Welcome to the 2011 Thornhill Regional!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Daily Bulletin 2011 Thornhill Regional Bridge Tournament

Le Parc Banquet Hall, Thornhill, Ontario

New Life Masters

Evelyn Storey of Orillia earned her gold card (and

Bronze Life Masters) on Tuesday afternoon,

finishing 3/4 in Bracket 2 of the Mon./Tues.

Knockout.

New Life Masters (cont’d)

Marie Tromba (bottom left of page) and Donald

Morrison earned their Life Masters (Marie earned

her Bronze and Silver Life Masters as well),

winning Bracket 3 of the Mon./Tues. Knockout.

Winners of Bracket 1 of the Monday /

Tuesday Knockout were Shan Huang,

Toronto ON; Yan Wang - Difan Wang,

Scarborough ON and Qun Liu, from

Windsor ON.

Linda Lord, Schomberg ON; Ron

MacDonald, Toronto ON; Margaret

MacFarlane and Paul MacFarlane,

Keswick ON Won Bracket 2 of the

Monday/Tuesday Knockout.

Winners of Bracket 3 of the

Monday/Tuesday Knockout Marie

Tromba - Bill Swerdon, Mississauga ON;

Donald Morrison, Oakville ON and Tom

Colclough, Fort Myers FL

SCHEDULE

Sunday, Sept 11 Stratiflighted Swiss Teams 11 am & TBD

0 – 299er Swiss Teams 11 am & TBD

Monday, Sept. 12 2 Day Early Morning Bracketed Compact KO I finishes Tuesday morning 9 am

Morning Side Game Series* 5 sessions Mon. – Fri 9 am

Stratiflighted Pairs – (A/X & B/C/D) two sessions 1 & 7 pm Monday & Tuesday Bracketed KO sessions 1 & 2 1 & 7 pm

Intermediate/Novice Games 1 & 7 pm

Afternoon Side Game Series* 5 sessions Mon. – Fri 1 pm Evening Side Game Series* 5 sessions Mon. – Fri `7 pm

Evening Swiss Teams one session 7 pm

Tuesday, Sept. 13

2 Day Early Morning Bracketed Compact KO II finishes Wed. morning 9 am POT of Gold Stratiflighted Pairs – (A/X & B/C/D) two sessions. 1 & 7 pm

Tuesday Compact KO two sessions 1 & 7pm

Monday & Tuesday Bracketed KO sessions 3 & 4 1 & 7 pm Intermediate/Novice Games 1 & 7 pm

Evening Swiss Teams one session 7 pm

Plus - morning, afternoon and evening Side Game Series* at 9 am, 1 & 7 pm Wednesday, Sept. 14

2 Day Early Morning Bracketed Compact KO III finishes Thursday morning 9 am

Stratiflighted Pairs – (A/X & B/C/D) two sessions 1 & 7 pm Wednesday & Thursday Bracketed KO sessions 1 & 2 1 & 7 pm

Intermediate/Novice Games 1 & 7 pm

Evening Swiss Teams one session 7 pm Plus - morning, afternoon and evening Side Game Series* at 9 am, 1 & 7 pm

Thursday, Sept. 15

2 Day Early Morning Bracketed Compact KO IV finishes Friday morning. 9 am

POT of GOLD Stratiflighted Pairs – (A/X & B/C/D) two sessions 1 & 7 pm Thursday Compact KO two session event 1 & 7pm

Wednesday & Thursday Bracketed KO sessions 3 & 4 1 & 7 pm

Intermediate/Novice Games 1 & 7 pm Evening Swiss Teams one session 7 pm

Plus - morning, afternoon and evening Side Game Series* at 9 am, 1 & 7 pm

Friday, Sept. 16 2 Day Early Morning Bracketed Compact KO IV final 9 am

Stratiflighted Swiss – (A/X & B/C/D) two sessions 1 & 7 pm

0 - 299er Swiss 1 & 7 pm *Side Game Series – You can use your 2 best scores and be eligible for gold points!

