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SPC 2025: Emmanuel Egbele [CSW1-29]
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On this page, you will find information about
Emmanuel Egbele, 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 12-19, -890, and is ranked
#27 in Division CSW1.
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 | ![[photo of Emmanuel Egbele]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/e/egbele_emmanuel_AA008625_1.jpg)
| Given name(s): Emmanuel Surname(s): Egbele Home: Nigeria |
Round by Round | High score: 536 Average for: 389 Average against: 417 | Round 1 | ![[photo of Joshua Castellano]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/c/castellano_joshua_AA003397.jpg)
| Egbele played #1 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 345 to 434 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 0-1, -89. | Round 2 | ![[photo of Rasheed Olajide Balogun]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/b/balogun_rasheed_olajide_AA005195_4.jpg)
| Egbele played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) and lost 398 to 409 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 0-2, -100. | Round 3 | ![[photo of Sam Kantimathi]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kantimathi_sam_3.jpg)
| Egbele played #18 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) and won 449 to 402 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-2, -53. | Round 4 | ![[photo of James Porter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/porter_james_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #32 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) and lost 381 to 423 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 1-3, -95. | Round 5 | ![[photo of Mina Le]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/le_mina_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #24 Mina Le (Stamford, CT) and won 469 to 337 (a spread of 132). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 2-3, +37. Egbele is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits). | Round 6 | ![[photo of Mpakaboari Jack]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/j/jack_mpakaboari.jpg)
| Egbele played #27 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and lost 324 to 475 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-4, -114. | Round 7 | ![[photo of Jason Keller]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/keller_jason_AA000419.jpg)
| Egbele played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and lost 367 to 484 (a spread of -117). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-5, -231. | Round 8 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert_LM000055.jpeg)
| Egbele played #21 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 383 to 528 (a spread of -145). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-6, -376. | Round 9 | ![[photo of Tajammul Shah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shah_tajammul_AA005823.jpg)
| Egbele played #25 Tajammul Shah (Patchogue, NY) and lost 364 to 463 (a spread of -99). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 2-7, -475. | Round 10 | ![[photo of Fidelis Olotu]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/olotu_fidelis.jpg)
| Egbele played #26 Fidelis Olotu (United Kingdom) and lost 328 to 454 (a spread of -126). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-8, -601. | Round 11 | ![[photo of Terry Kang]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rau_terry_kang_AA000054_1.jpg)
| Egbele played #30 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) and lost 421 to 437 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-9, -617. | Round 12 | ![[photo of Ayotunde Adeyeri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/adeyeri_ayotunde_AA007488.jpg)
| Egbele played #28 Ayotunde Adeyeri (Holmdel, NJ) and lost 344 to 439 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-10, -712. | Round 13 | ![[photo of Joel Wapnick]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/wapnick_joel_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #12 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 341 to 471 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-11, -842. | Round 14 | ![[photo of Stefan Rau]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rau_stefan_AA000053_1.jpg)
| Egbele played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 536 to 456 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-11, -762. | Round 15 | ![[photo of Jason Ubeika]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/ubeika_jason_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 432 to 409 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-11, -739. | Round 16 | ![[photo of Mohammad Sulaiman]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/sulaiman_mohammad.jpg)
| Egbele played #23 Mohammad Sulaiman (Shreveport, LA) and lost 430 to 459 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 4-12, -768. | Round 17 | ![[photo of Tim Weiss]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/weiss_tim_AA004338.jpg)
| Egbele played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 381 to 348 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-12, -735. | Round 18 | ![[no photo available]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/unknown_player.gif)
| Egbele played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) and lost 333 to 509 (a spread of -176). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-13, -911. | Round 19 | ![[photo of Fidelis Olotu]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/o/olotu_fidelis.jpg)
| Egbele played #26 Fidelis Olotu (United Kingdom) again and lost 333 to 458 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 5-14, -1036. | Round 20 | ![[photo of Terry Kang]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/r/rau_terry_kang_AA000054_1.jpg)
| Egbele played #30 Terry Kang (Slingerlands, NY) again and won 350 to 280 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-14, -966. | Round 21 | ![[photo of James Porter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/p/porter_james_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #32 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) again and won 454 to 411 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 7-14, -923. | Round 22 | ![[photo of Robert Linn]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/linn_robert_LM000055.jpeg)
| Egbele played #21 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and lost 353 to 431 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 7-15, -1001. | Round 23 | ![[photo of Tajammul Shah]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/s/shah_tajammul_AA005823.jpg)
| Egbele played #25 Tajammul Shah (Patchogue, NY) again and won 392 to 348 (a spread of 44). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-15, -957. | Round 24 | ![[photo of Mina Le]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/l/le_mina_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #24 Mina Le (Stamford, CT) again and won 387 to 384 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-15, -954. | Round 25 | ![[photo of Ayotunde Adeyeri]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/a/adeyeri_ayotunde_AA007488.jpg)
| Egbele played #28 Ayotunde Adeyeri (Holmdel, NJ) again and lost 363 to 416 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-16, -1007. | Round 26 | ![[photo of Sam Kantimathi]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/k/kantimathi_sam_3.jpg)
| Egbele played #18 Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA) again and won 381 to 342 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 10-16, -968. | Round 27 | ![[photo of Bradley Whitmarsh]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitmarsh_bradley_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #13 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 409 to 333 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-16, -892. | Round 28 | ![[photo of Tim Weiss]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/weiss_tim_AA004338.jpg)
| Egbele played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) again and lost 463 to 473 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 11-17, -902. | Round 29 | ![[photo of David Whitley]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/w/whitley_david.jpg)
| Egbele played #15 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and won 405 to 320 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 12-17, -817. | Round 30 | ![[photo of Winter]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/z/zxqkj_winter_AA481516.jpg)
| Egbele played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) and lost 349 to 394 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-18, -862. | Round 31 | ![[photo of Jason Ubeika]](https://www.scrabbleplayers.org//players/u/ubeika_jason_2.jpg)
| Egbele played #20 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) again and lost 386 to 414 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 12-19, -890. |
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