On this page, you will find information about
Joel Wapnick, who is competing
at the 2015 North American 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 14-7, +700, and is ranked
#31 in Division CSW.
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.
Round by Round |
High score: 544 Average for: 442 Average against: 408 |
Round 1 | ![[photo of Supriya Devnani]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/d/devnani_supriya.jpg)
| Wapnick played #39 Supriya Devnani (Orlando, FL) and won 498 to 353 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +145. |
Round 2 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Wapnick played #29 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 309 to 555 (a spread of -246). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-1, -101. |
Round 3 | ![[photo of Cecilia Le]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/le_cecilia_2.jpg)
| Wapnick played #14 Cecilia Le (San Francisco, CA) and won 503 to 429 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, -27. |
Round 4 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Wapnick played #48 Pat Schuberg (Australia) and won 486 to 290 (a spread of 196). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-1, +169. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 5 | ![[photo of Austin Shin]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shin_austin_AA005355.jpg)
| Wapnick played #17 Austin Shin (United Kingdom) and lost 405 to 511 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-2, +63. |
Round 6 | ![[photo of Steve Polatnick]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/polatnick_steve.jpg)
| Wapnick played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 380 to 337 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 4-2, +106. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 7 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert_LM000055.jpeg)
| Wapnick played #9 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 544 to 316 (a spread of 228). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +334. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 8 | ![[photo of Tony Leah]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/leah_tony.jpg)
| Wapnick played #12 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 397 to 512 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-3, +219. |
Round 9 | ![[photo of Peter Armstrong]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/armstrong_peter.jpg)
| Wapnick played #4 Peter Armstrong (Oakland, CA) and lost 382 to 528 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-4, +73. |
Round 10 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
| Wapnick played #6 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 334 to 401 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-5, +6. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 11 | ![[photo of Leslie Charles]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/charles_leslie.jpeg)
| Wapnick played #24 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 467 to 367 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-5, +106. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 12 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Wapnick played #35 Amalan Iyengar (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 460 to 315 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-5, +251. |
Round 13 | ![[no photo available]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Wapnick played #8 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 447 to 354 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-5, +344. |
Round 14 | ![[photo of Joanne Craig]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/craig_joanne.jpg)
| Wapnick played #47 Joanne Craig (Australia) and lost 417 to 489 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-6, +272. |
Round 15 | ![[photo of Jason Broersma]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/broersma_jason.jpg)
| Wapnick played #30 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 493 to 350 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-6, +415. |
Round 16 | ![[photo of Jean McArthur]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/m/mcarthur_jean_2.jpg)
| Wapnick played #27 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and lost 386 to 457 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-7, +344. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 17 | ![[photo of Dave Wiegand]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wiegand_dave.jpg)
| Wapnick played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 526 to 435 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-7, +435. |
Round 18 | ![[photo of Orlet Bullock]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/bullock_orlet.jpg)
| Wapnick played #21 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and won 515 to 357 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-7, +593. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). |
Round 19 | ![[photo of John O'Laughlin]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/o_laughlin_john.jpg)
| Wapnick played #2 John O'Laughlin (San Francisco, CA) and won 464 to 421 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-7, +636. |
Round 20 | ![[photo of Amit Chakrabarti]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/chakrabarti_2.jpg)
| Wapnick played #18 Amit Chakrabarti (Hanover, NH) and won 439 to 393 (a spread of 46). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-7, +682. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 21 | ![[photo of Joanne Craig]](http://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/craig_joanne.jpg)
| Wapnick played #47 Joanne Craig (Australia) again and won 425 to 407 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). |
Round 22 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #4. Current record: 14-7, +700. |
Round 23 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 24 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 25 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 26 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 27 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #19. Current record: 14-7, +700. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 28 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #26. Current record: 14-7, +700. |
Round 29 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-7, +700. |
Round 30 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-7, +700. |
Round 31 | | Wapnick recorded a scoreless bye with a spread of 0 points. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-7, +700. |