Late Finishes !
Late Finishes !
First off, I would like to congratulate SCRZBILL for being on his best behavior, you would think I would have noticed sooner
LOL Just kidding, Bill.
Now, my thoughts on finishing early. I try to always arrive a day and a half before tourney starts. I have noticed that nearly everyone arrives when I do, or the day before tournament starts.
Our MO has been to have Calcutta middle of day or late in evening day of start.
My suggestion is, since everyone(90%)nearly always arrives early, start tourney 1/2 day or full day early. Play at least one round after Calcutta. Players that are not present and that are paid entry(delayed flights, accidents, etc), have their matches slated in first round next day. Play 3 rounds that day, 2 or 3 rounds Saturday. Get down to final 4 players last day, and play all players first round( 2 winners and 2 losers ). Next, 2nd round, play the t match in loser bracket. Then 3rd round play would be finals. SHOULD be able to finish tourney 8 or 10 o'clock.
A lot better than 3:15 in Chicago or 5:30 in California.