Example $3$:Applying Geometric Series

The Western Scrabble Network is an organization whose goal is to promote the game

of Scrabble. It offers Internet tournaments throughout the year that WSN members

participate in$.$ The format of these tournaments is such that the losers of each round

are eliminated from the next round. The winners continue to play until a final match

determines the champion. If there are $256$ entries in an Internet Scrabble tournament,

what is the total number of matches that will be played in the tournament?