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October 3–5, 2008
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BAST 2008: Steve Tier [#33]
On this page, you will find information about Steve Tier, 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 8-7, +260, and is ranked #17 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): Steve Surname(s): Tier Home: New York, NY, United States Awards: Long Island Science Teacher of the Year; 2002-07 Albany, NY Hobbies: crossword puzzles Occupation: Teacher NSC 1989 Division: 1 NSC 1989 Rank: 74/149, 13-14 +319 NSC 1989 Division: 1 NSC 1989 Rank: 74/149, 13-14 +319 NSC 1990 Division: 1 NSC 1990 Rank: 41/176, 16-11 +25 NSC 1992 Division: 1 NSC 1992 Rank: 115/176, 12-15 +121 NSC 1994 Division: 1 NSC 1994 Rank: 6/134, 18-9 +1242 NSC 1996 Division: 1 NSC 1996 Rank: 74/108, 12-15 -107 NSC 1998 Division: 1 NSC 1998 Rank: 103/126, 13-18 -484 NSC 2000 Division: 2 NSC 2000 Rank: 85/105, 13-18 -183 NSC 2002 Division: 1 NSC 2002 Rank: 27/132, 18-13 +381 NSC 2004 Division: 1 NSC 2004 Rank: 25/172, 18-12 +754 NSC 2005 Division: 1 NSC 2005 Rank: 48/87, 14-14 -701 USSO 2006 Division: 1 USSO 2006 Rank: 60/76, 12-16 -484 |
![[photo of Steve Tier]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/t/tier_steve.jpg)
| Round by Round | ||
|---|---|---|
High score: 522 | ||
| Round 1 |
| Tier played #27 Brian Bailey (Rockville, MD) and won 522 to 353 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +169. Tier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 2 |
| Tier played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and lost 358 to 385 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 1-1, +142. |
| Round 3 |
| Tier played #41 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and lost 421 to 451 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-2, +112. |
| Round 4 |
| Tier played #21 Aaron Bader (Cambridge, MA) and lost 349 to 472 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-3, -11. |
| Round 5 |
| Tier played #15 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and won 435 to 397 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-3, +27. |
| Round 6 |
| Tier played #31 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and lost 376 to 379 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-4, +24. |
| Round 7 |
| Tier played #35 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 426 to 326 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-4, +124. |
| Round 8 |
| Tier played #7 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 423 to 313 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-4, +234. |
| Round 9 |
| Tier played #26 Larry Sherman (Bronx, NY) and won 361 to 345 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-4, +250. |
| Round 10 |
| Tier played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and won 314 to 263 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-4, +301. |
| Round 11 |
| Tier played #20 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and won 418 to 346 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-4, +373. |
| Round 12 |
| Tier played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and lost 368 to 415 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 7-5, +326. Tier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
| Round 13 |
| Tier played #8 Stefan Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 487 to 330 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +483. |
| Round 14 |
| Tier played #16 John Viloria (New York, NY) and lost 260 to 482 (a spread of -222). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-6, +261. |
| Round 15 |
| Tier played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and lost 389 to 390 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 8-7, +260. Tier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
![[photo of Brian Bailey]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/b/bailey_brian.jpg)
![[photo of Evan Berofsky]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/b/berofsky_evan.jpg)
![[photo of Frank Tangredi]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/t/tangredi_frank_2.jpg)
![[photo of Aaron Bader]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/b/bader_aaron.jpg)
![[photo of Joel Horn]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/h/horn_joel.jpg)
![[photo of Sal Piro]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/p/piro_sal.jpeg)
![[photo of Steve Oliger]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/o/oliger_steve1.jpg)
![[photo of Brian Bowman]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/b/bowman_brian.jpg)
![[photo of Larry Sherman]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/sherman_larry.jpeg)
![[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 Sam Rosin]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/r/rosin_sam_2.jpg)
![[photo of Stefan Rau]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/r/rau_stephan.jpg)
![[photo of John Viloria]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/v/viloria_john.jpeg)
![[photo of Debbie Stegman]](http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/players/s/stegman_debbie.jpg)