Who Gets The Bye at National Opens?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

If any National Open was the way the Earlville National Open was,I doubt a lot of people would have left.
Entry was $100.Win ONE round and win $100.
Who would pass on a deal like that?

The HEMI guys ….

[Larry Hill]

Did anyone at Bowling Green hear an announcement about how the byes would be determined?

[JeremyDuncan]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Did anyone at Bowling Green hear an announcement about how the byes would be determined?

I did not. Heard who received the 1st rd byes but never heard how they would be determined.

[442OLDS]

Since this is a problem looking for a solution,I'll offer another.
If so many people just want a grading point and then they leave anyways,just run the Division 3 National Opens like a bracket race with no heads up.No ladder.Bye to the best reaction time.No multiple byes unless everyone left already had one.And also have buybacks.lol.

[Frank Castros]

Number one qualifier.

[rk3800]

No heads up and buybacks, I'm just getting overwhelmed by your ideas, I hope you're just trying to stir the POT.

[Frank Castros]

First round Ladder determined by final Qualifying.

[Frank Beasley]

Originally Posted by rk3800

No heads up and buybacks, I'm just getting overwhelmed by your ideas, I hope you're just trying to stir the POT.

What do you have against heads up runs?

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

Since this is a problem looking for a solution,I'll offer another.
If so many people just want a grading point and then they leave anyways,just run the Division 3 National Opens like a bracket race with no heads up.No ladder.Bye to the best reaction time.No multiple byes unless everyone left already had one.And also have buybacks.lol.

I think the second round pairing works. I know why the random pairing negates heads up because of the potential jockeying for advantage. I don’t see any reason to cut heads up for the remainder of the race. It is easy to keep track and pair from there.