Rules of the tournaments carrying out on the backgammon «Sit&Go»
Tournaments «Sit&Go» on the backgammon are held 24-hours a day.
A tournament begins as soon as the necessary quantity of players is gathered. Until the tournament started it is possible to refuse to participate. The following tournament is accessible for the registration in 2 minutes after the end of the previous one.
Now «Sit&Go» tournaments are held for 4 players.
For the participation in a tournament it is necessary to register and make a tournament deposit. The size of a tournament deposit is announced for each tournament when it starts.
The tournament is played according to the system «Double Elimination».
Double Elimination - is a system of the competitions carrying out when a player leaves the tournament after two defeats.
The scheme of the tournament carrying out by the given principle is the following:
- Number of players is degree-2 multiple.
- Tournament is divided in two grids: top (winners) and bottom (loosers).
- The first round: all players begin the game in the top grid. Winners pass in the second round in the top grid, loosers - in the bottom grid. Nobody leaves the tournament.
- The second round: players of the top grid play among themselves and players of the bottom grid play among themselves. By results:
- Winner in the top grid passes in the following round in the top grid;
- Looser in the top grid passes in the following round in the bottom grid;
- Winner in the bottom grid passes in the following round in the bottom grid;
- Looser in the bottom grid leaves the tournament;
The third round: players of the top grid pass the third round and players of the bottom grid play to balance the number of players of the top and bottom grid - winners remain in the bottom grid and loosers leave the tournament;
The fourth round: players of the top grid and players of the bottom grid play as in the second round - inside their grids;
The fifth and the subsequent rounds: under the similar scheme. Players of the top grid periodically pass rounds for equalizing of the players quantity;
The game proceeds until one participant remains in each grid. They play with each other for the first and second final position.
When winning points Gammon (Mars) and Backgammon are not considered: for the victory one gets 1 point, for the defeat one gets -1 point.
A player who gains a maximum quantity of points wins. He gets 100% of a prize pool.
Game conventions:
Nackgammon – time for a single game is 7 minutes.
Narde – time for a single game is 10 minutes.
In case of the tournament end due to technical reasons such a tournament is not considered to be held.
Last change: 27.10.2010.
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