As we progress through Day Two of the AC World Championships being held in West Palm Beach, Florida, it's a good time to provide a few resources. First Chris Clarke has posted the full event schedule and format at:
croquetscores.com/2016/ac/wcf-world-championship/commentaries/7361
The key takeaway is that we have three days of block play (Saturday to Monday) with three games per player per day. Tuesday is for tiebreaker play-offs. Wednesday would be the Round of 32, Thursday - Sweet 16, Friday - Elite Eight, Saturday - Final Four and then the final on Sunday. Thursday through Sunday are best of five. Wednesday's format will be determined on Tuesday (Best of Five or Best of Three)
FULFORD PREVIEW
In addition, Robert Fulford posted a helpful preview here:
croquetscores.com/2016/ac/wcf-world-championship/commentaries/7489
He noted that six wins in block play is likely enough to advance to the knockout or at least get a player into a playoff, whereas, five wins is living on the edge.
UNDEFEATED SO FAR
Let's take a look across the entire field of players at the current undefeated list (1:41 pm US Eastern):
5-0 - F - James Death (ENG)
4-0 - A - Matthew Essick (USA)
4-0 - A - Mark Avery (ENG)
4-0 - B - Reg Bamford (ZAF)
4-0 - C - Jeff Soo (USA)
4-0 - C - David Openshaw (ENG)
4-0 - D - David Maloof (USA)
4-0 - E - Gavin Carter (ENG)
4-0 - G - Stephen Forster (AUS)
4-0 - H - Stephen Morgan (USA)
4-0 - H - Christian Carter (ENG)
Bamford moves to 5-1 after a 0-26tp loss to David Walters (WLS).
Jeff Soo moves to 5-0. Stephen Forster falls from the list with a 9-26 loss to James Hopgood (ENG).
Maloof goes to 5-0 with a win over Greg Fletcher (AUS) 26tp-1. And I realize the headline has a typo with "2015," but cannot correct it without breaking the Facebook and Twitter links.
In the A Block, Matthew Essick takes his first loss with a 12-26tp loss to Mark Avery. That puts Avery at 5-0.
Three players have notched up there perfect records in mid-day action. True to form, James Death is one game ahead of everyone.
6-0 - F - James Death (ENG)
5-0 - E - Gavin Carter (ENG)
5-0 - H - Stephen Morgan (USA)
Two players have fallen from the ranks of the undefeated:
David Openshaw (ENG) falls to 4-1 with a 10-26tp loss to David Maugham (ENG)
Christian Carter (ENG) falls to 4-1 with a 19-26 loss to Daniel Pailas (USA)