GENERAL INFORMATION:
1. Registration and warm up 5.45-6.30pm sharp.
2. Information and questions from players 6.30-6.40pm.
3. Tournament: 6.40-11pm.
ENTRY FEE: $25 for the whole night.
FORMAT: Four strike group knockout.
1) Seeding: IFPA.
2) First round pairing: Slaughter - highest seed plays lowest seed etc.
3) General pairing: Swiss - Players will be paired against players with the same win-loss record. No attempts will be made to pair players against previously unfaced opponents (adjacent pairing is used).
4) Player order: Random - players will be randomly assigned a play order.
5) Arena draws: Balanced - computer tries to allocate arenas that have been played the fewest times.
6) Number of strikes: Four.
7) Strikes in four-player groups: One strike each to third and fourth places.
8) Strikes in three-player groups: One strike to third place.
7) Value of byes: Full win
8) Allocation of byes if needed: Random.
See web link for more details.