____________________________

Tournament Summary:

The tournament will consist of 2 Qualifying Rounds of group match play, where the top 8 players from the Qualifying Rounds will move onto a 2 round playoff consisting of elimination group match play to determine the winner.

Tournament starts at 1 PM, sign up for the tournament ends at 12:45 PM. Players showing up late will not be allowed to enter the tournament unless previous arrangements have been made with the Tournament Director.

____________________________

Tournament Details:

Qualifying Rounds: (Subject to modification in order to accommodate number of players or number of available machines)
-Games and player order: Pre-determined and randomized.
-Points awarded per game: 7/5/3/1 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Place.

For Round 1, players will be randomly placed into 4 player groups, play 3 games with their group, and receive points based on their finish position in each of their 3 games.

For Round 2, players will be placed into new groups based on the “Swiss Format” (players with a similar number of points will be grouped together), play 3 games with their group, and receive points based on their finish position in each of their 3 games.

Playoff Rounds:
-Games and player order: Based on top seed for Game 1 and reverse finishing order on the previous game (4th through 1st place) for Games 2 and 3.
-Points awarded per game: 4/2/1/0 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Place.
-Based on points earned in the 2 Qualifying Rounds, the top 8 players will be placed into new groups (Group 1: seeds 1,4,5,8 and Group 2: seeds 2,3,6,7).


For Round 3, the top 2 players in each group based on points earned in the round will move onto the 4th and Final Round, the other players will be eliminated from the tournament.

For Round 4 (Final Round), finishing positions will be based on the points earned in the round.