tournament_results = ["Jan", "Mike", "Marry", "Bob"]

first_player, *_, last_player = tournament_results
print(first_player, last_player)

*_, last_player = tournament_results
print(last_player)

first_player, *_ = tournament_results
print(first_player)

first_player, second_player, third_player, fourth_player = tournament_results
print(first_player, second_player, third_player, fourth_player)