October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Jason Keller [#23]

On this page, you will find information about Jason Keller, 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 7-8, -77, and is ranked #20 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): Jason Surname(s): Keller Home: Piscataway, NJ, United States Occupation: Graduate Student

Round by Round
High score: 498 Average for: 369 Average against: 374
Round 1		Keller played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and lost 357 to 427 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 0-1, -70.
Round 2		Keller played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and lost 311 to 417 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 0-2, -176.
Round 3		Keller played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) and lost 319 to 443 (a spread of -124). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 0-3, -300.
Round 4		Keller played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 282 to 352 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 0-4, -370.
Round 5		Keller played #27 Kendrick Lo (Toronto ON) and won 374 to 297 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-4, -293.
Round 6		Keller played #25 Christine Economos (New York, NY) and won 481 to 316 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-4, -128.
Round 7		Keller played #2 Jill Turney (North Vancouver BC) and won 428 to 348 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-4, -48.
Round 8		Keller played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 348 to 369 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-5, -69.
Round 9		Keller played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and lost 292 to 403 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-6, -180. Keller is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Keller played #20 Jeremy Hall (Stamford, CT) and lost 299 to 423 (a spread of -124). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-7, -304.
Round 11		Keller played #24 Mary Ellen Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 399 to 308 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 4-7, -213.
Round 12		Keller played #26 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 404 to 348 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 5-7, -157.
Round 13		Keller played #21 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and lost 348 to 384 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-8, -193.
Round 14		Keller played #4 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 392 to 386 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-8, -187. Keller is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Keller played #27 Kendrick Lo (Toronto ON) again and won 498 to 388 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-8, -77.

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