SPC 2022: Austin Shin [CSW-01]

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On this page, you will find information about Austin Shin, 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 22-9, +2016, and is ranked #00 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: Metairie, LA, United States Awards: 2017 UK National Champion, 2017 US National Champion (CSW) Hobbies: Soccer, gym

Round by Round
High score: 665 Average for: 470 Average against: 412
Round 1		Shin played #31 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 556 to 283 (a spread of 273). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 1-0, +273. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 2		Shin played #23 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 469 to 387 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +355. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Shin played #12 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Duncanville, TX) and won 485 to 409 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +431. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Shin played #7 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and lost 399 to 488 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-1, +342. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Shin played #6 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 436 to 433 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +345. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Shin played #3 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 336 to 455 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-2, +226. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Shin played #10 Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and won 502 to 398 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 5-2, +330. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Shin played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and won 461 to 396 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +395. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Shin played #36 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and lost 387 to 518 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, +264. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Shin played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 444 to 497 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-4, +211. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Shin played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 397 to 438 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6-5, +170.
Round 12		Shin played #16 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 481 to 391 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-5, +260.
Round 13		Shin played #13 Femi Awowade (United Kingdom) and won 607 to 295 (a spread of 312). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +572. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 14		Shin played #35 Napat Vatjaranurathorn (Thailand) and lost 389 to 429 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 8-6, +532.
Round 15		Shin played #33 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and won 665 to 406 (a spread of 259). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-6, +791. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Shin played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and lost 376 to 475 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 9-7, +692.
Round 17		Shin played #33 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) again and won 521 to 400 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-7, +813.
Round 18		Shin played #11 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and lost 416 to 502 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-8, +727.
Round 19		Shin played #35 Napat Vatjaranurathorn (Thailand) again and lost 352 to 446 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 10-9, +633.
Round 20		Shin played #8 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and won 503 to 323 (a spread of 180). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 11-9, +813.
Round 21		Shin played #29 Ifedayo Obisesan (Indianapolis, IN) and won 495 to 458 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-9, +850.
Round 22		Shin played #17 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 415 to 370 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-9, +895.
Round 23		Shin played #17 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) again and won 507 to 452 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 14-9, +950. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 24		Shin played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and won 424 to 395 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-9, +979. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Shin played #6 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) again and won 504 to 374 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 16-9, +1109. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 26		Shin played #36 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) again and won 570 to 376 (a spread of 194). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 17-9, +1303. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 27		Shin played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) for the third time and won 529 to 384 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 18-9, +1448. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Shin played #36 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) for the third time and won 535 to 367 (a spread of 168). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 19-9, +1616. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 29		Shin recorded a bye with a spread of 100 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 20-9, +1716. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Shin recorded a bye with a spread of 100 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 21-9, +1816. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Shin recorded a bye with a spread of 200 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 22-9, +2016. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Final Round 1		Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Final Round 2		Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Final Round 3		Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Final Round 4		Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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