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The Hop Herb Series Quarterly

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Event Name
Main Tournament
When
May 05, 2017 to May 06, 2017
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Director
David Riel
Ranking System
Main
Information
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Change Effect
Pos Player Points Rank Rating Rank Rating Eff Pro
1 David Riel 15.84 13 1706.44 1706.44 -> 1718.69 30.9 -> 31.1
2 Polly Pocket 9.01 257 1543.21 257 -> 255 1543.21 -> 1573.24 19.35 -> 19.71
3 Greg Galanter 6.05 131 1711.79 131 -> 132 1711.79 -> 1721.36 22.09 -> 22.18
4 Suppressed Player 4.20 418 1564.97 1564.97 -> 1579.3 14.62 -> 14.75
5 Evan Bookbinder 2.97 615 1503.35 615 -> 608 1503.35 -> 1519.77 19.7 -> 19.68
6 Jason Bokor 2.16 280 1612.40 280 -> 281 1612.40 -> 1615.77 18.1 -> 18.06
7 Pete Hendricks 1.62 183 1578.02 183 -> 184 1578.02 -> 1580.77 14.63 -> 14.61 244 -> 245
8 Jake Kolojejchick 1.28 657 1483.65 657 -> 659 1483.65 -> 1493.45 7.72 -> 7.72
9 Peace Nick Mann 1.05 842 1406.26 842 -> 844 1406.26 -> 1434.03 7.09 -> 7.08
10 Jeremy Ways 0.93 4097 1326.04 4097 -> 3882 1326.04 -> 1342.18 2.27 -> 2.4
11 James Kunz 0.83 1456 1366.12 1456 -> 1463 1366.12 -> 1373.02 4.68 -> 4.68
12 Jared Chambers 0.75 2367 1254.19 2367 -> 2365 1254.19 -> 1268 3.1 -> 3.13
13 Dave Lancaster 0.68 351 1545.55 351 -> 354 1545.55 -> 1529.84 12.68 -> 12.62
14 Aiton Goldman 0.60 1201 1514.60 1201 -> 1203 1514.60 -> 1494.21 10.15 -> 10.07
15 Priyanka Kochhar 0.53 537 1534.43 537 -> 540 1534.43 -> 1507.74 8.34 -> 8.31
16 Evan Callahan 0.45 2423 1364.15 2423 -> 2397 1364.15 -> 1346.12 7.35 -> 7.14
17 Matt Schwab 0.38 178 1520.53 178 -> 180 1520.53 -> 1491.96 18.4 -> 18.3 197 -> 199
18 Tyler Sutton 0.30 404 1440.37 404 -> 405 1440.37 -> 1409.63 15.15 -> 14.99
19 Ross Wilson 0.23 1139 1285.85 1139 -> 1143 1285.85 -> 1266.28 5.3 -> 5.27
20 Sandy Graver 0.15 5217 1217.43 5217 -> 5170 1217.43 -> 1200.72 1.87 -> 1.83
21 Vinnie Ciaramella 0.08 6451 1156.40 6451 -> 6396 1156.40 -> 1143.08 1.71 -> 1.63
  Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.
Additional Details
Address
Pittsburgh, PA 15216, United States
Registration Opens
Day of Tournament
Qualifying Format
Player Limit
No Limit
Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website
Finals Format
Overall

Start Date: February 24, 2017
End Date: February 25, 2017

The Hop "Herb" Pinball Tournament Series

Follow the stats live at: http://sh.steelcitysoul.org/

Qualifying Hours:
6pm-12am Friday, May 5th
10am-6pm Saturday, May 6th

Finals:
4:30pm Saturday, May 5th - Classics
6:30pm Saturday, May 6th - Main

Pre-registration is available for $15 (entry + 1 ticket) - Pre-reg is not required. Pre-Register via Paypal, Venmo, or Google Wallet to the following email address: djriel75@gmail.com. Or register with cash in person.

Unique to this tournament, those who pre-register get to vote on the 7 machines used in the main tournament, and the 4 machines used in the Classics tournament! See tournament rule set for more info.

Voting closes on 4/28 at 11:59PM.

Last entry sold at 3PM for Classics, and 5PM for Main. All tickets must be played by 4PM for Classics, and 6PM for Main. No refunds on unused tickets. 1 "ticket" = 4 entries (Classics) or 5 entries (Main) towards any qualifying game(s).

Scoring will be done in best game "Herb" format, best 4 of 4 games count towards your overall qualifying for Classics, best 5 of 7 games count towards your overall qualifying score for Main. Only a player's best score on each machine will be counted. You will be ranked based on your best scores from all of the games.

The cost to enter the tournament is $5. All games will be on free play. Qualifying will be $10 for 1 ticket. Players may rebuy up to a maximum of 7 tickets in both Classics and Main. All ticket sales go to their respective prize pools minus 10% which will go to the pool for The Hop Quarterly Main and Classics Finals at the end of the year.

All games will be on "Free Play" and non-tournament games will be available to play to tournament entrants only.

At the end of qualifying the top 50% of players will make the playoffs.

Finals for Classics will be a head-to-head, best of 5, single elimination bracket. In non-multiples of 4 qualifiers, the top seed(s) will get a bye to the next round).

Finals for Main will be a Pinburgh Style 4 Games, 3-2-1-0 scoring. Top two from each group qualify to move to the next round. In non-multiples of 4 qualifiers, the top seed(s) will get a bye to the next round).

You may not pick any game more than 2 times throughout the playoffs for Main.

This is approx. a TGP 92% Base Value + TVA participation WPPR value IFPA sanctioned event. We'll do our best to make sure you receive the highest quality, premium WPPR's.

Full Tournament Rule Set Here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llQEg5DmM_dBS-r5JzNtv05PSWBMpfSgimmWd2F3_1k

WPPR Snapshot
  • Base Value 10.5
  • Total (before TGP) 16.17
  • TGP 98%
  • Event Booster 100%
  • Tour Value 15.84
Tournament Strength
  • Ranking Strength 3.56
  • Ratings Strength 2.11
  • Average Ranking 15.15
  • Average Rating 17.11
Player Stats
  • Player Count 21
  • Rated Players 21
Player Locations
  • United States 21
Age Distribution
  • 35-45 3
  • 45-55 5
  • 56-65 2
Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament October 21, 2017 MAIN David Riel
Main Tournament August 13, 2017 MAIN Aleksander Kaczmarczyk
Main Tournament February 25, 2017 MAIN David Riel
Main Tournament October 22, 2016 MAIN David Riel

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