Each major region of Texas will host a qualifying event, each following the same format. The top 5 players from each event will be advanced to the finals. The finalists from each region and 1 wild card player will converge in a single city to represent their region in the finals. Finals will be scheduled to coordinate with the three major Texas events (Texas Pinball Festival, Houston Arcade Expo, Bat City Open) to reduce travel burdens. The winner will be immortalized on the TPL cup (Formerly the Pinbot Cup), and will possess the cup until the next TPL season

Each qualifying event will use the following format:

four-player group matchplay, whenever possible (there will likely be some 3-player groups)
IFPA style scoring (7-5-3-1, 7-4-1 for three-player groups).
balanced pairing. balanced game selection. balanced player order

The finals format will be as follows:
PAPA style, 4-2-1-0 scoring
3 games per round.
Top seed chooses each game or playing position; but unlike PAPA Finals rules, can only choose a game once over the entire Finals (unless they have already chosen each available game once, in which case, they can choose a game a second time).
top 2 from each group advance