7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Check in at Harrah's in conference room Parlor F. Follow the signs to the Convention area on the second floor up the escalators. Parlor F is down the hall near the swimming pool.
If you are unable to check in before 10:00 PM when the divisions are selected, be sure and make appropriate arrangements with the tournament director. E-mail ssudermn@pacbell.net or call 714-420-5911.
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Annual Meeting in Parlor F. See Meeting Agenda for details.
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Divisional Selection Meeting. Only division selectors and the tournament director may attend. Division assignments will be posted prior to the draft.
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
American Farmland Breakfast and Draft check-in in the Elko and Ely rooms.
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Draft commences in the Elko and Ely rooms. Draft of your tournament team, 25 players plus a park. We will have either 9 or 10 player divisions, depending on the number of entries. See Tournament Rules for details.
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Begin divisional play in the Goldfield and Tonopah rooms. Each player will play at least 15 games on Friday (12 if you have a bye) on Friday. If a division has eight teams (plus a bye team), then that division will play seven four game series for all total of 28 games. The eight team division will play 16 games on Friday. The nine and ten team division will play three games series. The roll of a twenty sided die will determine home and away unless one team has played more home games. The home team will be home for games one and three.
1:30 AM - 2:30 PM
A buffet lunch will be served in Cafe Andreotti.
2:30 PM - 12:00 PM
Divisional Play continues.
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Cappuchino French Toast breakfast will be served in Cafe Andreotti.
7:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Divisional Play continues in the Goldfield and Tonopah rooms.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Lunch with a carving station with turkey, ham and steak.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Complete your remaining divisional games for a total of 24, 27 or 28 games.
At this point the top four teams in each division advance to the divisional playoff round. The remaining teams in each division go into the third place bracket.
5:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Each of the four teams in the divisional playoff round will play the other three teams in his division three games each. Home and away will continue through the nine games the same as the previous round. If a die roll is needed, high roll is home for games one and three. The winner of each division automatically advance to quarter-finals.
If there are four divisions, then all the second place teams advance as well.
If there are five divisions, then three of the second place teams will advance. The second place team with the best record will automatically advance to the quarter-finals. The second place team with the second best record will play a shootout with the second place team with the fifth best record, with the winner advancing to the quarter-finals. The second place team with the third best record will play a shootout with the second place team with the fourth best record, with the winner advancing to quarter-finals.
If there are six divisions, then two of the second place teams will advance. The second place teams with the two best records will get a bye in the first shootout round. The second place team with the third best record will play a shootout with the team with the sixth best record, the winner will play a shootout with the second place team with the best record with the winner advancing to the quarter-finals. The second place team with the fourth best record will play a shootout with the second place team with the fifth best record, the winner will play a shootout with the second place team with the second best record with the winner advancing to the quarter-finals.
If there are seven divisions, then one of the second place teams will advance. The second place team with the best record will get a bye in the first shootout round. The second place team with the second best record will play a shootout with the team with the seventh best record. The second place team with the third best record will play a shootout with the team with the sixth best record. The second place team with the fourth best record will play a shootout with the team with the fifth best record with the winner playing a shootout with the second place team with the bye. The winners of the other two shootouts will then play a shootout. The remaining two teams then play a shootout to determine who advances to the quarter-finals.
All divisional ties will be broken by head-to-head match ups. This includes ties between more the two divisional foes. Any tie for an automatic berth that is non-divisional will be determined by a shootout.
All division winners will be the top seeds in the quarter-finals, with the better record determining the seeding. The second place teams will be seeded next with the better record determining the seeding.
The better record is always determined by winning percentage. The divisional selectors can select a bye at any point instead of a player. Whether a division selector selects a bye or player will determine how many games that division plays and may affect the winning percentages of the players involved in tie breakers.
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday's play will take place in the Laughlin room.
All pitching resets for the eight teams in the quarterfinals. The teams are seeded one through eight as outlined above. Team one plays eight, two plays seven, three plays six and four plays five. If teams one and eight are in from the same division, team one would then play team seven. In the quarterfinals each match up is with a player from another division. These are all seven games series with the higher seeded team playing at home games 1,2, 6 and 7.
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This round will have the four winners from the quarter-finals playing a best of seven series. The highest remaining seed will play the team with the lowest seed. The higher seeded team will be home for games 1,2,6 and 7.
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
The winners of the semi-finals will play a best of seven series for the National Championship. The higher seeded team will be home for games 1,2,6 and 7.
11:30
National Championship Winner Declared