SPC 2022: Rasheed Olajide Balogun [CSW-12]

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On this page, you will find information about Rasheed Olajide Balogun, 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 18-13, +1157, and is ranked #9 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): Rasheed Olajide Surname(s): Balogun Home: Duncanville, TX, United States Awards: Played in 2003 WSC, 2005 2008 IGate, 2000 2008 PANASA Hobbies: Soccer, Scrabble Occupation: BANKING/ECONOMIST

Round by Round
High score: 611 Average for: 449 Average against: 412
Round 1		Balogun played #23 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 529 to 382 (a spread of 147). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +147. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Balogun played #31 Cheryl Melvin (Grand Rapids, MI) and won 421 to 371 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 2-0, +197. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Balogun played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 409 to 485 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 2-1, +121. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Balogun played #11 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and won 611 to 290 (a spread of 321). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-1, +442. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Balogun played #3 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 448 to 338 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 4-1, +552. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Balogun played #6 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 524 to 486 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 5-1, +590. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Balogun played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 358 to 489 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5-2, +459. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Balogun played #7 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and lost 465 to 489 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-3, +435. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Balogun played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 352 to 447 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-4, +340.
Round 10		Balogun played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 383 to 500 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-5, +223.
Round 11		Balogun played #33 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and won 369 to 350 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-5, +242. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Balogun played #13 Femi Awowade (United Kingdom) and lost 511 to 535 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-6, +218. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Balogun played #10 Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 381 to 433 (a spread of -52). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-7, +166.
Round 14		Balogun played #16 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 413 to 390 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-7, +189.
Round 15		Balogun played #8 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and won 491 to 375 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-7, +305.
Round 16		Balogun played #15 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 533 to 361 (a spread of 172). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-7, +477. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Balogun played #21 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) and won 607 to 337 (a spread of 270). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-7, +747. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Balogun played #26 Priya Fernando (Mississauga ON) and won 530 to 356 (a spread of 174). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-7, +921.
Round 19		Balogun played #10 Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) again and lost 438 to 471 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-8, +888.
Round 20		Balogun played #35 Napat Vatjaranurathorn (Thailand) and lost 419 to 422 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-9, +885.
Round 21		Balogun played #20 Wolfram Poh (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 372 to 489 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-10, +768.
Round 22		Balogun played #11 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) again and won 420 to 328 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-10, +860. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Balogun played #21 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) again and won 586 to 305 (a spread of 281). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-10, +1141. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 24		Balogun played #17 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 399 to 372 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 14-10, +1168. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Balogun played #13 Femi Awowade (United Kingdom) again and lost 474 to 480 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-11, +1162. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 26		Balogun played #18 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 404 to 400 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-11, +1166. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Balogun played #6 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) again and lost 348 to 522 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-12, +992. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 28		Balogun played #15 Winter (Houston, TX) again and won 513 to 299 (a spread of 214). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-12, +1206. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 29		Balogun played #7 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) again and lost 336 to 476 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-13, +1066. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 30		Balogun played #8 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) again and won 451 to 438 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-13, +1079. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Balogun played #15 Winter (Houston, TX) for the third time and won 423 to 345 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-13, +1157. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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