October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Jesse Day [#11]

On this page, you will find information about Jesse Day, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 11-4, +856, and is ranked #1 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
	Given name(s): Jesse Surname(s): Day Home: New Haven, CT, United States Awards: Div. D, Stamford 2005; Div. C, Cape Cod 2005; continued survival Hobbies: Games, Music, Reading, Frisbee, Random trivia Occupation: Student NSC 2005 Division: 5 NSC 2005 Rank: 6/93, 18-10 +1492 USSO 2006 Division: 2 USSO 2006 Rank: 23/102, 16-12 +445

Round by Round
High score: 524 Average for: 432 Average against: 375
Round 1		Day played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and won 465 to 307 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 1-0, +158.
Round 2		Day played #42 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and won 449 to 377 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +230.
Round 3		Day played #2 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 415 to 463 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-1, +182.
Round 4		Day played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 347 to 489 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 2-2, +40. Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Day played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 356 to 446 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-3, -50.
Round 6		Day played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 473 to 296 (a spread of 177). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-3, +127.
Round 7		Day played #19 Joe Weinike (New York, NY) and won 524 to 280 (a spread of 244). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-3, +371. Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Day played #39 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 478 to 405 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-3, +444.
Round 9		Day played #16 John Viloria (New York, NY) and won 417 to 327 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-3, +534.
Round 10		Day played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and won 385 to 354 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-3, +565.
Round 11		Day played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 434 to 430 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-3, +569. Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Day played #10 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and won 459 to 320 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +708. Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Day played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and won 458 to 408 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 10-3, +758.
Round 14		Day played #13 Kate Fukawa-Connelly (Waltham, MA) and won 476 to 277 (a spread of 199). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-3, +957. Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Day played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) again and lost 348 to 449 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-4, +856. Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
After the Tournament		Day is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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