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2015 AC World Championship-Day 2 Early Check-in

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)