SPC 2023: Austin Shin [CSW1-01]

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On this page, you will find information about Austin Shin, who is competing at the 2023 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, +846, and is ranked #7 in Division CSW1.

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: 583 Average for: 443 Average against: 416
Round 1		Shin played #45 Donna Stanton (England) and lost 406 to 526 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 0-1, -120.
Round 2		Shin played #3 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 495 to 463 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-1, -88. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Shin played #27 Yukiko Loritz (Anaheim, CA) and won 480 to 357 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-1, +35.
Round 4		Shin played #18 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 481 to 336 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +180. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Shin played #19 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 417 to 374 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-1, +223. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Shin played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 431 to 488 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-2, +166.
Round 7		Shin played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 465 to 416 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 5-2, +215. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Shin played #39 Rik Kennedy (Northern Ireland) and lost 358 to 429 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 5-3, +144.
Round 9		Shin played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 437 to 351 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 6-3, +230. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Shin played #20 Stefan Kac (Los Angeles, CA) and won 439 to 349 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-3, +320. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Shin played #11 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 469 to 436 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +353. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Shin played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) and lost 410 to 454 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-4, +309. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Shin played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and won 433 to 339 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 9-4, +403. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Shin played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 355 to 408 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 9-5, +350.
Round 15		Shin played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and lost 394 to 494 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-6, +250.
Round 16		Shin played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) again and won 583 to 375 (a spread of 208). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 10-6, +458. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 17		Shin played #7 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and lost 406 to 438 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-7, +426.
Round 18		Shin played #8 Joanne Craig (New Zealand) and won 496 to 408 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 11-7, +514.
Round 19		Shin played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) and lost 469 to 494 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-8, +489.
Round 20		Shin played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) again and won 482 to 387 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-8, +584.
Round 21		Shin played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) and lost 419 to 448 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 12-9, +555.
Round 22		Shin played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) and lost 395 to 446 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-10, +504.
Round 23		Shin played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and lost 419 to 507 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-11, +416.
Round 24		Shin played #16 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 457 to 354 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-11, +519. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Shin played #50 Dipo Akanbi (NGA) and won 425 to 376 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-11, +568.
Round 26		Shin played #14 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 508 to 399 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15-11, +677.
Round 27		Shin played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) again and lost 345 to 393 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-12, +629.
Round 28		Shin played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) again and won 470 to 374 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-12, +725.
Round 29		Shin played #3 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) again and won 547 to 414 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-12, +858.
Round 30		Shin played #41 Prince Omosefe (Nigeria) and lost 425 to 448 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-13, +835.
Round 31		Shin played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) for the third time and won 428 to 417 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-13, +846.

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