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1123½ tables at the end of Day Six (Saturday), 63.9% 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 very happy if the tournament hits 60% of the 2019 table count of 1932 tables, so 1159 is the target number, and it looks like we'll reach that in the first session on Sunday!
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. Filling gives you a grid of cells, some of which have digits in them. When the puzzle is solved, all of the cells will have a digit in them, and each cell will be part of a connected group (diagonally adjacent cells are NOT connected) with exactly the same number of cells as the digit. This means that a "1" will be a complete group and not adjacent to any other "1", a "2" will be connected to a second two, a "3" will be part of a 3-cell group, etcetera. Different groups with the same digit in their cells will never be adjacent. Solving strategy: Corners and sides are good places to start, looking for possible groups of cells with the same number. It is rare, but possible, that you will have to add a new group that does not have a cell among the initial hints. 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. You can make puzzles of any size and difficulty level! ![]() |
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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 | 115.30 |
1 | Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC | 115.30 |
3 | Michael Hargreaves, Victoria BC | 109.71 |
4 | Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA | 106.62 |
5 | Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC | 105.13 |
6 | Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA | 103.00 |
7 | Cindy Cossey, Innisfail AB | 95.10 |
7 | Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB | 95.10 |
9 | Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA | 82.93 |
10 | Rhonda Foster, Victoria BC | 78.86 |
11 | Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA | 78.53 |
12 | Michael Dimich, Burnaby BC | 77.21 |
13 | Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB | 76.40 |
14 | Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo | 74.87 |
14 | Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo | 74.87 |
16 | Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC | 74.55 |
17 | Gerry McCully, Victoria BC | 74.07 |
18 | David Johnson, Calgary AB | 71.48 |
18 | Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB | 71.48 |
18 | Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA | 71.48 |
18 | Roger McNay, Beaverton OR | 71.48 |
22 | Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC | 64.69 |
23 | Alex Hudson, Morrisville NC | 64.31 |
23 | Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON | 64.31 |
25 | James Galand, Victoria BC | 62.54 |
Non-Life Master Leaders | ||
1 | Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo | 74.87 |
2 | Farhad Rohani, Victoria BC | 39.22 |
3 | Andrea Petzold, Invermere BC | 27.79 |
4 | Zakery Simpson, Prince George BC | 27.47 |
5 | Margaret Duncan, Vancouver BC | 20.75 |
6 | James Davidson, Quaiicum Beach BC | 19.09 |
6 | John Schuller, Parksville BC | 19.09 |
8 | Carol Beck, Prince Albert SK | 17.08 |
8 | Thelma Cowie, Christopher Lke SK | 17.08 |
10 | Jon Ransom, Bellingham WA | 17.02 |
10 | Wendy Allex, Ferndale WA | 17.02 |
12 | Wolfgang Dost, Qualicum Beach BC | 15.83 |
13 | Dawn Campbell, Nanoose Bay BC | 15.42 |
13 | Grace Lindsay, Nanoose Bay BC | 15.42 |
15 | Grace Kennedy, Campbell River BC | 15.37 |
Masterpoints will be updated first on the masterpoints page. Leaders will appear here later, when the results are posted. |
Very close finish with no less than five pairs over 60% on the day, and the final factor was a huge final round by Sheldon Spier and Michael Ainsley, valuting to the top with 80% over the final three boards! The event winners also took the under-4000 strat, and the under-2000 strat was won by Howard Coren and John D Aguiar, who led the third group wire-to-wire.
Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): A: 4000+ / B: 2000 - 4000 / C: 0 - 2000.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 4844
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Saturday Open Pairs | (23, 23 tables) ACBL Live Link |
37.27 | 61.06% | 1 | 1 | Sheldon Spier, Chemainus BC; Michael Ainsley, Victoria BC | ||
27.95 | 60.55% | 2 | Karen Cumpstone, Nanaimo BC; Debbie Hargreaves, Victoria BC | |||
20.96 | 60.37% | 3 | Leo Glaser, Lake Country BC; Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC | |||
14.07 | 60.11% | 4/5 | Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA | |||
14.07 | 60.11% | 4/5 | Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA | |||
10.65 | 59.10% | 6 | Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni; Tokyo, Japan | |||
9.32 | 57.01% | 7 | Richard A Gamble, Mill Bay BC; J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON | |||
8.28 | 56.60% | 8 | Kim Eng - Eric Sieg, Issaquah WA | |||
7.45 | 55.76% | 9 | Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC | |||
14.59 | 55.46% | 10 | 2 | 1 | Howard Coren - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB | |
10.94 | 54.96% | 11 | 3 | Ian Gatenby, Red Deer AB; Perry Khakhar, Edmonton AB | ||
8.21 | 54.88% | 12 | 4 | Delma Murray - Debbie Wastle, Victoria BC | ||
6.48 | 54.86% | 5 | Ewa Zwicky - Farhad Rohani, Victoria BC | |||
7.90 | 53.78% | 6 | 2 | Connie Sayler, Beaverton OR; Robert Miller, Whitehorse YT | ||
4.86 | 51.62% | 7 | Jack Johnson - Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC | |||
4.32 | 51.50% | 8 | Karen Billett - Paul Flanagan, Victoria BC | |||
5.92 | 51.22% | 3 | Dariusz Matus, Surrey BC; Michael Desaulniers, Maple Ridge BC | |||
4.44 | 50.24% | 4 | Maarten Tjebbes - Brad Digby, Vancouver BC | |||
3.51 | 48.82% | 5 | Wayne Stann, Kelowna BC; Gurcharan Bhatia, Edmonton AB | |||
3.01 | 47.23% | 6 | Frank Stanford - Janice Stanford, Sooke BC |
Not only did three-strat winners Bruce Nelms and Wolfgang Dost win the event by over two full boards, they also led all three flights at half time and had a final round sitout: by which time the outcome was nearly clinched!
Two-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): 7: 500 - 750 / 5: 300 - 500 / 3: 0 - 300. No player over 750 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 288
MPts | Score | 7 | 5 | 3 | Saturday Gold Rush Pairs | (10½, 11 tables) ACBL Live Link |
5.79 | 61.38% | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bruce Nelms - Wolfgang Dost, Qualicum Beach BC | |
4.34 | 57.53% | 2 | 2 | Janice Closson, Victoria BC; Barbara Thompson, Sidney BC | ||
3.26 | 57.08% | 3 | Jim Alexander - BB Bernamoff, Victoria BC | |||
2.81 | 56.66% | 4 | 3 | Doug Riopelle - Linda Riopelle, St Albert AB | ||
2.84 | 56.39% | 5 | 4 | 2 | Peter Lighthall, Victoria BC; John Coates, Vancouver BC | |
1.65 | 52.60% | 6 | Barbara Bottomley - Forrest Bottomley, Lafayette CA | |||
1.66 | 51.08% | 5 | Alison Donoghue - Larraine Smith, North Vancouver BC | |||
2.13 | 50.90% | 3 | Laurie Pach, Victoria BC; Shelley Evans, North Saanic BC | |||
1.59 | 50.29% | 4 | Stephanie Hackett, North Vancouver BC; Dana Cameron, West Vancouver BC |
The Hideous Hog (In Training) scored 18/40 on the predictions for a Victoria total of only 63/150, 42%....which is actually better than usual.
Bracketed Knockout Teams event, with 2 rounds of 24-board matches. Teams are grouped by team masterpoints into team brackets, with three-way matches where neccessary in the first and second rounds to reduce to four teams.
