SPC 2025: Joe South [2-07]

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On this page, you will find information about Joe South, 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 19-12, +772, and is ranked #7 in Division 2.

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): Joe Surname(s): South Home: Schertz, TX, United States Awards: 11th place participation ribbon, Hudson OH 2006

Round by Round
High score: 566 Average for: 406 Average against: 382
Round 1		South played #51 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and won 566 to 255 (a spread of 311). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 1-0, +311.
Round 2		South played #42 Mark Milan (San Clemente, CA) and won 470 to 421 (a spread of 49). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 2-0, +360. South is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		South played #20 Ed Liebfried (East Kingston, NH) and won 416 to 297 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +479. South is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		South played #47 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and lost 377 to 427 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +429.
Round 5		South played #36 Asif Ali (NORMAN, OK) and won 403 to 342 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 4-1, +490. South is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		South played #5 Adam Henderson (Seattle, WA) and lost 350 to 547 (a spread of -197). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 4-2, +293.
Round 7		South played #34 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and won 426 to 387 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-2, +332.
Round 8		South played #58 Brett Jackson (Pensacola Beach, FL) and won 407 to 327 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 6-2, +412. South is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		South played #3 Evan Chester (Southampton, PA) and lost 449 to 455 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-3, +406.
Round 10		South played #4 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and won 469 to 342 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 7-3, +533.
Round 11		South played #16 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and lost 389 to 426 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 7-4, +496.
Round 12		South played #1 Michael Thelen (Newton, MA) and lost 369 to 440 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 7-5, +425.
Round 13		South played #6 Mark Garrod (Lansing, MI) and lost 286 to 524 (a spread of -238). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-6, +187.
Round 14		South played #8 Robert DeSimone (Norwalk, CT) and lost 318 to 440 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-7, +65.
Round 15		South played #23 Yaacov Barak (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 377 to 315 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-7, +127.
Round 16		South played #37 Daniel Stock (Medina, OH) and won 404 to 333 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-7, +198.
Round 17		South played #33 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and lost 364 to 505 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 9-8, +57.
Round 18		South played #9 Tijan Jeng (Baltimore, MD) and won 413 to 311 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-8, +159.
Round 19		South played #46 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and won 403 to 369 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-8, +193.
Round 20		South played #19 Tracy Cobbs (Hartselle, AL) and won 400 to 306 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-8, +287.
Round 21		South played #14 Edwin Roth (Conshohocken, PA) and won 467 to 391 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 13-8, +363.
Round 22		South played #29 Kevin Nai (Wilmington, DE) and won 493 to 330 (a spread of 163). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-8, +526.
Round 23		South played #2 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) and lost 331 to 419 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 14-9, +438.
Round 24		South played #16 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) again and won 491 to 359 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15-9, +570.
Round 25		South played #5 Adam Henderson (Seattle, WA) again and won 467 to 387 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-9, +650.
Round 26		South played #15 Scott Leifer (Mansfield, MA) and lost 321 to 514 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 16-10, +457.
Round 27		South played #15 Scott Leifer (Mansfield, MA) again and won 409 to 368 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 17-10, +498.
Round 28		South played #1 Michael Thelen (Newton, MA) again and lost 360 to 428 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-11, +430.
Round 29		South played #21 Sebastian Knowles (Columbus, OH) and won 467 to 249 (a spread of 218). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-11, +648.
Round 30		South played #14 Edwin Roth (Conshohocken, PA) again and lost 333 to 382 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18-12, +599.
Round 31		South played #38 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and won 405 to 232 (a spread of 173). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 19-12, +772.

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