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MOST 2009: Mario Saliba [#21]

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On this page, you will find information about Mario Saliba, who is competing at the 2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 10-10, +288, and is ranked #30.

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): Mario Surname(s): Saliba Home: Malta Awards: 1989 1994 1998 Malta NSC Hobbies: sports Occupation: Sports officer WSC 1997 Rank: 63 WSC 1999 Rank: 97 2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Malta

Round by Round
High score: 519 Average for: 394 Average against: 380
Round 1	Malta	Saliba played #40 Anna Borg (MLT) and won 519 to 270 (a spread of 249). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 1-0, +249.
Round 2	Malta	Saliba played #62 Reno Zammit (MLT) and won 463 to 321 (a spread of 142). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +391.
Round 3	England	Saliba played #4 David Webb (Eng) and lost 305 to 396 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 2-1, +300. Saliba is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4	Ireland	Saliba played #11 Gboye Balogun (IRL) and lost 317 to 502 (a spread of -185). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-2, +115.
Round 5	England	Saliba played #19 Mike O'Rourke (Eng) and lost 385 to 467 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-3, +33.
Round 6	England	Saliba played #38 Philip Turner (Eng) and won 363 to 304 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-3, +92.
Round 7	Israel	Saliba played #24 Naomi Landau (ISR) and lost 432 to 443 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-4, +81.
Round 8	Northern Ireland	Saliba played #22 Nuala O'Rourke (NIr) and lost 380 to 459 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 3-5, +2.
Round 9	Malta	Saliba played #39 Frans Farrugia (MLT) and won 396 to 294 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-5, +104.
Round 10	Malta	Saliba played #46 Dominic Borg (MLT) and won 411 to 359 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-5, +156.
Round 11	Malta	Saliba played #35 Josephine Mayo (MLT) and won 393 to 307 (a spread of 86). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 6-5, +242.
Round 12	Malta	Saliba played #52 Pauline Cilia (MLT) and won 512 to 315 (a spread of 197). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-5, +439.
Round 13	Israel	Saliba played #7 Evan Cohen (ISR) and won 357 to 310 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-5, +486.
Round 14	Malta	Saliba played #17 Jojo Delia (MLT) and lost 366 to 426 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-6, +426. Saliba is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 15	Scotland	Saliba played #14 Simon Gillam (Sco) and lost 326 to 429 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-7, +323.
Round 16	Malta	Saliba played #37 Mario Camilleri (MLT) and won 517 to 326 (a spread of 191). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-7, +514.
Round 17	Romania	Saliba played #23 Dan Sandu (ROM) and lost 421 to 422 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 9-8, +513.
Round 18	Ireland	Saliba played #8 Feargal Weatherhead (IRL) and lost 318 to 398 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 9-9, +433.
Round 19	Malta	Saliba played #25 Christine Strawbridge (MLT) and won 376 to 302 (a spread of 74). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-9, +507.
Round 20	Malta	Saliba played #26 Nicky Vella-Laurenti (MLT) and lost 327 to 546 (a spread of -219). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 10-10, +288.

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