Stratification

Stratiflighted: A = 3000+, X = 0 - 3000; B = 1000 – 2000, C = 300 – 1000, D = 0 – 300 Intermediate/Novice: A = 200 - 300, B = 100 – 200, C = 50 – 100, D = less than 50

POT of GOLD

If you have 750 masterpoints or less, win GOLD in this special event! The event is stratified as follows: B = 300 – 750, C = 100 – 300, D = less than 100 Pairs (regardless of their classification) who win the B section top and/or finish in the B overall top get GOLD.

Double Me at Your Peril

By Linda Lee – Courtesy of Masterpoint Press and www.bridgeblogging.com

I wasn’t really very clever on this deal but then neither was my opponent.

Dealer:

Vul: North

♠ KJ72

♥ Q84

♦ Q1096

♣ A10

Linda

♠ Q1063

♥ 5

♦ AK8

♣ KQ864

Sylvia

♠ A984

♥ AJ62

♦ 532

♣ 72

South

♠ 5

♥ K10973

♦ J74

♣ J953

I opened 1♣ with the West hand and North made a perfectly reasonable if minimum takeout double. Sylvia bid

1♥ and South was definitely out of the auction. I continued with 1♠ and Sylvia raised to 3♠ . Even not

vulnerable and even though Sylvia had initially bid hearts and even though North had made a takeout doubled

showing majors – I am woman, hear me roar. I bid the spade game.

Now North who had already suggested he held spades with his bids so far doubled to make it absolutely clear

that he had what was likely to be four good spades. He started with the ace and one club which I won in hand

with the ♣Q. This hand looked like a cross-ruff to me. I played the top club which he ruffed and dummy

overruffed, cashed my three red suit winners ending in dummy and well cross-ruffed. North maneuvered this

way and that but the cross-ruff was golden.

The star of the hand was Sylvia though. Her 3♠ bid made it easy to bid game. At the other table her opponent

bid only 2♠ on a similar auction and they did not get to game.

Hand reporting

Got a hand, or a play, that you saw and would like reported on in the daily bulletins, then please write up the

details and hand it to anyone at the registration desk, or find/email Greg Coles (greg@unit246.com) and we will

print it in the bulletins!

New Life Masters/First Time Regional Winners

We will be delighted to include pictures of players who fall into one of these categories. Please let your

achievement be known to the Registration Desk or the on-site Daily Bulletin Editor, Greg Coles. Our cameras

are ready and waiting!

Prizes and Prize Desk

Prizes for section tops and team wins can be picked up at the Registration booth. It will be open from Monday

to Friday, approximately 1 hour before each session.

Bridge Books and Supplies

Vince Oddy has a large selection of new, used and half-price books and magazines like Bridge World on

display at his stand in the reception area. This tournament Vince will be offering a $5 book special with a new

book every day of the Regional. When you return home, visit his website at www.vinceoddy.com for monthly

specials.

Upcoming Tournaments

2011 Niagara Falls Regional – November 8th

-13th

at the Crowne Plaza in Niagara Falls. Check the unit166

website at http://www.unit166.ca/NiagaraRegional2011/index.html for details 2012 CBF Regional in Toronto – Jan 24-29, 2012 at the Delta Toronto East (Kennedy & 401). Check the CBF website at http://www.cbf.ca for more details.

Checkback Stayman

by Barbara Seagram

bseagram@ca.inter.net

www.barbaraseagram.com Checkback Stayman is a nifty convention which is used most commonly after an opening bid of one of a minor

and then a one of a major response with the opening bidder then jumping to 2 NT.

1 D - 1♥

2 NT - 3♣ by responder is now checkback stayman

Why are we doing this??

The opening bidder may also have a four card other major suit OR may have 3 card support for the responder’s

5 card major.

Let’s have a look at above auction again:

1 D - 1♥

2 NT - 3♣

Responses to 3♣ are as follows:

3♦ says: I do not have 3 card support for your major suit (♥) nor do I have 4 cards in the other major .

