2022 Penticton Regional: Monday, June 13

It was three years ago today....

...that the Raptors won the NBA championship in Oakland! Oddly enough I cannot find a single reference to it in the 2019 online Bulletins; I was probably too busy....

June 13 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...)

A Great Fire destroys most of the emerging city of [blank].
A jury in Anchorage AK rules that $15 billion in damages can be sought by victims of the [blank].
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of [blank], is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
[blank] is nominated by President Johnson to become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
[blank] marries Katharina von Bora, against the Catholic Church's celibacy rule for priests and nuns.

Attendance So Far

99½ tables at the end of Monday, 51.1% of the 2019 total. For full details, check out the new 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 be happy if the tournament hits 50% of the 2019 table count of 3217½ tables (so 1609 is the target number).

Masterpoint Leaders thru Monday Evening

Should be up by about 11:45pm

Overall Leaders
1	Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC	12.74
1	Frances Corney, Vancouver BC	12.74
3	Derrick Furber, Saskatoon SK	9.56
3	Edgar L'Heureux, White Rock BC	9.56
3	Mark Churchman, Saskatoon SK	9.56
3	Sally Craig, Port Moody BC	9.56
7	John Hurdle, Richmond BC	7.17
7	Roberta McIlwain, Invermere BC	7.17
7	Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC	7.17
7	Trudy Hurdle, Richmond BC	7.17
11	Anne Kendall, Prince George BC	5.38
11	Robert Coole, Prince George BC	5.38
13	Carol Smith, Oakland CA	4.19
13	David Cartwright, Oakland CA	4.19
15	Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC	4.04
15	Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC	4.04
17	Claire Valente, Walla Walla WA	3.03
17	Mary Eliza Balof, Walla Walla WA	3.03
19	Charlotte Jobb, Medicine Hat AB	3.02
19	Mona Girling, Dunmore AB	3.02
21	Colleen Power, Summerland BC	2.99
21	Sherri Macdonald, Summerland BC	2.99
23	Don Bell, Vernon BC	2.98
23	Kelly Meenagh, Kelowna BC	2.98
25	Danny Zaitsoff, Vernon BC	2.27
25	Kathleen Harvey, Edmonton AB	2.27
25	Michael Harvey, Edmonton AB	2.27
25	Ruth Embree, Salmon Arm BC	2.27

Non-Life Master Leaders
1	Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC	4.04
1	Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC	4.04
3	Mary Eliza Balof, Walla Walla WA	3.03
4	Colleen Power, Summerland BC	2.99
4	Sherri Macdonald, Summerland BC	2.99
6	Danny Zaitsoff, Vernon BC	2.27
6	Ruth Embree, Salmon Arm BC	2.27
8	Bud Bishop, Delta BC	2.24
8	Mary Frances Bishop, Delta BC	2.24
10	Debra Sutherland, Burnaby BC	1.68
10	Kathy Dreisinger, Delta BC	1.68
12	Terry Huxter, Grand Forks BC	1.67
12	Wendy McCulloch, Grand Forks BC	1.67
14	Leeann Lagace, St Albert AB	1.53
14	Marne Turnbull, Edmonton AB	1.53
Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted.

Cashless Entries Are Now In Canada!

(Canadian TDs learning the system, arrive early!)

The decision has been made to try to make this a cashless tournament. (We changed Marv's message on the Welcome page to reflect this, like a "1984" edit of the Times!). If you haven't brought a credit or debit card with you to make the transaction, ask your partner to do so for you and give them the cash you have collected! After a few days, I'm told that this system is easy and quick compared with the old insecure way of having massive amounts of cash laying around as games were getting started.

20% bonus for overall awards!

At Regionals and Sectionals for the next year

A recent ACBL decision to put a spark into offline play at sectionals and regionals is a 20% increase in all overall awards. Session awards are not affected, but the overalls in all strats and knockout brackets will be. We hear that ACBLscore is being a bit finicky about this so we'll be checking closely. For the online Bulletins today I originally added a fifth to the KO overall awards, but it turned out that was not necessary and only proved that I'm not sure about the innards of my own program (anyhow, they've been changed back...).

