In several recently created threads, there has been clearly expressed outrage over CSI's decision to allow Shane to advance from the group qualifying round into the knockout stage in spite of the fact that he finished 2nd in his group. This decision was necessitated by Ralf Souquet's travel plans to China which he was unable to change.
Within these threads, myriad charges have been levied against CSI that range from favoritism towards Shane to outright bias against Taiwanese and foreign players in general. Some other posters have called this "a sad day for pool" and promised to never again purchase a CSI event.
As a person who purchased this PPV event, along with about $70 worth of additional events, while I was somewhat surprised, I was delighted that CSI made the decision they did. I think CSI ABSOLUTELY DID THE RIGHT THING.
This tournament was a multi-stage tournament with a round robin stage followed by a knockout stage. This is the tournament format followed by FIFA during the world cup, by UEFA champion's league, and by several sports during the Olympics (hockey and badminton to name just two).
Within this tournament format, there have been several instances of a qualifying player/team not being able to advance due to forfeiture or disqualification. In these instances, the overwhelming precedent has been to advance the next highest player/team from that group.
As a recent example, during the 2012 Olympic badminton championships, the first and second place teams from a group were disqualified. Instead of choosing to leave that leg of the elimination bracket empty, the federation decided to advance the 3rd and 4th teams from that group.
The situation with Ralph & SVB is no different. Ralph -the qualifying player- was unable to advance and therefore forfeited his SPOT in the knockout stage, this is entirely distinct from forfeiting his MATCH with Ko. Therefore, the CSI team followed the generally accepted practice during multi-stage tournaments and advanced the next highest ranking player from that group - SVB.
Congratulations CSI for putting on a pretty solid event. In spite of some early hiccups, you guys stepped up and made significant -on the fly- improvements throughout the week that resulted in a great event.
Within these threads, myriad charges have been levied against CSI that range from favoritism towards Shane to outright bias against Taiwanese and foreign players in general. Some other posters have called this "a sad day for pool" and promised to never again purchase a CSI event.
As a person who purchased this PPV event, along with about $70 worth of additional events, while I was somewhat surprised, I was delighted that CSI made the decision they did. I think CSI ABSOLUTELY DID THE RIGHT THING.
This tournament was a multi-stage tournament with a round robin stage followed by a knockout stage. This is the tournament format followed by FIFA during the world cup, by UEFA champion's league, and by several sports during the Olympics (hockey and badminton to name just two).
Within this tournament format, there have been several instances of a qualifying player/team not being able to advance due to forfeiture or disqualification. In these instances, the overwhelming precedent has been to advance the next highest player/team from that group.
As a recent example, during the 2012 Olympic badminton championships, the first and second place teams from a group were disqualified. Instead of choosing to leave that leg of the elimination bracket empty, the federation decided to advance the 3rd and 4th teams from that group.
The situation with Ralph & SVB is no different. Ralph -the qualifying player- was unable to advance and therefore forfeited his SPOT in the knockout stage, this is entirely distinct from forfeiting his MATCH with Ko. Therefore, the CSI team followed the generally accepted practice during multi-stage tournaments and advanced the next highest ranking player from that group - SVB.
Congratulations CSI for putting on a pretty solid event. In spite of some early hiccups, you guys stepped up and made significant -on the fly- improvements throughout the week that resulted in a great event.
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