
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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In a single-elimination tournament, each game is played between two teams. Each team consists of 4 players, and only the winning team advances to the next round. There are 128 teams participating in the tournament. How many individual games must be played to determine the champion team?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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