October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Brian Bailey [#27]

On this page, you will find information about Brian Bailey, 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, -610, and is ranked #38 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): Brian Surname(s): Bailey Home: Rockville, MD, United States Hobbies: Travel, visiting all 390 National Park units Occupation: Biomedical technology transfer specialist USSO 2006 Division: 4 USSO 2006 Rank: 16/116, 17-11 +253

Round by Round
High score: 461 Average for: 366 Average against: 407
Round 1		Bailey played #33 Steve Tier (New York, NY) and lost 353 to 522 (a spread of -169). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 0-1, -169. Bailey is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Bailey played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 426 to 564 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 0-2, -307. Bailey is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Bailey played #20 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and won 423 to 364 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 1-2, -248.
Round 4		Bailey played #39 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and lost 345 to 420 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 1-3, -323.
Round 5		Bailey played #36 Diane Firstman (Forest Hills, NY) and lost 323 to 409 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 1-4, -409.
Round 6		Bailey played #29 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 461 to 288 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 2-4, -236.
Round 7		Bailey played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and lost 266 to 423 (a spread of -157). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 2-5, -393.
Round 8		Bailey played #19 Joe Weinike (New York, NY) and won 374 to 281 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-5, -300.
Round 9		Bailey played #5 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) and lost 296 to 489 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 3-6, -493.
Round 10		Bailey played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 387 to 403 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 3-7, -509.
Round 11		Bailey played #25 Mitchell Brook (Philadelphia, PA) and won 379 to 348 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-7, -478.
Round 12		Bailey played #42 Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) and lost 392 to 400 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-8, -486.
Round 13		Bailey played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and lost 346 to 385 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-9, -525.
Round 14		Bailey played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 417 to 347 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-9, -455.
Round 15		Bailey played #34 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and lost 301 to 456 (a spread of -155). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 5-10, -610.

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