SPC 2025: Michael Early [1-52]

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On this page, you will find information about Michael Early, 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 9-22, -2176, and is ranked #53 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): Michael Surname(s): Early Home: Fort Worth, TX, United States Awards: 1994 Texas State Championship; 2005 (Div. 2) NASO; 2005 (2nd) Western Canadian Championship; 2007 (8th) Players Championship Hobbies: music, philosophy, games, writing

Round by Round
High score: 581 Average for: 368 Average against: 442
Round 1		Early played #1 Nigel Richards (Malaysia) and lost 363 to 483 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 0-1, -120.
Round 2		Early played #17 Joe Edley (San Francisco, CA) and lost 385 to 584 (a spread of -199). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 0-2, -319.
Round 3		Early played #36 Brandon Randall (New Haven, CT) and won 418 to 385 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-2, -286.
Round 4		Early played #18 Seth Lipkin (Lenox, MA) and lost 311 to 497 (a spread of -186). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 1-3, -472.
Round 5		Early played #54 Mark Miller (King of Prussia, PA) and lost 360 to 479 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 1-4, -591.
Round 6		Early played #31 Rahn McKeown (Chester Springs, PA) and lost 348 to 485 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 1-5, -728.
Round 7		Early recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 2-5, -678.
Round 8		Early played #41 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) and lost 354 to 460 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 2-6, -784.
Round 9		Early played #37 Noah Berger (Berkeley, CA) and lost 351 to 430 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 2-7, -863.
Round 10		Early played #51 Noah Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) and lost 343 to 478 (a spread of -135). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 2-8, -998.
Round 11		Early played #48 Wes Eddings (Quincy, MA) and won 431 to 373 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 3-8, -940.
Round 12		Early played #23 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) and won 581 to 302 (a spread of 279). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 4-8, -661.
Round 13		Early played #44 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and lost 340 to 390 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 4-9, -711.
Round 14		Early played #45 Timothy Bottorff (Owings Mills, MD) and lost 379 to 409 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4-10, -741.
Round 15		Early played #30 Samuel Kaplan (Roslyn Heights, NY) and lost 342 to 459 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 4-11, -858.
Round 16		Early played #33 Maddy Kamen (Delray Beach, FL) and won 473 to 470 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 5-11, -855.
Round 17		Early played #49 Froilan Mendoza (Scarsdale, NY) and won 436 to 367 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 6-11, -786.
Round 18		Early played #11 Zachary Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 312 to 469 (a spread of -157). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-12, -943.
Round 19		Early played #50 Hank Hees (Saskatoon SK) and lost 383 to 544 (a spread of -161). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-13, -1104.
Round 20		Early played #15 Chloe Fatsis (Providence, RI) and lost 305 to 519 (a spread of -214). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-14, -1318.
Round 21		Early played #25 Karl Higby (Schenectady, NY) and lost 327 to 517 (a spread of -190). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-15, -1508.
Round 22		Early played #42 Jonathan Lindh (Chicago, IL) and lost 379 to 425 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-16, -1554.
Round 23		Early played #46 Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) and lost 281 to 535 (a spread of -254). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-17, -1808.
Round 24		Early played #16 Kevin Fraley (San Jose, CA) and lost 290 to 388 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-18, -1906.
Round 25		Early played #53 Dustin Dean (Hanover, MD) and lost 338 to 380 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-19, -1948.
Round 26		Early played #34 Edward De Guzman (San Francisco, CA) and won 447 to 415 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 7-19, -1916.
Round 27		Early played #13 Joey Mallick (South Portland, ME) and won 419 to 349 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 8-19, -1846.
Round 28		Early played #28 Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) and lost 311 to 436 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 8-20, -1971.
Round 29		Early played #41 Patricia Barrett (Houston, TX) again and won 408 to 322 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-20, -1885.
Round 30		Early played #32 Randy Hersom (Thomasville, NC) and lost 279 to 439 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-21, -2045.
Round 31		Early played #23 Jeff Fiszbein (Brighton, MI) again and lost 335 to 466 (a spread of -131). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 9-22, -2176.

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