Kwame Poku (#81) at WSC 2001

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Kwame Poku (#81) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Kwame Surname(s): Poku Home: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Age: 37 Awards: 2nd place at 2001 qualifier Hobbies: music, reading Occupation: Businessman WSC 2001 Team: Ghana

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 516 Average for: 399 Average against: 417
Round 1		Poku played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and lost 390 to 447 (a spread of -57) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 0-1, -57.
Round 2		Poku played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and lost 317 to 450 (a spread of -133) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 0-2, -190.
Round 3	Larger photo available	Poku played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and lost 392 to 496 (a spread of -104) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 0-3, -294.
Round 4		Poku played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 414 to 336 (a spread of 78) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 1-3, -216.
Round 5		Poku played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and won 419 to 403 (a spread of 16) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 2-3, -200.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Poku played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 509 to 340 (a spread of 169) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 3-3, -31.
Round 7	Larger photo available	Poku played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 495 to 319 (a spread of 176) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-3, +145.
Round 8		Poku played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and lost 374 to 447 (a spread of -73) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 4-4, +72. Poku is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Poku played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 340 to 477 (a spread of -137) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 4-5, -65.
Round 10		Poku played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and lost 341 to 512 (a spread of -171) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 4-6, -236.
Round 11		Poku played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 402 to 341 (a spread of 61) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 5-6, -175.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Poku played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and lost 392 to 427 (a spread of -35) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 5-7, -210.
Round 13		Poku played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 429 to 424 (a spread of 5) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 6-7, -205.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Poku played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and won 516 to 464 (a spread of 52) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 7-7, -153.
Round 15		Poku played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and lost 400 to 420 (a spread of -20) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 7-8, -173.
Round 16		Poku played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 308 to 515 (a spread of -207) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 7-9, -380.
Round 17	Larger photo available	Poku played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and won 407 to 364 (a spread of 43) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 8-9, -337.
Round 18		Poku played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and won 372 to 365 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-9, -330.
Round 19		Poku played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 410 to 437 (a spread of -27) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 9-10, -357.
Round 20		Poku played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 354 to 436 (a spread of -82) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 9-11, -439.
Round 21		Poku played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and lost 381 to 421 (a spread of -40) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 9-12, -479.
Round 22		Poku played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and won 362 to 341 (a spread of 21) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 10-12, -458.
Round 23		Poku played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and lost 430 to 444 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 10-13, -472.
Round 24		Poku played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 414 to 377 (a spread of 37) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 11-13, -435.

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