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2022 Whistler Regional, Day Five: Monday, November 7, 2022

A Total Lunar Eclipse happened overnight last night, but clouds....

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Portobello closed Monday-Wednesday

Please note Portobello, the eaterie at the far end from the playing area on the lower level, is now closed for annual maintenance until long after the tournament ends on Wednesday.

Another New Life Master!

Diane Zebroff, Kamloops BC
Congratulations!

November 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...)

A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an blank as a symbol for the U.S. Republican Party.
Blank returns from his fourth and last voyage.
The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Blank ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs; according to the Gregorian calendar it was November 7 when Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in the city now known as Blank.
The original Blank Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

Attendance So Far

597 tables at the end of Day Five (Monday), 55.1% 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 55% of the 2019 table count of 1379; tables, so 758 is the target number, but maybe we'll do even better!

Brain Warmup Department: Keen

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.

Keen, also known as 'KenKen,' is a Sudoku-like puzzle where the numbers from one to grid-size appear once in each row and column. The grid is divided into zones by heavy borderlines, and the numbers within each zone can be combined to form the number stated in the zone's clue, using the arithmetic operation in the clue: "18x" means the numbers in the block multiply together to make exactly 18. Division and subtraction clues will always be in a zone of exactly two cells, and the two numbers can appear in either order. Note that, unlike Sudoku, a zone may contain the same number more than once as long as the duplicates are not in the same row or column.

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 and there are links there to apps for most devices. You can make puzzles of any size and difficulty level!

Easy puzzle
(McBruce's time:
2min 51sec)

Medium puzzle
(McBruce's time:
7min 53sec)

Tricky puzzle
(McBruce's time:
23min 12sec)

Masterpoint Leaders thru Monday Evening

Should be online 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
1	Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC	72.55
2	Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC	60.41
2	Michael Hargreaves, Victoria BC	60.41
4	Ann-Marie Crabbe, Nanaimo BC	56.07
5	Don Bell, Vernon BC	54.95
5	Kelly Meenagh, Kelowna BC	54.95
7	Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB	51.55
8	Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC	50.97
9	Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB	50.78
9	Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC	50.78
9	Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC	50.78
9	Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC	50.78
13	Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC	48.72
14	Chris Penner, Nanaimo BC	48.27
15	Steve Bates, Edmonton AB	45.18
15	Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB	45.18
17	Amy Gao, New Westminster BC	43.68
17	Baixiang Liu, New Westminster BC	43.68
17	David Huang, Burnaby BC	43.68
17	Jack Lee, Richmond BC	43.68
17	Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	43.68
17	Rick Wei Wu, Surrey BC	43.68
23	David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC	40.86
24	Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC	38.89
24	Sheldon Spier, Chemainus BC	38.89

Non-Life Master Leaders
1	Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC	43.68
1	Rick Wei Wu, Surrey BC	43.68
3	Debbie Harris, North Vancouver BC	27.15
4	Ronald Miller, Bellingham WA	23.62
5	Linda Angstadt, Kamloops BC	21.44
5	Trudy Nagurski, Kamloops BC	21.44
7	Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC	19.36
7	Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC	19.36
9	Diane Zebroff, Kamloops BC	16.86
10	Roy Livingstone, Whiterock BC	14.92
11	Greg Sensiba, Sequim WA	14.54
11	Vicki Sensiba, Sequim WA	14.54
13	Jeremy Bowman, Vancouver BC	13.90
13	Shaviv Ben Neriah, Vancouver BC	13.90
15	Irene Morrow, Penticton BC	13.67
Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted.

Day Five (Monday) Results

Monday Open Pairs

Winners: Chris Penner, Ann-Marie Crabbe

Event winners Chris Penner and Ann-Marie Crabbe were more than two boards behind at the half and fourth overall, but chipped away steadily at the gap all through the evening session and broke through to the top spot with a 77% last round! Under 3000 winners James Sache and David Schmidt were second in A and B at the break, grabbed first in both after three rounds, but were passed at the end for the A win by a fifth of a board while staying in front in B by three-tenths of a board. Under 2000 winners Ian Glover and Donna Wiwchar held onto their 55% pace in the second session and won by a fiftieth of a board!

