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Don't forget, in live bridge we alert and announce our partner's calls, not our own as we do online! Something tells me that's going to come up once or twice...
Can you fill in the blanks and then put them into the correct chronological order? (Answers at the bottom of the page...)
228 tables at the end of Thursday. For full details, check out the new Table Counts page!
As we all transition from pandemic isolation to pre-pandemic normal at our own careful pace, 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 as more people choose to carefully increase their social activities. Live tournament bridge had to begin somewhere and Leavenworth attendees are pioneers for the eventual return of tournament bridge's pre-pandemic popularity. Thanks for coming, and to those of you reading this from home and not quite ready to return to the tables yet, we understand and hope to see you soon!
In fact, attendance is very slowly improving. A good weekend turnout may get us to 45-50% of the 2018 table count, where at the beginning of the week it was looking more like 35%.
Overall Leaders | ||
1 | Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC | 24.72 |
1 | Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC | 24.72 |
3 | Ray Miller, Seattle WA | 24.31 |
3 | Scott Chupack, Seattle WA | 24.31 |
3 | Steve Bruno, Kirkland WA | 24.31 |
6 | Amy DeShaw, Seattle WA | 23.69 |
6 | Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA | 23.69 |
8 | Herman Xiao, Sammamish WA | 23.22 |
9 | Ann Romeo, Seattle WA | 22.44 |
10 | Lou Arevalo, Coeur D Alene ID | 22.23 |
11 | James Madison, Cheney WA | 19.62 |
12 | Martha Hancock, Coeur D Alene ID | 19.39 |
13 | Renae White, Mercer Island WA | 18.16 |
13 | Tim White, Mercer Island WA | 18.16 |
15 | Marla Patterson, Arlington WA | 16.40 |
16 | David Binney, Seattle WA | 16.15 |
17 | Jill Plasteras, Victoria BC | 16.04 |
17 | Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC | 16.04 |
19 | Danielle Goulet, Victoria BC | 15.05 |
19 | Gail Richardson, Victoria BC | 15.05 |
21 | Paul Reeves, Tigard OR | 14.88 |
21 | Stephen Rasmussen, Silverton OR | 14.88 |
23 | Irene Morrow, Penticton BC | 14.14 |
24 | Judy Hess, Seattle WA | 13.91 |
24 | Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY | 13.91 |
Non-Life Master Leaders | ||
1 | Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC | 24.72 |
1 | Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC | 24.72 |
3 | Jill Plasteras, Victoria BC | 16.04 |
3 | Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC | 16.04 |
5 | Irene Morrow, Penticton BC | 14.14 |
6 | Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA | 10.80 |
7 | John Mitchell, Seattle WA | 8.92 |
8 | John McClure, Ocean Shores WA | 8.02 |
9 | Eddie Crews, Sidney BC | 7.13 |
10 | Jayne James, Midvale UT | 6.89 |
11 | Juanita Schlieve, Sunnyside WA | 6.48 |
12 | Gayle Hanset, Sandpoint ID | 6.06 |
13 | Andrew Popovich, Friday Harbor WA | 5.98 |
14 | Barbara Berens, Missoula MT | 5.83 |
14 | Judith Hartz, Missoula MT | 5.83 |
How's that for a masterpoint race? Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page, which includes an alphabetical list of everyone's totals broken down into red and gold points. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted. |
New Bronze Life Master
Congratulations!
Bill Griffiths
Coeur D'Alene ID
The team whose captain has a presidential name, Madison, were tied for the lead at the break and went into the final round needing only 4 VPs to win the event, and they got 11! B winners Norden were the other team tied for the halfway lead, and quickly took control of strat B, but couldn't catch the leaders. C winners Cowan were third overall, and needed only 2 VPs in the finale to lock down the third strat win.
