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October 3–5, 2008
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BAST 2008: Paul Avrin [#32]
On this page, you will find information about Paul Avrin, 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 9-6, -344, and is ranked #12 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): Paul Surname(s): Avrin Home: New York, NY, United States Awards: 2001-10 Lancaster PA; 2004-05 Piscataway, NY; has lowest NSA membership number (50) Hobbies: travel, sports, gym Occupation: retired HS math teacher NSC 1978 Division: 1 NSC 1978 Rank: 27/65, 142.0 credits NSC 1985 Division: 1 NSC 1985 Rank: 57/302, 13-9 +681 NSC 1987 Division: 1 NSC 1987 Rank: 50, 13-8 +73 NSC 1989 Division: 1 NSC 1989 Rank: 135/149, 10-17 -508 NSC 1989 Division: 1 NSC 1989 Rank: 135/149, 10-17 -508 NSC 1990 Division: 1 NSC 1990 Rank: 60/176, 15-12 -58 NSC 1992 Division: 1 NSC 1992 Rank: 23/176, 17-10 +93 NSC 1994 Division: 1 NSC 1994 Rank: 97/134, 12-15 -147 NSC 1996 Division: 2 NSC 1996 Rank: 15/106, 17-10 +221 NSC 1998 Division: 1 NSC 1998 Rank: 94/126, 14-17 -719 NSC 2000 Division: 2 NSC 2000 Rank: 49/105, 16-15 +30 NSC 2002 Division: 1 NSC 2002 Rank: 96/132, 14-17 -603 NSC 2004 Division: 1 NSC 2004 Rank: 133/172, 13-17 -478 NSC 2005 Division: 1 NSC 2005 Rank: 83/87, 10-18 -627 USSO 2006 Division: 2 USSO 2006 Rank: 56/102, 14-14 -604 WSC 1995 Rank: 42 |
![[photo of Paul Avrin]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/a/avrin_paul_3.jpg)
| Round by Round | ||
|---|---|---|
High score: 468 | ||
| Round 1 |
| Avrin played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 278 to 528 (a spread of -250). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 0-1, -250. Avrin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 2 |
| Avrin played #18 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 394 to 355 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-1, -211. |
| Round 3 |
| Avrin played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and won 419 to 280 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-1, -72. |
| Round 4 |
| Avrin played #20 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and lost 326 to 423 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 2-2, -169. |
| Round 5 |
| Avrin played #22 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and won 416 to 375 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-2, -128. Avrin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 6 |
| Avrin played #40 Marjorie Schoneboom (Deer Park, NY) and won 468 to 442 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-2, -102. |
| Round 7 |
| Avrin played #26 Larry Sherman (Bronx, NY) and won 454 to 444 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, -92. |
| Round 8 |
| Avrin played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and lost 365 to 381 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-3, -108. |
| Round 9 |
| Avrin played #30 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and won 408 to 352 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, -52. Avrin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 10 |
| Avrin played #1 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and lost 330 to 371 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6-4, -93. |
| Round 11 |
| Avrin played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 424 to 415 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-4, -84. Avrin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 12 |
| Avrin played #21 Aaron Bader (Cambridge, MA) and lost 281 to 593 (a spread of -312). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-5, -396. Avrin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 13 |
| Avrin played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 378 to 326 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-5, -344. |
| Round 14 |
| Avrin played #23 Ben Dweck (Brooklyn, NY) and won 451 to 387 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, -280. |
| Round 15 |
| Avrin played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 405 to 469 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-6, -344. |
![[photo of Robin Pollock Daniel]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/d/daniel_robin.jpg)
![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
![[photo of Jason Idalski]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/i/idalski_jason_2.jpg)
![[photo of Cecilia Le]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/l/le_cecilia.jpg)
![[photo of Jeremy Frank]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/f/frank_jeremy.jpeg)
![[photo of Marjorie Schoneboom]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/schoneboom_marjorie.jpeg)
![[photo of Larry Sherman]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/sherman_larry.jpeg)
![[photo of Sam Rosin]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/r/rosin_sam_2.jpg)
![[photo of Seth Lipkin]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/l/lipkin_seth.jpg)
![[photo of Matt Graham]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/g/graham_matt.jpg)
![[photo of Eric Goldstein]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/g/goldstein_eric_2.jpg)
![[photo of Aaron Bader]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/b/bader_aaron.jpg)
![[photo of Debbie Stegman]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/stegman_debbie.jpg)
![[photo of Ben Dweck]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/d/dweck_ben_2.jpg)
![[photo of Scott Appel]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/a/appel_scott.jpeg)