2022 Leavenworth Regional: Thursday, April 7

Live Regional Bridge Returns to District 19

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...

April 7 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...)

Attendance So Far

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%.

Masterpoint Leaders thru Thursday Evening

Overall Leaders

1Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC24.72
1Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC24.72
3Ray Miller, Seattle WA24.31
3Scott Chupack, Seattle WA24.31
3Steve Bruno, Kirkland WA24.31
6Amy DeShaw, Seattle WA23.69
6Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA23.69
8Herman Xiao, Sammamish WA23.22
9Ann Romeo, Seattle WA22.44
10Lou Arevalo, Coeur D Alene ID22.23
11James Madison, Cheney WA19.62
12Martha Hancock, Coeur D Alene ID19.39
13Renae White, Mercer Island WA18.16
13Tim White, Mercer Island WA18.16
15Marla Patterson, Arlington WA16.40
16David Binney, Seattle WA16.15
17Jill Plasteras, Victoria BC16.04
17Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC16.04
19Danielle Goulet, Victoria BC15.05
19Gail Richardson, Victoria BC15.05
21Paul Reeves, Tigard OR14.88
21Stephen Rasmussen, Silverton OR14.88
23Irene Morrow, Penticton BC14.14
24Judy Hess, Seattle WA13.91
24Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY13.91

Non-Life Master Leaders

1Jack Qi, North Vancouver BC24.72
1Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC24.72
3Jill Plasteras, Victoria BC16.04
3Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC16.04
5Irene Morrow, Penticton BC14.14
6Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA10.80
7John Mitchell, Seattle WA8.92
8John McClure, Ocean Shores WA8.02
9Eddie Crews, Sidney BC7.13
10Jayne James, Midvale UT6.89
11Juanita Schlieve, Sunnyside WA6.48
12Gayle Hanset, Sandpoint ID6.06
13Andrew Popovich, Friday Harbor WA5.98
14Barbara Berens, Missoula MT5.83
14Judith Hartz, Missoula MT5.83

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




New Bronze Life Master

Congratulations!

Bill Griffiths

Coeur D'Alene ID

Donnerstag (Thursday) Bracketed Round-Robin Teams

Winners: Madison (A), Norden (B), Cowan (C)

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

Thursday Open Pairs

Winners: Paul Reeves, Stephen Rasmussen

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!)

Thursday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs

Winners: Mary Houghland, Trish Simmons

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

Edelweiss Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Teams

Winners: Miller, Richardson

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?

Thursday Morning Side Game

Winners: Ron Beall, Jennifer Beall

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

Thursday Afternoon Side Game

Winners: Jeannie Falls, Gene Gousie

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

Thursday Evening Side Game

Winners: Lou Arevalo, John Jacobs

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

Side Game Series Leaders

After three of five sessions in each series...

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

April 7 Historical Headlines

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