SPC 2024: Tony Leah [CSW1-17]

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On this page, you will find information about Tony Leah, 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 17-14, -4, and is ranked #18 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): Tony Surname(s): Leah Home: Toronto, ON, Canada Awards: 2nd, 2005 CNSC Hobbies: labour history, music Occupation: Maintenance welder

Round by Round
High score: 596 Average for: 430 Average against: 432
Round 1		Leah played #16 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 485 to 378 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +107. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 2		Leah played #3 Matthew Tunnicliffe (Ottawa ON) and won 511 to 502 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +116. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 3		Leah played #30 Joe Roberdeau (Cincinnati, OH) and won 426 to 310 (a spread of 116). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-0, +232. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 4		Leah played #18 Charles Reinke (Madison, WI) and won 514 to 449 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-0, +297. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Leah played #1 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 371 to 550 (a spread of -179). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-1, +118. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Leah played #9 Waseem Khatri (Pakistan) and won 480 to 471 (a spread of 9). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-1, +127. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Leah played #37 Moiz Ullah Baig (Pakistan) and won 496 to 421 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-1, +202.
Round 8		Leah played #10 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and won 530 to 403 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 7-1, +329.
Round 9		Leah played #8 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 449 to 431 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-1, +347.
Round 10		Leah played #6 Ben Schoenbrun (New Rochelle, NY) and lost 364 to 672 (a spread of -308). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 8-2, +39.
Round 11		Leah played #12 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 379 to 411 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-3, +7.
Round 12		Leah played #2 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and lost 414 to 489 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-4, -68.
Round 13		Leah played #5 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 273 to 467 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 8-5, -262.
Round 14		Leah played #11 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) and lost 464 to 562 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-6, -360.
Round 15		Leah played #22 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and lost 351 to 398 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-7, -407.
Round 16		Leah played #7 Josh Sokol (Montreal QC) and won 596 to 431 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 9-7, -242.
Round 17		Leah played #13 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 441 to 316 (a spread of 125). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-7, -117.
Round 18		Leah played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and lost 397 to 434 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 10-8, -154.
Round 19		Leah played #31 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and won 529 to 340 (a spread of 189). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 11-8, +35.
Round 20		Leah played #33 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and lost 385 to 389 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 11-9, +31.
Round 21		Leah played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 424 to 365 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-9, +90.
Round 22		Leah played #35 Kaveri Warriar (Dyer, IN) and won 477 to 272 (a spread of 205). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-9, +295.
Round 23		Leah played #24 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) and lost 341 to 404 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 13-10, +232.
Round 24		Leah played #13 Winter (Houston, TX) again and lost 362 to 455 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 13-11, +139.
Round 25		Leah played #7 Josh Sokol (Montreal QC) again and won 430 to 367 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 14-11, +202.
Round 26		Leah played #4 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 454 to 472 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14-12, +184.
Round 27		Leah recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #17. Current record: 15-12, +234.
Round 28		Leah played #16 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and won 445 to 392 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 16-12, +287.
Round 29		Leah played #11 Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) again and lost 318 to 452 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 16-13, +153.
Round 30		Leah played #18 Charles Reinke (Madison, WI) again and lost 353 to 561 (a spread of -208). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 16-14, -55. Leah is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 31		Leah played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) again and won 453 to 402 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 17-14, -4.

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