The African team were given a bye to the second round.
He was the 13th-seeded player, which gave him a bye into the second round.
Talk about giving one team a bye, that's going to change some things significantly.
"It gave us a bye in the first week of the playoffs."
Why else would they have given him a bye on most of the stringent rules?
One of the three players is given a bye.
That would give the Giants a bye during the first week of the playoffs.
As the 'away' team, Ottawa was given a bye to the final game.
Other teams were given byes to later rounds, based on season performance.
Galway, who had been given a bye to the final without ever playing a game, provided the opposition.