3♥ says: I have 3 card support for your ♥ suit but I do NOT have 4 spades.

3♠ says: I have a 4 card ♠ suit but do not have 3 card support for your ♥ suit.

3 NT says: I have both 3 card support for ♥ and also a four card ♠ suit.

Now let’s check out the other major suit situation:

1♦ - 1♠

2NT - 3♣

Responses to 3♣ are as follows:

3♦ says: I do not have 3 card support for your major suit (♠)nor do I have 4 cards in the other major (♥)

3♠ says: I have 3 card support for your ♠ suit but I do NOT have 4 hearts.

3♥ says: I have a 4 card ♥ suit but do not have 3 card support for your ♠ suit.

3 NT says: I have both 3 card support for ♠ and also a four card ♥ suit.

The only time you would ever use this convention is if you have 4-4 in the majors or you

have 4-5 in the majors or you have one five card major.

The responder now places the contract, equipped with more information about opener’s hand.

Let’s look at two situations in which it would be useful to be playing Checkback Stayman:

♠ K543

♥ KQ87

♦ Q76

♣ 42

♠ AQ76

♥ J106

♦ AK83

♣ A5

South opens

S N

1D 1♥

2NT 3♣* (Checkback Stayman)

3♠ 4♠

Note that if NS was not playing Checkback Stayman, North would have now bid 3NT after South’s jump to 2

NT. If the opening lead was a ♣, then South would never be able to make 3NT. He would have to drive out the

A♥ and then EW would be able to cash 4♣ tricks quickly. 4S is an easy contract.

Let’s look at one more example:

♠ AQ742

♥ 32

♦ 765

♣ Q43

♠ K65

♥ AQ7

♦ Q32

♣ AKJ2

S N

1♣ 1♠

2NT 3♣* (Checkback Stayman)

3♠ 4♠

North can easily make 4♠ but 3NT by South is doomed on a ♦ opening lead by West.

Checkback Stayman is alertable as are all the responses. You need to have enough points to be in game in order

to use this convention.

We never want to miss an 8 card major suit fit. Remember that it is always much safer to play the hand

in a major suit contract than in No trumps.

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Tuesday’s Results

Tuesday Morning Side Game

5.0 Tables

MPs A B C Names Score

2.28 1

Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Dianne Sullivan, Solana Beach CA 61.59%

2.12 2 1

Carl Nelson - Abigail Nichols, Washington DC 59.77%

1.97 3 2 1 Toby Kasner - Selma Copeland, Toronto ON 56.52%

1.19 4 3

Joseph Seigel, Thornhill ON; Mary Hadian, Toronto ON 52.86%

1.48

2 Rajaratnam Sinnadurai, Markham ON; Thomas Cheng, Ottawa ON 50.40%

Tuesday Aft Side Game

8.0 Tables

MPs A B C Names Score

2.73 1

Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Maureen Culp, Pickering ON 69.69%

2.43 2 1

Fima Rakhinshteyn, Thornhill ON; Sheila Hawkins, Midland ON 62.40%

1.82 3 2

Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Grant Ardern, Scarborough ON 60.86%

1.18 4

Carl Nelson - Abigail Nichols, Washington DC 56.35%

2.12 5 3 1 David Caryll - Cliff Leznoff, Toronto ON 51.14%

1.59

4 2 Rajaratnam Sinnadurai, Markham ON; W Donald Gordon, Scarborough ON 49.70%

1.19

3 Yu-No Diane Hsu - Ko (Kora) Shen, Toronto ON 47.72%

Tuesday Compact KO's BR 1

12 Tables

MPs Rank Names

15.07 1 Elizabeth Leclair - Marc Fournier, Barrie ON; Mervyn McCormick, Alliston ON; Paul

Crossland, Shanty Bay ON

10.55 2 John Rayner, Mississauga ON; Robert Lebi - Eiji Kujirai - Stephen Cooper, Toronto ON

