Straight Pool League in Rio Rancho, NM
Handicapped 14.1 Tournament
September 21 & 22, 2019.

Overview of process.

The format of the tournament is a seeded (based on win-loss record) Round Robin (on Saturday) feeding into a seeded (based on tournament BPI relative to Career LBPI) Single Elimination bracket (on Sunday).

Some reminders are in order before the tournament begins (some may need to be repeated as it's going along too).

• Keep a clip-board for Tournament Director(s) use.   A useful thing to do is write down any decisions or rulings made by an official in case the same situation comes up again.   That will help with giving consistent rulings.   It can also help with future tournaments.

• It's best if the players do not have to score their own match.   That way their concentration can stay on their play.

• Score keepers should be sure both the Start and Finish times for the match are recorded.   This can be useful information when it comes to planning the next tournament.

• Note that posted match start times will rarely be precise.   To help the tournament run smoothly please be ready to play at least 15-minutes before the time shown for your match.   If no time is shown (most likely to happen for all but the first match in a RR flight) the players should be in ear-shout for when their match is called.

• The bit of choosing playing order in the Round Robin portion should be reviewed.   It's probably an oddity and may need to be covered more than once.

• The tie-breaking rules for the Round Robin section should be reviewed.

• In addition to prizes for placing First, Second, or Third there is a prize for highest run over 25-balls, and a prize for best T/C amongst those players not placing First, Second, or Third.

• Getting to match score (60-pts) may not end a match if the winner wants to continue their run.   Continuing the run may boost a player's T/C number enough to get into the SE if they didn't place at the top of their RR group.   It could also help in winning either of the HR (over 25-balls) or best T/C for a non-placing player prizes.

The list of players shows not only who is planning to play in the tournament but also provides information for seeding the Round Robin portion of the tournament.   It also shows Career LBPIs for figuring starting scores of each match.

It is most likely that the list of people actually in the tournament will be different than that in the list of players mentioned above.   To allow for adjustments please see the RR Seeding Charts below.

The Round Robin Summary chart is used to track the results of each player's games.   Primary purpose is to determine which players advance to the Single Elimination portion of the tournament, and the seeding of the SE bracket.   Secondary use is for figuring payouts related to prize categories other than final placing in the tournament (e.g. Highest Run over 25 balls, and best T/C for those not placing First, Second, or Third).   It's best to update this chart as soon as player's bring in the score sheets for their match, as that will reduce the madness of the rush when people want know how the SE portion will shake out (it's just easier to do as the sheets come in rather than to wade through a stack of them).

List of players (not trimmed yet — includes all possibles for now).
Underlined players are intending to play tournament.

To be consistent with the example tables following this list of players the RR group assignments are based on
there being five groups (A-E).

NOTE:
The RR Flight assignments shown here will most likely need to change as the list of players changes.   See the RR Seeding Charts below to double check (and adjust as needed) player assignments to the different RR groups.

  Rank RR (PID)  Player Name               Status   Games  W/L  Career    Min     Max   
  =====================================================================================

   1    A {436} Todd Augustine (Augie)     ACTIVE     18   777   1.848   1.095   4.000

   2    B {428} Tom Riccobene              ACTIVE     21   761   3.054   2.000   5.889

   3      (413) Fred Charette              Inactive   13   692   3.398   1.917   5.227

   4      {001} Ray Piworunas              Inactive   20   650   1.608   0.675   2.500

   5    C {451} Keith Kreitter             ACTIVE     11   636   1.250   0.923   1.576

   6      {424} Rico Baca                  ACTIVE     19   631   2.936   1.591   3.682

   7      {411} Marc Shipp                 ACTIVE     27   629   1.897   0.935   3.261

   8      (427) Mark Lujan                 Inactive   13   615   2.538   1.771   6.000

   9      (446) Sean Martinez              ACTIVE     18   611   2.492   1.438   4.316

  10      (422) Randy Ramirez              Inactive   20   600   2.881   1.545   4.571

  14    D {419} Alden Smith                ACTIVE     24   583   2.554   1.829   6.154

  15      (423) Pearl Ortiz                ACTIVE     24   583   2.484   1.404   6.250

