Bracket I winners:
(back row) Steve Bruno, Kirkland, WA; Scott Chupack, Seattle, WA;
(front row) Amy DeShaw - Ray Miller - Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way, WA
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It's happened to all of us: we enter a knockout teams with some of our best bridge-playing friends, and it all lasts a single session, as we draw the strongest team in the bracket to start. Sometimes it's really frustrating as we come only a few IMPs short before they go through the remaining three rounds like a hot knife through butter. Well, we're trying something new at this tournament, beginning on Wednesday: Soloway-style knockouts! In this format, teams play all, or nearly all, of the other teams in their bracket in short matches on the first day, and after two sessions, the four teams with the most victory points advance to the semi-finals on the second day. This keeps everyone in for two sessions, and the teams knocked out will have a two-session bracketed teams to play in Thursday (as well as one on Wednesday and Thursday morning for the early-risers; the sequence will be repeated on Friday and Saturday). And if you do lose by one IMP to the strongest team in round one, you'll have the rest of the day to recover and reach the semis; and, 9 VPs out of 20 in the first round will be more than many of your rivals get! The top team in the qualifying Swiss gets to choose their semifinal opponent, so there's something extra to play for on the first day!
Can you fill in the blanks and then put them into the correct chronological order? (Answers at the bottom of the page...)
72 tables at the end of Tuesday. 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!
Thanks to Matt Koltnow for re-sending the Tuesday files after the first batch appeared to be a bit off...
Overall Leaders | ||
| 1 | Amy DeShaw, Seattle WA | 12.17 |
| 1 | Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA | 12.17 |
| 1 | Ray Miller, Seattle WA | 12.17 |
| 1 | Scott Chupack, Seattle WA | 12.17 |
| 1 | Steve Bruno, Kirkland WA | 12.17 |
| 6 | Lou Arevalo, Coeur D Alene ID | 11.15 |
| 6 | Martha Hancock, Coeur D Alene ID | 11.15 |
| 8 | Brian Koblenz, Leavenworth WA | 10.63 |
| 8 | Dean Altschuler, Bellingham WA | 10.63 |
| 10 | John Cox, Bayfield CO | 9.13 |
| 10 | Richard D'Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA | 9.13 |
| 12 | G Keith Freeman, Spokane WA | 8.87 |
| 12 | Virginia Sykes, Spokane WA | 8.87 |
| 14 | John Emmerson, Federal Way WA | 6.86 |
| 14 | Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA | 6.86 |
| 16 | Barbara Kolppa, Puyallup WA | 6.30 |
| 16 | Katie Kathy Hauck, Shoreline WA | 6.30 |
| 16 | Marjorie Blunt, Federal Way WA | 6.30 |
| 16 | Sharon Irwin, Maple Valley WA | 6.30 |
| 20 | Lynda Lipe, Chelan WA | 6.21 |
| 20 | Nobi Morris, Wenatchee WA | 6.21 |
| 20 | Ralph Lipe, Chelan WA | 6.21 |
| 20 | Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA | 6.21 |
| 24 | Gene Fomin, Renton WA | 5.96 |
| 24 | Sandra Robson, New Westminster BC | 5.96 |
Non-Life Master Leaders | ||
| 1 | Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA | 6.21 |
| 2 | Bryant Carlson, Seattle WA | 4.10 |
| 2 | Thomas Sparks, Seattle WA | 4.10 |
| 4 | Susan Braden, Bellingham WA | 3.68 |
| 5 | Linda Underwood, Kamloops BC | 3.22 |
| 5 | Terry Underwood, Kamloops BC | 3.22 |
| 7 | Eddie Crews, Sidney BC | 3.15 |
| 8 | Juanita Schlieve, Sunnyside WA | 2.90 |
| 9 | Jayne James, Midvale UT | 2.74 |
| 10 | John McClure, Ocean Shores WA | 2.57 |
| 11 | Brian Pape, Bellingham WA | 2.45 |
| 11 | Henrietta Farr, Bellingham WA | 2.45 |
| 13 | Andrew Popovich, Friday Harbor WA | 2.28 |
| 14 | Sheila Bergren, Leavenworth WA | 2.07 |
| 14 | William Tenneson, Wenatchee WA | 2.07 |
Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted. | ||
Bracketed Knockout Teams event, with three rounds of 24-board matches. Teams are grouped by team masterpoints into team brackets. In Bracket I, the five teams played a Monday Evening round-robin to decide the four semifinalists, and in Bracket II, with seven teams, a normal three-round knockout was held with one Monday Evening three-way match.
| MPts | Bracket | Rank | Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams | ACBL Live Links: Bracket: I II (12 teams in 2 brackets) |
| 12.17 | I | 1 | Ray Miller - Amy DeShaw - Scott Chupack, Seattle, WA;Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way, WA; Steve Bruno, Kirkland, WA | |
| 9.13 | 2 | John Cox, Bayfield, CO; Brian Koblenz - Richard D'Litzenberger, Leavenworth, WA; Dean Altschuler, Bellingham, WA | ||
| 8.87 | II | 1 | Lou Arevalo - Martha Hancock, Coeur D'Alene ID; G Keith Freeman - Virginia Sykes, Spokane WA | |
| 6.21 | 2 | Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Chelan WA; Nobi Morris - Trish Simmons, Wenatchee WA | ||
| 3.15 | 3/4 | Bob Shelley, Bellevue WA; James Madison, Cheney WA; Eddie Crews, Sidney BC; Herman Xiao, Sammamish 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
Bracket II winners:
Lou Arevalo, Coeur D'Alene ID
Martha Hancock, Coeur D'Alene ID
Virginia Sykes, Spokane WA
Keith Freeman, Spokane WA
The scheduled Open Pairs didn't quite go and pairs formed teams to fill out the Swiss. Matt tells me that the eighth round in an 8-team Swiss (after everyone played every other team in the first seven rounds) was played Danish-style, where teams were matched 1-2, 3-4, etc. By that point, Hauck had a 24 VP lead and won again to go 8-0! Gerrie won three and tied the finale in the evening session to seal up the Strat B win.
