SPC 2022: Joel Wapnick [CSW-08]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Wapnick, 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 16.5-14.5, +232, and is ranked #15 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): Joel Surname(s): Wapnick Home: Cleveland Heights, OH, United States Awards: 1999 World Champion; 1983 North American Champion; 1998 and 2011 Canadian Champion Occupation: retired

Round by Round
High score: 516 Average for: 432 Average against: 425
Round 1		Wapnick played #25 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and won 475 to 399 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-0, +76.
Round 2		Wapnick played #21 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) and lost 369 to 426 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-1, +19.
Round 3		Wapnick played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 503 to 429 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, +93. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Wapnick played #34 Kofi Acquah (Ghana) and tied at 455. Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2.5-1.5, +93.
Round 5		Wapnick played #36 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 417 to 416 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3.5-1.5, +94. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Wapnick played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 427 to 456 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3.5-2.5, +65.
Round 7		Wapnick played #3 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 453 to 494 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 3.5-3.5, +24. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Wapnick played #17 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and lost 390 to 546 (a spread of -156). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3.5-4.5, -132.
Round 9		Wapnick played #28 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 514 to 278 (a spread of 236). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 4.5-4.5, +104. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Wapnick played #30 Joe Roberdeau (Cincinnati, OH) and won 486 to 304 (a spread of 182). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5.5-4.5, +286.
Round 11		Wapnick played #10 Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and won 476 to 412 (a spread of 64). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6.5-4.5, +350.
Round 12		Wapnick played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 373 to 489 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 6.5-5.5, +234.
Round 13		Wapnick played #33 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and lost 401 to 532 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 6.5-6.5, +103.
Round 14		Wapnick played #13 Femi Awowade (United Kingdom) and won 443 to 289 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7.5-6.5, +257. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Wapnick played #12 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Duncanville, TX) and lost 375 to 491 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7.5-7.5, +141.
Round 16		Wapnick played #26 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) and won 496 to 343 (a spread of 153). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8.5-7.5, +294.
Round 17		Wapnick played #24 Noel Livermore (Sunrise, FL) and won 416 to 389 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9.5-7.5, +321.
Round 18		Wapnick played #22 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 424 to 389 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10.5-7.5, +356.
Round 19		Wapnick played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 382 to 552 (a spread of -170). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10.5-8.5, +186. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 20		Wapnick played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 323 to 503 (a spread of -180). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 10.5-9.5, +6.
Round 21		Wapnick played #31 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and lost 355 to 389 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10.5-10.5, -28. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22		Wapnick played #34 Kofi Acquah (Ghana) again and won 499 to 342 (a spread of 157). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11.5-10.5, +129.
Round 23		Wapnick played #29 Ifedayo Obisesan (Indianapolis, IN) and won 516 to 365 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12.5-10.5, +280.
Round 24		Wapnick played #13 Femi Awowade (United Kingdom) again and won 473 to 430 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13.5-10.5, +323.
Round 25		Wapnick played #3 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and won 425 to 418 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14.5-10.5, +330.
Round 26		Wapnick played #15 Winter (Houston, TX) and lost 377 to 514 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14.5-11.5, +193.
Round 27		Wapnick played #2 David Eldar (Australia) again and lost 434 to 479 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 14.5-12.5, +148. Wapnick is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Wapnick played #33 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) again and won 454 to 362 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15.5-12.5, +240.
Round 29		Wapnick played #11 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and won 396 to 355 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16.5-12.5, +281.
Round 30		Wapnick played #12 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Duncanville, TX) again and lost 438 to 451 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 16.5-13.5, +268.
Round 31		Wapnick played #2 David Eldar (Australia) for the third time and lost 441 to 477 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16.5-14.5, +232.

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