Re: $5K Heads-Up Today at the Rio
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I think they should play down to 6 players, and 2 of them should get a bye. This is by far the fairest format.
392-196-98-49- (1 person gets a bye)48-24-12-6(2 ppl get a bye) -4-2-1
This is better b/c only 3 ppl get byes apposed to 130, or whatever it was.
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Horrible idea.
How would you like to be one of the 4 players who doesn't get a bye in the final six, while two players miss a match, and essentially, move up in prize $ without doing anything.
# of people getting byes doesn't matter a great deal in the early rounds. 130 people recieving byes in the first round is a hell of a lot better, and fairest way, than your plan of having two people get a buy in the final six. A player who gets a bye here only has to win 2 more matches to win the tournament, while those who don't must win 3 to win. If you get a bye in the first round, you still have to win 8 matches in order to win, but if you don't get a buy, you have to play 9.
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