
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 chess tournament, each player played exactly one game against each of the other players. A win awarded the winner 1 point, a loss 0 points, and a tie awarded each player 0.5 points. After the tournament, it was found that exactly half of the points earned by each player were earned against the fifteen players with the least number of points. Out of these fifteen lowest-scoring players, each player earned half of their total points against the other fourteen of the lowest-scoring group. Determine the total number of players in the tournament.

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