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March Madness

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Event Name
Main Tournament
When
Mar 09, 2019
Location
Calgary, AB, Canada
Director
Arlen Smith
Ranking System
Main
Information
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  • Show Impact
Show Impact
Change Effect
Pos Player Points Rank Rating Rank Rating Eff Pro
1 Mike Tzanakos 14.02 293 1772.32 293 -> 283 1772.32 -> 1794.03 47.18 -> 48.04
2 John Kottmann 8.28 331 1713.75 331 -> 329 1713.75 -> 1736.79 32.47 -> 32.76
3 Doug Teale 5.73 353 1606.63 1606.63 -> 1633.75 21.17 -> 21.33
4 Darren Krywolt 4.10 885 1642.84 885 -> 873 1642.84 -> 1658.91 19.36 -> 19.54
5 Tony Batti 2.99 2816 1490.82 2816 -> 2696 1490.82 -> 1521.92 9.03 -> 9.44
6 Dave Pidwerbeski 2.22 1920 1339.49 1920 -> 1887 1339.49 -> 1384.84 9.9 -> 10
7 Dan Horne 1.70 515 1624.68 1624.68 -> 1628.75 26.65 -> 26.45
8 Eric Moore 1.34 3883 1347.79 3883 -> 3774 1347.79 -> 1383.11 4.51 -> 4.65
9 Sheldon Fuchs 1.11 697 1522.61 697 -> 698 1522.61 -> 1528.81 17.91 -> 17.78
9 Ahmed Twakkal 1.11 12691 1500.51 12691 -> 10152 1500.51 -> 1527.68 9.57 -> 8.76
11 Al McNaughton 0.87 7547 1347.32 7547 -> 7019 1347.32 -> 1370.23 6.68 -> 6.61
11 Don Riemann 0.87 1280 1604.98 1280 -> 1283 1604.98 -> 1590.28 22.82 -> 22.22
13 Gary Ellingson 0.75 5804 1186.93 5804 -> 5652 1186.93 -> 1220.8 2.98 -> 3.07
14 Don McCall 0.70 1289 1570.78 1289 -> 1291 1570.78 -> 1548.71 16.11 -> 15.84
15 Dustyn Schroeder 0.65 4835 1417.77 4835 -> 4773 1417.77 -> 1410.65 6.43 -> 6.33
15 Micaela Wolf 0.65 1010 1523.76 1010 -> 1012 1523.76 -> 1502.06 11.5 -> 11.43
17 Logan Riemann 0.54 8987 1185.93 8987 -> 8479 1185.93 -> 1201.05 3.06 -> 3.14
18 Tony Grimes 0.49 3981 1345.00 3981 -> 3976 1345.00 -> 1336.37 5.62 -> 5.54
19 Kate Hughson 0.43 4520 1302.64 4520 -> 4479 1302.64 -> 1294.33 3.97 -> 3.94
20 Xavier Batti 0.38 3893 1419.41 3893 -> 3896 1419.41 -> 1391.36 9 -> 8.64
21 Brian Gossen 0.32 5265 1227.63 5265 -> 5254 1227.63 -> 1218.39 3.4 -> 3.35
22 Kye Tasker 0.27 4893 1386.75 4893 -> 4897 1386.75 -> 1353.97 8 -> 7.55
23 Josh Brown 0.22 4462 1395.13 4462 -> 4472 1395.13 -> 1354.3 5.67 -> 5.53
24 Carter Fuchs 0.16 22362 1034.64 22362 -> 19423 1034.64 -> 1020.25 1.35 -> 1.26
25 Nancy Barnes 0.11 13443 1209.32 13443 -> 13035 1209.32 -> 1167.79 3.2 -> 2.54
26 Shea-Lynn Gossen 0.05 33980 Not Rated 33980 -> 33247 Not Rated -> 958.4 0 -> 0.36
  Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.
Additional Details
Address
501 17th ave sw
Registration Opens
Day of Tournament
Qualifying Format
Player Limit
No Limit
Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website
Finals Format
Overall

-52 player max, 4-player groups (or 3 with odd numbers of players), 5 rounds, 7/5/3/1 scoring. Player Order: Balanced…… Opponents: Balanced……. Machine selection: Balanced

-6 rounds 7/5/3/1 scoring in groups of 4(or 3)

-Registration/practice @ 1100 am, Starts @ 12:15 pm. $15 entry with games set on free-play

-Top 8 players qualify for playoffs.$9 from each entry goes into prize pool with 1st 50% 2nd 30% 3rd 20% .

-There will be playoffs for top 4 Under-18 and top 4 women. Same format as open except 1 playoff round instead of 2. 1st $20 giftcards as well as top novice(awarded to lowest ranked ifpa player who does not qualify for any form of playoffs) $15

-ties will be broken by the number of 1st and 2nd results through match play software, if a tie still exists for 1st(seeding for playoff game choice) or 8th(final playoff spot), a one ball tie breaker on a random machine will be played. all other ties will be broken via random number generator.

playoffs for all groups(open/U18/Women's) are 4/2/1/0 scoring with the highest seed selecting the machine or position for all three games in a set. open playoffs are 2 rounds of 3 games. Women's and U18 are 1 round of 3 games.
playoff ties will only be broken if there is a prize at stake with a one game playoff with highest seed selecting game or position. no game may be chosen that was just played in the last regular round of 3 games

WPPR Snapshot
  • Base Value 11.5
  • Total (before TGP) 14.6
  • TGP 96%
  • Event Booster 100%
  • Tour Value 14.02
Tournament Strength
  • Ranking Strength 0.94
  • Ratings Strength 2.16
  • Average Ranking 15.15
  • Average Rating 17.11
Player Stats
  • Player Count 26
  • Rated Players 23
Player Locations
  • Canada 26
Age Distribution
  • 19-25 1
  • 26-35 3
  • 35-45 2
  • 45-55 8
  • 56-65 5
  • 65-99 1
Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament March 28, 2026 MAIN Undecided
Main Tournament March 26, 2016 MAIN Evan Dickson

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