This would be easy to work in terms of numbers for any even number.

Obv. The 4-8-16 works well but in the case of 12-14 there are several ways to get to an easy number.

1. Have two pools with even players 6/7 have everyone play round robin style HU (1 or 3 matches w/e ppl want) and have the 2 with best records advancing to the 4-Man stage.

2. Instead of offering byes whether they are random or not have the excess people pay 25K each and play for a seat in the tournament. Till you have a nice number. e.g 10 runners
4 ppl play 2 25K HU matches to win a seat in the 8 man tournament. I think they did something similiar to this at the commerce HU championship last year (and what they should have done at the WSOP this year).

Second note of consideration, everyone here seems to have a structure they would like to play, when players are entering the play-offs (final four or are in a traditional pyramid bracket), I think they should be able to negotiate with the other player if they both wish to play a slightly differenet structure they should be able to. However there should be a default structure agreed on beforehand in cases where a structure can't be settled on.

I would really like to see this tournament run gl to you all. These are just a few thoughts which I hope make it easier on TWP and all the players to settle on a format.

Ryot