SPC 2025: Jerry Lerman [1-40]

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On this page, you will find information about Jerry Lerman, 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 15-16, -171, and is ranked #37 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): Jerry Surname(s): Lerman Home: Foster City, CA, United States Awards: Invitee to World Scrabble Championship, 1993 and 2005 Hobbies: Reading, Local Newspaper Publishing, Chess

Round by Round
High score: 524 Average for: 412 Average against: 419
Round 1		Lerman played #2 Joey Krafchick (Ocean Springs, MS) and won 496 to 331 (a spread of 165). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 1-0, +165.
Round 2		Lerman played #20 Michael Fagen (Montreal QC) and lost 311 to 452 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 1-1, +24.
Round 3		Lerman played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 440 to 437 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-1, +27.
Round 4		Lerman played #35 Jeremy Hall (New York, NY) and lost 403 to 409 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-2, +21.
Round 5		Lerman played #10 Cesar Del Solar (Stamford, CT) and lost 329 to 538 (a spread of -209). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 2-3, -188. Lerman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 6		Lerman played #53 Dustin Dean (Hanover, MD) and won 524 to 213 (a spread of 311). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 3-3, +123. Lerman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 7		Lerman played #27 Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) and lost 450 to 486 (a spread of -36). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-4, +87.
Round 8		Lerman played #46 Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) and lost 303 to 510 (a spread of -207). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 3-5, -120.
Round 9		Lerman played #15 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) and won 450 to 403 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-5, -73.
Round 10		Lerman played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and won 489 to 388 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-5, +28.
Round 11		Lerman played #11 Zachary Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 386 to 524 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-6, -110.
Round 12		Lerman played #36 Brandon Randall (New Haven, CT) and won 441 to 357 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-6, -26.
Round 13		Lerman played #24 David Spargo (South Burlington, VT) and lost 379 to 481 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 6-7, -128.
Round 14		Lerman played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and lost 402 to 425 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 6-8, -151.
Round 15		Lerman played #50 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and won 499 to 347 (a spread of 152). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-8, +1.
Round 16		Lerman played #31 Rahn McKeown (Chester Springs, PA) and lost 313 to 472 (a spread of -159). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 7-9, -158.
Round 17		Lerman played #29 Marlon Hill (Randallstown, MD) and won 427 to 379 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 8-9, -110.
Round 18		Lerman played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and won 476 to 366 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 9-9, +0.
Round 19		Lerman played #32 Randy Hersom (Thomasville, NC) and lost 397 to 442 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 9-10, -45.
Round 20		Lerman played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and lost 360 to 432 (a spread of -72). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 9-11, -117.
Round 21		Lerman played #18 Seth Lipkin (Lenox, MA) and won 429 to 411 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 10-11, -99.
Round 22		Lerman played #41 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and won 467 to 370 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 11-11, -2.
Round 23		Lerman played #44 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and lost 336 to 368 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 11-12, -34.
Round 24		Lerman played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and lost 350 to 491 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 11-13, -175.
Round 25		Lerman played #54 Mark Miller (King of Prussia, PA) and won 521 to 367 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 12-13, -21.
Round 26		Lerman played #23 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and won 447 to 385 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 13-13, +41.
Round 27		Lerman played #33 Maddy Kamen (Delray Beach, FL) and won 421 to 387 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14-13, +75.
Round 28		Lerman played #49 Froilan Mendoza (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 349 to 464 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 14-14, -40.
Round 29		Lerman recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 15-14, +10.
Round 30		Lerman played #37 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and lost 373 to 414 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 15-15, -31.
Round 31		Lerman played #53 Dustin Dean (Hanover, MD) again and lost 390 to 530 (a spread of -140). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 15-16, -171.

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