DALLAS (March 13-15, 2009) The 4th annual Dallas Open will be held at the Crowne Plaza Suites Dallas Park Central Friday-Sunday, March 13-15, 2009. There will be over 130 participants from throughout the United States and Canada all here to play 19 games vying for a $3,000 first prize.

The field includes top seeded Joey Mallick from Portland, Maine, former National Champion and 2008 Player of the Year, Dave Wiegand from Portland, Oregon, former National and World Champion Joel Sherman from Bronx, New York and 7 time Texas State Champion Chris Cree from Dallas.

Live coverage from Table 1 will be available at www.dallasopen.com

There are approximately 10,000 active SCRABBLE tournament players and over 200 sanctioned SCRABBLE clubs throughout North America. The popular board game has seen a resurgence in popularity over the past 5 years with the release of Stefan Fatsis' book, "Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players" which chronicles the subculture.

For more information: Chris Cree

ccree@earthlink.net