonough, GA) and lost 364 to 431 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 7-13, -744.
Round 21		Smith played #89 Jacqueline Camper (Memphis, TN) and won 467 to 349 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 8-13, -626.
Round 22		Smith played #87 Ronnie Thomas (Bethesda, MD) and won 487 to 377 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 9-13, -516.
Round 23		Smith played #66 Frank Lee (Cincinnati, OH) and won 391 to 372 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 10-13, -497.
Round 24		Smith played #51 Katie Devanney (Paoli, PA) and lost 390 to 466 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #74. Current record: 10-14, -573.
Round 25		Smith played #78 T C Houlgate-West (San Luis Obispo, CA) and won 521 to 348 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 11-14, -400.
Round 26		Smith played #13 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 346 to 401 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 11-15, -455.
Round 27		Smith played #28 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and lost 355 to 404 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 11-16, -504.
Round 28		Smith played #70 Mary Ellen Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and lost 380 to 390 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #81. Current record: 11-17, -514.
Round 29		Smith played #57 Juraj Pivovarov (Calgary AB) and lost 349 to 397 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 11-18, -562.
Round 30		Smith played #77 Cheryl Cadieux (Bay City, MI) and lost 328 to 361 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 11-19, -595.
Round 31		Smith played #80 Mary Krizan (Hastings, MN) again and won 454 to 337 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 12-19, -478.

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