October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Phil Wertheimer [#8]

On this page, you will find information about Phil Wertheimer, 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, +1007, and is ranked #2 in Division 2.

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): Phil Surname(s): Wertheimer Home: Short Hills, NJ, United States Occupation: High School Student

Round by Round
High score: 586 Average for: 447 Average against: 380
Round 1		Wertheimer played #21 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and won 400 to 303 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 1-0, +97.
Round 2		Wertheimer played #30 Jeremy Jeffers (Milford, CT) and lost 372 to 428 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-1, +41.
Round 3		Wertheimer played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and lost 363 to 396 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-2, +8.
Round 4		Wertheimer played #20 Jeremy Hall (Stamford, CT) and won 448 to 389 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-2, +67.
Round 5		Wertheimer played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) and won 452 to 415 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-2, +104.
Round 6		Wertheimer played #4 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 436 to 409 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-2, +131.
Round 7		Wertheimer played #17 Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX) and won 474 to 281 (a spread of 193). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-2, +324. Wertheimer is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Wertheimer played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 509 to 337 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-2, +496.
Round 9		Wertheimer played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) and lost 437 to 441 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-3, +492.
Round 10		Wertheimer played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and won 462 to 420 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-3, +534.
Round 11		Wertheimer played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 378 to 484 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-4, +428.
Round 12		Wertheimer played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and won 442 to 394 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-4, +476. Wertheimer is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Wertheimer played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and won 586 to 362 (a spread of 224). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-4, +700.
Round 14		Wertheimer played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) again and won 451 to 332 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-4, +819.
Round 15		Wertheimer played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) again and won 499 to 311 (a spread of 188). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-4, +1007.

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