NSC 2014: Bruce Cramer [#12]

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On this page, you will find information about Bruce Cramer, 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 18-13, +959, and is ranked #28 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): Bruce Surname(s): Cramer Home: Grand Island, NY, United States Awards: Who's Who Among America's Teachers Hobbies: Poetry, jogging, bird-watching

Round by Round
High score: 494 Average for: 386 Average against: 355
Round 1		Cramer played #153 Diane Kerner (Beverly Hills, CA) and won 352 to 330 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-0, +22.
Round 2		Cramer played #125 Henry De Young (St. Marys ON) and won 412 to 253 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-0, +181.
Round 3		Cramer played #78 Tom OLaughlin (Hartland, WI) and won 351 to 272 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-0, +260.
Round 4		Cramer played #38 Betsy Chai (Calgary AB) and lost 331 to 341 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-1, +250.
Round 5		Cramer played #69 Elvira Toews (Winnipeg MB) and won 433 to 360 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-1, +323.
Round 6		Cramer played #58 Susan Herdic (Unknown city, NY) and lost 391 to 425 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-2, +289.
Round 7		Cramer played #146 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 416 to 281 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-2, +424.
Round 8		Cramer played #6 Brett Constantine (Florence, MA) and lost 310 to 419 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-3, +315.
Round 9		Cramer played #34 Marshall Resnick (West Orange, NJ) and lost 329 to 345 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 5-4, +299.
Round 10		Cramer played #50 Tina Cur (Lockport, NY) and won 354 to 295 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 6-4, +358.
Round 11		Cramer played #67 Sean Baizana (Ottawa ON) and won 381 to 316 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-4, +423.
Round 12		Cramer played #140 C Donna Courtney (Dayton, OH) and won 376 to 358 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-4, +441.
Round 13		Cramer played #93 Sheldon Gartner (Yorktown Heights, NY) and won 476 to 305 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-4, +612.
Round 14		Cramer played #30 Norma Lovett (Unknown city QC) and won 414 to 310 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-4, +716.
Round 15		Cramer played #16 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and lost 358 to 396 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 10-5, +678.
Round 16		Cramer played #60 Ida Scaglione (Tonawanda, NY) and won 449 to 320 (a spread of 129). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-5, +807. Cramer is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Cramer played #7 David Postal (Signal Hill, CA) and won 350 to 340 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-5, +817.
Round 18		Cramer played #31 Daiva Markelis (Charleston, IL) and lost 285 to 443 (a spread of -158). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-6, +659.
Round 19		Cramer played #71 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and lost 345 to 370 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 12-7, +634.
Round 20		Cramer played #27 Chad Finley (Las Vegas, NV) and won 417 to 370 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 13-7, +681.
Round 21		Cramer played #43 Karrie Bowe (Portage, MI) and lost 375 to 383 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-8, +673.
Round 22		Cramer played #13 Andrew Gardner (Conyers, GA) and lost 363 to 386 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 13-9, +650.
Round 23		Cramer played #17 Abdul Majid Khan (Whitby ON) and won 485 to 369 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-9, +766.
Round 24		Cramer played #124 Jillian Bathgate (Toronto ON) and won 489 to 294 (a spread of 195). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 15-9, +961.
Round 25		Cramer played #77 Paul Mishkin (San Francisco, CA) and lost 371 to 438 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 15-10, +894.
Round 26		Cramer played #63 Julia Bogle (Indianapolis, IN) and won 410 to 336 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 16-10, +968.
Round 27		Cramer played #66 Ted Gest (Washington, DC) and lost 300 to 411 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 16-11, +857.
Round 28		Cramer played #91 Dean Scouloukas (Independence, OH) and won 400 to 380 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-11, +877.
Round 29		Cramer played #134 Lauren Werner (Kenmore, NY) and lost 376 to 418 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 17-12, +835.
Round 30		Cramer played #37 Jose Daniel dos Santos Figueredo (Chicago, IL) and lost 358 to 441 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 17-13, +752.
Round 31		Cramer played #62 Diana Spiller (Ashby, MA) and won 494 to 287 (a spread of 207). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 18-13, +959.

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