Round-Robin Teams event (with a revenge round at the end with teams paired by rank!) with 8 matches of 6 boards, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match. Strat limits (by team average): A: 2000+ / B: 1000 - 2000 / C: 0 - 1000.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1143
MPts | VPs | A | B | C | Donnerstag Bracketed Round-Robin Teams | (8 teams) ACBL Live Link |
6.30 | 118 | 1 | James Madison; Cheney WA; Joel Fuhrman; Kirkland WA; Dong Yan - Herman Xiao; Sammamish WA | |||
4.73 | 102 | 2 | 1 | Marv Norden; Peachland BC; Marla Patterson; Arlington WA; Patricia Baughan - Irene Morrow; Penticton BC | ||
3.54 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Barbra Cowan - Marilyn Olson; Wenatchee WA; Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe; Chelan WA | |
2.18 | 88 | 3 | John Emmerson; Federal Way WA; Melinda Westgate; Mercer Island WA; Darrel Mooney; Boise ID; Jayne James; Midvale UT | |||
2.17 | 82 | 2 | William Julius; Olympia WA; Lynne Dearing; Lacey WA; Charles Butros - Alice Arnold; Shelton WA |
Thursday Bracketed Round-Robin Swiss Teams Winners:
Dong Yan, Samammish WA
Herman Xiao, Samammish WA
James Madison, Cheney WA
Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA
Event winners Paul Reeves and Stephen Rasmussen coasted home after four evening rounds at a 75% pace to leave the rest of the field well behind, winning by almost two and a half boards in strat A and B. The C winners were Lucy Zhong and Jack Qi, yesterday's Open Pairs winners, who are now atop a very close tournament masterpoint race!
Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): A: 3000+ / B: 1500 - 3000 / C: 0 - 1500.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2800
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Thursday Open Pairs | (8, 8 tables) ACBL Live Link |
14.88 | 61.10% | 1 | 1 | Paul Reeves; Tigard OR; Stephen Rasmussen; Silverton OR | ||
11.16 | 56.89% | 2 | 2 | 1 | Lucy Zhong - Jack Qi; North Vancouver BC | |
8.37 | 56.63% | 3 | Edith DeShaw - David Taylor; Seattle WA | |||
6.28 | 53.83% | 4 | Nicholas France; Spring Valley NY; Judy Hess; Seattle WA | |||
4.96 | 53.32% | 5 | Barbara Kolppa; Puyallup WA; Katie Kathy Hauck; Shoreline WA | |||
3.92 | 50.51% | 3 | Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie; Richmond BC | |||
2.94 | 48.85% | 4 | Thomas Land; Vashon WA; Robert Getz; Marysville WA | |||
2.56 | 46.81% | 2 | Eric Anderson - John Mitchell; Seattle WA |
Thursday Open Pairs Winners:
Steve Rasmussen, Silverton OR; Paul Reeves, Tigard OR
(As you can see, Steve has made an exception from my normal rule
of cropping photos so we see mostly faces, with an excellent T-shirt!)
Event winners Mary Houghland and Trish Simmons were tied for the lead at the break but put pedal to the metal in the evening, building as much as a two-board lead before cruising in to a final margin just short of two full boards. The under-300 flight was won by Nikolai Popov and Emiliya Kazandzhieva with a late surge to grab the lead with three rounds to go.
Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): 7: 300 - 750 / 3: 200 - 300 / 2: 0 - 200. No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 396
MPts | Score | 7 | 3 | 2 | Thursday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs | (10, 10 tables) ACBL Live Link |
4.59 | 60.71% | 1 | Mary Houghland - Trish Simmons; Wenatchee WA | |||
3.44 | 56.85% | 2 | Bob Shelley; Bellevue WA; Eddie Crews; Sidney BC | |||
2.58 | 55.51% | 3 | Laura Brice; Phippsburg CO; Amy Hillenbrand; Steamboat Spgs CO | |||
2.56 | 54.17% | 4 | 1 | Nikolai Popov - Emiliya Kazandzhieva; Port Angeles WA | ||
1.92 | 53.42% | 5 | 2 | Jerri Calverley; Oliver BC; Jane Scheffler; Osoyoos BC | ||
1.71 | 52.83% | 6 | Marjorie Bathum - Polly Bonnell; Bellevue WA |
Bracketed Knockout Teams event, with a qualifying Swiss on the first day, followed by two knockout rounds of 24-board matches. Teams were first grouped by team masterpoints into team brackets.
