October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Richard Popper [#9]

On this page, you will find information about Richard Popper, 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 12-3, +585, and is ranked #1 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): Richard Surname(s): Popper Home: Wilmington, DE, United States Awards: First Division C, Stamford, May 2004 Hobbies: Bridge Occupation: Attorney NSC 2004 Division: 3 NSC 2004 Rank: 118/169, 13-17 +94 NSC 2005 Division: 3 NSC 2005 Rank: 41/134, 15-13 +904 USSO 2006 Division: 2 USSO 2006 Rank: 30/102, 16-12 -408

Round by Round
High score: 512 Average for: 415 Average against: 376
Round 1		Popper played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and won 377 to 287 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 1-0, +90.
Round 2		Popper played #26 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 425 to 316 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +199.
Round 3		Popper played #2 Jill Turney (North Vancouver BC) and won 439 to 343 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +295.
Round 4		Popper played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and won 431 to 395 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 4-0, +331. Popper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Popper played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 504 to 399 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-0, +436.
Round 6		Popper played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 412 to 390 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-0, +458.
Round 7		Popper played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) and won 406 to 357 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 7-0, +507.
Round 8		Popper played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and won 437 to 396 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 8-0, +548. Popper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Popper played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 332 to 440 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 8-1, +440. Popper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Popper played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and lost 420 to 462 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 8-2, +398.
Round 11		Popper played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 417 to 396 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 9-2, +419. Popper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Popper played #12 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and won 419 to 316 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 10-2, +522. Popper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Popper played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) again and lost 293 to 514 (a spread of -221). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-3, +301.
Round 14		Popper played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) again and won 398 to 346 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 11-3, +353.
Round 15		Popper played #18 Ben Schoenbrun (Ardsley, NY) for the third time and won 512 to 280 (a spread of 232). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 12-3, +585. Popper is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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