October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Seth Lipkin [#30]

On this page, you will find information about Seth Lipkin, 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, -367, and is ranked #29 in Division 1.

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): Seth Surname(s): Lipkin Home: Hopkinton, MA, United States Awards: Co-creator of www.cross-tables.com and three daughters Hobbies: Spreading self thin Occupation: Software Developer Notes: Cocreator of www.cross-tables.com and three daughters USSO 2006 Division: 2 USSO 2006 Rank: 44/102, 15-13 -249

Round by Round
High score: 484 Average for: 384 Average against: 409
Round 1		Lipkin played #17 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and won 431 to 318 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 1-0, +113.
Round 2		Lipkin played #5 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) and lost 329 to 408 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 1-1, +34.
Round 3		Lipkin played #40 Marjorie Schoneboom (Deer Park, NY) and lost 318 to 473 (a spread of -155). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-2, -121.
Round 4		Lipkin played #29 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and won 398 to 371 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-2, -94.
Round 5		Lipkin played #14 Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) and won 409 to 342 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-2, -27.
Round 6		Lipkin played #2 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 444 to 392 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-2, +25.
Round 7		Lipkin played #12 Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON) and won 436 to 431 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-2, +30. Lipkin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Lipkin played #24 Jason Idalski (Warren, MI) and won 484 to 421 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-2, +93. Lipkin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Lipkin played #32 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 352 to 408 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-3, +37. Lipkin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Lipkin played #4 Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) and lost 349 to 364 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-4, +22.
Round 11		Lipkin played #9 Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and lost 404 to 413 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-5, +13.
Round 12		Lipkin played #20 Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and lost 365 to 392 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-6, -14.
Round 13		Lipkin played #3 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 339 to 471 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-7, -146. Lipkin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Lipkin played #31 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and won 414 to 351 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7-7, -83.
Round 15		Lipkin played #5 Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) again and lost 291 to 575 (a spread of -284). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 7-8, -367. Lipkin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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