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VIPE Best Card Championship 2023

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Tournament Information

Director : Tyler Bates
Location : Nanaimo, BC
Country : Canada
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :2.27
Ratings Strength :3.66
Base Value : 21.5
Rated Players :43
Total (before TGP) : 27.43
TGP :92.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :25.23
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Results for the Main Tournament event on October 01, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Michael Rausch 208 1585.13 25.23
3 Ron DeCastro 1578 1508.16 14.51
3 Tony Batti 435 1531.98 14.51
3 Rob Moller 987 1466.72 14.51
5 Chantelle Mercier 2090 1362.22 9.84
5 John walker 3483 1445.72 9.84
7 David Seath 1743 1453.63 6.89
8 Trevor Hamre 4278 1368.30 5.82
9 Robert Gagno 97 1635.63 4.94
10 Corey Hobe 926 1521.96 4.22
10 Karrie Hill 895 1456.37 4.22
12 Sean Lind 80 1640.91 3.15
13 Sara Little 434 1636.06 2.77
14 Emily Reilhan 708 1635.02 2.44
15 Jason Gordon 1513 1578.96 2.20
15 Kevin Coffey 1767 1396.64 2.20
17 Dan Horne 501 1531.20 1.85
18 Riley Mangelsen 1056 1567.58 1.73
19 Jeremy Matthews 2601 1463.25 1.64
20 Wes Balla 332 1687.00 1.56
20 Garrett Wolf 1452 1493.37 1.56
22 Jason Bakken 13230 1230.00 1.44
23 Lauren Aquino 3803 1253.58 1.39
24 Jen Cox 7529 1309.84 1.34
25 John Zarecki 3944 1373.44 1.29
26 John Hall CAN 4904 1399.75 1.24
26 Warren Rich 11124 1269.95 1.24
28 Phoenix Ramsay 6515 1215.00 1.13
29 Denham Wall 2690 1448.86 1.08
30 Alexandria Stuart 7293 1222.02 1.03
31 Doug Ramsay 2573 1439.38 0.98
32 Dean Gray 6074 1291.70 0.93
33 Derek English 19951 1062.11 0.88
34 Kristin Vick 2224 1562.02 0.82
35 Ryan Cunningham 9882 1137.34 0.77
36 Andrea Brumwell 2684 1346.40 0.72
36 Emily Beirne 8923 1412.07 0.72
38 Rob Hatfield 15702 1226.14 0.62
39 Colin Parker BC 12360 1029.29 0.57
40 Dave Grant 658 1583.84 0.52
40 Brendan Robbins 1728 1474.23 0.52
42 Davis Gauder 14032 1149.57 0.41
42 Michael Griffiths 20640 967.11 0.41
44 Ben Simmons 1230 1519.07 0.31
45 Ally Badger 9602 1144.56 0.26
46 Sharon La France 10222 979.30 0.21
47 Kelli Goins 2600 1252.14 0.15
48 Janell Robbins 7364 1076.50 0.10
49 Shane Seifried 7066 1147.12 0.05
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


2388 Cedar rd Nanaimo BC

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Card Format
Finals Format : Match Play
Player Limit : 100
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: September 29, 2023
End Date: October 01, 2023

The VIPE Best Card tournament pays homage to the old PAPA World Pinball Championship and current INDISC Open Championship format. It is a card based style tournament that will bring out the very best players to compete for the chance to be the champion of the event. This is limited entry event with no buy, it comes with any VIPE VIP Tournament pass. Tickets are available now at www.vipinballexpo.com

Entry Fees

You must purchase a VIP Tournament Bundle to play in this event, there will be no in event registration for this tournament.
Each registered player will receive 5 cards in which they can play throughout the qualification hours.
This tournament will be hard capped at 100 competitors.
All tournament entries are non-refundable, play at your own risk, unused entries are the responsibility of the competitor.

General Information

The tournament will be using a limited entry PAPA 5 machine card style using PAPA position/rank scoring (1st 100, 2nd 95, 3rd 90, 89, 88, 87…) for each machine.
The only way to participate in the tournament is to purchase a VIP Tournament Bundle.
Top 16 scores will qualify for playoffs. See detailed rules for tiebreaker.
Machine list to be updated closer to the event.
All rules, malfunctions and rules, machine settings and player conduct to be based on PAPA rules.
Extra Balls will be Turned Off or a sign posted to Play Extra Balls on Particular games if needed.
A detailed listing of all the rules being used for this event can be found on our rules page.
If there is a malfunction, the tournament director reserves the right to include a machine from the proper era from the VIPE Match Play or Knockout Cancer Pinball tournament or Free Play area to fill in the banks for playoffs.

Best Card Bank Hours

Friday 12:00pm-4:00pm
Saturday 4:00pm-10:30pm
Sunday 9:00am- 11:30am

Playoffs Information

Finals start at 12:00PM on Sunday.
Each elimination round will be a three game Professional & Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA) four player format (4,2,1,0 scoring) knockout round with two players
There will be 9 machines for the final
Highest seeded players get the choice of machine or position. Once a group chooses a machine, no other group can pick it. Once the player chooses a machine their group will play the next two after the pick, if there is a tiebreaker they play the next machine after the last one they played. (ex. Player picks #2 machine, then #3, #4 are automatically played, tiebreaker happens on #5).
Positions are chosen again after each machine is played based on the worst finisher getting choice.
The player that chooses the machine cannot pick the same chosen machine twice during the entire playoff round

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