From "tarrot" of the Observer board:
Updated scenarios for tomorrow:
A Block:
Can get 12:
DBS Jr
Makabe
Shibata
Can get 11:
Okada
Tanahashi
Shibata wins, he's in the finals, that simple.
DBS Jr. beats Archer (and, for heels, I'm still of the opinion any finisher Archer doesn't lay down on), and Shibata loses, he's in.
Makabe needs to beat Devitt and have Tanahashi beat Shibata.
Tanahashi needs DBS and Makabe to lose and to beat Shibata.
Okada needs DBS and Makabe to lose, beat Kojima, and to have Shibata/Tanahashi got to a time limit draw. In this scenario, Tana would have 10, Shibata and Okada would have 11, Okada would advance on a tiebreak.
B Block:
Can get 12:
Suzuki
Nakamura
Anderson
Can win:
Naito
Can screw stuff up
Yujiro
Benjamin
Suzuki wins, he's in the finals.
Anderson needs a Suzki loss and to win against Naito.
Nakamura needs to win and Suzuki and Anderson to lose.
Naito need a Suzuki, Nakamura, and Yujiro loss (he faces Anderson), and then he holds a tiebreaker over Suzuki, Nakamura, Anderson, and Nagata at 10.
A Yujiro win and Anderson/Suzuki/Nakamura loss creates a massive tie at the top of the brackets. Yujiro would have a tiebreaker over Naito and Benjamin, Naito would have a tiebreaker over everyone at 10 except Yujiro, Suzuki would hold a tiebreaker over everyone except Naito, Anderson would hold one over Nakamura/Benjamin, Anderson over Nakamura, Yujiro, and Benjamin. In short, a Yujiro win screws up everyone at 10 points tomorrow and creates a mess that is impossible to sort out.
A Block:
Can get 12:
DBS Jr
Makabe
Shibata
Can get 11:
Okada
Tanahashi
Shibata wins, he's in the finals, that simple.
DBS Jr. beats Archer (and, for heels, I'm still of the opinion any finisher Archer doesn't lay down on), and Shibata loses, he's in.
Makabe needs to beat Devitt and have Tanahashi beat Shibata.
Tanahashi needs DBS and Makabe to lose and to beat Shibata.
Okada needs DBS and Makabe to lose, beat Kojima, and to have Shibata/Tanahashi got to a time limit draw. In this scenario, Tana would have 10, Shibata and Okada would have 11, Okada would advance on a tiebreak.
B Block:
Can get 12:
Suzuki
Nakamura
Anderson
Can win:
Naito
Can screw stuff up
Yujiro
Benjamin
Suzuki wins, he's in the finals.
Anderson needs a Suzki loss and to win against Naito.
Nakamura needs to win and Suzuki and Anderson to lose.
Naito need a Suzuki, Nakamura, and Yujiro loss (he faces Anderson), and then he holds a tiebreaker over Suzuki, Nakamura, Anderson, and Nagata at 10.
A Yujiro win and Anderson/Suzuki/Nakamura loss creates a massive tie at the top of the brackets. Yujiro would have a tiebreaker over Naito and Benjamin, Naito would have a tiebreaker over everyone at 10 except Yujiro, Suzuki would hold a tiebreaker over everyone except Naito, Anderson would hold one over Nakamura/Benjamin, Anderson over Nakamura, Yujiro, and Benjamin. In short, a Yujiro win screws up everyone at 10 points tomorrow and creates a mess that is impossible to sort out.
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