YEP!!
Looks like one of the two will play the first session, the other will play the second session, then the higher scorer gets to play the final. At the banquet one of the two will have to sneak in to get a meal.
You're asking for war otherwise.
Actually this is a very good rule, otherwise, they would have to increase the number of players. The "entrant" strike's value would be considerably devalued because of the higher production and not cover the entrance fee as the last one did. Theoretically, you could've ended up with only 75 households in the tournament. Just think of all the other nice collectors left out. Then again, the convention would've diminished the numbers at this tournament anyway.
I was going to enter my wife on this one, but she's going to have to stay home and go to work as she did last December.