****NOTE - REGISTRATION GOES LIVE ON 3/13 at 9pm eastern. This event requires pre-registration. Please visit the following Eventbrite link for FULL DETAILS plus to register: https://2022delawarepinballopen.eventbrite.com

****NO WALK INS ALLOWED. Open to anyone. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS*******

What: The first ever Delaware Pinball Open!! 5 events in 3 days! WPPR'S for each event are estimated to be between 55-75
WPPRS (if we have 80 players). Also, the Main Tournament (Saturday Qualifying with Sunday Finals) will be IFPA certified (assuming minimum of 64 rated players) and will get a 20% BOOST towards the TGP!

When: 5/13/22 to 5/15/22. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of each tournament to check in.NOTE - If you have not checked in by the start of the tournament and you haven’t communicated to Chad Hastings or Joe Fox that you will be late, you will be removed from tournament

Where: 1100 First State Blvd, Second Floor, Wilmington DE 19804.

We are located 25 minutes from Philly Airport
We are located 75 minutes from Baltimore Airport
We are located 90 minutes from NJ Airport
We have a local Amtrak station 4 miles away
We are 4 minutes from I-95

Time: Doors open at 8am each day for practice and ends at 8:45am for announcements. Each morning tournament will start at 9am except the Sunday 3 Strike Tournament which will start at 9:15AM

Cost: $200 ($75 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $125 to cover all of the tournament fees with 100% payout). Must be paid in full within 48 hours using Paypal's Friends & Family. Send all payments to firststateflippers@gmail.com

+Bottled water provided FREE for the entire event by the Delaware Pinball Collective
+IFPA fees for all events paid for from the Delaware Pinball Collective expenses
+Trophy/Plaque costs will come out of the Delaware Pinball Collective expenses
+Over 45+ machines all on free play for the entire weekend
+Sodas will cost $1 per can
+You are allowed to bring any food to the event. Also, please bring your own cooler!
+Alcohol policy will be announced 30 days prior to the event as we are currently waiting on our liquor license to be approved. If approved before the event, all alcohol will have to be purchased from the Delaware Pinball Collective. If we do not get approval before the event, you will be allowed to bring your own alcohol.
+We will have a giant tent setup outside with plenty of extra tables and chairs along with 2 port-a-potties as well as the 2 inside bathroom stalls.

Players: Capped at 80 players (open to anyone)

Registration: All registration is handled through Eventbrite. Tickets go on sale 3/13 at 9:00pm eastern. Eventbrite simply reserves you a “free ticket”. Once you secure your “free ticket” you then have 48 hours to send in your entry fee using the Friends & Family method of Paypal to firststateflippers@gmail.com

When registering on Eventbrite you are allowed to buy up to 3 tickets at once. Registration closes on 5/12 at 5pm eastern. NOTE - When signing up for the waitlist, you can only sign up one person at a time.

Also, You CANNOT sign up for individual tournaments for this event. Your single entry fee automatically signs you up for all 5 events

If you pre-register and can’t make it please email firststateflippers@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can let the next person on the waitlist know so they can make plans to attend.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday 6PM - 10PM Practice Session
Friday 8AM - Doors Open and practice starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Friday 9AM - 5PM “30 points” Target Match Play Tournament with 3/2/1/0 scoring – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Friday 12:30ish Lunch Break
Friday 5-6PM - Dinner Break in-between tournaments
Friday 6PM - Midnight - 8 Strike Fair Strikes Classics Tournament – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Saturday 8AM - Doors Open Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Saturday 9AM - 4PM - Main Event 12 Round Match Play qualifying (finals on Sunday) – $65 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Saturday 12:00ish Lunch Break
Saturday 4-5PM - Dinner Break In-between Tournaments
Saturday 5PM - Midnight - 10 Strike Progressive Knockout Tournament – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Sunday 8AM – Doors Open Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Sunday 9AM – Main Event Finals start (carry over from Saturday Main Event)
Sunday 9:15AM - 3 Strike Knockout Tournament – $0 (free tournament with WPPR’s and Trophies on the line)
***No Lunch Break on Sunday***
Sunday has 2 separate events running concurrently. The Main finals are only for the top 24 players that qualified for it based on Saturday’s 12 round Match play qualifying.

The 3 strike group knockout tournament on Sunday is open to anyone who wants to play in it INCLUDING the top 24 qualifiers who are playing in the “Main finals”. If you play in both tournaments at the same time you will run the risk of causing an ‘intentional delay’ of more than 60 seconds, as defined by IFPA rules, which will result in a warning for the first offense and a score of zero for second and subsequent offenses.

PRIZES:
Cash Prizes for the top 16 players in the Main Event
Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Friday Morning Target Match Play Tournament.
Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Friday Night Fair Strikes Classic Tournament.
Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Saturday Night 10 Strike Progressive Tournament.
No Cash Prizes for the Sunday 3 strike knockout tournament. WPPR points and trophies!
You can win up to 4 different cash prizes based on how well you play in each tournament!

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Event 4: Progressive 10 Strike Knockout Tournament

Saturday May 14th
5PM Tournament Starts or after Main Qualifying Ends

$20 Tournament Fee - 100% tournament fees paid back to players as prize money

Tournament will use all 45+ Pinball Machines at the Delaware Pinball Collective. We will try our best to alternate the era of games played on. One round will be LCD/DMD games and the next round will be Classics/EM games. The matchplay software will pick the games played and will match the players up in groups.

You will play in groups of 4 players (3 when necessary), random seeding to start, then swiss style pairing thereafter. 4 player groups get 0/1/2/3 strikes per round (1 game per round), 3 player groups get 0/1/2 strikes per round. Once you receive 10 strikes you are out of the tournament. Once Eliminated, you may stay and play all the games on free play the rest of the night.

Tiebreakers for position 1-8 only will be determined by a 1 game playoff with a random game selected order selected by random draw.

Top 4 will receive Trophies/Plaques, Top 8 will receive Cash Prizes