Tourney Starts

Apologies if this has been asked by every dumbass newbie that comes along, but...

...How do we know when the tournaments are going to start? I see no cutoff date on the tournament page, do we have to wait until they are full or what?

typically, yes you must wait till they are full....the tourneys usually fill up within 3 or 4 days and it may take another for russ to get around to starting it....if the tournament takes forever to get full, russ may start it with less than full capacity