Beeson is correct. The only time it matters is if you are the 4th place kid. The 3rd place kids beats everybody but the finalists anyway, but if there is a tough kid coming from the front side and your kid is trying to slide in for 4th that is the only time it matters. The kid in this case would lose to him if correctly bracketed in the 3/4 match vs. the bubble match.

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