2010 Malta International Scrabble Open: May 14-16

May 14–16, 2010

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MOST 2010: Gboye Balogun [#16]

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On this page, you will find information about Gboye Balogun, who is competing at the 2010 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 13-8, +365, and is ranked #16.

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): Gboye Surname(s): Balogun Home: IRL 2010 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Ireland

Round by Round
High score: 492 Average for: 399 Average against: 382
Round 1	England	Balogun played #83 Judith Puttick (Eng) and won 452 to 309 (a spread of 143). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 1-0, +143.
Round 2	Israel	Balogun played #62 Maureen Hoch (ISR) and won 399 to 394 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-0, +148.
Round 3	Romania	Balogun played #22 Mihai Pantis (ROM) and lost 289 to 411 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 2-1, +26.
Round 4	Israel	Balogun played #39 Omri Rosenkrantz (ISR) and won 407 to 359 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 3-1, +74.
Round 5	Malta	Balogun played #32 Mario Saliba (MLT) and won 459 to 341 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 4-1, +192.
Round 6	England	Balogun played #5 Femi Awowade (Eng) and won 366 to 300 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-1, +258.
Round 7	England	Balogun played #24 Chris Keeley (Eng) and lost 334 to 466 (a spread of -132). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-2, +126.
Round 8	England	Balogun played #14 Jackie McLeod (Eng) and lost 401 to 404 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-3, +123.
Round 9	England	Balogun played #7 Jared Robinson (Eng) and lost 376 to 438 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-4, +61. Balogun is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 10	Israel	Balogun played #43 Gila Blits (ISR) and won 422 to 263 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-4, +220.
Round 11	Romania	Balogun played #50 Catalin Caba (ROM) and won 492 to 304 (a spread of 188). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 7-4, +408.
Round 12	Malta	Balogun played #47 Charles Micallef (MLT) and won 442 to 397 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-4, +453.
Round 13	Malta	Balogun played #20 Cecil Muscat (MLT) and lost 338 to 479 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-5, +312.
Round 14	Scotland	Balogun played #17 Simon Gillam (Sco) and lost 379 to 409 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 8-6, +282.
Round 15	Scotland	Balogun played #27 Amy Byrne (Sco) and lost 441 to 509 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 8-7, +214.
Round 16	England	Balogun played #58 Carmen Toscano (Eng) and won 441 to 345 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 9-7, +310.
Round 17	Malta	Balogun played #68 Dominic Borg (MLT) and won 421 to 324 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-7, +407.
Round 18	Australia	Balogun played #31 John Barker (AUS) and won 435 to 420 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-7, +422.
Round 19	Malta	Balogun played #19 David Delicata (MLT) and lost 364 to 471 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 11-8, +315.
Round 20	England	Balogun played #26 Kevin Synnott (Eng) and won 374 to 359 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 12-8, +330.
Round 21	Israel	Balogun played #40 Naomi Landau (ISR) and won 356 to 321 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 13-8, +365.

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