Jane Tacker [#39] at PC 2007

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On this page, you will find information about Jane Tacker, who is a contestant at the 2007 Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. Tacker currently has a record of 15-16, +119, and is ranked #48 in Division 5.

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 Jane Tacker]

Given name(s): Jane
Surname(s): Tacker
Home: Sealy, TX, United States
Hobbies: gardening, reading, baseball viewer, grandchildren, walking, yoga
Occupation: Part time RN, retired
NSC 2000 Division: 6
NSC 2000 Rank: 30/77, 16-15 +928
NSC 2002 Division: 6
NSC 2002 Rank: 13/88, 19-12 +425
NSC 2004 Division: 5
NSC 2004 Rank: 69/90, 13-17 -178
NSC 2005 Division: 5
NSC 2005 Rank: 72/93, 12-16 -50
USSO 2006 Division: 5
USSO 2006 Rank: 39/88, 14-14 +269

Career History

8-year record against other players at this event	21-16 (0.568)
Past 1-12 months	5-3 (0.625)	WWW LLL WW
Past 13-24 months	7-4 (0.636)	L W L W L W L WWWW
Past 25-36 months	5-6 (0.455)	L W L W L WWW LLL
Past 37-48 months	2-1 (0.667)	WW L
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	2-2 (0.500)	L WW L
Past 73-84 months	no games
Past 85-96 months	no games

