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NSC 2013: Steve Polatnick [#13]
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On this page, you will find information about
Steve Polatnick, who is competing
at the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship.
This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time.
This player currently has a record of 18.5-12.5, +733, and is ranked
#15 in Division 5.
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): Steve Surname(s): Polatnick Home: Miami, FL, United States Awards: 1st Place numerous U.S. tourneys, 4th Place 2001 WSC Hobbies: travel, bike riding, tennis |
Round by Round | High score: 574 Average for: 414 Average against: 390 | Before the Tournament | | Polatnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). | Round 1 | | Polatnick played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and won 483 to 380 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +103. | Round 2 | | Polatnick played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 559 to 297 (a spread of 262). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +365. | Round 3 | | Polatnick played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 240 to 448 (a spread of -208). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 2-1, +157. | Round 4 | | Polatnick played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and won 490 to 483 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-1, +164. | Round 5 | | Polatnick played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and won 420 to 327 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +257. | Round 6 | | Polatnick played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 410 to 349 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-1, +318. | Round 7 | | Polatnick played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and won 456 to 441 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 6-1, +333. Polatnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 8 | | Polatnick played #5 Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) and lost 345 to 369 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-2, +309. | Round 9 | | Polatnick played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and won 422 to 419 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +312. Polatnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 10 | | Polatnick played #20 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 50 to 0 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-2, +362. | Round 11 | | Polatnick played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 457 to 447 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-2, +372. | Round 12 | | Polatnick played #39 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 460 to 492 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-3, +340. | Round 13 | | Polatnick played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 411 to 398 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-3, +353. | Round 14 | | Polatnick played #2 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 351 to 463 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-4, +241. | Round 15 | | Polatnick played #39 David Eldar (Australia) again and lost 364 to 403 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-5, +202. | Round 16 | | Polatnick played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and won 441 to 288 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 11-5, +355. | Round 17 | | Polatnick played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) again and lost 430 to 434 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-6, +351. | Round 18 | | Polatnick played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 328 to 465 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-7, +214. | Round 19 | | Polatnick played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 383 to 458 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 11-8, +139. | Round 20 | | Polatnick played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 526 to 411 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-8, +254. | Round 21 | | Polatnick played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and tied at 374. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12.5-8.5, +254. | Round 22 | | Polatnick played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 360 to 425 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12.5-9.5, +189. | Round 23 | | Polatnick played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 497 to 367 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13.5-9.5, +319. | Round 24 | | Polatnick played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 574 to 258 (a spread of 316). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 14.5-9.5, +635. Polatnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). | Round 25 | | Polatnick played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 398 to 356 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15.5-9.5, +677. | Round 26 | | Polatnick played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and lost 344 to 482 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15.5-10.5, +539. | Round 27 | | Polatnick played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) again and won 518 to 296 (a spread of 222). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16.5-10.5, +761. | Round 28 | | Polatnick played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 305 to 464 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 16.5-11.5, +602. | Round 29 | | Polatnick played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 464 to 431 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 17.5-11.5, +635. | Round 30 | | Polatnick played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) again and lost 439 to 461 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17.5-12.5, +613. | Round 31 | | Polatnick played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 527 to 407 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 18.5-12.5, +733. |
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