Tournaments are not a measure of how well you play this game. The point system makes it so going up early gives you a disadvantage, and if you dont have as many points as the next guy, you dont have as many points to give by losing first. Tournaments are a joke once you get past the first two, three rounds. And this is a "legit" strategy since the points make it so no one feels bad disrespecting flags. It isn't even the so-called top players, it is everyone who has a brain. I've seen top players get screwed by players without a single medal executing this strategy correctly. Something will need to change drastically before I ever play another tourney.