
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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Each of the 3 players withdrew after having played 2 matches. In the initial plan, each player was to play a certain number of matches in the tournament, and when 3 players withdrew after playing 2 matches each, a total of 50 matches were played. Find the number of matches played among these 3 players.

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