This tournament will be split into two phases: Week 1 (Preliminaries/Qualifiers) and Week 2 (Playoff).

Each player will have the opportunity to play in a designated number of east rounds, and is assigned ranking points based on the final position and points the player obtains in each game.

When each player has played the designated number of games, everybody will be ranked based on the accumulative ranking points earned. Players who end up above the playoff line will advance and be given a seed number based on how they finished relative to the other qualifiers. 

The playoffs will feature a swiss-style format, where increasingly lower number seeds (better qualifying ranking) will have the benefit of playing increasingly higher ranked seeds. The championship match is guaranteed to be a hanchan.


Note: *Players need to have a basic understanding of the rules of the game in order to partake in the tournament