Sherrie Saint John continues her report:

Round 2 began at 10:52 AM, later than the organizers had expected.  Most
of the delay centered around the fact that all the important paperwork
was not filled out properly.  Laura Klein clearly delineated what went
wrong.  We trust that her announcements will help clear up Round 2's
paperwork. 

So many helpful runners! Miriam Saldanha, Mangala Bhandarkar, Dean
Saldanha, Mark Pray, Howard Turkenkopf, Margarite Saldanha (Allan
Saldanha (GBR)'s mother), Jane Williams, Laura Klein, Alexandra Williams,
Lynne Hock, etc. 

Two nines were challenged this round: REFUTINGS was one.  Both words were
ruled unacceptable by Rich Baker. 

Paloma Raychbart (ISR) is even now, having lost Round 1 to Michael Sigley
(NZ).  She is smiling now, but is still with a negative cume*. 

GARRYA and ERED are both acceptable in the OSW -- surprising the word
judges!

The media is everywhere -- NPR's Daniel Zwerdling just interviewed word
judges Rich Baker and John Chew.  John jumped in on Maven, showing
Zwerdling the 210 words in his last name.  John's favorite word:
WRIZLED. 

Joe Edley (USA) was far behind when his opponent opened a triple-triple
to take the lead by 180 points.  Joe opened another triple lane, putting
an E in the sixth position.  Joe had QUIPSTER and could have won the
game, but his opponent chose to block that triple lane after five minutes
of thinking.  His opponent was Peter Elbourne (MLT). 

So it goes...

Salah Fadl Mohamed Salih (SAU) lost his first game by 1 and his second
game by 3.  Jere Mead (USA) lost his first game by 5 to Bob Felt (USA)
and won the next by 12.  David Boys (CAN) is still in first place: 2-0,
+451.