Reading tournament Formats..?

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orchard_littlejoe

Can someone help me understand how to read the tournament formats?  Like: 6(2)- >1   or better yet: 6(1)->3+

I'm sure it's simple but right now it's all jibberish to me.

Thank you.

omnipaul

The first one:

Groups of no more than 6, playing 2 games at a time against each opponent, with the 1 best moving on.

The second one:

Groups of no more than 6, playing 1 game at a time against each opponent (still two games, though, so the second starts after the first finishes), with the best 3 or more moving on.

Foridejack

Thanks