Tournament Day 1

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Remember, remember,
the Fifth of November.

The Berkeley Canasta Tournament begins on November 5. Read the detailed tournament rules at http://canasta.pftq.com/TournamentRules.haha

Sign up for the tournament at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dF9IWUFsVVhaTVVVREVoRTRVbU9mNnc6MQ#gid=0

The tournament will be run Swiss-style. Each team will play six rounds - three of them on November 5, three of them on November 12. There is no elimination. The match-up in the first round is random. In each subsequent round, teams are matched up according to how well they have done so far in the tournament.

Rounds are played to 1500 points. To simplify counting, only canastas (pure or mixed), red 3's, and going out count for points.

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Points have been updated:
http://canasta.pftq.com/data/members/

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Current standing is:

Rank 1: Shin and Ted
Points = 3, Tie-Breaker 1 = 2, Tie-Breaker 2 = 2

Rank 2.5: Frank and Andrew
Points = 2, Tie-Breaker 1 = 3, Tie-Breaker 2 = 3

Rank 2.5: Marina and Chenyu
Points = 2, Tie-Breaker 1 = 3, Tie-Breaker 2 = 3

Rank 4.5: Haotian and Kevin
Points = 1, Tie-Breaker 1 = 5, Tie-Breaker 2 = 6

Rank 4.5: Petar and Erik
Points = 1, Tie-Breaker 1 = 5, Tie-Breaker 2 = 6

Rank 6: Perlin and Whitney/William
Points = 0, Tie-Breaker 1 = 5, Tie-Breaker 2 = 7