Qualifying:
*All players will play 12 games in a Best Game style format with 10 machines available. Any game can be played a maximum of twice only, with all 12 games to count towards a player's total.
*Qualifying begins from 3pm, with no more games to commence after 8.30pm (unless extended by a TD).
*Top 16 players will advance to finals, with a tie breaker game to be played for 16th place if required.
*A further 8 players (17th-24th) will be invited to play a Consolation final.

Main Finals:
*The Top 16 players will be split into 2 groups of 8 and contest a Best of 7 game elimination final in each group.
*Top seed of each match will have first choice of machine, while the opponent will have player order selection. This will alternate after each game of the match up.
*(During first round of finals): In order to keep things moving, players will be able to select the same game more than once in the same round, however cannot play the same game twice in a row.
*(All other rounds): Players must select a different game for each game of the match-up
*Once a player has reached 4 wins in a match, there is no need to play any further games for that round.
*Once all rounds are completed, the remaining player from each group will contest a final Best of X match (number of games depending on time available).

Consolation Finals:
*The next 8 players after qualifying (17th-24th) will be eligible to contest a Best of 3 game single elimination Consolation final.
*Top seeds of each match up will be able to select a machine, while the opposing player will select play order.
*All potential 3 games of the match will be played on the same machine, with play order alternating each game.
*Rounds will continue until there is only 1 player remaining.

Entry fee:
Normal - $20 entry
Early bird - $15 entry (if paid & started before 4pm)
New players - $6 entry (first time ever tournament players only)