3 Wednesday Open Pairs Flight B winners David Taylor, Seattle WA and Kim Eng, Issaquah WA.
4 Bracket Four winners of the marathon Monday-Tuesday Knockouts were the only team that found the energy to pose for a photo on Tuesday night: Dennis Patrick, Redmond WA; Jean Sager, Stanwood WA; Darlene Patrick, Redmond WA; Dennis Sager, Stanwood WA
5 Tadashi Teramoto is Japan's best player, according to Randy Corn (who scouts for the Mariners and knows Japanese talent!) His team of Tokyo players came just a few IMPs away from an event win in the final match of the Swiss on Tuesday.
6 Tuesday Swiss Teams Winners: Tom Jepson - Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA; Julie Godefroy - Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA. (Tom exercised his "captain's prerogative" and avoided the camera.)
7 New Life Master (and also Bronze Life Master) Ann Romeo, Bellevue WA waited for the final match of the Swiss to confirm the happy news. Go see her at the Partnership Desk and congratulate her!
8 Suzanne Berg and Thomas Loveday, Sequim WA won the Monday Evening Charity Pairs.
9 The playing room at the Lynnwood Convention Center
10 Sandra Dietrich of Kirkland WA made Life Master in the knockouts on Thursday. That's two new LMs from one team! Congratulations!
11 Bracket Four Winners in the Wednesday-Thursday Knockouts: Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA; Bonnie Broders - Eileen Deutsch, Port Townsend WA; Tim White, Mercer Island WA
12 Thursday Evening Swiss Teams Winners: Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Garry Skoropada, Maple Ridge BC; Peter Crawley, Penticton BC
13 Bracket Two winners in the Wed.-Thu. KO: Hubert Wallenfels, Seattle WA; Vern Nunnally, Sequim WA; who played with Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA and Richard White, University Plac WA.
14 Winners of Bracket One in Thursday's Compact KO: Dan Romm, Seattle WA; Tom Hammond, Redmond WA; David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Park WA; Ron Tracy, Edmonds WA
15 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL, one of the Tips for Tops Speakers
16 Lynda Cole has all sorts of bridge material to show you: improve your playing level with a good book, or improve your club with some bright new equipment. Don't forget to visit and browse!
17 Wednesday Open Pairs Flight C Winners: Dana Reinhart, Lakewood WA and Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA. Dana is a new Life Master with this result. Congratulations!
18 Jack Real of Sequim WA made Life Master in the Wednesday Morning Side Game. Congratulations!
And thanks to fellow new Life Master Wally Hurst for the photo and John Anderson for letting me know with an e-mail.
19 Sharon Peters, Bothell WA; Yoko Reilly - Naomi Yoshida, Redmond WA; Gary Gelow, Kirkland WA won their quarterfinal match in Bracket Five of the Friday-Saturday Knockouts, making Naomi a new Life Master! Congratulations!
20 Bracket Three Winners of the Thursday Compact Knockouts: Joe Moore - Chris Moore, Delta BC; Bob Shelley - Carol Shelley, Bellevue WA