Swiss Teams event with 8 matches of 6 boards, scored in Victory Points (maximum 20 per match). Strat limits (by team average): A: 2500+ / B: 0 - 2500. nbsp;
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2532
| MPts | VPs | A | B | Dienstag Swiss Teams | (8 teams) ACBL Live Link |
| 6.30 | 123 | 1 | Katie Kathy Hauck; Shoreline WA; Barbara Kolppa; Puyallup WA; Marjorie Blunt; Federal Way WA; Sharon Irwin; Maple Valley WA | ||
| 4.73 | 93 | 2 | John Emmerson; Federal Way WA; Sandra Robson; New Westminster BC; Gene Fomin; Renton WA; Melinda Westgate; Mercer Island WA | ||
| 3.68 | 89 | 3 | 1 | Aban Gerrie - Robert Gerrie; Richmond BC; Susan Braden - Grant Deger; Bellingham WA | |
| 2.76 | 77 | 2 | Sandi Link - Bonnie Christopherson; Nanoose Bay BC; Marylynn Ghitter - Al Stacey; Qualicum Beach BC | ||
Dienstag (Tuesday) Swiss Teams winners:
Katie Kathy Hauck, Shoreline WA
Marjorie Blunt, Federal Way WA
Barbara Kolppa, Puyallup WA
Sharon Irwin, Maple Valley WA
The A co-winners and B winners Bryant Carlson and Thomas Sparks led the event at the dinner break and were caught by Linda and Terry Underwood, who were at 50% at the dinner break, just at the very end!
Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): A: 400 - 750 / B: 300 - 400 / C: 0 - 300. No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 348
| MPts | Score | A | B | C | Tuesday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs | (6, 6 tables) ACBL Live Link |
| 3.22 | 56.67% | 1/2 | Linda Underwood - Terry Underwood; Kamloops BC | |||
| 3.22 | 56.67% | 1/2 | 1 | Bryant Carlson - Thomas Sparks; Seattle WA | ||
| 2.07 | 54.58% | 3 | 2 | William Tenneson; Wenatchee WA; Sheila Bergren; Leavenworth WA | ||
| 1.55 | 50.83% | 4 | Susan Meredith - Nancy Hertl; Edmonds WA | |||
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Morning Side Game Series, session 1 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: 1757
| MPts | Score | A | B | C | Tuesday Morning Side Game | (4 tables) ACBL Live Link |
| 2.65 | 55.56% | 1 | Marv Norden; Peachland BC; Ralph Wilhelmi; Olympia WA | |||
| 2.28 | 53.47% | 2 | 1 | Lou Arevalo - Martha Hancock; Coeur D Alene ID | ||
| 1.50 | 52.78% | 3/4 | 2/3 | Darrel Mooney; Boise ID; Jayne James; Midvale UT | ||
| 1.50 | 52.78% | 3/4 | 2/3 | Brian Koblenz; Leavenworth WA; Dean Altschuler; Bellingham WA | ||
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Afternoon Side Game Series, session 1 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: 750 - 1500 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2328
| MPts | Score | A | B | C | Tuesday Afternoon Side Game | (4 tables) ACBL Live Link |
| 2.65 | 66.67% | 1 | Ron Beall - Jennifer Beall; Bellingham WA | |||
| 1.99 | 65.28% | 2 | Marty O'Malley - Kathy O'Malley; Spokane Valley WA | |||
| 1.49 | 56.94% | 3 | Jenni Carmichael; Marysville WA; Jeff Jacob; Vancouver WA | |||
| 2.28 | 48.61% | 1 | Andrew Popovich; Friday Harbor WA; Karen Rise; Leavenworth WA | |||
| 1.71 | 45.83% | 2 | Kathie Hoehne; Anchorage AK; Teresa Martin; Bathurst, Australia | |||
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Evening Side Game Series, session 2 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: 750 - 1500 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1357
| MPts | Score | A | B | C | Tuesday Evening Side Game | (7 tables) ACBL Live Link |
| 3.22 | 57.50% | 1 | Marla Patterson; Arlington WA; Ann Romeo; Seattle WA | |||
| 2.45 | 56.67% | 2 | 1 | 1 | Henrietta Farr - Brian Pape; Bellingham WA | |
| 1.81 | 55.42% | 3 | Marty O'Malley - Kathy O'Malley; Spokane Valley WA | |||
| 1.39 | 54.58% | 4 | Tim White - Renae White; Mercer Island WA | |||
| 1.84 | 52.08% | 5 | 2 | 2 | Eric Anderson - John Mitchell; Seattle WA | |
| 1.38 | 51.67% | 3 | Kathie Hoehne; Anchorage AK; Teresa Martin; Bathurst, Australia | |||
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