Okay. Now we have 64 participants.
As you can figure out pretty easily, this is gonna be a 64-entrant bracket. I know some of you can figure out at least some of the chips that are up for grabs just by seeing the rolling edge. To avoid people picking a number assuming they'd be assigned a certain chip, I am starting with the 12th chip (because
@Statesvegas picked #12) and then assigning chips from there. So #1 (
@detroitdad) gets chip #12, #2 (
@cfowl23) gets chip #2, etc.
We are going to form four regions. 1-16 will form region 1, 17-32 will form region 2, etc. Entrants will be seeded against each other (1 v 16, 2 v 15, etc), but seeding doesn't mean anything.
Each matchup will be a 7-card stud heads-up flip. In round 1, the winner of the flip wins the chip of the other entrant and moves on. Chips are cumulative, so in Round 2, each entrant will have two chips at risk, etc.
After Round 1, you can concede to the other team *
BEFORE* your the hand is dealt, and keep whatever chips you have collected, but will be conceding your original chip to the other entrant. If you concede a game and exit the tournament, you keep the chips you won, but shipping them to you is at your cost (actual cost, +$1 for a bubble mailer if you want it); I'm happy to make arrangements to get you the chip in person or add it on to another order, but I will not pay shipping to those conceding. If both teams try to concede, the team conceding first will be removed from the giveaway, and the other team will advance.
Example:
Player A was awarded a Bellagio $1 chip at the start of the game and Player B was awarded a Foxwoods $1 chip at the start of the game. The player meet in Round 3 and both players have collected 3 additional chips. Player B chooses to concede the game to Player A. Player B forfeits his Foxwoods $1 chip, but keeps the other 3 chips that he won. Player B must pay postage on the chips he keeps, and Player A advances, adding the Foxwoods $1 chip to the other 4 chips he's collected and advances to Round 4. Because I am an asshole, I will play out conceded games and show whether the conceding player would have won. But that is just because I am a glutton for the pain of others.
If you make it to the Final Four, you can "lock" four chips; you've won those, and shipping for those chips is on me. You cannot concede any matches after the Final Four is set. The winner of the final game gets all the unlocked chips (shipping on me), plus some additional surprises.
Questions? Fire away.
Regions will be posted shortly.