MPts | Bracket | Rank | Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams Bkt 1 | ACBL Live Links: Bracket: I II III IV (16 teams in 4 brackets) |
38.84 | I | 1 | Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall - David Johnson, Calgary AB; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR | |
27.19 | 2 | Carole Liss, San Rafael CA; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Alex Hudson, Morrisville NC; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON | ||
17.48 | 3 | Ray Miller - Michael Christensen - Becky Stevens - Scott Chupack, Seattle WA | ||
13.59 | 4 | Paul Reitsma, Parksville BC; Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Louise Elliott - Barbara Jubenville, Nanaimo BC | ||
21.44 | II | 1 | David Reid - Donald Berry - Gail Richardson - Eleanor Gibson, Victoria BC | |
15.01 | 2 | Jonathan Gage - Robert Cheeseman - Tony Farr - Danielle Goulet, Victoria BC | ||
9.65 | 3 | Shameine Ali, New Westminster BC; Ross Bates, Castlegar BC; Dick Yuen, North Vancouver BC; Tom Nault, Calgary AB | ||
4.29 | 4 | Ann Romeo - Steven Zeliadt - William Fleming - Patricia Lewis, Seattle WA | ||
19.06 | III | 1 | Marlene Powell - Margaret Duncan - Pamela Moore, Vancouver BC; Myra Johnston, North Vancouver BC | |
13.34 | 2 | Jill Plasteras - Jon Preston - Ron Grove - J Billett, Victoria BC; Madeleine Tremblay, North Saanich BC | ||
8.58 | 3 | John Emmerson, Federal Way WA; Barbara Hillman, Richmond BC; Rosemay Vazeux - Arthur Resnick, Seattle WA | ||
6.71 | 4 | Andrew Melton - Jamie Watt, Calgary AB; James Metcalfe - Patty Metcalfe, Edmonton AB | ||
14.90 | IV | 1 | Susanne Sherburne - Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA; Roxy Sandmaier - Louis Sandmaier, Victoria BC | |
10.43 | 2 | Margaret Skinner - Mel Zimmerman - Al Romanchuk - Holly Boudreau, Victoria BC | ||
8.58 | 3 | Grace Schmidt, Campbell River BC; Helen Dunham, Qualicum Beach BC; John Schuller, Parksville BC; James Davidson, Quaiicum Beach BC | ||
6.71 | 4 | Michele Bonneau, Waskesiu Lake SK; Shelley Belhumeur, Wakaw SK; Sonia Richert - Aileen Handyside, Saskatoon SK |
Bracketed Swiss Teams scored in Victory Points. Teams played all or most of the teams in their bracket in short matches.
MPts | VPs | Bracket | Rank | Saturday Bracketed Teams Bkt 1 | ACBL Live Links: Bracket I II III IV (34 teams in 4 brackets) |
23.34 | 89 | I | 1 | Steve Bates, Edmonton AB; Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB; Cindy Cossey - Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB | |
17.51 | 80 | 2 | Cristina Jacob - Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Michael Hargreaves, Victoria BC; Gordon McOrmond, Sidney BC | ||
13.13 | 75 | 3 | Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Donald Sache, West Vancouver BC; Derek Ward, Hornby Island BC; K Fung, Edmonton AB | ||
13.55 | 103 | II | 1 | Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Jane Filbee, Halifax NS; Beau Hovda, Camano Island WA; James Dukelow Jr, Benton City WA | |
10.16 | 89 | 2 | Mary Abelseth - Ruth Sidebottom - Gerene Albrecht, Red Deer AB; Siu Wai Fan, Richmond BC | ||
7.62 | 86 | 3 | William Lamb, Victoria BC; Jack Campbell - Lorraine Hayne, North Saanich BC; Marianne Daem, Nanaimo BC | ||
5.72 | 85 | 4 | Roy Harry Stefaniec - David Todd - Doreen McOrmond - Kim Imada, Victoria BC | ||
11.29 | 126 | III | 1 | William Voth, Kelowna BC; Wayne Borman, Nanaimo BC; Andrea Petzold, Invermere BC; Chic Callas, Whitehorse YT | |
8.47 | 109 | 2 | Dennis O Donnell, Sherwood Park AB; Philip Hardin, Edmonton AB; Anne Porter - Mitra Shojania, Victoria BC | ||
6.35 | 99 | 3 | Shirley McGuire - Claire Cook - Sharon McDonald, Saskatoon SK; Phyllis Minielly, Crossmount SK | ||
4.76 | 73 | 4 | Lana Chow, Vancouver BC; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA; Dave Brett, Calgary AB; Louise Shore, Canmore AB | ||
7.95 | 110 | IV | 1 | Zakery Simpson - Kirk Rustad - James Scarfe - Ben Levine, Prince George BC | |
