SPC 2024: Joel Horn [2-21]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Horn, who is competing at the 2024 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, -101, and is ranked #14 in Division 2.

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): Horn Home: Reading, MA, United States Awards: won BAT 2018 Hobbies: Badminton, Mah Jongg Occupation: Retired

Round by Round
High score: 658 Average for: 394 Average against: 398
Round 1		Horn played #35 Gregg Bigourdin (Winnipeg MB) and won 398 to 341 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 1-0, +57. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Horn played #55 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and lost 351 to 409 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-1, -1.
Round 3		Horn played #12 Heather McCall (Toronto ON) and won 406 to 387 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-1, +18. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Horn played #33 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 397 to 381 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-1, +34.
Round 5		Horn played #13 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and lost 382 to 473 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 3-2, -57. Horn is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Horn played #18 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 407 to 354 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-2, -4.
Round 7		Horn played #8 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and won 486 to 471 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-2, +11.
Round 8		Horn played #4 Mike Johnson (Decorah, IA) and lost 251 to 512 (a spread of -261). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 5-3, -250.
Round 9		Horn played #6 Conor Munro (Miramar, FL) and lost 410 to 419 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-4, -259.
Round 10		Horn played #28 Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and lost 431 to 441 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-5, -269.
Round 11		Horn played #41 Troy Thompson (Lebanon, IN) and won 397 to 356 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-5, -228.
Round 12		Horn played #38 Mark Abadi (Philadelphia, PA) and won 399 to 376 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-5, -205.
Round 13		Horn played #25 Sebastian Knowles (Columbus, OH) and lost 321 to 405 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-6, -289.
Round 14		Horn played #16 Ricky Sirois (Billerica, MA) and lost 324 to 454 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 7-7, -419.
Round 15		Horn played #32 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and won 454 to 424 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-7, -389.
Round 16		Horn played #34 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and won 399 to 287 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-7, -277.
Round 17		Horn played #48 Lisa Perry (Raleigh, NC) and won 413 to 408 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-7, -272.
Round 18		Horn played #53 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and won 446 to 371 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 11-7, -197.
Round 19		Horn played #9 Paul Mulik (Joplin, MO) and won 381 to 322 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-7, -138.
Round 20		Horn played #26 Steve Hartsman (Germantown, WI) and lost 405 to 507 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-8, -240.
Round 21		Horn played #3 Bryan Richgruber (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 337 to 517 (a spread of -180). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 12-9, -420.
Round 22		Horn played #1 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) and lost 336 to 384 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 12-10, -468.
Round 23		Horn played #59 Skyler Lutz (New York City, NY) and won 341 to 328 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-10, -455.
Round 24		Horn played #37 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and won 472 to 296 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-10, -279.
Round 25		Horn played #11 Joe South (Schertz, TX) and won 443 to 295 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-10, -131.
Round 26		Horn played #1 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) again and won 658 to 305 (a spread of 353). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-10, +222.
Round 27		Horn played #37 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) again and lost 375 to 420 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 16-11, +177.
Round 28		Horn played #7 Darin True (Pontiac, IL) and lost 267 to 460 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 16-12, -16.
Round 29		Horn played #53 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) again and won 364 to 348 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 17-12, +0.
Round 30		Horn played #25 Sebastian Knowles (Columbus, OH) again and lost 361 to 480 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 17-13, -119.
Round 31		Horn played #15 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and won 412 to 394 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 18-13, -101.

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