October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Brett Constantine [#36]

On this page, you will find information about Brett Constantine, 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 9-6, +195, and is ranked #9 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): Brett Surname(s): Constantine Home: Florence, MA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 472 Average for: 390 Average against: 377
Round 1		Constantine played #1 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and won 449 to 337 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +112.
Round 2		Constantine played #12 Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI) and lost 314 to 398 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-1, +28. Constantine is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Constantine played #28 Dianne Wittman (Pittsford, NY) and won 411 to 328 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-1, +111.
Round 4		Constantine played #35 Edward H Zurav (Roselle, NJ) and won 436 to 352 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-1, +195.
Round 5		Constantine played #41 Linda Iannetti (Donora, PA) and won 472 to 334 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-1, +333.
Round 6		Constantine played #27 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and won 368 to 347 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 5-1, +354.
Round 7		Constantine played #8 Marie Puma (Shoreham, NY) and won 444 to 396 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-1, +402. Constantine is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Constantine played #31 Cynthia Hughes (Houston, TX) and won 468 to 394 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 7-1, +476.
Round 9		Constantine played #5 Wilma Pitzer (Englewood, OH) and lost 326 to 385 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-2, +417.
Round 10		Constantine played #11 Roberta Borenstein (Wilton, CT) and lost 351 to 384 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-3, +384.
Round 11		Constantine played #24 Daniel Tinkelman (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 298 to 448 (a spread of -150). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-4, +234.
Round 12		Constantine played #13 Cornelia Guest (Ridgefield, CT) and lost 396 to 533 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-5, +97.
Round 13		Constantine played #12 Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI) again and won 371 to 357 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-5, +111.
Round 14		Constantine played #17 Matt Gross (College Park, MD) and won 384 to 295 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, +200.
Round 15		Constantine played #12 Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI) for the third time and lost 367 to 372 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-6, +195.

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