Merlot Knockout Teams, Bracket One Bracket One has thirteen teams and a masterpoint average of 7910 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round Monday Afternoon 4.50 red	Quarterfinals Monday Evening 22.24 gold	Semifinals Tuesday Afternoon 38.91 gold	Final Tuesday Evening 55.59 gold
3-way : Anderson vs Lambert vs Burns Millens vs Levine 3-way : Lawrence vs Jacob vs McDonald 3-way : Steinberg vs Todd vs Su Graves vs Meng	Anderson vs Millens Lawrence vs Meng Steinberg vs Lambert Su vs Jacob<	??? vs ???	??? vs ???
		Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: Steinberg over Jacob in the final.
Bracket One Quarterfinalist Team Rosters: Andy Anderson - Curley Anderson; Saskatoon SK; Cindy Cossey - Glenn Cossey; Innisfail AB vs 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 Steven Lawrence - Pierre Beauregard - Nicole Beauregard - Frank Ayer; Calgary AB vs Kole Meng; Niagara Falls ON; Zheng Zhang; Toronto ON; Yan Wang; Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu; North York ON Jonathan Steinberg; Toronto ON; Alex Hudson; Morrisville NC; Gerry Marshall; Calgary AB; Hendrik Sharples; Brush Prairie WA vs Bernie Lambert; Acme AB; Keith Falkenberg; Calgary AB; Kevin Strangway; Grande Prairie AB; Robert Pratt; Edmonton AB Yue Su - Larry Pocock; Vancouver BC; Baixiang Liu - Amy Gao; New Westminster BC vs Dan Jacob; Vancouver BC; Piotr Klimowicz; Edmonton AB; Tom Carmichael; Marysville WA; Gordon McOrmond; Sidney BC

Merlot Knockout Teams, Bracket Two Bracket Two has sixteen teams and a masterpoint average of 1643 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round Monday Afternoon 2.78 red	Quarterfinals Monday Evening 11.13 gold	Semifinals Tuesday Afternoon 19.48 gold	Final Tuesday Evening 27.83 gold
Balof vs Burnham Mori vs Norden Sprague vs McGuire Goulet vs Koblenz Long vs Foster Glassford vs Metcalfe Bailey vs Griffiths Callas vs Eveland	Burnham vs Bailey Long vs Koblenz Norden vs McGuire Metcalfe vs Eveland	??? vs ???	??? vs ???
		Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: Bailey over Long in the final.
Bracket Two Quarterfinalist Team Rosters: Shelley Burnham; Brentwood Bay BC; Evelyn Goedhart; Sidney BC; Rita Beny - Neville Hircock; Parksville BC vs Kathryn Bailey; Dripping Spring TX; Barbara Morgan; New Braunfels TX; Lilly Justman - Melody Euler; Austin TX Karen Long - David Smith - Louise Klimowicz - Lloyda Jones; Edmonton AB vs Brian Koblenz - Richard D'Litzenberger; Leavenworth WA; Harry Satanove; Vancouver BC; Isabel Chernoff - Jane Youngberg; Surrey BC Marv Norden; Peachland BC; David Schmidt; Chilliwack BC; Ken Beck; Keremeos BC; Ian Gibson; Naramata BC vs Shirley McGuire - Claire Cook - Aileen Handyside; Saskatoon SK; Phyllis Minielly; Crossmount SK Patty Metcalfe - James Metcalfe; Edmonton AB; Gerene Albrecht - Adam Thiel; Red Deer AB vs Karen Eveland; Lewiston ID; Renee Petersen; Moscow ID; Bill Drayton; Sagle ID; Keith Carter; Sandpoint ID

Merlot Knockout Teams, Bracket Three Bracket Three has sixteen teams and a masterpoint average of 588 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Opening Round Monday Afternoon 1.73 red	Quarterfinals Monday Evening 4.60 red, 2.30 gold	Semifinals Tuesday Afternoon 8.06 red, 4.02 gold	Final Tuesday Evening 11.51 red, 5.75 gold
Dickey vs Renner Warick vs Geber Elkin vs Carolsfeld Webb vs Brown Closson vs Senaratne Allen vs Gangl Murison vs Koffski Chow vs Plasteras	Warick vs Chow Elkin vs Senaratne Webb vs Renner Allen vs Koffski	??? vs ???	??? vs ???
		Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: Koffski over Chow in the final.
Bracket Three Quarterfinalist Team Rosters: Dana Warick; Penticton BC; Lyn Kristoff; Summerland BC; Judy Bateman; Kaleden BC; Gail Nixon; Naramata BC vs Lana Chow - Irene Dundon; Vancouver BC; Dave Brett; Calgary AB; Jozef Stencel; Ashcroft BC Clive Elkin - Peggy Fekete - Douglas Cramen; Kelowna BC; John Cryer; North Vancouver BC vs Manohara Senaratne - Don Greenwood - Abdeali Naffar - Sharana Basappa; Edmonton AB Bill Webb - David Johnson - Marcia Schoffer - Frances Monro; Penticton BC vs John Renner - Carol Renner - Linda Underwood - Terry Underwood; Kamloops BC Darlene Allen - Denise Holst; Courtenay BC; Darrel Mooney; Boise ID; Jayne James; Midvale UT vs Leah Koffski - Andrea Johnson; Kelowna BC; Freda Cryer; North Vancouver BC; Judith Harris; West Kelowna BC

