​QUALIFICATION POOLS
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At the start of the tournament, players are divided into pools of eight or more people. The size of each pool depends on the overall size of the tournament. Each pool is run as a double elimination bracket, until there are only two players left. These top two players advance to the Semifinals.

SEMIFINAL BRACKET
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Once all the pools have been run, the top two players from each pool move on to a new double elimination bracket. A loss from your qualification pool carries over to the Semifinals, so one half the players will start out on the “winners” side of the bracket, and the other half will start out on the “losers” side. The top eight players in the Semifinals advance to the Tournament Finals.

TOURNAMENT FINALS
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The Finals are basically a continuation of the Semifinal Bracket. Once again, losses carry over. The Finals end when all but one player has been eliminated.

PRIZE STRUCTURE
​Think you can place in the money? That’s the spirit. EGC awards cash prizes to the top eight places at a rate proportional to the number of attendees. The only registartion fee, is your pass. That's right, your pass is your entry fee, which will be awarded to the top finishers at a 50/15/10/7/5/5/4/4 split. For example, if 300 people enter a tournament, the total prize pool for that tournament will be $3000 ($300 x 10), paying out $1500 to first place (50% of $3000), $450 to second place (15% of $3000), and $300 to third place (10% of $3000), and so on.