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Originally Posted by EasilyFound  Has anyone every played in a HU tourney with first-round byes? Seems very unfair to me to be one of the players without a first-round bye. |
All the time. It's not unfair, just the luck of the draw (as long as it's a random selection of course).
You really just have 2 choices IMO: cap it at 8/16/32 or have some 1st round byes. I think capping is better but either one works as long as everyone understands.
In HU discussion we usually talk about players waiting around when they have a bye. But that misses another point: there is ALWAYS lots of waiting around in a HU tourney. At each round there are always early bust-outs and full-length battles -- nothing you can do about this.
So I guess the point is, don't have a HU tourney unless you have something for everyone to do during the down times -- like drink more beer!
