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Pairs and Trebles Tournaments
Standard Pairs and Trebles Tournament Format
Duration: three 12-end games
Draw:
- Game 1: open random draw.
- Games 2 and 3: random draw among teams with the same record (if there is an uneven number of teams with the same record, top team from lower group gets moved up).
Scoring priority:
- games won
- points scored
- points allowed
- ends won
Maximum score per game: 18 points. Any points scored over 18 count as plus points to be used as the tiebreaker to determine final standings.
Prize payout (based on 24 teams entered):
Rank |
Description |
Dollar payout |
| First place | The top five teams win cash prizes based on final tournament ranking. In a 24-team tournament, all three 3-game winners and the top two 2-game winners win prizes.
|
5 times the team entry fee |
| Second place | 4 times the team entry fee | |
| Third place | 3.5 times the team entry fee | |
| Fourth place | 3 times the team entry fee | |
| Fifth place | 2 times the team entry fee | |
| High last game | Team winning the last game with the highest score, and who are not otherwise in the final prize payout. | 1 times the team entry fee |
| Random winner | Team winning random draw among all teams not otherwise in the final prize payout. | 1 times the team entry fee |