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Photos: 2007 Big Apple ST: Round 2

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Caption List

• The wonders of computer pairing! Round 3 pairings up while round 2 is in action.
• Black and orange event Protiles with a burlap tilebag by a Zyzzyva-equipped laptop.
• Marie Puma (Shoreham, NY) takes time to smile during her game with the apple-eating Terry Kang Rau (Newington, CT).
• David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) vs. Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and Richard Ferrara (Farmingdale, NY) vs. Andrea Michaels (San Francisco, CA).
• Newlywed Steve Sikorski (Shoreham, NY) sharing notes with Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC), who is not his wife!
• Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and Annette Bailey (Town Withheld, CT) concentrate intensely.
• It's a head-holding game: Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) vs. Nicholas Fall (Napanee ON).
• Ready for the fire alarm with jacket and bookbag already equipped, Ankor Rai (Unknown city, NY) plays Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY). Ankor plays upside down!
• Elaine Berel (New York, NY) is challenged on her try of REHIDE*. Score an extra turn for Justin Kazmark (Philadelphia, PA).
• Edward Moran (Brooklyn, NY) vs. Jean Lithgow (Manhattan, NY).
• Susi Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) is delighted to be hugged by Sal Piro, a longtime New York expert player who couldn't play this tournament due to his recovery from surgery.
• Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) vs. Audrey Tumbarello (Brooklyn, NY).
• Merrill Kaitz (Amesbury, MA) vs. Jeremy Cahnmann (Chicago, IL). I may need to take these tiles away from Jeremy..... holy clashing, Batman!
• Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) is readying to take on Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) at the annotated table 1.
• Ira Freehof and his restaurant staff have been bringing in fresh desserts to share with the players after round 3 finishes.
• Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) vs. Joe Weinike (New York, NY).