A Seven-Player Knockout with One Opening Bye

This is an invented planning exercise, not a customer event or testimonial.

Background and constraints

A fictional seven-player field leaves one empty slot in an eight-slot opening. The host wants the bye shown honestly and the played count preserved.

Exact tool inputs

Ari
Bea
Cleo
Dev
Em
Fox
Gray

Single elimination

3

1

Actual generated result

names

• Ari
• Bea
• Cleo
• Dev
• Em
• Fox
• Gray

format

Single elimination

round

4

losses

Ari

0

Bea

1

Cleo

1

Dev

1

Em

1

Fox

1

Gray

1

history

• a

  Dev

  b

  Em

  winner

  Dev

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

  table

  1

  wave

  1

• a

  Bea

  b

  Gray

  winner

  Bea

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

  table

  2

  wave

  1

• a

  Cleo

  b

  Fox

  winner

  Cleo

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

  table

  3

  wave

  1

• a

  Ari

  b

  Dev

  winner

  Ari

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  2

  pool

  Main

  table

  1

  wave

  1

• a

  Bea

  b

  Cleo

  winner

  Bea

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  2

  pool

  Main

  table

  2

  wave

  1

• a

  Ari

  b

  Bea

  winner

  Ari

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  3

  pool

  Main

  table

  1

  wave

  1

matches

champion

Ari

standings

• name

  Ari

  rank

  1

  losses

  0

• name

  Bea

  eliminatedRound

  3

  losses

  1

  rank

  2

• name

  Cleo

  eliminatedRound

  2

  losses

  1

  rank

  3

• name

  Dev

  eliminatedRound

  2

  losses

  1

  rank

  3

• name

  Em

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

• name

  Fox

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

• name

  Gray

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

byes

tables

3

waves

0

Planning process

The organizer enters seven real names and reviews the automatic advancement. This worked record uses 1–0 wins for first-listed players in actual matches only. The player on the bye receives no fabricated opponent or game score.

Result explanation

Six played matches are enough to eliminate six of seven entrants. The empty bracket slot does not become a participant. The accepted draw should be saved before score entry so it is not repeatedly regenerated.

Alternative

Use a seven-player round robin only if the group can support twenty-one matches and the required table waves.

Execution notes

Explain the bye policy before play and keep the initial roster. Do not remove a real entrant merely to make the field look even.

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