[hashiriya]

Well funny you should mention the championship standings, I just spent a few minutes with my trust spreadsheet to work out what each of us would need to do to win the championship or beat each other. All 3 of us can sitll mathematically win it...

Chris champ if:

• Chris wins with FTQ

• Chris wins without FTQ, Maz 3rd or worse (4th if Maz has FTQ)

• Chris 2nd with FTQ, Maz 4th or worse

• Chris 2nd without FTQ, Maz 5th or worse (6th if Maz has FTQ)

• Chris 3rd with FTQ, Maz 5th or worse

• Chris 3rd without FTQ, Maz 6th or worse, Scott doesn't get FTQ and win

• Chris 4th with FTQ, Maz 6th or worse

• Chris 4th without FTQ, Maz 7th or worse, Scott 2nd or worse

• Chris 5th with FTQ, Maz 7th or worse, Scott 2nd or worse

• Chris 5th without FTQ, Maz 8th or worse, Scott 3rd or worse (4rd if Scott has FTQ)

Maz champ if:

• Maz wins (regardless of FTQ)

• Maz 2nd with FTQ

• Maz 2nd without FTQ, Chris doesn't get FTQ & win.

• Maz 3rd with FTQ, Chris doesn't get FTQ & win.

• Maz 3rd without FTQ, Chris 2nd or worse

• Maz 4th with FTQ, Chris 2nd or worse

• Maz 4th without FTQ, Chris 2nd or worse (3rd if Chris has FTQ)

• Maz 5th with FTQ, Chris 2nd or worse

• Maz 5th without FTQ, Chris 3rd or worse (4th if Chris has FTQ), Scott doesn't get FTQ and win

Scott champ if:

• Scott Wins with FTQ, Chris 3rd or worse, Maz 5th or worse

• Scott wins without FTQ, Chris 4th or worse (5th if Chris is FTQ), Maz 6th or worse

• Scott 2nd with FTQ, Chris 5th or worse, Maz 7th or worse

So chances are pretty slim for you Scott but it's still mathematically possible so you gotta go out there for the win.

BTW, these calculations got me thinking. How is a tie broken on the table? is it best dropped scores or is it single best result? I have always wondered how our system works.