5.96 | 92 | 2 | Kay Kerr - Bettylee Sinclair - Kathy Otton - Marianne Scheuer, Victoria BC | ||
4.47 | 82 | 3 | Shaun Tubman - Bob Tubman, Victoria BC; Gary Corbett - Tony Marshall, Bellevue WA | ||
3.35 | 80 | 4 | Bill Kennedy - Grace Kennedy, Campbell River BC; Carol Beck, Prince Albert SK; Thelma Cowie, Christopher Lke SK |
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Morning Side Game Series, session 5 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: 2000+ / B: 1200 - 2000 / C: 0 - 1200.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1384
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Saturday Morning Side Game | (6 tables) ACBL Live Link |
3.19 | 56.67% | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | William Curtis, Whitehorse YT; Bette Flannigan, Victoria BC | |
3.19 | 56.67% | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | John Heck, Victoria BC; Marla Patterson, Arlington WA | |
2.05 | 53.75% | 3 | Edgar L'Heureux - Chuck Irwin, White Rock BC | |||
1.68 | 52.92% | 4/5 | 3/4 | Alexis Martfeld - Michael Dickie, Victoria BC | ||
1.68 | 52.92% | 4/5 | 3/4 | Nancy Baal - Douglas Smith, Victoria BC |
A quick story about a nice thing that I witnessed on Saturday afternoon involving our Morning Side Game Series winner. I responded to a Director call at Mitch Dunitz's table about a strange transfer auction that might possibly require an adjustment, and the opponents were a little uneasy and uncertain about the reason for the call. The first step was to get a result on the deal, and as they played I consulted the hand record and saw that an adjustment was unlikely. I stayed in order to not give away that impression, but was called to another nearby table, and when I returned, the players had completed the hand and had come to the same conclusion. A short break followed but a few minutes later, I noticed Mitch talking to the player and very nicely explaining how the auction might have required an adjustment in different circumstances, and even suggesting a better way to handle hands of that type. Bravo!
Overall awards in the Morning, after 5 completed sessions. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners. Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series. But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.
MPts | %Sum of Best Two Games |
Rank | Morning Side Game Series Overalls | (98 players) ACBL Live Link |
8.38 | 127.31% | 1 | Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA | |
5.93 | 114.96% | 2 | Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA | |
3.93 | 113.76% | 3/4 | Ron Beall - Jennifer Beall, Bellingham WA | |
4.33 | 112.82% | 5 | Ross Bates, Castlegar BC | |
3.58 | 111.80% | 6/7 | Paul Reitsma, Parksville BC; Marv Norden, Peachland BC |
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Part of the Afternoon Side Game Series, session 5 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: 2000+ / B: 750 - 2000 / C: 0 - 750.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 1551
MPts | Score | A | B | C | Saturday Afternoon Side Game | (9 tables) ACBL Live Link |
4.32 | 68.29% | 1 | Trudy Hurdle - John Hurdle, Richmond BC | |||
3.24 | 61.81% | 2 | Ian Findlay, Banff AB; Daniel Klein, Victoria BC | |||
3.87 | 58.33% | 3 | 1 | Rita Cannon, Ladysmith BC; Dianna Rickson, Comox BC | ||
2.90 | 57.87% | 4 | 2 | Michael Dickie - Alexis Martfeld, Victoria BC | ||
2.57 | 56.02% | 5 | 3 | 1 | William Curtis, Whitehorse YT; Bette Flannigan, Victoria BC | |
1.63 | 52.78% | 4 | Henry Kwok - Dorothy Kwok, Edmonton AB | |||
1.93 | 52.31% | 5 | 2 | Roxann Trouth, Edmonton AB; Paul McLaughlin, Sherwood Park AB | ||
1.45 | 45.83% | 3 | Ann Isaac - Lionel Traverse, Victoria BC |
Overall awards in the Afternoon, after 5 completed sessions. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners. Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series. But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.
