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NSC 2013: B A Toole [#32]
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 On this page, you will find information about 
B A Toole, 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 8-23, -3056, and is ranked
#35 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 | 
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 | ![[photo of B A Toole]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/toole_betty.jpg)
 | Given name(s): B A Surname(s): Toole
 Home: Sausalito, CA, United States
 Awards: Author of 2 books
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 | Round by Round | 
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 | High score: 435Average for: 339
 Average against: 443
 |  | Round 1 | ![[photo of Marty Gabriel]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/g/gabriel_marty.jpg)
 | Toole played #9  Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL)  and lost 270 to 595 (a spread of -325). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 0-1, -325. |  | Round 2 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
 | Toole played #10  Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA)  and lost 334 to 450 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 0-2, -441. |  | Round 3 | ![[photo of Becky Dyer]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/dyer_becky_2.jpg)
 | Toole played #25  Becky Dyer (Austin, TX)  and lost 360 to 531 (a spread of -171). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 0-3, -612. |  | Round 4 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
 | Toole played #40  Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA)  and lost 339 to 445 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 0-4, -718. |  | Round 5 | ![[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wieckowski_zbigniew.jpg)
 | Toole played #28  Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN)  and won 395 to 335 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 1-4, -658. |  | Round 6 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
 | Toole played #38  Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago)  and lost 378 to 428 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 1-5, -708. |  | Round 7 | ![[photo of Randall Thomas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/t/thomas_randall.jpg)
 | Toole played #24  Randall Thomas (Calgary AB)  and lost 280 to 480 (a spread of -200). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 1-6, -908. |  | Round 8 | ![[photo of Kay Faust]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/f/faust_kay.jpg)
 | Toole played #34  Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT)  and won 427 to 324 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 2-6, -805. |  | Round 9 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
 | Toole played #33  Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB)  and lost 341 to 358 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 2-7, -822. |  | Round 10 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
 | Toole played #35  Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway)  and won 435 to 412 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-7, -799. |  | Round 11 | ![[photo of Lynda Woods Cleary]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cleary_lynda_3.jpg)
 | Toole played #30  Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ)  and lost 303 to 313 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-8, -809. |  | Round 12 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
 | Toole played #23  Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ)  and won 360 to 335 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-8, -784. |  | Round 13 | ![[photo of Nicky Huitson]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/huitson_nicky.jpg)
 | Toole played #42  Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom)  and won 379 to 377 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 5-8, -782. |  | Round 14 | ![[photo of Nuala O'Rourke]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_rourke_nuala.jpg)
 | Toole played #36  Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland)  and lost 299 to 477 (a spread of -178). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-9, -960. |  | Round 15 | ![[photo of Winter Zxqkj]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter.jpg)
 | Toole played #6  Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX)  and lost 318 to 534 (a spread of -216). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-10, -1176. |  | Round 16 | ![[photo of Trevor Halsall]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/h/halsall_trevor_3.jpg)
 | Toole played #21  Trevor Halsall (Australia)  and lost 362 to 484 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-11, -1298. |  | Round 17 | ![[photo of Daniel Milton]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/milton_daniel.jpg)
 | Toole played #29  Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA)  and lost 291 to 410 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-12, -1417. |  | Round 18 | ![[photo of Laurie Cohen]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/cohen_laurie.jpg)
 | Toole played #1  Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ)  and lost 321 to 421 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-13, -1517. |  | Round 19 | ![[photo of Puneet Sharma]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sharma_puneet.jpg)
 | Toole played #31  Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA)  and won 377 to 353 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-13, -1493. |  | Round 20 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
 | Toole played #12  Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC)  and lost 322 to 472 (a spread of -150). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-14, -1643. |  | Round 21 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
 | Toole played #17  Tony Leah (Ajax ON)  and lost 243 to 637 (a spread of -394). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-15, -2037. |  | Round 22 | ![[photo of Orlet Bullock]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bullock_orlet.jpg)
 | Toole played #37  Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL)  and lost 348 to 554 (a spread of -206). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-16, -2243. |  | Round 23 | ![[photo of Sandy Nang]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/n/nang_sandy.jpg)
 | Toole played #27  Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA)  and lost 308 to 451 (a spread of -143). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-17, -2386. |  | Round 24 | ![[photo of Travis Chaney]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/chaney_travis_4.jpg)
 | Toole played #16  Travis Chaney (Portland, OR)  and lost 366 to 479 (a spread of -113). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-18, -2499. |  | Round 25 | ![[photo of Steve Polatnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg)
 | Toole played #13  Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL)  and lost 356 to 398 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 6-19, -2541. |  | Round 26 |  | Toole recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 7-19, -2491. |  | Round 27 | ![[photo of Geoffrey Newman]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/withheld.gif)
 | Toole played #18  Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON)  and lost 379 to 462 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 7-20, -2574. |  | Round 28 | ![[photo of Carl Durdan]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/durdan_carl.jpg)
 | Toole played #26  Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA)  and lost 354 to 418 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 7-21, -2638. |  | Round 29 | ![[photo of Mark Kenas]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kenas_mark.jpg)
 | Toole played #11  Mark Kenas (Madison, WI)  and lost 272 to 503 (a spread of -231). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 7-22, -2869. |  | Round 30 | ![[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wieckowski_zbigniew.jpg)
 | Toole played #28  Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN)  again and lost 296 to 489 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 7-23, -3062. |  | Round 31 | ![[photo of Zbigniew Wieckowski]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wieckowski_zbigniew.jpg)
 | Toole played #28  Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN)  for the third time and won 362 to 356 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 8-23, -3056. | 
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