Day Three: Wednesday, June 14 at the 2023 Penticton Regional

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Attendance So Far

In 2022, there were 688½ tables to this point.
In 2019, there were 1365 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 14, 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 14. 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...

English singer-songwriter who is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club.
German tennis player ranked #1 for 377 weeks who won all four Grand Slam titles and the Olympic gold medal in one calendar year.
American actor and singer perhaps best-known for narrating and singing the title song from the animated TV Special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Polish-American novelist who wrote Being There and The Painted Bird.
American politician, author, and journalist who served as the press secretary for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
British monarch who ascended the throne following the abdication of his brother and was King during the Second World War.

Today's Schedule — Day Three — Wednesday, June 14

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.

Wednesday Morning Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (2nd 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 (18 tables):
A, B: Frank Stanford; Sooke BC; Donald Gray; Victoria BC
C: Peter Altridge; W Vancouver BC; Vern Porter; North Vancouver BC

Wednesday 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 (3 tables):
D: Mary Ann Buchanan; Sturgeon County AB; Karen Balon; Edmonton AB

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

ALERT: Two new team events begin on Wednesday at 1pm, a single-day Bracketed Swiss and a four-session Bracketed Knockout. Be sure you know which you want to play in.

Wednesday-Thursday Cider Knockout Teams (continues Thursday 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.

Wedneday Unnamed Bracketed Round-Robin Teams: 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 (48 teams in 6 brackets):
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

Tuesday-Wednesday Chardonnay Knockout Teams (began Tuesday): 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 (60 teams in 5 brackets):
Bracket I: Bob Todd; Winnipeg MB; K Fung - Susan Culham; Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen; Vancouver BC
Bracket II: Larry Pocock - Yue Su; Vancouver BC; Baixiang Liu - Amy Gao; New Westminster BC
Bracket III: Sally Craig; Port Moody BC; Edgar L'Heureux; White Rock BC; Jack Johnson - Maryellen Gallo; Surrey BC
Bracket IV: Stephanie Williams; Delta BC; Blake Fleming; Calgary AB; Debbie Martignago; Port Coquitlam BC; Marlene Sumi; Burnaby BC
Bracket V: Marsha Kimelman - Michael Szestopalow; Winnipeg MB; Roman Puzant; Winnipeg Beach MB; Paulette Desaulniers; Sainte-Anne MB

Wednesday 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 (27, 28 tables):
A: Mitch Dunitz; Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Itabashi; Murrieta CA
B, C: Ken Hutchings - Alberta Hutchings; Penticton BC

Wednesday 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 (21, 22 tables):
7: Bill Holland; West Kelowna BC; David Crest; Kelowna BC
3, 2: George Ongyerth - Susan Ongyerth; Calgary AB

Afternoon-only Events (1:00pm)

Wednesday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon Side Game Series (2nd 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 (10 tables):
A: Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt; Surrey BC
B: Carol-Ann Halliday; Vernon BC; Bruce Macdonald; Vancouver BC
C: Lynn Sinclair - Jacquelyn Lanz; Calgary AB

Wednesday 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 (6½ tables):
D, E, F: Linda Cox - M Haight; West Kelowna BC

Evening-only Events (7:00pm)

Wednesday 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 (12 teams):
A: Joan Cremin - Haig Tchamitch; Paradise Valley AZ; Daniel Korbel - Geoff Hampson; Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell; Plano TX
B: Irene Morrow - Birgitta Faraday - Marian Kosior; Penticton BC; Kevin Fleming; Osoyoos BC
C: David Murison - Margaret Murison; Vernon BC; Barbara Thompson; Parksville BC; Joy Tangen; Nanaimo BC

Wednesday Evening Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Evening 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 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 (11 tables):
A, B: Donald Gray; Victoria BC; Frank Stanford; Sooke BC
C: Mary Eliza Balof - Claire Valente; Walla Walla WA

Wednesday Evening 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 (4½ tables):
D, E, F: Sarah Thesenvitz - Greg Thesenvitz; Black Diamond WA

Masterpoint Leaders thru Wednesday 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. Unruly gives you another grid of cells which may be black or white, and starts you off by giving you some free hint cells, with the rest gray. Three simple rules define the completed grid: 1) no row or column will have three consecutive cells of the same colour (but three or more diagonally is allowed); 2) each row and column will have the same number of white and black squares; 3) No two rows or columns will have exactly the same sequence of black and white squares (although a row may match a column, or match another row in reverse). Strategies: look first for adjacent cells of the same colour and fill in the other colour on each end, or two cells with the same colour with one cell in the middle, and fill in the other colour in the middle cell. Then look for nearly completed rows and columns and count colours to see what is still needed. The third rule is less common but will get you out of binds in the endgame often! 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: 2min 33sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce's time: 3min 52sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce's time: 9min 55sec)

2023 Penticton Regional, Day Three: Wednesday, June 14

Off And Running!

Attendance So Far

Brain Warmups

What WAS His/Her Name Again?

Today's Schedule — Day Three — Wednesday, June 14

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 Wednesday 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 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)