MPts | %Sum of Best Two Games |
Rank | Afternoon Side Game Series Overalls | (153 players) ACBL Live Link |
9.10 | 116.05% | 1 | John Demeulemeester, Burnaby BC | |
5.98 | 115.78% | 2/3 | Donald Gray, Victoria BC; Frank Stanford, Sooke BC | |
4.81 | 115.63% | 4 | Bette Flannigan, Victoria BC | |
7.58 | 115.46% | 5/6 | Elizabeth Scully, Portland OR; John H Bannister, Sequim WA | |
3.98 | 115.35% | 7 | Evelyn Goedhart, Sidney BC | |
4.20 | 115.14% | 8 | Mary Carson - Donald Carson, Edmonton AB |
Overall awards in the Evening Side Game Series, after 5 completed sessions. Scores are based on the sum (in percent) of an individuals two best games, even if played with different partners. Side Game overall awards are in gold points and replace the points you won in individual games in the series. But if you played several games and got masterpoints, that sum may be higher than your overall award, and you would get the overall award in gold points and the rest of your sum in red points.
MPts | %Sum of Best Two Games |
Rank | Evening Side Game Series Overalls | (141 players) ACBL Live Link |
10.94 | 122.14% | 1 | Elaine DeShaw, Federal Way WA | |
8.21 | 118.69% | 2 | Steve Bruno, Federal Way WA | |
5.39 | 112.56% | 3/4 | Pauline Bullert - Cynthia Brogan, Vancouver WA | |
3.65 | 112.00% | 5 | Edith DeShaw, Seattle WA | |
3.82 | 108.01% | 6 | Dudley Brown, Grandview WA | |
4.13 | 107.00% | 7/8 | Gordon Sawyer, Seattle WA; Allen Custer, Edmonds WA |
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): D: 100 - 300 / E: 75 - 100 / F: 0 - 75. No player over 300 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 87
MPts | Score | D | E | F | Saturday Morning 299er Pairs | (6 tables) ACBL Live Link |
2.52 | 62.83% | 1 | Vicki Sensiba - Greg Sensiba, Sequim WA | |||
1.89 | 58.00% | 2 | Susan Jobbins - Joan Geber, Victoria BC | |||
1.96 | 57.83% | 3 | 1 | Judy Coulter, North Saanich BC; Lynne Urner, Victoria BC | ||
1.06 | 56.17% | 4 | Norman Prelypchan - Roger Finan, Victoria BC | |||
1.59 | 48.83% | 2 | 1 | Barbara Walter - Murray Walter, Swift Current SK | ||
1.19 | 48.08% | 3 | 2 | Sharon Kalanj, Blaine WA; Julia Sauter, Victoria BC |
Single-session pairs event, scored in matchpoints. Strat limits (by pair average): D: 100 - 300 / E: 50 - 100 / F: 0 - 50. No player over 300 was eligible.
Average masterpoints for players in this event: 71
MPts | Score | D | E | F | Saturday Afternoon 299er Pairs | (4 tables) ACBL Live Link |
2.21 | 61.81% | 1 | 1 | 1 | Lucile Mears - Jonathan Mears, Victoria BC | |
1.66 | 60.42% | 2 | 2 | Judy Coulter, North Saanich BC; Lynne Urner, Victoria BC | ||
1.24 | 52.78% | 3 | 2 | Kim Stevens - Andrea Kilner, Victoria BC |
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