TO Ruling : Since having 15 people discard before the tourney even starts seems counter productive, the match of Root vs Henric will be voided (there are no discards after the match.) They may not reuse the same cards against eachother, however. Blacksmith does not toss away any cards due to receiving a bye.
This has been done to ensure that the card amount is consistent to all rounds AND to better accomodate the majority of players (AKA those not in prelims.) I will explain this to other TO's if necessary.