There seems to be a problem in the 1300 div.

After the first round, 9 participants will be left in that division. This
means that one of us will get a bye until the final game, because
subsequent rounds will still produce an odd number of players.

Try this: you all draw lots, and the two players who draw the short straws play each other in
the '1 1/2th' round. The winner goes on to the second round as normal. Not entirely fair, but
better than giving someone a bye to the final.

Thanks for posting. I'll ask Dave (Schliemann) to answer your
question on how this will be handled.
John
Assistant Td Baker Invitational

fyi
same situation with the 1600 section where three players will qualify
for the second round.
tiger

It would have seemed to make sense when there were 18 players to
give 14 byes in the first round, that would have eliminated 2 players
in the first round bringing the numbers down to 16 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1...

now with 9 we would need to have 2 people play off a first-and-a-half
round (or give 7 byes in the second) to give 8 - 4 - 2 - 1

of course given that we are all pawn stars (i hope!!) and that there are
or will be only 9 people left we could all play each other. I think i could
manage 16 tournament games at once...