2022 Leavenworth Regional: Monday, April 4

28 months later, another live District 19 Regional!

FROM THE TOURNAMENT CHAIR:

Willkommen in Leavenworth. It is wonderful to be back playing real bridge after a two-and-a-half year absence.

In October 2019 my partner, Karen Madison, and I played 18 sessions at the regional in Tri-Cities, we finished up on Sunday evening, drove 460 miles to Whistler and started playing bridge on Monday. We played 16 sessions in Whistler. At the end we agreed that it had been a lot, we were ready for a break, and that we would probably be rested by Vancouver in April. Well, as you know, April never came and the break became much too long.

Anyway, it's wonderful that everyone has turned off their computers, put on pants [thank you very much] and come out to play in the first Face 2 Face regional in the District for over two years.

The next District regional is in Penticton in June. Encourage your friends to come back to the real table, hold real cards and play real bridge; tournaments will not survive without players participating.

Y'all play nice now.

—Karen Rise

April 4 Historical Headlines (from Wikipedia)

Can you fill in the blanks and then put them into the correct chronological order? (Answers at the bottom of the page...)

An airstrike using chemical weapons by [blank] kills 89 civilians
Microsoft is founded as a partnership in the city of [blank]
The top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart are by the same band, [blank]
Twelve countries sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating [blank]
U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on [blank]

Attendance So Far

17 tables at the end of Monday. For full details, check out the new Table Counts page!

Bridge clubs and tournaments throughout the ACBL are struggling with returning to live play, so comparing this tournament's attendance to one before the pandemic is not really fair. In addition, the heavy rain that hit the coast on Sunday evening/Monday morning moved inland and created some snowy conditions for those arriving on opening day. Things will pick up. Thanks to those who braved the white stuff!

Masterpoint Leaders thru Monday Evening

(Only one event complete so far, the Monday Evening pair game)

Overall Leaders
1	Dudley Brown, Grandview WA	2.84
1	Edith DeShaw, Seattle WA	2.84
3	Juanita Schlieve, Sunnyside WA	2.28
3	Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA	2.28
5	John Emmerson, Federal Way WA	2.13
5	Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA	2.13
7	Matt Koltnow, Bothell WA	1.75
7	Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	1.75
9	John McClure, Ocean Shores WA	1.71
9	Robert Simpson, Ocean Shores WA	1.71

Non-Life Master Leaders
1	Juanita Schlieve, Sunnyside WA	2.28
2	John McClure, Ocean Shores WA	1.71
Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted.

Monday Eve Side Pairs

Winners: Dudley Brown, Edith DeShaw

The winners started out with an average round and then had four more rounds above 62% to win by a single matchpoint! Tournament chair Karen Rise and Juanita Schlieve won strat B by half a board. There were several C pairs but not enough for overall awards.

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Evening Side Game Series, session 1 of 6 in the series. (In a side game series you are free to play as many sessions as you wish, even with different partners.) Strat limits (by pair average): A: 1500+ / B: 500 - 1500 / C: 0 - 500.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2590

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Monday Eve Side Pairs	(5 tables) ACBL Live Link
2.84	65.00%	1			Dudley Brown; Grandview WA; Edith DeShaw; Seattle WA
2.13	64.00%	2			John Emmerson; Federal Way WA; Melinda Westgate; Mercer Island WA
1.75	61.50%	3			Nicholas Stock; North Vancouver BC; Matt Koltnow; Bothell WA
1.23	53.50%	4			Gene Fomin; Renton WA; Sandra Robson; New Westminster BC
2.28	52.50%		1		Karen Rise; Leavenworth WA; Juanita Schlieve; Sunnyside WA
1.71	50.50%		2		John McClure - Robert Simpson; Ocean Shores WA

Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams

Semifinals begin Tuesday afternoon!

I wasn't able to determine from the Monday evening gamefile who is up against who in tomorrow's semi-finals, so I just guessed. Wrong in both brackets, as it turned out, but corrected now. Tuesday's page will have the final results.

Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams, Bracket One Bracket One has five teams and a masterpoint average of 3061 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Qualifying Swiss Monday Evening 0.31 red per match win	Semifinals Tuesday Afternoon 9.13 gold	Final Tuesday Evening 12.17 gold
Q — 1. Miller (4 wins, 61 VP) Q — 2. Plasteras (1½ wins, 40 VP) Q — 3. White (2 wins, 36 VP) Q — 4. Cox (1½ wins, 36 VP) 5. Morrow (1 win, 27VP)	White vs Cox Plasteras vs Miller	??? vs ???
	Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: Miller over White in the final.
Bracket One Semifinalist Team Rosters (matchups corrected): Renae White - Tim White, Mercer Island WA; Marla Patterson, Arlington WA, Ann Romeo, Seattle WA vs John Cox, Bayfield CO; Richard D'Litzenberger - Brian Koblenz, Leavenworth WA; Dean Altschuler, Bellingham WA Jill Plasteras - Danielle Goulet - Gail Richardson, Victoria BC; Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC vs Ray Miller - Scott Chupak - Amy DeShaw, Seattle WA; Steve Bruno, Kirkland WA; Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA

Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams, Bracket Two Bracket Two has seven teams and a masterpoint average of 809 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round Monday Evening 0.87 red	Semifinals Tuesday Afternoon 6.21 gold	Final Tuesday Evening 8.87 gold
3-way : Aydelott vs Shelley vs Cowan Lipe vs Underwood Boss vs Arevalo	Arevalo vs Cowan Lipe vs Shelley	??? vs ???
	Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: (made with wrong semifinalists Monday evening)
Bracket Two Semifinalist Team Rosters (corrected): Lou Arevalo - Martha Hancock, Coeur D'Alene ID; G Keith Freeman - Virginia Sykes, Spokane WA vs Barbra Cowan - Marilyn Olson - Steven Lachowicz - R Craig McManigal, Wenatchee WA Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Chelan WA; Nobi Morris - Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA vs Bob Shelley, Bellevue WA; James Madison, Cheney WA; Eddie Crews, Sidney BC; Herman Xiao, Sammamish WA

April 4 Historical Headlines

Answers from the top of the page:

1949: Twelve countries sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating NATO
1964: The top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart are by the same band, The Beatles
1975: Microsoft is founded as a partnership in the city of Albuquerque, NM
1984: U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons
2017: An airstrike using chemical weapons by Syria kills 89 civilians

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