October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Marie Puma [#8]

On this page, you will find information about Marie Puma, 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, +163, and is ranked #16 in Division 3.

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): Marie Surname(s): Puma Home: Shoreham, NY, United States Awards: Hobbies: Occupation: actor NSC 2004 Division: 2 NSC 2004 Rank: 114/139, 13-17 -657

Round by Round
High score: 487 Average for: 377 Average against: 366
Round 1		Puma played #38 Meg Wolitzer (New York, NY) and lost 336 to 404 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 0-1, -68. Puma is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Puma played #26 Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY) and won 345 to 321 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-1, -44.
Round 3		Puma played #21 Jo Anne Cohen (Montgomery, NY) and lost 338 to 383 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-2, -89.
Round 4		Puma played #23 Judy Cole (Concord, MA) and won 438 to 352 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-2, -3.
Round 5		Puma played #32 Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) and won 487 to 270 (a spread of 217). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 3-2, +214.
Round 6		Puma played #43 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 360 to 322 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-2, +252.
Round 7		Puma played #36 Brett Constantine (Florence, MA) and lost 396 to 444 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-3, +204. Puma is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Puma played #3 Paul Olenick (High Bridge, NJ) and lost 329 to 407 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-4, +126.
Round 9		Puma played #20 Danny Kidd (New Boston, MI) and lost 278 to 469 (a spread of -191). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-5, -65.
Round 10		Puma played #1 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and lost 263 to 475 (a spread of -212). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-6, -277.
Round 11		Puma played #18 Fran Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and won 456 to 312 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-6, -133.
Round 12		Puma played #30 Ellen Perr (New York, NY) and won 434 to 322 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-6, -21.
Round 13		Puma played #7 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and won 454 to 273 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-6, +160. Puma is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Puma played #25 David McCraw (Ossining, NY) and won 402 to 347 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-6, +215.
Round 15		Puma played #17 Matt Gross (College Park, MD) and lost 344 to 396 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-7, +163.

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