About this episode

The episode discusses tournament logistics and strategies to reduce waiting times between rounds with guest Brandon Welch.

In this episode Bryan, Charles, and Marcos are joined by Brandon Welch, the Head Judge of the recent Regional Championship in Vegas to talk about a topic many HJs care a lot about: "End of Round". This episode goes deep into the tournament logistics of reducing people's least favorite part of the tournament: Waiting for the next round to begin.Turns out a lot more goes into making sure the next round starts as quickly as possible than harassing players to enter their results. But lets be clear, that absolutely *is* part of it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryan, Charles, Marcos

Guest: Brandon Welch

Topics covered

• tournament logistics
• End of Round
• waiting times
• judge responsibilities
• player management

Keywords

• End of Round
• tournament logistics
• waiting for next round
• Brandon Welch
• Regional Championship
• judge responsibilities
• player management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Regional Championship

Places: Vegas

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