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): A: 3000+ / B: 2000 - 3000 / C: 0 - 2000.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 2802

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Monday Open Pairs	(12, 13½ tables) ACBL Live Link
24.15	59.33%	1			Chris Penner - Ann-Marie Crabbe, Nanaimo BC
18.11	58.66%	2	1		James Sache, Rosedale BC; David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC
13.58	58.09%	3	2		Sandy McIlwain - Roberta McIlwain, Invermere BC
10.19	55.10%	4	3	1	Ian Glover - Donna Wiwchar, Kamloops BC
8.05	55.08%	5	4	2	Wayne Stann - Leah Koffski, Kelowna BC
6.90	53.32%	6			Mary Ose, Incline Village NV; Dave Vidaver, Sacramento CA
4.53	52.05%		5	3	Homa Boustani - Bertram Schoner, West Vancouver BC

Monday Gold Rush Pairs

Winners: Linda Angstadt, Trudy Nagurski

Event winners Linda Angstadt and Trudy Nagurski started the second session in second place overall, and from rounds 5-10 they were ahead or behind by less than a third of a top, before breaking through with 84% in the penultimate round. 90% in round five of the afternoon session vaulted Colleen Perry and Susan Craven to the under-400 win, and nearly got them first overall. Vicki and Greg Sensiba grabbed some more gold points with the under-200 win, leading at halftime and getting just enough matchpoints to stay on top, and second in the 200-400 strat.

Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): 7: 400 - 750 / 4: 300 - 400 / 3: 0 - 300. No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 380

MPts	Score	7	4	3	Monday Gold Rush Pairs	(12, 12 tables) ACBL Live Link
6.06	58.71%	1			Linda Angstadt - Trudy Nagurski, Kamloops BC
4.55	56.91%	2	1		Colleen Perry - Susan Craven, North Vancouver BC
3.41	56.63%	3			Jerry Shapiro - Sharene Jansen, Vancouver BC
2.56	56.16%	4			Gerald Hickman - Margie Hickman, Bellingham WA
2.02	56.06%	5			Linda Underwood - Terry Underwood, Kamloops BC
1.73	55.21%	6			Margaret Pattison - Paul Pattison, North Vancouver BC
3.31	52.37%		2	1	Vicki Sensiba - Greg Sensiba, Sequim WA
2.48	51.80%		3	2	Lucile Mears - Jonathan Mears, Victoria BC
1.82	50.09%		4		Hilary Johnston, Vancouver BC; Mary Ellen Fisher, Victoria BC
1.86	48.86%			3	Suzanne Ryan, Kingston ON; Adrian Leitch, Saltspring Isla BC

Monday-Tuesday Blackcomb Knockout Teams

Semifinals begin Tuesday afternoon!

Teams played a round robin Swiss Teams over two sessions to decide the four semifinalists for tomorrow, leaders choosing from #3 or #4 (or #2 if they volunteer to be a choice). (If your team didn't make it, there is a Swiss Team event on Tuesday at 10 and 3.)

Monday-Tuesday Blackcomb Knockout Teams, Bracket One Bracket One has seven teams and a masterpoint average of 6743 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Qualifying Swiss — Monday Afternoon-Evening 0.42 red per match win, 7.89 red for 4th, 17.74 gold for 3rd (teams must playoff for third)	Semifinals Tuesday Morning 27.60 gold	Final Tuesday Afternoon 39.43 gold
Q — 1. Glaser (4 wins, 73 VP) Q — 2. Bell (4 wins, 71 VP) Q — 3. Pickett (4 wins, 71 VP) Q — 4. Jacob (3 wins, 67 VP) 5. Andreychuk (3 wins, 60 VP) 6. Sache (3 wins, 59 VP) 7. Moffatt (0 wins, 19 VP)	Jacob vs Bell Glaser vs Pickett	??? vs ???
	Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: Jacob over Glaser in the final.
Bracket One Semifinalist Team Rosters: Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB; Michael Hargreaves, Victoria BC; Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC vs Don Bell, Vernon BC; Kelly Meenagh, Kelowna BC; Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB; Steve Bates, Edmonton AB Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC; Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC vs Stephen Pickett - Lana Chow, Vancouver BC; G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Stuart Carr, Burnaby BC

Monday-Tuesday Blackcomb Knockout Teams, Bracket Two Bracket Two has nine teams and a masterpoint average of 1553 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Qualifying Swiss — Monday Afternoon-Evening 0.21 red per match win, 7.16 gold for 3rd/4th, 9.21 gold for 3rd (optional playoff)	Semifinals Tuesday Morning 14.32 gold	Final Tuesday Afternoon 20.46 gold
Q — 1. L'Heureux (7 wins, 106 VP) Q — 2. Quennell (6 wins, 103 VP) Q — 3. Tremblay (5 wins, 86 VP) Q — 4. Martignago (4 wins, 85 VP) 5. Reid (4 wins, 84 VP) 6. Kendall (4 wins, 84 VP) 7. Class (3 wins, 68 VP) 8. Sprague (2 wins, 59 VP) 9. Murphy (1 win, 45 VP)	Martignago vs Quennell L'Heureux vs Tremblay	??? vs ???
	Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: L'Heureux over Martignago in the final.
Bracket Two Semifinalist Team Rosters: Debbie Martignago, Port Coquitlam BC; Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC; Mojgan Shad - Khosrow Shad, West Vancouver BC vs Emelie Quennell - Caenie Pyrcz, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT; Avril Karr, North Vancouver BC Edgar L'Heureux, White Rock BC; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Roy Livingstone, Whiterock BC; Devra Drysdale, Calgary AB vs Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC; Jill Plasteras - Esther Wiebe - JP Weber, Victoria BC