6.78 3 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; Joan Millens, Kingston NY;

David Sabourin, Ottawa ON

5.27 4 Susan Wain - Thomas Fischer, Toronto ON; Vivienne Whitworth, Richmond Hill ON; Henry

Schmidt, Etobicoke ON

Tuesday Compact KO's Br 2

16 Tables

MPs Rank Names

6.33 1 Kathy Cohen, Scarborough ON; Diane Fernicola - Loretta Brown, Richmond Hill ON;

Esther Climans, Thornhill ON

4.43 2 Margaret Wynarchuk, Richmond Hill ON; Wallace Browne, Newmarket ON; Leonard Dale -

Mary Ellen Dale, Barrie ON

2.85 3 Gladys Shaw, Port Franks ON; Harriet Bruner, Thedford ON; Joy Croke, Zurich ON; Susan

Trumper, Grand Bend ON

2.22 4 Dorothy Street - Margaret Burt, Newmarket ON; Greta Capler, Willowdale ON; Sally Milne,

Toronto ON

Mon-Tues KOs - Bracket 1

12 Tables

MPs Rank Names

33.37 1 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Yan Wang - Difan Wang, Scarborough ON; Qun Liu,

Windsor ON

23.36 2 Kevin Conway, Kirkland Lake ON; William Koski, King City ON; Barry Senensky, Maple

ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON

13.35 3/4 Marlene Moscoe - Gail Wilks, Willowdale ON; Linda Gottlieb, Thornhill ON; Francine

Walderman, Toronto ON

13.35 3/4 Michael Cafferata, Scarborough ON; David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Jonathan Steinberg,

Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON

Mon-Tues KOs - Bracket 2

13 Tables

MPs Rank Names

14.92 1 Linda Lord, Schomberg ON; Ron MacDonald, Toronto ON; Margaret MacFarlane -

Paul MacFarlane, Keswick ON

10.44 2 Chris Chambers, Thornhill ON; Wayne Merkel, North York ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON;

Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON

5.97 3/4 Joyce Stanga - Evelyn Storey, Orillia ON; Terry Burns, Hawkestone ON; Shirley Nicholls,

Innisfil ON

5.97 3/4 Ronald Goldthorpe - Jean Dilcock, Thornhill ON; Sandra Mandelbaum - Rita Rosenberg,

Toronto ON

Mon-Tues KOs - Bracket 3

12 Tables

MPs Rank Names

10.21 1 Marie Tromba - Bill Swerdon, Mississauga ON; Donald Morrison, Oakville ON; Tom

Colclough, Fort Myers FL

7.15 2 Veronica Wuschenny - Gerald Crawford - Overil Johnson - Joseph Johnson, Mississauga ON

4.08 3/4 David Hawkins - Linda Sywanyk, Mississauga ON; Sharon Richardson, Oakville ON; Peter

Basciano, Burlington ON

4.08 3/4 Jean Collins, Thornhill ON; Marney Charles, East York ON; Ping Lai - Larry Rice, Toronto

ON

Tuesday A/X Pairs

17.0 Tables / Based on 41 Tables

MPs A X Names Score

17.85 1

Doreen Bernhardt, Orillia ON; James Cummings, Scarborough ON 60.42%

13.39 2 1 Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON; Selma Abramsohn, Thornhill ON 58.17%

