** 4 events in 3 days **
** Bonus 5th event on Thursday night **
** Main Event will be IFPA certified and WPPRS will be worth 250%! **
** All 24 players making Sunday Main Event Finals will cash!! **
** REGISTRATION GOES LIVE ON October 8th at 9pm eastern. This event requires pre-registration **
****NO WALK INS ALLOWED. Open to anyone. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS*******

What: 4 events in 3 days with the Main Tournament (Saturday Qualifying with Sunday Finals) being IFPA certified for 250% WPPRS! Plus a 5th, bonus event on Thursday night (12/7) that has its own entry fee and registration (see Eventbrite for details)

When: 12/8/23 to 12/10/23. 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 that you will be late, you will be removed from tournament.

Where: The lavish Delaware Pinball Collective - 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 the tournament will start at 9am except the Sunday 3 Strike Tournament which will start around 9:30AM

Cost: MEMBERS $230 ($75 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $155 to cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts).
NON-MEMBERS $260 ($105 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $155 to cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts)

Must be paid in full within 48 hours using Paypal's Friends & Family. Send all payments to firststateflippers@gmail.com

Make sure you read and understand the Refund Policy stated below.
+Bottled water provided for 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 50+ machines all on free play for the entire weekend
+Sodas/Coffee will cost $1 each
+Energy drinks will cost $3 each
+You are allowed to bring food to the event. Also, please bring your own cooler!
+We will have a tent setup outside with extra tables and chairs along with 2 port-a-potties as well as the 2 inside bathroom stalls.

Tournament Fees are separated out and 100% of the tournament fees go back to the players as cash prizes.

Players: Capped at 80 players (open to anyone)

Registration: All registration is handled through Eventbrite. Tickets go on sale October 8th 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 12/6 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 4 events. Remember, the Thursday event is a separate event with a separate entry fee and separate registration.

We will not be offering individual tournament registrations for these tournaments.

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

REGISTRATION URL:

https://2023delawarepinballopen.eventbrite.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday 7PM - 11PM - Bonus Tournament. 4-Hour Classics Only Group Matchplay. Separate Entry fee and separate registration. Open to anyone. See Eventbrite for details

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
Friday 12:30-1pm Short Lunch Break
Friday 5-5:50PM - Dinner Break in-between tournaments
Friday 6PM - Midnight - 8 Strike Fair Strikes, Classics Only Tournament
Saturday 8AM - Doors Open and Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Saturday 9AM - 3PM - Main Event Part 1. Match Play qualifying (Rounds 1-10)
Saturday 12:30ish Short Lunch Break (Only if the tournament is running on schedule)
Saturday 4-4:50PM - Dinner Break In-between Part 1 and Part 2
Saturday 5PM - 11PM - Main Event Part 2. Match Play qualifying (Rounds 11-20). Finals will be held on Sunday.
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's Main Event)
Sunday 9:30AM - 3 Strike Knockout Tournament
***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 20 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 24 players in the Main Event plus trophy to 1st place
Plaques/trophies/medals for top 4 in each tournament
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 4 players in the Sunday 3 strike knockout tournament.

EXAMPLES OF PAYOUTS BELOW BASED ON 80 PLAYERS
***Main Tournament with $85 Tournament Fee
Main Cash Prizes % for 1st-24th
1st 28%
2nd 18%
3rd 8%
4th 6%
5th-8th 4% each
9th-16th 2% each
17th-24th 1% each

*Main Tournament Example assuming 80 players we will have $6800 in the pot — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $1904
2nd $1224
3rd $544
4th $408
5th-8th $272 each
9th-16th $136 each
17th-24th $68 each

***The 2 Friday night tournaments with $30 Tournament Fees
Cash Prizes for 1st-8th
1st 35%
2nd 20%
3rd 15%
4th 10%
5th-8th 5% each

*Example assuming 80 players in each event we will have $2,400 in the pot PER tournament — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $840
2nd $480
3rd $360
4th $240
5th-8th $120 each

***Sunday Strikes Tournament with $10 Tournament Fee (40/30/20/10)

*Example assuming 80 players in the event we will have $800 in the pot - actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $320
2nd $240
3rd $160
4th $80

The prize money awarded at the tournament is final. The tournament director’s decisions on rulings are final. You agree to these terms by signing up. You can’t come back after the tournaments are finalized and dispute your finishing position or prize payout. Any discrepancies need to be brought up immediately to the main tournament director, at and during, the tournaments themselves.


Event 1: Target Match Play Tournament of 30 Points with 3/2/1/0 scoring

Friday December 8th, 9am to 5pm

8AM Doors Open for practice and check in. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements.
9AM Tournament starts

$30 Tournament Fee - 100% gets paid out as prize money for top 8

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.

This is a Group Match Play Tournament with Swiss pairing and 4 players (3 if necessary) in each group. Scoring is based on player performance for that one machine (3/2/1/0) or (3/1.5/0). This will be added to a running total for the tournament. The first player to reach 30 points is declared the winner and the tournament is over. If multiple players reach the target score on the same round the player with the higher total is the winner. If they are tied a randomly drawn game will be selected for the tiebreaker. Only ties between 1st place will be broken with a 1 game tie breaker for the affected players. No playoffs or finals for this event. Automatic Tiebreakers in the Match Play software will be turned on and will supersede any tie other than a tie for 1st place. A tie for first place will result in a 1 game playoff.

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


CURRENT GAME LIST (always subject to change):
ACDC Premium
Avengers Infinity Quest Premium
Bank Shot
Banzai Run
Beatles
Black Jack
Bobby Orr's Power Play
Cactus Canyon
Cherry Bell
Comet
Conquest 200
Count-Down
Deadpool Premium
Dealer's Chouce
Demolition Man
Dialed In LE
Flight 2000
Foo Fighter (Pro)
Future Spa
Galactic Tank Force
Godzilla PREMIUM
Grand Prix (EM)
Guardians of the Galaxy PRO
Harlem Globetrotters
Hot Shot
James Bond Pro
Joker Poker (SS)
Jurassic Park (Pro)
Laser War
Meteor
Monster Bash Remake SE
NBA Fastbreak #1`
NBA Fastbreak #2
Night Moves
Nitro Ground Shaker
Pro-Football
Quicksilver
Rollergames - Tournament ROM
Sinbad
Space Shuttle
Spider Man Black - No Center post. Dock Ock set to hard
Spirit of 76
Star Trek PRO
Stars
TMNT Pro - Virtual locks on. SIC disabled.
The Addams Family
Theatre of Magic - Tournament ROM
Torpedo Alley
TNA
Tron
Wheel of Fortune - 6.02 ROM. For MB must hit each stand up
Whirlwind
White Water
Wild Fyre
World Cup Soccer 94
Wrestlemania

NOTE - The format and rules are subject to change.

REFUND POLICY FOR THE 2023 DELAWARE PINBALL OPEN:

You cannot ‘sell’ your tournament registration to another player. You need to contact Chad Hastings if you want to cancel your registration for this event. DO NOT CANCEL THROUGH EVENTBRITE. If you cancel your registration by the following dates we will send you back a refund based on the conditions below. Anyone from the waitlist who gets in will still have to abide by the below refund dates so please make sure you want to attend before you send your money.

Registration Cancellation Dates & Refunds:
Before Wednesday November 1st, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 100% REFUND
Before Wednesday November 15th, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 75% REFUND
Before Wednesday December 1st, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 50% REFUND
NO REFUNDS AFTER DECEMBER 1ST

If you participate in only part of the 4 tournaments or can’t continue, no refunds will be given either.