WELCOME TO EvilSpaders: I'm Fast_Cornet, I am your host for Tournament_CXXIII ****************** PLAYERS *********************** * Please copy this schedule down or print it out * ************************************************** EvilSpaders TOURNAMENT_CXXIII: EvilSpaders: Hosts Choice ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE: Saturday JULY 20, 2002 TIME: 5PM PST, 6PM MST, 7PM CST, 8PM EST MEETING PLACE: Zone > Spades > Comp. Suicide > Last Tables Open (60's & 70's) SIGN-UP: OPEN, teams, singles, and subs sign-up's allowed until 12 NOON, EST JULY 20, 2002 subject line: Tourney_CXXIII signup message body: nicnames and email addresses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT EXPLANATION OF SINGLE ELIMINATION AND HIGH POINTS TOURNAMENTS SINGLE ELIMINATION: It will take a lot of skill, and the cards falling right for you. The object of this tourney is to not lose a game. One loss and you are out, however, there is a round to determine 3th and 4th places. HIGH POINTS: There is a good chance you can win this tourney with a couple of good games. You will need your skills, and you will not have to win all your games to win this tourney. High points is a total of all games/bags played to determine the winners. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MISBID RULE: 1)CONTACT THE HOST WHENEVER A MISBID OCCURS. THE HOST AND STAFF WILL THEN DETERMINE IF RESEATING IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. FOR INSTANCE, IF THE 1ST BIDDING PARTNER ON A MIRRORS HAND HAS MISBID HIS/HER HAND, AND REALIZES IT BEFORE THEIR PARTNER HAS BID, THE 2ND BIDDING PARTNER CAN ADJUST THEIR BID TO CORRECT THE TOTAL "TEAM BID" FOR THE MIRRORS HAND. OTHERWISE, ANY UNADJUSTABLE MISBID WILL RESULT IN RESEATING WITH A PENALTY IMPOSED ON THE MISBIDDING TEAM. (ONLY TIME WILL TELL WHAT TYPES OF MISBIDS ARE CORRECTABLE WITHOUT RESEATING.) 2)WHENEVER A MISBID RESULTS IN RESEATING, 100 POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR EACH OCCURENCE. THE DEDUCTION SHOULD BE ENTERED INTO THE COMPANION WHEN THE 1ST SCORE ENTRY HAS BEEN MADE OR FROM THE TOTAL SCORE AT THE END OF THE GAME FOR THAT ROUND. IF RESEATING IS NECESSARY, THE TEAMS CONTINUE ON WITH THE FOLLOWING HAND. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RANKING: The following explains the ranking system. You are ranked each week based on the total points earned for the last four tournaments. 1ST PLACE EARNS A PLAYER__________________5.0 POINTS 2ND PLACE EARNS A PLAYER__________________4.0 POINTS 3RD PLACE EARNS A PLAYER__________________3.0 POINTS 4TH PLACE EARNS A PLAYER__________________2.0 POINTS PLAYED, BUT DIDN'T PLACE, EARNS A PLAYER__0.5 POINTS DIDN'T PLAY_______________________________0.0 POINTS CALCULATION METHOD: TOTAL THE POINTS AWARDED FOR THE LAST 4 TOURNEYS FOR EACH PLAYER, DIVIDE THAT TOTAL BY 4, EQUALS A PLAYERS RANKING EXAMPLES: TOURNAMENTS PLAYER 57 56 55 54 RANK 02)loree_oh 2.0 + 5.0 + 5.0 + 5.0 = 17 DIVIDED BY 4= 4.25 09)maleman_2 2.0 + 5.0 + 5.0 + 5.0 = 17 DIVIDED BY 4= 4.25 13)Michel_330 4.0 + 2.0 + 3.0 + 4.0 = 13 DIVIDED BY 4= 3.25 59)_Shes_My_Lady_ 5.0 + 4.0 + 0.0 + 0.0 = 9 DIVIDED BY 4= 2.25 60)_Hes_My_Man_ 5.0 + 4.0 + 0.0 + 0.0 = 9 DIVIDED BY 4= 2.25 17)KnightHawk_34 3.0 + 3.0 + 0.5 + 3.0 = 9.5 DIVIDED BY 4= 2.375 53)Boardwlk_Angel 0.0 + 3.0 + 0.5 + 3.0 = 6.5 DIVIDED BY 4= 1.625 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RANKING RESULTS AFTER TOURNEY_CXXII Seed Value Player Ranking 1ST loree_oh 4.50 1ST maleman_2 4.50 3RD irishshamrock3 2.87 4TH Fast_Cornet 2.75 4TH morning_starI 2.75 6TH SimplyDebbie 2.50 7TH _paperroses_ 2.00 7TH cheri_blsm 2.00 9TH a1mom0 1.25 10TH KnightHawk_34 1.12 10TH Rose_65084 1.12 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Players Signed Up Already Team Singles Subs maleman_2/loree_oh Fast_Cornet SimplyDebbie/morning_starI Rose_65084/trapperjohn _paperroses_/cheri_blsm --------------------------------------------------------------------- INFO FOR TOURNEY_CXXIII our format is 1 vs 8, 4 vs 5, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6 SEED VALUE TEAM RANKS PLAYER RANKS 1st 4.50 4.50 maleman_2/loree_oh 4.50 2nd 2.62 2.50 SimplyDebbie/morning_starI 2.75 3rd 2.00 2.00 _paperroses_/cheri_blsm 2.00 4th 1.07 1.12 Rose_65084/trapperjohn 1.02 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 1 ASSIGNMENTS maleman_2/loree_oh VS Rose_65084/angelfeathers morning_starI/fae9 VS cheri_blsm/Fast_Cornet -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 2 ASSIGNMENTS moved to round 3 and 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 3 ASSIGNMENTS (3rd and 4th place) maleman_2/loree_oh VS morning_starI/fae9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND cheri_blsm/Fast_Cornet VS Rose_65084/angelfeathers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RESULTS OF TOURNEY_CXXIII 1ST PLACE cheri_blsm/Fast_Cornet 2ND PLACE Rose_65084/angelfeathers 3RD PLACE maleman_2/loree_oh 4TH PLACE morning_starI/fae9