SPC 2024: Austin Shin [CSW1-04]

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On this page, you will find information about Austin Shin, 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 20-11, +964, 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): 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: 557 Average for: 455 Average against: 425
Round 1		Shin played #35 Kaveri Warriar (Dyer, IN) and won 491 to 304 (a spread of 187). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 1-0, +187. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Shin played #18 Charles Reinke (Madison, WI) and lost 411 to 469 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 1-1, +129.
Round 3		Shin played #14 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 451 to 484 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 1-2, +96. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Shin played #2 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 417 to 537 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 1-3, -24.
Round 5		Shin played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 370 to 421 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-4, -75. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Shin played #16 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 532 to 541 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-5, -84. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Shin played #26 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) and won 460 to 428 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 2-5, -52.
Round 8		Shin played #23 Wenwa Akinyi (Kenya) and won 557 to 371 (a spread of 186). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 3-5, +134.
Round 9		Shin played #25 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and won 550 to 339 (a spread of 211). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 4-5, +345.
Round 10		Shin played #15 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 468 to 436 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-5, +377.
Round 11		Shin played #27 Roger Cullman (Toronto ON) and won 436 to 376 (a spread of 60). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-5, +437.
Round 12		Shin played #3 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 415 to 395 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-5, +457.
Round 13		Shin played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 466 to 358 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-5, +565.
Round 14		Shin played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and won 531 to 411 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-5, +685.
Round 15		Shin played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and won 498 to 495 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-5, +688.
Round 16		Shin played #12 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and won 434 to 425 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 11-5, +697.
Round 17		Shin played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and lost 380 to 447 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 11-6, +630.
Round 18		Shin played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) again and lost 304 to 494 (a spread of -190). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 11-7, +440.
Round 19		Shin played #11 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 423 to 498 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-8, +365.
Round 20		Shin played #6 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and lost 385 to 447 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 11-9, +303.
Round 21		Shin played #37 Moiz Ullah Baig (Pakistan) and won 444 to 386 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-9, +361.
Round 22		Shin played #13 Winter (Houston, TX) and lost 368 to 407 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-10, +322.
Round 23		Shin played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) again and lost 427 to 453 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 12-11, +296.
Round 24		Shin recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-11, +346.
Round 25		Shin played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 536 to 388 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 14-11, +494.
Round 26		Shin played #17 Tony Leah (Toronto ON) and won 472 to 454 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-11, +512.
Round 27		Shin played #21 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 479 to 342 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 16-11, +649.
Round 28		Shin played #2 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) again and won 484 to 315 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 17-11, +818.
Round 29		Shin played #8 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 468 to 433 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 18-11, +853.
Round 30		Shin played #13 Winter (Houston, TX) again and won 476 to 461 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 19-11, +868.
Round 31		Shin played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) for the third time and won 516 to 420 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 20-11, +964. Shin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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