8.79 3/4

Joseph Seigel - Barbara Holmes, Thornhill ON 57.85%

8.79 3/4 2 Clay Dahl, Etobicoke ON; Rick Jenkins, Toronto ON 57.85%

5.95 5

John Doucette, Aurora ON; Allan Smith, Perkinsfield ON 56.49%

5.10 6

Shashi Taylor, Markham ON; Robert Sewell, Toronto ON 56.17%

4.46 7

Wendy Krause, Toronto ON; Hazel Wolpert, Thornhill ON 56.09%

5.21 8 3 Ross Anderson - Elliott Nueman, Markham ON 55.93%

3.57 9

Lorraine Herlick, North York ON; Joyce Cadesky, Thornhill ON 54.81%

3.25 10

Andrew Firko, Oakville ON; Don Brock, Brampton ON 54.33%

2.98 11

Linda Wynston - Lesley Thomson, Toronto ON 54.25%

3.91

4 Virginia Smereka - Joan Rotenberg, Aurora ON 50.88%

3.09

5 Lilian Grant, Willowdale ON; Viv Perks, Markham ON 50.80%

Pot of GOLD Pairs

27.0 Tables / Based on 24 Tables

MPs B C D Names Score

8.41 1

Don McCrossan, Willowdale ON; David Robinson, Toronto ON 62.66%

6.31 2 1

J Wilmer Winsor - Shiree Shafrir, Trenton ON 62.50%

4.73 3

Jim Fenwick, Markham ON; Joseph Mantell, Thornhill ON 59.41%

3.55 4

Larry Richardson, Kingston ON; C Dennis Dressler, Enterprise ON 59.05%

2.80 5

Claudia Mang, Etobicoke ON; Rosemary Clark, Toronto ON 57.01%

2.40 6

Angela Mancini - Erica Gilbert, Toronto ON 56.75%

2.10 7

Abdulhak Bulbulia, Thornhill ON; George Tanton, London ON 56.53%

3.02

2 1 William Breedyk - Margot Loren, Toronto ON 55.97%

2.39

3

Janice Ghent - John Ghent, Oakville ON 55.46%

1.78

4

Diane McKechnie - Graeme McKechnie, Mississauga ON 53.63%

1.88

5 2 Mark Millin, Arkona ON; Doug Russell, Grand Bend ON 52.72%

1.75

3 Ralph Lavallee - Mary Macdonald, Brampton ON 51.36%

Tuesday Eve Side Series

9.0 Tables

MPs A B C Names Score

2.88 1 1 1 Norm Smith - Karen Smith, Markham ON 57.44%

2.16 2 2

Sam Litovsky, Los Angeles CA; Sheila Hawkins, Midland ON 56.55%

1.77 3

Terry Du, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 56.25%

1.37 4 3

Richard Garlick - Helene Taylor, Alliston ON 55.95%

0.91 5

Gail Jotcham - Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON 55.65%

1.59

4 2 Marney Charles, East York ON; Jean Collins, Thornhill ON 53.57%

1.19

3 Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Alexandra Ardern, Scarborough ON 53.27%

Tuesday Side Swiss Teams

18 Tables

MPs A B C Names Score

4.25 1 1

Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Wenbo Zhang, Mississauga ON; Yingjiu Jin, Thornhill

ON; Edmund Fok, Scarborough ON 92.00

3.19 2

Donald McGill - Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON; Stephen Goldin, North York ON; Julie

Berdock, Richmond Hill ON 88.00

2.39 3

Joseph Sauro - Michael Moore, Oakville ON; Joan Priebe - James Priebe, Mississauga

ON 84.00

2.58 4/5 2 1 Jim Bedley - Robert Cheeseman, Richmond Hill ON; Joy Shapiro, Thornhill ON;

Melanie Bloch, Toronto ON 79.00

1.57 4/5

Gail Wilks - Marlene Moscoe, Willowdale ON; Linda Gottlieb, Thornhill ON; Francine

Walderman, Toronto ON 79.00

1.94

3 2 Janice Keane - Natalie Silverstein - Krisztina Luttor, Toronto ON; Frances Ash,

Thornhill ON 70.00

1.35

4

Margaret Cordingley, Burlington ON; Helen Malcolm, Kincardine ON; Audrey Jukes,

Courtice ON; Ann Szarka, Parry Sound ON 64.00

1.45

3 Arthur Odamura - Peter Giannandrea - Jon Turner, Mississauga ON; Barrie Mc Leod,

Oakville ON 52.00