SPC 2025: Nigel Peltier [1-12]

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On this page, you will find information about Nigel Peltier, who is competing at the 2025 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 22-9, +1234, and is ranked #00 in Division 1.

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): Nigel Surname(s): Peltier Home: Beaverton, OR, United States Awards: 1st in Seattle Scrabble tourney Hobbies: ultimate frisbee

Round by Round
High score: 554 Average for: 420 Average against: 383
Round 1		Peltier played #54 Mark Miller (King of Prussia, PA) and won 409 to 325 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +84. Peltier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits).
Round 2		Peltier played #35 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and won 494 to 404 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 2-0, +174. Peltier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (5 hits).
Round 3		Peltier played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and lost 292 to 405 (a spread of -113). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, +61. Peltier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits).
Round 4		Peltier played #7 Orry Swift (Beaumont, TX) and won 468 to 356 (a spread of 112). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-1, +173.
Round 5		Peltier played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and won 403 to 385 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-1, +191. Peltier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (6 hits).
Round 6		Peltier played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and won 453 to 314 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-1, +330. Peltier is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Peltier played #8 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) and lost 405 to 422 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-2, +313.
Round 8		Peltier played #39 Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and lost 173 to 307 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-3, +179.
Round 9		Peltier played #28 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and won 449 to 379 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, +249.
Round 10		Peltier played #3 Ian Weinstein (coral springs, FL) and lost 283 to 425 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-4, +107.
Round 11		Peltier played #26 Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 472 to 499 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-5, +80.
Round 12		Peltier played #18 Seth Lipkin (Lenox, MA) and won 446 to 361 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-5, +165.
Round 13		Peltier played #47 Eric Harshbarger (Auburn, AL) and lost 401 to 410 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-6, +156.
Round 14		Peltier played #38 Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and lost 374 to 433 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 7-7, +97.
Round 15		Peltier played #36 Brandon Randall (New Haven, CT) and won 460 to 418 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 8-7, +139.
Round 16		Peltier played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and won 554 to 379 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 9-7, +314.
Round 17		Peltier played #24 David Spargo (South Burlington, VT) and won 375 to 341 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-7, +348.
Round 18		Peltier played #22 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and won 421 to 314 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 11-7, +455.
Round 19		Peltier played #4 Mack Meller (Lexington, KY) and won 531 to 333 (a spread of 198). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 12-7, +653.
Round 20		Peltier played #6 Will Anderson (Lawrenceville, NJ) and won 460 to 279 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-7, +834.
Round 21		Peltier played #9 Kenji Matsumoto (Reno, NV) and lost 369 to 447 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 13-8, +756.
Round 22		Peltier played #19 Andy Hoang (Cary, NC) and won 498 to 329 (a spread of 169). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-8, +925.
Round 23		Peltier played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) and lost 380 to 408 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-9, +897.
Round 24		Peltier played #8 Carl Johnson (Hillsboro, OR) again and won 419 to 402 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 15-9, +914.
Round 25		Peltier played #9 Kenji Matsumoto (Reno, NV) again and won 496 to 421 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-9, +989.
Round 26		Peltier played #4 Mack Meller (Lexington, KY) again and won 419 to 417 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 17-9, +991.
Round 27		Peltier played #7 Orry Swift (Beaumont, TX) again and won 408 to 405 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 18-9, +994.
Round 28		Peltier played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) again and won 457 to 417 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 19-9, +1034.
Round 29		Peltier recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 20-9, +1084.
Round 30		Peltier recorded a bye with a spread of 100 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 21-9, +1184.
Round 31		Peltier recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #00. Current record: 22-9, +1234.

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