Monday-Tuesday Blackcomb Knockout Teams, Bracket Three Bracket Three has eight teams and a masterpoint average of 657 per player. ACBL Live link to brackets
Qualifying Swiss — Monday Afternoon-Evening 0.20 red per match win, 2.60 red for 4th, 5.86 gold for 3rd (teams must playoff)	Semifinals Tuesday Morning 9.11 gold	Final Tuesday Afternoon 13.02 gold
Q — 1. Hancock (5 wins, 98 VP) Q — 2. Jin Mei (5 wins, 96 VP) Q — 3. Specht (4 wins, 78 VP) Q — 4. Allex (3 wins, 73 VP) 5. Sheasby (3 wins, 71 VP) 6. Janssen (3 wins, 60 VP) 7. Romanchuk (3 wins, 51 VP) 8. Edwards (2 wins, 32 VP)	Specht vs Jin Mei Allex vs Hancock	??? vs ???
	Hideous Hog (In Training)'s Prediction: Specht over Hancock in the final.
Bracket Three Semifinalist Team Rosters: Aileen Specht - Russel Specht - Carl Abbott - Diane Zebroff, Kamloops BC vs Jin Mei Luo - Qiao Li, Burnaby BC; Flora Yan, Vancouver BC; Kenny Ying, W Vancouver BC Wendy Allex, Ferndale WA; Bobbianne Smith, Surrey BC; Rebecca Brown - Susanne Sherburne, Bellingham WA vs Audrey Hancock - Marcia Schoffer - Janet Mori, Penticton BC; Elaine Beyeler, Kelowna BC

Monday Morning Side Game

Winners: Alice Nelson, Gary Nelson

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Early Bird Side Game Series, session 5 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: 2000+ / B: 750 - 2000 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1067

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Monday Morning Side Game	(4 tables) ACBL Live Link
3.18	59.72%	1	1		Alice Nelson - Gary Nelson, Bend OR
2.39	56.25%	2	2		Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC; Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC
1.79	55.56%	3			John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC; John Wilson, New Westminster BC

Morning Early Bird Side Series Leaders

One more session in this series today!

Leading individuals in the Early Bird, after 5 completed sessions out of 6. 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 Early Bird Side Series Leaders	(77 players so far)
118.50%	1/2	Marilyn Olson, Wenatchee WA; Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA
114.20%	3	John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC
113.56%	4	John Wilson, New Westminster BC
113.55%	5/6	Gary Nelson - Alice Nelson, Bend OR
110.42%	7/8	Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC; Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC
109.64%	9	Pat Hodgson, North Vancouver BC
108.00%	10	Barbara Hillman, Richmond BC

Afternoon Going Hiking Side Series Leaders

Last game in this series is today!

Leading individuals in the Going Hiking Side Game Series, after 4 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	Afternoon Going Hiking Side Series Leaders	(88 players so far)
127.95%	1	Don Guichon, White Rock BC
123.92%	2	Merilyn Hicks, North Vancouver BC
122.78%	3/4	Marilyn Olson, Wenatchee WA; Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA
115.10%	5/6	Devra Drysdale, Calgary AB; Roy Livingstone, Whiterock BC
114.08%	7	Irene Morrow, Penticton BC

Monday Evening Side Game

Winners: Allan Karro, Yen Karro

Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Evening Semi-Fast Side Game Series, session 3 of 4 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: 2000+ / B: 750 - 2000 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 5072

MPts	Score	A	B	C	Monday Evening Side Game	(3 tables) ACBL Live Link
2.94	58.75%	1			Allan Karro - Yen Karro, White Rock BC
2.21	53.75%	2			Paul Reitsma, Parksville BC; Marv Norden, Peachland BC

Evening Semi-Fast Side Series Leaders

Last Game in this series is tonight at 7:30pm

Leading individuals in the Evening Semi-Fast Side Game Series, after 3 completed sessions out of 4. 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	Evening Semi-Fast Side Series Leaders	(29 players so far)
121.57%	1/2	Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Paul Reitsma, Parksville BC
108.25%	3/4	Flora Yan, Vancouver BC; Kenny Ying, W Vancouver BC
104.66%	5	Bruce McIntyre, Coquitlam BC

November 7 Historical Headlines

Answers from the top of the page:

1504 — Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
1874 — A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the U.S. Republican Party.
1885 — The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1917 — The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs; according to the Gregorian calendar it was November 7 when Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in the city now known as St. Petersburg.
1940 — The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

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