Photos: BASD 2008: Round 3

BIGG APPLE SCRABBLE SHOWDOWN CHAMPION check. S. Lafayette Restaurant Corp. is the parent company of the Comfort Diners.

Gold Big Apple SCRABBLE trophy: 1st place.

Red Big Apple SCRABBLE trophy: 2nd place.

Lucite Big Apple SCRABBLE trophy: 3rd place.

Matt Graham (New York, NY) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX).

Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) invites Paul Avrin (New York, NY) to his corner table.

Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) vs. Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR).

Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) reaches into the tile bag to replenish her rack. And note her personalized rack!

David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) concentrates.

The caps have it: Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) vs. Robert Linn (Potomac, MD).

David Johnson (Decatur, IL) vs. Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY).

Enjoying ice cream between bouts of concentration: Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) vs. Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON).

Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) vs. Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA).

Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) in a black Starbucks shirt (!) vs. Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL).

Paul Avrin (New York, NY) vs. Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX).

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) vs. Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY).

David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) vs. Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY).

Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) vs. David Johnson (Decatur, IL).

Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) vs. Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON).

Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) vs. Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON).

Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) vs. Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ).

Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) vs. Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA).

Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) vs. Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX).