Day Four: Thursday, June 15 at the 2023 Penticton Regional

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Attendance So Far

In 2022, there were 997 tables to this point.
In 2019, there were 1934 tables to this point.
For full details, check out the 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. We'll hope to get a little more than last year, around 60% of the 2019 attendance, making the target number 1930 tables this time — but perhaps we will be pleasantly surprised!

Brain Warmups

What WAS His/Her Name Again?

Below is a short description of six famous people, five of whom were born on June 15, in alphabetical order by (unrevealed) surname. One was NOT born on this day, but rather on the day at the opposite end of the calendar, December 15. The imposter will always be either the first or last born of the six by more of a gap than the two at the other end of the list. Your job is to name the five people and place them in order of their birth years, leaving the imposter out. Answers are below, with the more tricky puzzles from that site that McBruce is addicted to...

Russian politican who was leader of the Soviet Union for sixteen months after the death of Leonid Brezhnev.
American politician who was the 52nd Governor of New York and served three consecutive terms in the post.
French civil engineer and railway bridge builder who constructed a temporary tower for the Universal Exposition in Paris that became the city's defining feature.
American singer-songwriter who pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music and wrote and performed the theme song for The Dukes of Hazzard.
American singer-songwriter who wrote a calypso-style hit called Coconut that features four characters sung in different voices, but only one chord throughout (C7).
Chinese engineer and politician, current General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China.

Today's Schedule — Day Four — Thursday, June 15

Morning-only Events (9:00am)

Thursday-Friday Morning Bracketed Round-Robin Teams (continues Friday morning): Team game, 4-6 players on a team, short matches scored in IMPs converted to Victory Points. Teams will play all or almost all of the teams in their bracket over two sessions.

Bracketed, by team average into brackets of usually 7-9 teams.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls in each bracket, or red points for each match win. Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Penticton 2022 winners (scheduled but not held):

Thursday Morning Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (3rd of 5).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 2500+, B: 750 - 2500, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Morning Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series (played with the same or different partners) are good enough to make the series overalls.
Penticton 2022 winners (27 tables):
A, B: Kevin Strangway; Grande Prairie AB; Robert Pratt; Edmonton AB
C: Abdeali Naffar - Sharana Basappa; Edmonton AB

Thursday Morning 299er Pairs: Pairs game, all individual players MUST be below 300 masterpoints.

Strat Limits (by pair average) D: 200 - 300, E: 100 - 200, F: 0 - 100 (may be slightly tweaked to ensure that there are enough pairs in all three strats for overall awards).
Masterpoints: Red points for overall and section awards.
Penticton 2022 winners (5 tables):
D, E, F: Heather Morgan - Bradley Toms; Vancouver BC

Afternoon-Evening Events (1:00, 7:00pm)

Thursday-Friday Shiraz Knockout Teams (continues Friday at 1pm and 7pm for surviving teams): Team game, 4-6 players on a team, 24-board knockout matches scored in IMPs. This knockout will be played in the traditional style, with head-to-head matches or three-ways and random draws.

Bracketed, by team average into brackets of 9-16 teams.
Masterpoints: Gold points for teams that make it to the semifinals, or red points for other match awards. Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Penticton 2022 winners (63 teams in 5 brackets):
Bracket I: Joan Millens; Kingston NY; Shan Huang; Palm Beach G FL; Kevin Dwyer; Jacksonville FL; Kevin Bathurst; Palm Bch Gdns FL; Jianfeng Luo; North York ON
Bracket II: Jack Qi - Lucy Zhong; North Vancouver BC; Xiaojing Deng - Xiaoming Shen; Richmond BC
Bracket III: Robert Richardson - Candace Allen; Clinton WA; Joel Castoriano - Diane Felure; Vashon Island WA
Bracket IV: William Voth; Kelowna BC; Wayne Borman; Nanaimo BC; Richard Smillie; Parksville BC; Brian Smillie; Ladysmith BC
Bracket V: Marsha Kimelman - Michael Szestopalow; Winnipeg MB; Paulette Desaulniers; Sainte-Anne MB; Roman Puzant; Winnipeg Beach MB

Wednesday-Thursday Cider Knockout Teams (began Wednesday): Team game, 4-6 players on a team, 24-board knockout matches scored in IMPs. This knockout will be played in the traditional style, with head-to-head matches or three-ways and random draws.

Bracketed, by team average into brackets of 9-16 teams.
Masterpoints: Gold points for teams that make it to the semifinals, or red points for other match awards. Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Penticton 2022 winners (48 teams in a 6 bracket one-day Round-Robin Swiss Teams):
Bracket I: Artur Malinowski, Harrow; David Bakhshi, London England; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Reanette Frobouck, Pittsburgh PA
Bracket II: Jack Qi - Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver BC; Xiaojing Deng - Xiaoming Shen, Richmond BC
Bracket III: Aline Vance - Kim Regier - Leah Koffski - Wayne Stann, Kelowna BC; tied with Robert Coole - Anne Kendall - Allan Becker - Michael Petrescu, Prince George BC
Bracket IV: Paul Reitsma - Roger Taylor - Paul Tinney - Lorna Tinney, Parksville BC
Bracket V: Donald Reble - Gerry Boudrias - Ross Armour, Edmonton AB; Doug Riopelle, St Albert AB
Bracket VI: Manohara Senaratne - Don Greenwood - Sharana Basappa - Abdeali Naffar, Edmonton AB

Thursday Top Flight Pairs: Two session pairs game, matchpoint scoring.

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 3000+, B: 1500 - 3000, C: 0 - 1500.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls and some section tops, other awards are red points. Note that you can win points in the first session that are replaced by a higher overall award after the second: you get the greater of your overall award or the sum of the session awards; not both combined.
Penticton 2022 winners (33, 33 tables):
A: Nicholas Stock; North Vancouver BC; Leo Glaser; Lake Country BC
B, C: Long Xie - Jennifer Hong; Burnaby BC

Thursday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs: Two session pairs game, matchpoint scoring.

Strat Limits (by pair average) 7: 400 - 750, 4: 200 - 400, 2: 0 - 200. No individuals over 750 points may play in this event, even if the pair average is below 750.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls and some section tops, other awards are red points. Note that you can win points in the first session that are replaced by a higher overall award after the second: you get the greater of your overall award or the sum of the session awards; not both combined.
Penticton 2022 winners (24, 24 tables):
7: Rob Fought - Howard Haugom; West Vancouver BC
4, 2: Daniel Balof - Mary Eliza Balof; Walla Walla WA

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Thursday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon Side Game Series (3rd of 5).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 2500+, B: 750 - 2500, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Afternoon Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series (played with the same or different partners) are good enough to make the series overalls.
Penticton 2022 winners: (16 tables)
A: Ross Bates - Dorothy Dore; Castlegar BC
B: Linda Shallit - Loretta English; Burien WA
C: David Murison - Margaret Murison; Vernon BC

Friday Afternoon 299er Pairs: Pairs game, all individual players MUST be below 300 masterpoints.

Strat Limits (by pair average) D: 200 - 300, E: 100 - 200, F: 0 - 100 (may be slightly tweaked to ensure that there are enough pairs in all three strats for overall awards).
Masterpoints: Red points for overall and section awards.
Penticton 2022 winners (10 tables):
D: Kathy Dreisinger - David Dreisinger; Delta BC
E, F: Bradley Toms - Heather Morgan; Vancouver BC

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)

Thursday Evening Swiss Teams: Team game, 4-6 players on a team, short matches scored in IMPs and converted to Victory Points.

Strat Limits (by team average) A: 2500+, B: 750 - 2500, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Red points for overalls and match awards, whichever is greater.
Penticton 2022 winners (11 teams):
A: William Treble; Winnipeg MB; David McLellan - Cliff Campbell; Thunder Bay ON; William Koski; King City ON
B, C: Sandy Young; Palm Desert CA; Carrie Cade; North Vancouver BC; Irene Dundon - Lana Chow; Vancouver BC

Thursday Evening Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Evening Side Game Series (4th of 5).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 2500+, B: 750 - 2500, C: 0 - 750.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Evening Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series (played with the same or different partners) are good enough to make the series overalls.
Penticton 2022 winners (20 tables):
A, B, C: Scott Miller - Anne-Marie Miller; Sooke BC

Thursday Latenight ZIP Knockout Teams (10:30pm start!): Team game, 4-6 players on a team, short knockout matches scored in IMPs, three rounds maximum. Losers go out into the cool night to find their hotels; so do the finalists but slightly later in the wee hours...

Probably only one bracket unless the turnout exceeds even pre-pandemic levels!
Masterpoints: Gold points for teams that make it to the semifinals, or red points for other match awards. Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Penticton 2022 winners (8 teams):
Arthur Gong, Sammamish, WA; Jenni Carmichael, Marysville, WA; Rui Gong, Sammamish, WA; Nathan Gong, Sammamish, WA

Masterpoint Leaders thru Thursday Evening

Should be up by about 11:45pm

Masterpoints for all players are updated nightly here first, with everyone's current red and gold point total listed alphabetically below the leaders, before a shorter leaderboard is added to this page.

Overall Leaders

Non-Life Master Leaders
Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted.

For those of you who used to like the puzzles I printed in the old bulletins, here is a link to an online version: one of the puzzles that I used to feature in the old paper Bulletins, but it is easy to play on a computer as well. Not so easy on a tablet or phone, since most of the puzzles require right-clicks, not easily done in a tablet or phone environment. Net gives you a grid containing a black square near the middle representing a source of water, and some blue squares with pipes leading in one direction in some of the remaining cells, and pipes of various shapes in all other cells. All cells can be rotated and the objective is to rotate them to connect the central black square to all of the blue squares with the pipes. The pipes cannot have loops and will light up in red if you form one. A pipe or square that is connected to the central black source will turn light blue so you can see your progress. Strategy: Start on the edge and corner cells and work your way inward to the black square; pipes cannot be connected to the edge of the grid, so there will be fewer possibilities there. Click on the puzzle you want to try at the right (or the caption below) to go to the page with all the instructions you'll need. These puzzles come from Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection (see below) and there are links there to apps for most devices.	Easy puzzle (McBruce's time: 0min 32sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce's time: 1min 11sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce's time: 4min 22sec)

2023 Penticton Regional, Day Four: Thursday, June 15

Off And Running!

Attendance So Far

Brain Warmups

What WAS His/Her Name Again?

Today's Schedule — Day Four — Thursday, June 15

Morning-only Events (9:00am)

Afternoon-Evening Events (1:00, 7:00pm)

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)

Masterpoint Leaders thru Thursday Evening

Should be up by about 11:45pm

Overall Leaders

Non-Life Master Leaders

Brain Workout Section!

Answers to the trivia questions at the top of the page...

Tomorrow's Schedule — Day Five — Friday, June 16

Morning-only Events (9:00am)

Afternoon-Evening Events (1:00, 7:00pm)

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)