ahtan

Thanks for replying! Yes, I could run a mitchell for round 1. But my intention is social as well - my club has been disperse all over the place this pandemic (some not playing at all, some playing at various BBO venues). I have only recently gotten this and have to compete with the free tournaments. So this is a "special event" where I want to get most people in the club, and I intend to have every pair meet every other pair where possible. i.e. its partly social by design. I gather from your response that its all possible except for the include list, for which you didn't answer. I see from elsewhere in this forum that I would have to create a include list for the first tournament, create and save the first one. Then do the same for the second. Then never modify the tournament again unless I want to re-manipulate the lists (which is a pain).

Hi, I'm a relatively new TD who's gotten rights to host tournaments provided I charge BB$. As a result, I feel I can't freely experiment with my "customers" 8-). Hence the question. I would like to run something that is swiss-like, in the sense that better players will get "promoted", but more managed. I've been told if I had opted for swiss, pairs might end up meeting more than once if the number of tables is small. It will be run over 3 tournaments in 2 rounds. The first tournament (Round 1) is to be run in full howell in order to provide me a basis for splitting the field into 2 sections by performance. I then run a 2nd and 3rd tournament (Round 2), also with full howell, simultaneously with a common predealt hands to get winners in the 2 sections. Questions. 1. I probably can get 8 to 10 tables. In round 1, with 10 tables, that will be 19 rounds. Is there a problem if I set the boards per round to be 1? i.e. total bds is 19. Does the howell setting behave with this number of tables? 2. Am i able to start 2 tournaments at the same time? 3. How will I manage my include list (in round 2, different people go to a different tournament)? A subsidiary question would be : I just tried loading my include list using the Web interface to load via file, but the IDs don't show up on the display, but do manage to download the IDs. I don't know if my include list is working or not. 4. Can I specify both round 2 tournaments to be referencing the same pre-dealt hand folder? Thanks very much in advance!