Pauper League Rules

Season 4 Rules (October 2025 - January 2026)

Players win 3 league points per match win and 1 point per tie.
The best score per week across all events is used for a player's league points.
Example: Darval goes 1-2, 2-1, and 1-1-1 during a week. They receive 6 points.
Once a month, if a player attended qualifying events at two different stores, they receive 1 additional league point.
- If a player attended qualifying events at three different stores, they instead receive 2 additional league points
The Leaderboard is updated after every qualifying event; bonus points are assigned at the end of each month.
The first tiebreaker for league standings is each player's total number of events attended that season. Further ties are broken by each player's total 3-0 records, followed by 2-0-1 records, and continuing down until the tie is broken.

All players who attend qualifying events are registered in the league.
Weekly events listed on the Schedule page are eligible for league points.
The league runs for 16 weeks, with a player's worst 2 weeks dropped from scoring.
The schedule may be adjusted at any time to account for holidays and store availability.
- Adjustments will be posted to the Schedule page.
Pauper Qualifiers and Pauper Opens do not count towards league points.
Each store is eligible to run one Pauper Qualifier per season.

The Pauper Invitational will be held shortly after the conclusion of a season.
The Pauper Invitational will be a Swiss tournament, with a cut to Top 8.
Players receive one invitation to the Pauper Invitational by:
- Finishing in the top 16 of league standings, based on points.
- Finishing in the top 4 of the league standings, based on points.
- Winning a Pauper Qualifier.
- Finishing in the top 4 of a Pauper Open.
- Having the most points won at a single store.
- Having four 3-0 records in four consecutive weeks.
The first invitation qualifies a player for the Pauper Invitational.
If a player has any additional invitations, they receive a first round bye during the Pauper Invitational.
Players can only receive one bye; any invitations after the second are discarded.
Invitations cannot be passed down, traded, or sold.
Example: Darval won a Pauper Qualifier and a Pauper Open, and is 16th in league standings. They cannot use their extra invitation to qualify the 17th ranked player for the Pauper Invitational.