Photos: DO 2008: Round 15

Cracking them up left and right: Bryan Pepper and Dee Segrest.

Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) vs. Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ).

Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) vs. Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL).

Norm Brekke (Cypress, TX) has a firm self of himself (cute T-shirt).

Terry Kang Rau (Newington, CT) vs. Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY) and Lynn Gunn (Mission Viejo, CA) vs. Woody Chen (Flushing, NY).

Mary Pastore (Pearland, TX) and Zana Anderson (Layton, UT).

A word judge laptop and the directors' contribution to overall wellness: hand sanitizer gel.

David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO). Every time I see him, I just want to flex!

John Fultz (Savoy, IL).

Sheri Justice (Kansas City, MO) vs Chris Lipe (Rome, NY).

Paul Mulik (Joplin, MO) vs. Wallace Schultz (Las Vegas, NM).

John Luebkemann (Bear, DE) vs. Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX).

Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX), long time friends, longtime opponents.

Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) draws tiles well above his ability to see into the bag. Take notes folks.

Jon Shreve (Denver, CO) vs. Paul Holser (Wylie, TX).

Cecilia Le (Cambridge, MA) vs. Stefan Rau (Newington, CT). Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) vs. keithsmith]. Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ), interested onlookers.

Cecilia Le (Cambridge, MA) vs. Stefan Rau (Newington, CT).

John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA), Cecilia Le (Cambridge, MA), Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA), Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA), Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ), Keith Smith (Austin, TX), and Stefan Rau (Newington, CT).

Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA) vs. Keith Smith (Austin, TX).

Crowding around the game (I'm on a chair and wish I'd had a helicopter, I couldn't get far enough up to show the throng): Kevin Leeds (Atlanta, TX) (back), Keith Smith (Austin, TX), Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX), Ruth Hamilton (Lake Oswego, OR), Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA), and Rod MacNeil (Cambridge, MA).

Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) vs. Eric Harshbarger (Auburn, AL).

Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) vs. Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY).

Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) planning his next trip to Starbucks (I'm making this up, I have no idea what he does on that laptop...).