Run the director's desk and tables
Set up your tables, send matches to them, deal with what the Director's desk flags, correct results and close the tournament out.
The names and results shown are made up (the Maple Street Pool League is a demo organization).
Here the director of the Maple Street Fall Cup runs the room on tournament night. Most of the work happens on the tournament's Matches step, which updates by itself every 20 seconds while you watch.
Set the tables
- Open the tournament and choose Setup.
- Under Tables, choose Add a table for each one. Give it a Table name or number and a Size (7 ft, 8 ft or 9 ft).
- Choose Save tables.
If the tournament has a venue, choose Use this venue's tables under Venue to copy the venue's open tables instead. You can't remove a table while it has an unfinished match on it.
Call matches to tables
Open Matches. The tables board shows every table, what's on it Now, and what to put on it Next.
- Choose Put #3 here (with the match's number) on a free table to send the next ready match there.
- Choose Assign free tables to fill every free table with the next ready matches in one go.
- Or, on a single match, pick a Table and choose Set table.
Matches are grouped as Ready to play, On a table, Waiting for players and Done. Players who registered online and open the public page while signed in see which table they're up on.
Enter results
On a match, enter each player's racks and choose Save result. The winner must reach the race exactly, and the loser must be below it.
For a forfeit, choose who forfeits under Forfeit, then the reason: Didn't show, or Left the match (keep the score so far). More details: break and runs, table runs is optional.
Watch the Director's desk
The Director's desk at the top of Matches lists what needs you:
- Free tables, when matches are ready to go on them.
- Long matches, with how many minutes each has been on.
- Players' scores that differ. When players report their own scores and the two reports don't agree, the match waits for you. Enter the result to settle it.
- Results flagged for review, when someone thinks a result is wrong.
It also shows an Estimated finish time and how many matches are left. When nothing needs you, it says so.
Correct a result
On a finished match:
- Choose Correct, fix the scores, give a Reason and choose Save correction.
- Choose Clear to remove the result completely. Give a Reason for clearing and choose Clear result.
If a later match that depends on this one already has a result, clear that one first, newest first.
The review queue
Tournament staff can open Flag for review on a finished match, fill in What looks wrong? and choose Send for review.
Open results are listed under Results under review on Matches. For each one:
- If the result stands, give a reason and choose Upheld (no change).
- If it's wrong, correct the result first, then give a reason and choose Corrected.
If you play in that match, another staff member must settle it. Settled reviews stay listed under Settled reviews.
Close out the tournament
When the final is played, the tournament shows the champion. A finished tournament closes and archives by itself 12 hours after the last result, so nothing changes by accident.
- To close it sooner, open Setup and choose Archive.
- To change something afterwards, open Setup and choose Restore, make the change, then choose Archive again.
An archived tournament is read-only, and it has no public page. A tournament you restore stays open until you archive it again.