  11      {429} Geno Rael                  ACTIVE     14   571   2.540   1.821   3.280

  12      (454) Dan Dahl                   Inactive    7   571   1.610   1.291   2.054

  13    E {410} Greg Archuleta             ACTIVE     23   565   3.750   2.129   6.909

  16      {456} Rick Thaler                Inactive   10   500   1.172   0.825   1.794

  17      (323) Nick Karler                Inactive   11   454   0.905   0.643   1.194

  18      {440} Brent Watts                Inactive   16   437   1.398   0.593   2.211

  19      {426} Isaac Jacquez              ACTIVE     26   423   3.005   1.545   5.476

  20    E {418} Andrew Maestas (Drew)      ACTIVE     29   413   2.634   1.607   4.706

  21      (450) Mario Cortez               Inactive   10   400   1.742   1.450   2.512

  22      (433) Lawrence Kirk              Inactive   19   368   3.165   1.316   9.444

  23      (455) Tommy Ray                  Inactive    6   333   2.435   1.710   2.962

  24      (441) Jesse Garcia               Inactive    6   333   1.906   1.364   2.423

  25      (437) Cliff Spirock              Inactive    6   333   1.588   1.367   3.037

  25      (412) Paul Dominguez             Inactive   13   307   2.947   2.333   5.278

  27      (458) Robert Johnston            Inactive    5   200   1.448   1.096   1.737

  28    D {448} George Alaniz              ACTIVE     15   200   0.906   0.683   1.231

  29      (420) Wayne White                Inactive   13   153   1.794   1.308   3.667

  30      (432) Travis King                Inactive    8   125   2.819   1.957   4.143

  31    C {459} Matt Nitz                  ACTIVE      5     0   1.295   1.255   1.375

  =====================================================================================
  Rank RR (PID)  Player Name               Status   Games  W/L  Career    Min     Max   

RR Seeding Charts for Various Numbers of Players

Letters will be used to show which flight a player is in.   The associated number is the player's rank (based on their Win/Loss percentage — a tie there would be broke using LBPI).

Special 8 Player Case

Here is an arrangement for eight players which guarantees a minimum of 3 matches and uses just one more match than a Double Elimination.   It uses two 4-player Round Robin groups to feed into a 4-player Single Elimination bracket.

     -- 8 Players --
    Two 4-player Groups     
    (2 tables / group)
   =====================
     A  ::  1  4  6  8        The top two players of each
     B  ::  2  3  5  7        RR Flight will advance.  *



     -- 4 Player SE --
    ====================

     -- #1 ---+
             I > ----+
     -- #4 ---+      |
                   IV > ------.  (First)
     -- #3 ---+      |
            II > ----+
     -- #2 ---+
                  Looser of IV is (Second)

     -- L I ---+
            III > ------.  (Third)
     -- L II --+

Round Robins with More Than 8 Players

The charts below lean towards 3 player RRs.
Note that a 3 player RR uses 3 matches, while a 4 player RR needs 6 matches.

     -- 9 Players --         -- 10 Players --       -- 11 Players --  
        3 Flights                3 Flights              3 Flights
   ===================    ====================    ====================
     A  ::  1  6  9         A  :: 1  6  9           A  :: 1  6  9
     B  ::  2  5  8         B  :: 2  5  8           B  :: 2  5  8  11
     C  ::  3  4  7         C  :: 3  4  7  10       C  :: 3  4  7  10

   One table per Flight.   1 table each: A & B.    1 table for Flight A.
                           Flight C: 2 tables.     B & C: 2 tables each.

     A 6-player Single Elimination will follow the 3-Flight Round Robin.
     The top two players of each RR Flight will advance.  *


     -- 12 Players --       -- 13 Players --        -- 14 Players --  
         4 Flights              4 Flights               4 Flights
   ===================    ====================    ====================
     A  ::  1  8  12        A :: 1  8  12           A :: 1  8  12    
     B  ::  2  7  11        B :: 2  7  11           B :: 2  7  11    
     C  ::  3  6  10        C :: 3  6  10           C :: 3  6  10  14
     D  ::  4  5   9        D :: 4  5   9  13       D :: 4  5   9  13

   One table per Flight.   1 table each (A-C).     A & B: 1 table each.
                           Flight D: 2 tables.     C & D: 2 tables each.

