NASC 2019: Austin Shin [CSW-02]

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On this page, you will find information about Austin Shin, who is competing at the 2019 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 22-9, +1306, and is ranked #2 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.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Austin Surname(s): Shin Home: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Round by Round
High score: 575 Average for: 457 Average against: 415
Round 1		Shin played #35 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 548 to 306 (a spread of 242). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 1-0, +242. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (5 hits).
Round 2		Shin played #24 Mark Francillon (Marlboro, VT) and won 419 to 321 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +340. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Shin played #10 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and won 531 to 416 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +455. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Shin played #11 Puneet Sharma (Redwood City, CA) and won 510 to 451 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 4-0, +514. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Shin played #9 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 432 to 444 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-1, +502. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Shin played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) and won 495 to 480 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-1, +517. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Shin played #13 Tim Weiss (Jersey City, NJ) and won 515 to 433 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-1, +599. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Shin played #12 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 447 to 465 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-2, +581. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Shin played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 372 to 371 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-2, +582. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Shin played #21 Dielle Pinto (Richmond BC) and won 383 to 354 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-2, +611. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Shin played #18 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and won 441 to 420 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 9-2, +632. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Shin played #14 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and lost 449 to 459 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +622. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Shin played #16 James Curley (New York, NY) and won 436 to 382 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-3, +676. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Shin played #27 Noah Slatkoff (Ottawa ON) and lost 430 to 454 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 10-4, +652. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Shin played #1 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 498 to 376 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 11-4, +774. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Shin played #12 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) again and won 422 to 388 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 12-4, +808. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Shin played #9 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) again and won 575 to 387 (a spread of 188). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 13-4, +996. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Shin played #23 Martin DeMello (Mountain View, CA) and lost 399 to 486 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 13-5, +909. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Shin played #14 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) again and won 495 to 459 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 14-5, +945. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Shin played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) and lost 331 to 428 (a spread of -97). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 14-6, +848. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Shin played #4 Jesse Day (New York, NY) again and lost 446 to 508 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 14-7, +786. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 22		Shin played #6 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) and lost 405 to 476 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-8, +715. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Shin played #7 Nick Ball (San Bruno, CA) again and won 457 to 383 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-8, +789. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Shin played #17 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 457 to 367 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 16-8, +879. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Shin played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and lost 376 to 505 (a spread of -129). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-9, +750. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Shin played #10 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) again and won 486 to 360 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 17-9, +876. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Shin played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) for the third time and won 417 to 402 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 18-9, +891. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Shin played #16 James Curley (New York, NY) again and won 447 to 408 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 19-9, +930. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Shin played #6 Matthew O'Connor (DeWitt, NY) again and won 545 to 351 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 20-9, +1124. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 30		Shin played #9 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) for the third time and won 542 to 410 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 21-9, +1256. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 31		Shin recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #2. Current record: 22-9, +1306.

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