What’s worse than an ace up your sleeve in a poker game? A
hidden blank letter tile in a Scrabble tournament. No, make that TWO hidden blank tiles.
Well, one young player got caught doing just that in the National
Championship Tournament, and was ejected from the competition.
Apparently, this has happened in smaller tournaments, but
never … NEVER … in the National Scrabble Association’s championship
tournament held recently in Florida. Florida? Yep, maybe the cheater got his
inspiration hiding hanging chads.
We may never know who the culprit is, because he’s a minor
and they don’t out cheaters by name if they’re underage (potential legal
action, y’know), but he’s a Division 3 player, defined as someone who plays a
great Scrabble game in the living room. Hey! I know a couple of people who
qualify for Division 3.
There’s big money involved in the tournament. The winner
will get $10,000, and that’s no stinky cheese. It’s known that some players do
what they can (short of cheating) to improve their chances, even taking brain
boosting mineral supplements.
Oh really? How do you spell “obsessed”?
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