SPC 2025: Phyllis Vargas [4-30]

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On this page, you will find information about Phyllis Vargas, 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 16-15, -127, and is ranked #33 in Division 4.

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): Phyllis Surname(s): Vargas Home: Katy, TX, United States Hobbies: running, hiking, bird watching,

Round by Round
High score: 439 Average for: 351 Average against: 355
Round 1		Vargas played #39 Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) and won 393 to 343 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 1-0, +50.
Round 2		Vargas played #49 Jennifer Hay (Portland, TX) and won 374 to 363 (a spread of 11). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-0, +61.
Round 3		Vargas played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and lost 319 to 404 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-1, -24. Vargas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Vargas played #20 Diane Sleek (Freeport, ME) and lost 355 to 445 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 2-2, -114.
Round 5		Vargas played #3 Anthony Canzoneri (Fuquay Varina, NC) and won 383 to 314 (a spread of 69). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-2, -45. Vargas is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Vargas played #15 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) and lost 330 to 376 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 3-3, -91.
Round 7		Vargas played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and lost 297 to 306 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 3-4, -100.
Round 8		Vargas played #26 Bill Coad (North Tonawanda, NY) and lost 341 to 345 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 3-5, -104.
Round 9		Vargas played #42 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) and lost 300 to 442 (a spread of -142). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-6, -246.
Round 10		Vargas played #57 Karen Kaminski (Cocoa, FL) and won 419 to 302 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-6, -129.
Round 11		Vargas played #28 Linda Brandt (Safety Harbor, FL) and lost 291 to 407 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 4-7, -245.
Round 12		Vargas played #43 Robin Schlauch (College Park, MD) and won 350 to 298 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-7, -193.
Round 13		Vargas played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and lost 366 to 372 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 5-8, -199.
Round 14		Vargas played #38 Jay Westreich (Washington, DC) and won 394 to 322 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-8, -127.
Round 15		Vargas played #51 Ann Kleinfelt (Sarasota, FL) and won 328 to 312 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 7-8, -111.
Round 16		Vargas played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 388 to 286 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 8-8, -9.
Round 17		Vargas played #21 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 367 to 350 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 9-8, +8.
Round 18		Vargas played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 334 to 326 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 10-8, +16.
Round 19		Vargas played #32 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) and lost 383 to 421 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 10-9, -22.
Round 20		Vargas played #40 Josh Guardino (Brentwood, NH) and lost 410 to 426 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 10-10, -38.
Round 21		Vargas played #37 Joyslin Hodge-Watson (white Plains, NY) and lost 372 to 457 (a spread of -85). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 10-11, -123.
Round 22		Vargas played #18 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 306 to 343 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 10-12, -160.
Round 23		Vargas played #22 Mary Stewart (Columbia, MD) and lost 273 to 384 (a spread of -111). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 10-13, -271.
Round 24		Vargas played #33 Pamela Pudelka (Richmond, TX) and lost 286 to 405 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 10-14, -390.
Round 25		Vargas played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 439 to 319 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 11-14, -270.
Round 26		Vargas played #58 Paul Wood (Central City, IA) and won 349 to 301 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 12-14, -222.
Round 27		Vargas played #60 Marla Posey-Moss (Aberdeen, MD) and won 367 to 280 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 13-14, -135.
Round 28		Vargas played #59 Craig Knight (Nottingham, MD) and won 382 to 231 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 14-14, +16.
Round 29		Vargas played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 298 to 458 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 14-15, -144.
Round 30		Vargas played #54 Don Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 328 to 314 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 15-15, -130.
Round 31		Vargas played #21 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) again and won 364 to 361 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 16-15, -127.

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