     An 8-player Single Elimination will follow the 4-Flight Round Robin.
     The top two players of each RR Flight will advance.  *


     -- 15 Players --       -- 16 Players --        -- 17 Players --  
         5 Flights              5 Flights               5 Flights
   ===================    ====================    ====================
     A  ::  1 10  15        A :: 1 10  15           A :: 1 10  15    
     B  ::  2  9  14        B :: 2  9  14           B :: 2  9  14    
     C  ::  3  8  13        C :: 3  8  13           C :: 3  8  13    
     D  ::  4  7  12        D :: 4  7  12           D :: 4  7  12  17
     E  ::  5  6  11        E :: 5  6  11  16	    E :: 5  6  11  16

   One table per Flight.   1 table each (A-D).     1 table each for A-C.
                           Flight E: 2 tables.     D & E: 2 tables each.

     An 8-player Single Elimination will follow the 5-Flight Round Robin.
     The top player of each RR Flight will advance.  Of all the remaining
     players the three with the highest T/C will advance.  *


     -- 18 Players --       -- 19 Players --        -- 20 Players --  
         6 Flights              6 Flights               6 Flights
   ===================    ====================    ====================
     A  ::  1 12  18        A :: 1 12  18           A :: 1 12  18
     B  ::  2 11  17        B :: 2 11  17           B :: 2 11  17
     C  ::  3 10  16        C :: 3 10  16           C :: 3 10  16
     D  ::  4  9  15        D :: 4  9  15           D :: 4  9  15
     E  ::  5  8  14        E :: 5  8  14	    E :: 5  8  14  20
     F  ::  6  7  13        F :: 6  7  13  19       F :: 6  7  13  19

   One table per Flight.   1 table each (A-E).     1 table each for A-D.
                           Flight F: 2 tables.     E & F: 2 tables each.

     An 8-player Single Elimination will follow the 6-Flight Round Robin.
     The top player of each RR Flight will advance.  Of all the remaining
     players the two with the highest T/C will advance.  *

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   * Should an advancing player not be able to play the SE first replace
   from within his group, then take the highest T/C of remaining players.

RR — Player Summary (set up for 15 player example)
is the heart of setting up the Single Elimination
(Sunday) part of the tournament.

Filling in the Round Robin — Player Summary table each time a match is finished will help tremendously when it comes time to seed the Single Elimination Bracket for Sunday.   That will also make it easier for people to predict who is likely to play in the SE when all the RR matches aren't played yet.

Number of matches won will determine a player's rank in their Flight.   If there is a tie in that then the tie breakers will be:

1. Head to head play.
2. Tournament BPI relative to Career BPI.
3. Flipping of coin(s).   (e.g. Least number of a side OUT in a flip by more than 2 players when looking for 1^st and 2^nd places.)

For the 15-player example being used here — The top player from each Round Robin (RR) group will advance to an eight-player Single Elimination bracket.   The top three (based on T/C) of the remaining players (doesn't matter what RR group they were in) will also advance to the SE bracket.

If a 9-player RR were being run (three groups of 3) then the top two players of each Round Robin (RR) group would advance to a six-player Single Elimination bracket.

The SE bracket will be seeded using a player's T/C number (their BPI performance this tournament normalized to their Career LBPI).

^* NOTE: Match 3 in table above is only used for groups with 4 players.

^@ NOTE: Lower-case RR Flight letter is example of 9-player grouping
(addition of probable 9^th player likely to alter group of  (?).

RR — Match Schedule (set up for 15 player example)
keeps track of who is playing who and where.

Note that posted match start times will rarely be precise.   To help the tournament run smoothly please be ready to play at least 15-minutes before the time shown for your match.   If no time is shown (most likely to happen for all but the first match in a RR flight) please be in ear-shout for when your match is called.

The playing order within a group will be determined as follows.   There are three possible choices for a 3-player group:

1. Play, Play, Sit.
2. Play, Sit, Play.
3. Sit, Play, Play.

EXAMPLE for 15 PLAYERS
Top player of each RR Group advances to SE
3 Highest T/C of remaining players also advance to SE