Rule Change #2.413.088D

Playoff.

Sometimes as the tournament comes to an end, folks are a little less interested if they aren't at the top. To help keep more involved and give more a chance to win, the winner will be determined by a one week playoff (after the normal 5 week tournament).

Here's how it works...

There a now 3 regions... East (E), Midwest & South (M/S) and Pacific (P).

There will be four players who make the playoff. They will be the highest finisher in each of the regions plus a wild-card (the highest finisher who didn't win their division).

Those four finalists will play one more round (with scores wiped out and starting from 0). The winner of that playoff round will be the Champion.

This way, you don't have to win it all in the 5 weeks, just win your region - to get a chance to become Champ in the playoff.

As an example, the four finalists last tournament would have been Mark in NJ (E), TBK (P), Tzodd/gravitaR (M/S) and dcerny (wildcard with 48 points).

It's kind of like pro sports now, the winner of the regular season may not become the Champ. You have to win in the playoffs, too.

Good luck.