Keith Smith's Scrabble Page

Personal Stats:

• Highest tournament game: 554 vs Stu Goldman at Pigeon Forge, March 2004
• Lowest tournament game: 245 vs Ed Saunders at Tucson, December 2002
• Highest opponent game: 542 by Iffy Onyeonwu at Mid-Cities Early bird, June 2004
• Highest tournament game loss: 468 vs Paul Avrin at Reno July 2004
• Highest tournament game victory margin: 311 vs Stu Goldman at Pigeon Forge, March 2004
• Highest tournament game losing margin: -222 vs Dominick Mancine at 2004 Nationals (New Orleans)
• Highest combined score in a tournament: 963 vs Paul Avrin at Reno, July 2004 (PA 495, KS 468)
• Highest tournament game turn: 140 for ROUNDLETS vs Paula Catanese, at Reno Early Bird, January 2003
• Highest non-triple-triple tournament game turn: 96 for SOUGH
• Tournament turns above 99: ROUNDLETS 140, EMITTERS 131, PLANTERS 122, TAILLESS 122, UNSALTED 122, BULKAGE 118, KIDNEYS 116, PRESONG 113, MISTAKE 107, QUALITY 106, FANNERS 104, JANITOR 104, ADNEXUS* 104
• Highest bingos/game average in a tournament: 2.27 (25 bingos in 11 games) at Mid-Cities, June 2004
• Highest average score in a tournament: 446 during the 11-game Mid-Cities tournament, June 2004
• Lowest average score in a tournament: 350 during the 13-game Salado tournament, February 2004
• Highest average opponent score in a tournament: 422 during the 6-game Mid-Cities Early Bird tournament, June 2004
• Lowest average opponent score in a tournament: 336 during the 11-game Austin tournament, October 2002
• Highest average opponent rating in a tournament: 1835 during the 8-game Reno Early Bird, July 2004
• Highest average opponent rating in a multi-day tournament: 1821 during the 24-game Pigeon Forge tournament, March 2004
• Highest performance rating in a tournament: 2071 during the 11-game Mid-Cities Tournament, June 2004
• Highest rated tournament opponent: Ron Tiekert (2002) at Pigeon Forge, March 2004
• Highest rated tournament opponent defeated: Ron Tiekert (2002) at Pigeon Forge, March 2004
• Highest rating increase (after the initial 50 game period): +142 at Dallas, November 2002
• Highest rating decrease (after the initial 50 game period): -91 at Reno, July 2004
• Number of U.S. states I attended a tournament in: 8 (TX, CA, LA, NV, AZ, OK, CT, TN)
• First tournament: Austin Club Tournament, circa July 2001
• First non-club tournament: Salado, February 2002
• Total Prize Money Won: $2,040
• Tournament record: 284-231-5 (38 tournaments [counting early birds], 33 tournaments [not counting early birds])
• Total Tournament Games Played: 520
• Number of Different Opponents Played: 262
• Most Frequent Opponent: Caesar Jaramillo (16 games)
• Tournament Wins: Mid-Cities, June 2002 (Division 3); Dallas, November 2002 (Division 2); Tucson, December 2002 (Division 2); Lubbock, March 2003 (Division 1); Arlington, June 2004 (Division 1)
• Scrabble Daddy: Judy Newhouse
• Scrabble Children: Travis Chaney, Darrell Day
• Scrabble Step-Children: Ron Tiekert