SPC 2023: Olatunde Oduwole [CSW1-53]

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On this page, you will find information about Olatunde Oduwole, 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 20-11, +920, and is ranked #4 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): Olatunde Surname(s): Oduwole Home: Lagos, Nigeria Awards: 3rd place, 2005 Ibadan National Open Hobbies: Football, listening to music

Round by Round
High score: 604 Average for: 445 Average against: 415
Round 1		Oduwole played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 407 to 409 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 0-1, -2. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Oduwole played #18 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 463 to 393 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 1-1, +68. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Oduwole played #31 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 477 to 302 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +243. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits).
Round 4		Oduwole played #8 Joanne Craig (New Zealand) and won 604 to 359 (a spread of 245). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3-1, +488. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 5		Oduwole played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 331 to 505 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +314. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Oduwole played #11 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 500 to 342 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 4-2, +472. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Oduwole played #3 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and won 493 to 418 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-2, +547. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 8		Oduwole played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 405 to 398 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-2, +554. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Oduwole played #41 Prince Omosefe (Nigeria) and won 501 to 414 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-2, +641. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 10		Oduwole played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and won 388 to 387 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 8-2, +642. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 11		Oduwole played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 360 to 528 (a spread of -168). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 8-3, +474. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 12		Oduwole played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and won 454 to 410 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 9-3, +518. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 13		Oduwole played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) and lost 418 to 446 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-4, +490. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 14		Oduwole played #7 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and lost 432 to 494 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-5, +428.
Round 15		Oduwole played #45 Donna Stanton (England) and won 429 to 256 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-5, +601. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 16		Oduwole played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) again and won 572 to 405 (a spread of 167). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 11-5, +768. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 17		Oduwole played #8 Joanne Craig (New Zealand) again and won 415 to 407 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12-5, +776. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Oduwole played #49 Eta Karo (Nigeria) and lost 449 to 499 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 12-6, +726. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Oduwole played #2 David Eldar (Australia) again and lost 393 to 511 (a spread of -118). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-7, +608.
Round 20		Oduwole played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and won 462 to 393 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 13-7, +677. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 21		Oduwole played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) and lost 369 to 507 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-8, +539.
Round 22		Oduwole played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and lost 307 to 499 (a spread of -192). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-9, +347.
Round 23		Oduwole played #42 Oshevire Avwenagha (Nigeria) and won 590 to 350 (a spread of 240). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-9, +587.
Round 24		Oduwole played #26 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) and won 546 to 406 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 15-9, +727. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Oduwole played #3 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) again and won 468 to 400 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-9, +795.
Round 26		Oduwole played #2 David Eldar (Australia) for the third time and lost 399 to 473 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-10, +721.
Round 27		Oduwole played #41 Prince Omosefe (Nigeria) again and lost 347 to 412 (a spread of -65). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-11, +656.
Round 28		Oduwole played #51 Opeyemi Oloro (NGA) and won 476 to 320 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-11, +812. Oduwole is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 29		Oduwole played #21 Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) again and won 450 to 440 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 18-11, +822.
Round 30		Oduwole played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) for the third time and won 452 to 377 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 19-11, +897.
Round 31		Oduwole played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) for the fourth time and won 441 to 418 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 20-11, +920.

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