August 22–24, 2008
New York, NY

BASD 2008: Joel Sherman [#2]

On this page, you will find information about Joel Sherman, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple Showdown. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 8-8, +513, and is ranked #10.

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

[photo of Joel Sherman]

Given name(s): Joel
Surname(s): Sherman
Home: Bronx, NY, United States
Awards: 1997 World, 2002 National Scrabble Champion, featured character in Fatsis' "Word Freak" and Chaikin's "Word Wars"
Hobbies: piano, singing, movies
Occupation: Scrabble player
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 65/149, 14-12 +160
NSC 1989 Division: 1
NSC 1989 Rank: 65/149, 14-12 +160
NSC 1990 Division: 1
NSC 1990 Rank: 67/176, 14-13 +494
NSC 1992 Division: 1
NSC 1992 Rank: 34/176, 16-11 +266
NSC 1994 Division: 1
NSC 1994 Rank: 12/134, 16-10 +728
NSC 1996 Division: 1
NSC 1996 Rank: 29/108, 15-12 +750
NSC 1998 Division: 1
NSC 1998 Rank: 11/126, 19-12 +898
NSC 2000 Division: 1
NSC 2000 Rank: 14/98, 19-12 +722
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 1/132, 25-6 +2020
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 81/172, 15-15 +258
NSC 2005 Division: 1
NSC 2005 Rank: 26/87, 15.5-12.5 +780
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 32/76, 14.5-13.5 +445
WSC 1993 Rank: 10
WSC 1995 Rank: 2
WSC 1997 Rank: 1
WSC 1999 Rank: 15
WSC 2001 Rank: 51
WSC 2005 Rank: 19

Round by Round
High score: 539 Average for: 414 Average against: 382
Before the Tournament		Sherman is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (8 hits).
Round 1		Sherman played #7 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and lost 350 to 442 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 0-1, -92. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Sherman is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (12 hits).
Round 2		Sherman played #18 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 539 to 374 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-1, +73. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Sherman is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 3		Sherman played #15 David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) and lost 371 to 391 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-2, +53. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). Sherman is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 4		Sherman played #14 Lynn Cushman (New York, NY) and won 527 to 351 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-2, +229. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Sherman played #11 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and won 466 to 379 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-2, +316. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Sherman played #9 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 463 to 362 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-2, +417. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Sherman played #19 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 387 to 281 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-2, +523. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Sherman played #6 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 399 to 447 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 5-3, +475. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Sherman played #3 Matt Graham (New York, NY) and won 504 to 295 (a spread of 209). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-3, +684. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Sherman played #1 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) and lost 292 to 424 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-4, +552. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		Sherman played #1 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) again and won 457 to 411 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-4, +598. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 12		Sherman played #1 Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) for the third time and lost 383 to 432 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-5, +549.
Round 13		Sherman played #4 Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and lost 323 to 360 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-6, +512. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Sherman played #6 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) again and won 480 to 281 (a spread of 199). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-6, +711.
Round 15		Sherman played #9 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) again and lost 421 to 462 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-7, +670. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Sherman played #7 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) again and lost 269 to 426 (a spread of -157). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-8, +513. Sherman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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