SPC 2023: Eta Karo [CSW1-49]

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On this page, you will find information about Eta Karo, 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 17-14, +318, and is ranked #12 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): Eta Surname(s): Karo Home: Sapele, Delta, Nigeria Awards: 2005 NSC; (3rd) 2006 ASC; 2007 Benin Open Hobbies: singing, dancing, reading, travelling

Round by Round
High score: 552 Average for: 441 Average against: 430
Round 1		Karo played #28 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and lost 401 to 413 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 0-1, -12. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Karo played #14 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 460 to 405 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 1-1, +43. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Karo played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) and lost 447 to 453 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 1-2, +37. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 4		Karo played #30 Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR) and won 445 to 415 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-2, +67. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Karo played #26 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) and won 400 to 374 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 3-2, +93. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Karo played #23 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and lost 402 to 510 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 3-3, -15. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Karo played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and won 456 to 371 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-3, +70. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Karo played #42 Oshevire Avwenagha (Nigeria) and won 447 to 369 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-3, +148. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Karo played #20 Stefan Kac (Los Angeles, CA) and won 446 to 440 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-3, +154. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Karo played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 396 to 489 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 6-4, +61. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Karo played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 386 to 610 (a spread of -224). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-5, -163. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Karo played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and lost 327 to 439 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 6-6, -275.
Round 13		Karo played #56 Bright Idahosa (Nigeria) and won 517 to 371 (a spread of 146). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 7-6, -129.
Round 14		Karo played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 429 to 393 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-6, -93.
Round 15		Karo played #48 Andy Kurnia (Singapore) and won 552 to 287 (a spread of 265). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 9-6, +172. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 16		Karo played #24 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 470 to 427 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-6, +215. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 17		Karo played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and lost 421 to 448 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-7, +188. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Karo played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) and won 499 to 449 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 11-7, +238. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Karo played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 494 to 469 (a spread of 25). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-7, +263.
Round 20		Karo played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) again and won 527 to 404 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-7, +386. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 21		Karo played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and won 514 to 329 (a spread of 185). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 14-7, +571.
Round 22		Karo played #11 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 493 to 384 (a spread of 109). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-7, +680. Karo is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Karo played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) and lost 376 to 476 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-8, +580.
Round 24		Karo played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and lost 416 to 424 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 15-9, +572.
Round 25		Karo played #2 David Eldar (Australia) again and lost 426 to 431 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 15-10, +567.
Round 26		Karo played #50 Dipo Akanbi (NGA) and won 498 to 423 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 16-10, +642.
Round 27		Karo played #3 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 430 to 460 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-11, +612.
Round 28		Karo played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 374 to 470 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-12, +516.
Round 29		Karo played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) again and lost 393 to 572 (a spread of -179). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-13, +337.
Round 30		Karo played #7 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and lost 426 to 474 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 16-14, +289.
Round 31		Karo played #48 Andy Kurnia (Singapore) again and won 389 to 360 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-14, +318.

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