George Silberzahn's Tournament Seeding Schedule

George sent me the schedule showing the dates and places of the seeding touranments for his Players Tournament of Philadelphia on May 4, 2008 at Joker's Bar in Philadelphia. Here they are!

Pre-registration/Seeding Schedule

April 27 -Sunday - Dark Horse Tavern - 1 to 6
421 S. 2nd St. Phila. 19147

April 28 - Monday - Marty’s Place- 7 to ??
1600 Hamilton Ave., Hamilton NJ 08629

April - 29 - Tuesday - Curran’s - 7 to ??
(6900 State Road, Phila. 19135)

April - 30 - Wednesday- Mt. Royal Inn - 7 to ??
(North St. & Kings Hwy, Mt. Royal NJ 08061)

May - 1 - Thursday - O’Neals 7 to ??
(3rd & South St.)

May - 2 - Friday - Squire McQuire’s Pub 7 to ??
(3608 Rhawn St.)

May - 3 - Saturday - Joker’s 1 to 5
(7312 Castor Ave.)

Registration Limited to 120 players, first come first served.

I had a nice talk with George at the Charity Shoot. If I understood correctly, entry is $30, which includes the seeding tournament, the main tournament, and a buffet lunch. The elimination system in the main tournament is set up so that each player will play no fewer than four matches, and will play individuals from each seeding group. Those in lower seed groups start with a lower score as a handicap if playing someone from a higher group. The first player to win three legs wins a match. So, even if you lost every game, you would get to play no less than 12 games (4 matches x 3 games) of 501. He is considering several other interesing innovations as well, that should help everything move along smoothly and give new players a fair chance to finish in the money.