Double-checking result slips: Joe South and Alba Vazquez, two event volunteers.

A shot of the new steel SamBoard.

SamTimers and cases of many hues.

More timers and bags. . . .

SamTimer bag, round boards, and padded board covers. . . .

Last table of Sam Kantimathi's merchandise: tilebags and more bags!

Trevor Sealy and Nadine Jacobson.

Jeff Cook and Sam Rosin: post-game paperwork duties.

Charmaine Wolfe vs. Richard Lauder.

A board from a former World SCRABBLE Championship. Note that the depressed squares are perfectly square (since "World" tiles are now square) and these tiles, designed for Hasbro boards, are a slight bit rectangular, so they all lean a slight bit. A real three-dimensional treat!

Dean Saldanha vs. Pakorn Nemitrmansuk and their annotators, Dee Segrest and Kate Watson.

Jesse Day vs. Dave Wiegand.

Alyssa Faria and Rod MacNeil.

Darrell Day (back) vs. Steve Oliger.

Doug Brockmeier vs. Robert Linn.

Mary Rhoades created this Orphan Table, which drew all sorts of people for various reasons.

David Gremaud vs. David Johnson and some serious postgame analysis.

Dan Sereduick in a tense endgame.

Wallace Schultz and Jason Idalski, midway through an uninterruptable recount.

Division 1 Director, Bryan Pepper, sharing words of encouragement with Robin Pollock Daniel.

Not one to let a moment go by frivolously, Joe Edley grabs a catnap between rounds.

Zev Kaufman vs. Amit Chakrabarti.

Ah! A use for the aforementioned Orphan Table, Rose Kreiswirth sneaking in some non-game-related reading.