Ready For “The Drill”?

Jeno76, on 05 May 2011 - 06:43 AM, said: The reason why 45 teams got a "buy" in the first turn:
-211 teams applied
-to run a tournament you need either 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 etc. teams
-so they give 45 random teams a buy(211-45=166) and made 83 pairs, thisway in the next round it will be 128 teams(the 83 winner + the 45)