The top three players based on total league points at the end of the 10 weeks of league play in each Division will advance to the semifinals. The semifinals will determine who wins third place in each Division. The semis will be played the week after the regular season is over.
The remaining two players from each Division will then advance to the finals, which determines the first and second place winners in each Division. The finals will be played the week after the semifinals.
All players in the playoffs will play seven games. For Division A players, Black Knight 2000 will not be played because very long game times (at least 20 min) per player are almost a certainty on this game. Therefore one of the other six games will be played twice. B Division players will play one game on each of the seven games. If a game (or games) happens to be out of order on playoff night before game play begins OR if a game (or games) develops a serious malfunction (as stated in the League Rules) during game play then the game will be replayed by all parties (after the problem has been corrected, if possible at that time), otherwise a different game will be played again.
The first game to be played by both groups will be chosen by the League Commissioner at random. The starting order for the semifinals will be as follows: The player who came in third after the final week of the regular season is over goes first, the second place player goes second, and the first place player goes last. After the first game is played, the loser of the previous game chooses the next game to be played. The winner of the previous game goes last, the second place scorer goes second, and the loser of the previous game goes last. The starting order for the finals is as follows: The player who came in first in the semifinals goes last and the second place player in the semifinals goes first. This second place player also chooses the first game to be played. After the first game has been played, the choice of next game and the order that the players go in is as in the semifinals.
A player comes in 1st, 2nd, (and 3rd for the semifinals) based on how many total playoff points he has earned during the match based on the 3-2-1 point system used during the regular season. Any ties will be broken by the TNS between the tied players.
The prizes will be as follows:
From the 50% of the total collected dues throughout the course of the season (P)
Division A 1st place receives 45% of P plus a trophy
2nd place receives 35% of P plus a trophy
3rd place receives, as a consolation cash prize, 20% of the amount that 2nd Place A gets, plus a plaque
Division B 1st place receives 15% of P, plus a trophy
2nd place receives 5% of P, plus a trophy
3rd place receives, as a consolation cash prize, 50% of the amount that 2nd place B gets, plus a plaque