SPC 2025: Samuel Heiman [3-20]

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On this page, you will find information about Samuel Heiman, 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 21-10, +898, and is ranked #2 in Division 3.

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): Samuel Surname(s): Heiman Home: Chesterfield, MO, United States

Round by Round
High score: 523 Average for: 391 Average against: 362
Round 1		Heiman played #66 Deanne Dorsa (Houston, TX) and lost 344 to 353 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 0-1, -9.
Round 2		Heiman played #45 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) and won 378 to 338 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 1-1, +31.
Round 3		Heiman played #28 Marty Fialkow (Moorestown, NJ) and won 437 to 302 (a spread of 135). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-1, +166.
Round 4		Heiman played #64 Marichelle Roque-Lutz (New Holland, PA) and lost 337 to 365 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 2-2, +138.
Round 5		Heiman played #57 Jack Lechner (New York, NY) and won 523 to 360 (a spread of 163). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 3-2, +301. Heiman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Heiman played #32 Alex Vratsanos (Unknown city, DE) and won 364 to 362 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-2, +303.
Round 7		Heiman played #72 Dana Tornabene (Charlottesville, VA) and lost 303 to 380 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-3, +226.
Round 8		Heiman played #30 Gwen Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 413 to 265 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-3, +374.
Round 9		Heiman played #9 Nick Purifoy (Prairie Village, KS) and lost 281 to 443 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-4, +212.
Round 10		Heiman played #24 John Fultz (Chesterfield, MO) and won 384 to 372 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-4, +224.
Round 11		Heiman played #12 Jamie Logan (Augusta, ME) and lost 340 to 417 (a spread of -77). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-5, +147.
Round 12		Heiman played #53 Heidi Kujac (New York, NY) and won 451 to 307 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-5, +291.
Round 13		Heiman played #22 Daniel Tinkelman (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 352 to 372 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 7-6, +271.
Round 14		Heiman played #49 William Snoddy (Asheville, NC) and lost 368 to 466 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 7-7, +173.
Round 15		Heiman played #67 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and won 504 to 281 (a spread of 223). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 8-7, +396. Heiman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Heiman played #55 Linda Wancel (Flushing, NY) and lost 346 to 396 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-8, +346.
Round 17		Heiman played #48 Nicole Kazarian (Worcester, MA) and lost 297 to 413 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 8-9, +230.
Round 18		Heiman played #62 Katherine Edwards (Brooklyn, NY) and won 365 to 314 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-9, +281.
Round 19		Heiman played #37 Betzy Collins (Vaughan ON) and won 461 to 399 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-9, +343.
Round 20		Heiman played #1 Hannah Rozear (Durham, NC) and lost 348 to 424 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-10, +267.
Round 21		Heiman played #26 Jennifer Tomlinson (Fort Myers, FL) and won 371 to 352 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 11-10, +286.
Round 22		Heiman played #11 Sarah Rosenblum (West Orange, NJ) and won 396 to 367 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-10, +315.
Round 23		Heiman played #29 Harry Chan (Morristown, NJ) and won 376 to 286 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-10, +405.
Round 24		Heiman played #43 Cheryl Kagan (Rockville, MD) and won 462 to 354 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14-10, +513.
Round 25		Heiman played #17 Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) and won 407 to 357 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-10, +563.
Round 26		Heiman played #42 Joshua Pepper (New York, NY) and won 370 to 344 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-10, +589.
Round 27		Heiman played #8 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and won 386 to 333 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-10, +642.
Round 28		Heiman played #31 Carole Denton (New Carrollton, MD) and won 419 to 362 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-10, +699.
Round 29		Heiman played #72 Dana Tornabene (Charlottesville, VA) again and won 413 to 335 (a spread of 78). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 19-10, +777.
Round 30		Heiman played #2 Chuck Abbate (Quispamsis NB) and won 456 to 351 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 20-10, +882.
Round 31		Heiman played #7 Doug Critchlow (Columbus, OH) and won 482 to 466 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 21-10, +898.

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