Season 2 Playoff Bracket

Format rules — TRUE double elimination

• 26 players. Seeds 1–16 enter the Winners Bracket; seeds 17–26 play a two-round play-in (Play-in R1: lowest 4 seeds; Play-in R2: seeds 17–22 + the two R1 winners) for four Losers Bracket R1 spots
• Winners Bracket and the play-in are Best of 3; the Losers Bracket is single-leg (Bo1) to fit three balanced weeks. WB Final, LB Final, and Grand Final are Best of 5
• Chalk-match WB R1 losers (seeds 1v16, 4v13, 2v15, 3v14) drop to LB R1 and face play-in survivors; tight-match WB R1 losers (8v9, 5v12, 7v10, 6v11) get a round of rest and enter at LB R2
• Losers from WB QF and SF drop into LB R3 and LB R5 respectively; the WB Final loser drops into the LB Final
• The Losers Bracket champion advances to the Grand Final and can win the whole thing. Because the WB champion has zero losses and the LB champion has one, if the LB champion wins the first Grand Final a bracket-reset Bo5 is played to decide the title
• Prizes: Grand Final winner = 1st, Grand Final loser = 2nd, LB Final loser = 3rd
• No handicaps in the playoffs — every match is played straight up, unlike the regular season. Seeding (the composite standings) is where regular-season form is rewarded; the bracket itself is even