October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Joe Weinike [#19]

On this page, you will find information about Joe Weinike, 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 5-10, -653, and is ranked #39 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 Joe Weinike]

Given name(s): Joe
Surname(s): Weinike
Home: New York, NY, United States
Awards: 2001-10 Shelton CT; 2003-10 Stamford, CT; 2003-12 Shelton, CT
NSC 1985 Division: 1
NSC 1985 Rank: 64/302, 13-9 +476
NSC 1987 Division: 1
NSC 1987 Rank: 111, 12-9 +151
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 57/149, 14-13 +857
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 57/149, 14-13 +857
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 55/176, 15-12 +230
NSC 1992 Division: 1
NSC 1992 Rank: 98/176, 13-14 +32
NSC 1994 Division: 1
NSC 1994 Rank: 22/134, 15-11 +343
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 19/126, 18-13 +1006
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 57/98, 15-16 -44

Round by Round
High score: 452 Average for: 361 Average against: 404
Round 1		Weinike played #28 Joseph Gaspard (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 279 to 496 (a spread of -217). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 0-1, -217.
Round 2		Weinike played #34 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and won 438 to 337 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-1, -116.
Round 3		Weinike played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and won 387 to 364 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, -93.
Round 4		Weinike played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 394 to 410 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-2, -109.
Round 5		Weinike played #6 Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) and lost 359 to 379 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2-3, -129.
Round 6		Weinike played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 330 to 407 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-4, -206.
Round 7		Weinike played #11 Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) and lost 280 to 524 (a spread of -244). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-5, -450. Weinike is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Weinike played #27 Brian Bailey (Rockville, MD) and lost 281 to 374 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-6, -543.
Round 9		Weinike played #25 Mitchell Brook (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 378 to 488 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 2-7, -653.
Round 10		Weinike played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and won 452 to 406 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 3-7, -607.
Round 11		Weinike played #5 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) and lost 326 to 430 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-8, -711.
Round 12		Weinike played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 445 to 276 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 4-8, -542.
Round 13		Weinike played #36 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and lost 358 to 369 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 4-9, -553.
Round 14		Weinike played #37 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 362 to 325 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 5-9, -516.
Round 15		Weinike played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) again and lost 343 to 480 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 5-10, -653.

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