At some time you may host an event that allows player re-entry in a bracket. This is quite common with blitz and knockout events in large tournaments. Suppose you have a drawsheet that looks like this:

1. Janice Ondabar
2. Everett Beaver
3. Ruth Rueful
4. Rocky Raccoon
5. Harry Hustler
6. Everett Beaver*
7. Honest Abe
8. Rocky Raccoon*

Everett Beaver and Rocky Raccoon lost early and decided to re-enter. To get a bracket list that looks like this, add players up to (but not including) the first re-entry:

Then add the remainder of the list starting with the first re-entry:

Now you have a bracket that matches the drawsheet.

Now you have a bracket that matches the drawsheet.

Recording matches with player re-entries

You have to be careful when recording matches with re-entries because a player exists more than once on the list. Here we have #002 Everett Beaver and #006 Everett Beaver. When you record Janice Ondabar beating Everett Beaver in the first round, make sure to select #002 Everett Beaver and not #006 Everett Beaver.

If you have the rare instance of a player entering more than once and winding up paired up against himself in a later round (or a playoff bracket) just treat the match as a bye.

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