MPts | Bracket | Rank | Edelweiss Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Teams | ACBL Live Links: Bracket: I II (14 teams in 2 brackets) |
23.07 | I | 1 | Ray Miller - Scott Chupack - Amy DeShaw, Seattle WA; Steve Bruno, Kirkland WA; Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA | |
16.15 | 2 | Tim White - Renae White, Mercer Island WA; Ann Romeo - David Binney, Seattle WA | ||
8.07 | 3 | Brian Koblenz - Richard D'Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA; Dean Altschuler, Bellingham WA; John Cox, Bayfield CO | ||
4.61 | 4 | Dennis Heller - Connie Heller, Clinton WA; Norma Hols - Brenda Simpson, Spokane WA | ||
14.58 | II | 1 | Gail Richardson - Danielle Goulet - Jill Plasteras, Victoria BC; Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC | |
10.21 | 2 | Karen Hudesman - Clifford Feldman - Donald Stark - Thomas Brown, Seattle WA | ||
7.29 | 3/4 | John Jacobs - Bill Griffiths - Lou Arevalo - Martha Hancock, Coeur D Alene ID | ||
5.83 | 3/4 | Barbara Berens - Judith Hartz, Missoula MT; Karolin Highland - Nobi Morris, Wenatchee WA |
Bracket I winners:
(back row) Steve Bruno, Kirkland, WA; Scott Chupack, Seattle, WA;
(front row) Amy DeShaw - Ray Miller - Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way, WA
Second KO win for this fivesome!
Can anyone beat these folks?
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Morning Side Game Series, session 3 of 5 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: 1000 - 1500 / C: 0 - 1000.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1365
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Thursday Morning Side Game | (7 tables) ACBL Live Link |
3.22 | 69.58% | 1 | Ron Beall - Jennifer Beall; Bellingham WA | |||
2.42 | 63.33% | 2 | Karen Rise; Leavenworth WA; Jeff Jacob; Vancouver WA | |||
2.63 | 59.58% | 3 | 1 | Kay Read - Karen Jean Boss; Boise ID | ||
1.97 | 55.42% | 4 | 2 | Darrel Mooney; Boise ID; Jayne James; Midvale UT | ||
1.48 | 52.92% | 5 | 3 | Gayle Hanset - Donald Hanset; Sandpoint ID | ||
0.97 | 50.83% | 4/5 | Laura Brice; Phippsburg CO; Amy Hillenbrand; Steamboat Spgs CO | |||
0.97 | 50.83% | 4/5 | Douglas Smith - Joanne Smith; Steamboat Spgs CO |
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Afternoon Side Game Series, session 3 of 5 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: 500+ / B: 200 - 500 / C: 0 - 200.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 323
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Thursday Afternoon Side Game | (3 tables) ACBL Live Link |
2.46 | 73.00% | 1 | 1 | Jeannie Falls - Gene Gousie; Seattle WA | ||
1.85 | 57.00% | 2 | 2 | Bruce Baker-Harvey - Katheryn McMullen; Seattle WA |
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Evening Side Game Series, session 3 of 5 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: 1338
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Thursday Evening Side Game | (4½ tables) ACBL Live Link |
2.84 | 63.89% | 1 | 1 | Lou Arevalo - John Jacobs; Coeur D Alene ID | ||
2.13 | 63.49% | 2 | Mary McCune - Marty McCune; Seattle WA | |||
1.84 | 58.74% | 3 | 2 | Teresa Martin; Bathurst, Australia; Karen Rise; Leavenworth WA | ||
1.38 | 53.97% | 4 | 3 | Jeannie Falls - Bruce Baker-Harvey; Seattle WA |
Leading individuals in the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening Side Game Series', after 3 completed sessions out of 5. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners.
%Sum of Best Two Games |
Rank | Morning Side Game Series Leaders | (62 players so far) |
111.24% | 1 | Karen Rise; Leavenworth WA | |
110.41% | 2 | Teresa Martin; Bathurst | |
%Sum of Best Two Games |
Rank | Afternoon Side Game Series Leaders | (38 players so far) |
124.64% | 1 | Jennifer Beall; Bellingham WA | |
124.64% | 1 | Ron Beall; Bellingham WA | |
117.16% | 3 | Herman Xiao; Sammamish WA | |
117.16% | 3 | Marla Patterson; Arlington WA | |
111.96% | 5 | Karen Jean Boss; Boise ID | |
111.96% | 5 | Kay Read; Boise ID | |
109.33% | 7 | Dean Altschuler; Bellingham WA | |
%Sum of Best Two Games |
Rank | Evening Side Game Series Leaders | (33 players so far) |
121.78% | 1 | Kathy O'Malley; Spokane Valley WA | |
121.78% | 1 | Marty O'Malley; Spokane Valley WA | |
108.61% | 3 | Andrew Popovich; Friday Harbor WA | |
106.00% | 4 | Arden Poitras; Surrey BC | |
106.00% | 4 | Lorraine Larson; White Rock BC |
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