Evening Side Game Series, Game 1 of 5

Winners: Bryan Maksymetz, Frances Corney

At the end of the first round, eventual winners Bryan Maksymetz and Frances Corney were ... wait for it ... 84th overall. In twelve rounds they passed 83 pairs! That's even more overtakes than the dude driving the Kelowna-Penticton transit route I was on yesterday afternoon, who should be applying to replace Canadian F1 backmarkers Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi....B Winners Edgar L'Heureux and Sally Craig led the field during the middle rounds until a few A pairs passed them near the end, but held on for a tight B-strat win. C winners Michael Desaulniers and Dariusz Matus grabbed the final A overall spot with a score of 57%, putting them atop the non-LM leaderboard after Day One!

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Evening 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: 2500+ / B: 750 - 2500 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2511

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Evening Side Game Series, Game 1 of 5	(46 tables) ACBL Live Link
12.74	70.38%	1			Bryan Maksymetz - Frances Corney; Vancouver BC
9.56	66.15%	2			Mark Churchman - Derrick Furber; Saskatoon SK
7.17	62.74%	3			Trudy Hurdle - John Hurdle; Richmond BC
9.56	62.26%	4	1		Edgar L'Heureux; White Rock BC; Sally Craig; Port Moody BC
7.17	61.11%	5	2		Sandy McIlwain - Roberta McIlwain; Invermere BC
5.38	59.79%	6	3		Anne Kendall - Robert Coole; Prince George BC
2.98	59.36%	7			Don Bell; Vernon BC; Kelly Meenagh; Kelowna BC
4.19	59.02%	8	4		David Cartwright - Carol Smith; Oakland CA
3.02	58.85%	9	5		Charlotte Jobb; Medicine Hat AB; Mona Girling; Dunmore AB
1.58	58.80%	10			Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt; Surrey BC
2.27	57.86%	11	6		Kathleen Harvey - Michael Harvey; Edmonton AB
4.04	57.44%	12	7	1	Michael Desaulniers; Maple Ridge BC; Dariusz Matus; Surrey BC
1.47	56.50%		8		Sandy Jean Robinson - Avril Karr; Calgary AB
3.03	55.98%		9	2	Mary Eliza Balof - Claire Valente; Walla Walla WA
2.27	54.91%			3	Ruth Embree; Salmon Arm BC; Danny Zaitsoff; Vernon BC
1.53	52.48%			4/5	Leeann Lagace; St Albert AB; Marne Turnbull; Edmonton AB
1.49	52.48%			4/5	Ben Levine - Nicholas Buck; Prince George BC
1.07	48.89%			6	Ken Sutley - Diana Sutley; Edmonton AB

Monday Evening 299er Pairs

Winners: Colleen Power, Sherri Macdonald

I hope Colleen Power and Sherri Macdonald, who had the last round sitout, stayed to enjoy a superb victory. They had one round of 52% and the rest were 66% or better!

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): D: 200 - 300 / E: 100 - 200 / F: 0 - 100. No player over 300 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 143

MPts	Score	D	E	F	Monday Evening 299er Pairs	(8½ tables) ACBL Live Link
2.99	71.96%	1	1	1	Colleen Power - Sherri Macdonald; Summerland BC
2.24	60.25%	2			Mary Frances Bishop - Bud Bishop; Delta BC
1.68	56.97%	3			Kathy Dreisinger; Delta BC; Debra Sutherland; Burnaby BC
1.26	56.76%	4			Doris Laktin - Peter Laktin; Nelson BC
0.95	56.61%	5			Susan Van - Elaine Beyeler; Kelowna BC
1.67	55.49%		2		Wendy McCulloch - Terry Huxter; Grand Forks BC
1.47	54.30%		3	2	Philippa Fitzgerald-Finc - Joy Crawford; Calgary AB
1.10	50.30%		4	3	Eloise Carbone; Vancouver BC; Lisa Bealle; New Westminster BC

June 13 Historical Headlines

Answers from the top of the page:

1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Catholic Church's celibacy rule for priests and nuns.
1886 - A Great Fire destroys most of the emerging city of Vancouver BC.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is nominated by President Johnson to become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
1977 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1994 - A jury in Anchorage AK rules that $15 billion in damages can be sought by victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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