NSC 2014: Steve Tier [#37]

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On this page, you will find information about Steve Tier, who is competing at the 2014 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 15-16, +473, and is ranked #70 in Division 2.

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): Tier Home: New York, NY, United States Awards: Long Island Science Teacher of the Year; 2002-07 Albany, NY Hobbies: crossword puzzles

Round by Round
High score: 526 Average for: 388 Average against: 373
Round 1		Tier played #91 Gary Skowronski (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 426 to 430 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 0-1, -4.
Round 2		Tier played #129 Scott McManus (Seattle, WA) and lost 318 to 410 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #106. Current record: 0-2, -96.
Round 3		Tier played #27 Will Scott (Versailles, KY) and won 420 to 263 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #68. Current record: 1-2, +61.
Round 4		Tier played #84 John Lodinsky (Tonawanda, NY) and won 459 to 291 (a spread of 168). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 2-2, +229.
Round 5		Tier played #43 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and lost 334 to 428 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 2-3, +135.
Round 6		Tier played #75 Richard Landau (Croton-on-Hudson, NY) and lost 361 to 363 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #90. Current record: 2-4, +133.
Round 7		Tier played #19 Mark Schmidt (Asheville, NC) and won 396 to 369 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #72. Current record: 3-4, +160.
Round 8		Tier played #85 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and won 441 to 405 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 4-4, +196.
Round 9		Tier played #56 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and won 511 to 266 (a spread of 245). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 5-4, +441.
Round 10		Tier played #16 Ricky Sirois (Manchester, NH) and lost 313 to 420 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 5-5, +334.
Round 11		Tier played #54 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and lost 360 to 387 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 5-6, +307.
Round 12		Tier played #88 Carol McDonald (Northboro, MA) and lost 328 to 497 (a spread of -169). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 5-7, +138.
Round 13		Tier played #17 Stephen Sneed (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 329 to 399 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 5-8, +68.
Round 14		Tier played #114 Judy Cole (Concord, MA) and won 400 to 275 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 6-8, +193.
Round 15		Tier played #89 Anna Miransky (Toronto ON) and won 493 to 335 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 7-8, +351.
Round 16		Tier played #57 Flossie Swint (Fremont, OH) and lost 364 to 414 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 7-9, +301.
Round 17		Tier played #68 Will Robertson (Toronto ON) and lost 338 to 340 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 7-10, +299.
Round 18		Tier played #110 Alex Rodriguez (NYC, NY) and won 526 to 382 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #80. Current record: 8-10, +443.
Round 19		Tier played #12 Mark Garrod (East Lansing, MI) and won 371 to 359 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 9-10, +455.
Round 20		Tier played #107 Brenda Casey (Guilford, CT) and lost 416 to 424 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 9-11, +447.
Round 21		Tier played #66 John Dungey (Mitchell ON) and lost 329 to 355 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 9-12, +421.
Round 22		Tier played #130 Yolanda Ushry (Fort Smith, AR) and lost 380 to 465 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #103. Current record: 9-13, +336.
Round 23		Tier played #64 Erica Norris Bodrazic (Phoenixville, PA) and lost 404 to 428 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #110. Current record: 9-14, +312.
Round 24		Tier played #93 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and won 443 to 291 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #99. Current record: 10-14, +464.
Round 25		Tier played #124 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and won 303 to 271 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 11-14, +496.
Round 26		Tier played #55 Lila Crotty (Metairie, LA) and won 360 to 353 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #82. Current record: 12-14, +503.
Round 27		Tier played #111 Sarah Rosenblum (West Orange, NJ) and won 350 to 325 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #69. Current record: 13-14, +528.
Round 28		Tier played #108 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and lost 351 to 425 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #79. Current record: 13-15, +454.
Round 29		Tier played #90 Cynthia Pughsley (Oakland, CA) and won 406 to 333 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #71. Current record: 14-15, +527.
Round 30		Tier played #73 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and won 463 to 444 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 15-15, +546.
Round 31		Tier played #60 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and lost 333 to 406 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #70. Current record: 15-16, +473.

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