User blog comment:DryDry/Wiki Tournament?!/@comment-25746714-20150228210844/@comment-1400578-20150301002009

Another option would be to keep the 8-person bracket, but give 1 person a free pass to 2nd round. To pick who gets it, we each choose a number from 1-35 (and once you pick and post your number here, NO changing it). On March 4th, there's a Powerball drawing. Whoever gets closest to the Powerball number (the 6th one, in red), gets to automatically advance to the 2nd round.