
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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Eight teams participated in a football tournament, and each team played exactly once against each other team. If a match was drawn then both teams received 1 point; if not then the winner of the match was awarded 3 points and the loser received no points. At the end of the tournament the total number of points gained by all the teams was 61. What is the maximum number of points that the tournament's winning team could have obtained?
A) 16
B) 17
C) 18
D) 19
E) 21

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