Rank Diagram
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Round by Round
High score: 447 Average for: 359 Average against: 355
Round 1		Tacker played #41 Angela Dancho (Thornton, CO) and lost 370 to 426 (a spread of -56). Before this event, Tacker had not played Dancho in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-1, -56.
Round 2		Tacker played #68 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and won 366 to 340 (a spread of 26). The last time these two played was 2007-02 at: SALADO, TX Tacker’s record vs. Scholz in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: W. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 1-1, -30.
Round 3		Tacker played #16 Tony Anzaldi (Royal Oak, MI) and lost 324 to 343 (a spread of -19). Before this event, Tacker had not played Anzaldi in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #51. Current record: 1-2, -49.
Round 4		Tacker played #29 Vi Greene (Erie, PA) and won 415 to 294 (a spread of 121). Before this event, Tacker had not played Greene in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 2-2, +72.
Round 5		Tacker played #38 Linda Bianca (Myrtle Beach, SC) and lost 314 to 397 (a spread of -83). Before this event, Tacker had not played Bianca in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 2-3, -11.
Round 6		Tacker played #55 Polly Lenzen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and won 344 to 334 (a spread of 10). Before this event, Tacker had not played Lenzen in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-3, -1.
Round 7		Tacker played #80 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and won 389 to 307 (a spread of 82). Before this event, Tacker had not played Boyd in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 4-3, +81.
Round 8		Tacker played #59 Barbara Besadny (Madison, WI) and lost 330 to 379 (a spread of -49). Before this event, Tacker had not played Besadny in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-4, +32.
Round 9		Tacker played #31 Pat Hardwick (Stow, OH) and lost 309 to 338 (a spread of -29). The last time these two played was 2006-08 at: UNITED STATES SCRABBLE OPEN Tacker’s record vs. Hardwick in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #47. Current record: 4-5, +3.
Round 10		Tacker played #42 Joyce Stock (Rocky River, OH) and won 434 to 271 (a spread of 163). Before this event, Tacker had not played Stock in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 5-5, +166.
Round 11		Tacker played #19 Annie Rahman (Cincinnati, OH) and won 447 to 300 (a spread of 147). Before this event, Tacker had not played Rahman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-5, +313.
Round 12		Tacker played #47 Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) and lost 357 to 406 (a spread of -49). Before this event, Tacker had not played Lezin in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 6-6, +264.
Round 13		Tacker played #7 Lesley Salas (Shorewood, WI) and lost 294 to 405 (a spread of -111). Before this event, Tacker had not played Salas in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #47. Current record: 6-7, +153.
Round 14		Tacker played #67 Percy Fernando (Mississauga ON) and won 356 to 337 (a spread of 19). Before this event, Tacker had not played Fernando in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #44. Current record: 7-7, +172.
Round 15		Tacker played #54 M W Schroeder (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 306 to 466 (a spread of -160). Before this event, Tacker had not played Schroeder in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-8, +12.
Round 16		Tacker played #5 Jim Bryant (Clayton, IN) and won 325 to 255 (a spread of 70). Before this event, Tacker had not played Bryant in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 8-8, +82.
Round 17		Tacker played #71 Noah Lieberman (Charlotte, NC) and won 399 to 341 (a spread of 58). Before this event, Tacker had not played Lieberman in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 9-8, +140.
Round 18		Tacker played #52 Cynthia Hughes (Houston, TX) and won 397 to 308 (a spread of 89). The last time these two played was 2007-07 at: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX Tacker’s record vs. Hughes in the 8 years leading up to this event: 2-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: WW. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-8, +229.
Round 19		Tacker played #23 Janice Kaye (Saint Paul, MN) and lost 381 to 412 (a spread of -31). Before this event, Tacker had not played Kaye in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 10-9, +198.
Round 20		Tacker played #43 Bernette Glover (Chicago, IL) and lost 348 to 349 (a spread of -1). Before this event, Tacker had not played Glover in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 10-10, +197.
Round 21		Tacker played #72 Melissa Brown (Eden Prairie, MN) and won 367 to 276 (a spread of 91). Before this event, Tacker had not played Brown in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-10, +288.
Round 22		Tacker played #34 Beulah Cooper (Austin, TX) and lost 318 to 401 (a spread of -83). The last time these two played was 2007-07 at: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX Tacker’s record vs. Cooper in the 8 years leading up to this event: 7-6 (0.538). Past 1-12 months: WL. Past 13-24 months: WLL. Past 25-36 months: WLWWWLL. Past 37-48 months: W. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 11-11, +205.
Round 23		Tacker played #9 Judy Cole (Concord, MA) and won 399 to 286 (a spread of 113). Before this event, Tacker had not played Cole in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 12-11, +318.
Round 24		Tacker played #44 Carol Jones (Las Cruces, NM) and lost 345 to 389 (a spread of -44). The last time these two played was 2006-02 at: PHOENIX, AZ Tacker’s record vs. Jones in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: W. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 12-12, +274.
Round 25		Tacker played #51 Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) and won 366 to 286 (a spread of 80). The last time these two played was 2004-08 at: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Tacker’s record vs. Major in the 8 years leading up to this event: 0-1 (0.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: L. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: no games. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 13-12, +354.
Round 26		Tacker played #18 Brett Constantine (Exeter, NH) and lost 382 to 386 (a spread of -4). Before this event, Tacker had not played Constantine in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 13-13, +350.
Round 27		Tacker played #50 Chora B Eilertsen (Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island BC) and won 419 to 323 (a spread of 96). The last time these two played was 2002-08 at: NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPINSHIP Tacker’s record vs. Eilertsen in the 8 years leading up to this event: 1-0 (1.000). Past 1-12 months: no games. Past 13-24 months: no games. Past 25-36 months: no games. Past 37-48 months: no games. Past 49-60 months: no games. Past 61-72 months: W. Past 73-84 months: no games. Past 85-96 months: no games. Current ranking: #32. Current record: 14-13, +446.
Round 28		Tacker played #62 Sophia Murzin (Dearborn Heights, MI) and lost 306 to 487 (a spread of -181). Before this event, Tacker had not played Murzin in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #39. Current record: 14-14, +265.
Round 29		Tacker played #33 Brenda Brunson (Chicago, IL) and lost 322 to 376 (a spread of -54). Before this event, Tacker had not played Brunson in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 14-15, +211.
Round 30		Tacker played #64 Merran Dunlop (Brantford ON) and won 362 to 352 (a spread of 10). Before this event, Tacker had not played Dunlop in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 15-15, +221.
Round 31		Tacker played #4 Andrew Friedrich (Aurora, CO) and lost 339 to 441 (a spread of -102). Before this event, Tacker had not played Friedrich in at least 8 years. Current ranking: #48. Current record: 15-16, +119. Tacker is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).

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