SPC 2022: Benjamin Bloom [2-18]

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On this page, you will find information about Benjamin Bloom, who is competing at the 2022 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 16-15, -499, and is ranked #33 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): Benjamin Surname(s): Bloom Home: Marion, CT, United States Awards: Scrabble By The Sea (Israel) Champion Oct. 2004, Winner Div 2 Kissimee, FL Dec. 2004 Hobbies: watching paint dry

Round by Round
High score: 468 Average for: 385 Average against: 402
Round 1		Bloom played #35 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 451 to 434 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 1-0, +17. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Bloom played #57 Susan Bertoni (Clemmons/Winston-Salem, NC) and won 358 to 329 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-0, +46. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Bloom played #5 Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 394 to 455 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2-1, -15.
Round 4		Bloom played #65 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and won 430 to 412 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-1, +3.
Round 5		Bloom played #42 Francis Anum (Virginia Beach, VA) and won 346 to 329 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-1, +20. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Bloom played #48 Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB) and won 337 to 327 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-1, +30. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Bloom played #34 Caesar Jaramillo (Lubbock, TX) and won 432 to 318 (a spread of 114). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-1, +144. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Bloom played #37 Knox Daniel (Charlottesville, VA) and lost 423 to 440 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-2, +127. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Bloom played #51 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and won 450 to 359 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-2, +218. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Bloom played #21 Jay Levin (Teaneck, NJ) and lost 318 to 333 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-3, +203. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		Bloom played #61 Leo McKenna (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 388 to 455 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-4, +136.
Round 12		Bloom played #17 Martin Gold (Arlington, VA) and won 439 to 389 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-4, +186.
Round 13		Bloom played #12 Joe South (Schertz, TX) and won 392 to 386 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-4, +192. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Bloom played #30 Michael Ecsedy (Brookfield, CT) and lost 326 to 558 (a spread of -232). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-5, -40.
Round 15		Bloom played #8 Stephen Schwitzer (east Lansing, MI) and lost 384 to 439 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 9-6, -95.
Round 16		Bloom played #25 Chris Schneider (Scottsdale, AZ) and lost 374 to 481 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 9-7, -202.
Round 17		Bloom played #14 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and lost 288 to 474 (a spread of -186). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-8, -388.
Round 18		Bloom played #24 Kevin Nai (Wilmington, DE) and won 402 to 393 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-8, -379.
Round 19		Bloom played #22 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and won 381 to 372 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 11-8, -370.
Round 20		Bloom played #27 Hannah Lieberman (New York, NY) and lost 289 to 425 (a spread of -136). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11-9, -506.
Round 21		Bloom played #23 Ryan Chepita (Ottawa ON) and lost 388 to 409 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 11-10, -527.
Round 22		Bloom played #29 Tijan Jeng (Baltimore, MD) and lost 438 to 463 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 11-11, -552. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Bloom played #52 Noah Kalus (New Paltz, NY) and lost 338 to 533 (a spread of -195). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 11-12, -747. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Bloom played #40 Judy Cole (Levittown, PA) and won 405 to 313 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 12-12, -655.
Round 25		Bloom played #6 Sal Piro (New York, NY) and lost 361 to 403 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 12-13, -697.
Round 26		Bloom played #13 Ricky Sirois (Haverhill, MA) and won 408 to 345 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 13-13, -634.
Round 27		Bloom played #56 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 423 to 366 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 14-13, -577.
Round 28		Bloom played #67 Jeffrey Pogue (Westport, CT) and won 396 to 385 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 15-13, -566.
Round 29		Bloom played #62 Matthew Zeleznik (Barrington, RI) and lost 334 to 486 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 15-14, -718.
Round 30		Bloom played #19 Paul Mulik (Joplin, MO) and won 468 to 243 (a spread of 225). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 16-14, -493. Bloom is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Bloom played #17 Martin Gold (Arlington, VA) again and lost 387 to 393 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 16-15, -499.

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