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(14) Ties
(a) Teams that complete the round-robin with identical win/loss records
are considered to be tied.
(b) Teams tied for a playoff position shall only be eliminated from the
playoffs by playing a tie-breaker game(s).
(c) The only playoff position that shall involve tie-breaker games is the
fourth and final playoff position.
(d) The competition director shall make all final decisions with regard to
the administration of tie-breakers.
(15) Tie-Breaking Process
(a) When teams are tied for a playoff position, the round-robin win/loss
record of those teams against each other shall be used to determine
their ranking and therefore how the teams are positioned in the playoff
draw or tie-breaker game(s). If a complete ranking of the tied teams
cannot be established by a single comparison of the win/loss record of
all tied teams, and ties still remain, a second comparison for ranking
shall be made utilizing the win/loss records of only the remaining tied
teams.
(b) When the ranking of tied teams eligible for playoffs cannot be
established by successive comparisons of win/loss records as defined
in Rule 8(15) (a), only those teams that remain tied after such
comparisons shall be ranked by implementing the Skill Based Team
Ranking Process as defined in Rule 8(16).
(c) When the round-robin win/loss record of the two teams involved in a
playoff or tie-breaker game(s) is the same, the team that won the
game between the two during the round-robin shall have choice of
either last rock or rock handle color unless their ranking has been
determined by the Skill Based Team Ranking Process, then those
results shall provide choice of either last rock or rock handle color.
The declaration of last rock or rock handle color shall be made within
15 minutes of being asked to do so by the official.
(d) All tie-breakers shall be played with the rocks from the sheet
assigned. Rock handles shall not be changed from one set of rocks
to another.

While the language from the CCA is more obscure (surprise, surprise....lol) it does seem to be the same as the WCF rules for tie break.

To summarize:

Only the last playoff position will involve tie-breaks. So for the Trials that means third place.

Head to head is the first tie-breaker.
If there is a three way, or more, tie break that cannot be solved by head to head then they look at the record among the teams involved in the tie break.
If that still does not solve it then the draw to the button determines their finish.

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