International Flipper Pinball Association!

Southland Mega Matchplay

Event Name
Main Tournament

When
Feb 17, 2024 to Feb 18, 2024

Location
Middleburg Heights, OH, United States

Director
John Delzoppo

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Stephen Prusa	114.78	105	1919.47	105 -> 87	1919.47 -> 1957.79	57.34 -> 58.64	92 -> 72
2	David Riel	89.81	94	1863.78	94 -> 80	1863.78 -> 1893.14	32.31 -> 33.24	79 -> 66
2	John Delzoppo	89.81	33	1878.45	33 -> 32	1878.45 -> 1903.65	43.92 -> 44.49	34 -> 31
4	Aaron RIch	66.13	63	1744.43	63 -> 58	1744.43 -> 1785.43	33.16 -> 33.66	67 -> 63
5	Jared Schmidt	57.81	157	1802.24	157 -> 144	1802.24 -> 1837.24	25.33 -> 25.88	142 -> 129
6	Andrew Lee	50.84	119	1865.35	119 -> 114	1865.35 -> 1883.02	36.25 -> 36.56	105 -> 97
7	Mike Winzinek	44.89	2155	1643.08	2155 -> 1444	1643.08 -> 1687.4	17.35 -> 20.86
8	Ken Guenther	39.77	1564	1487.93	1564 -> 1179	1487.93 -> 1550.88	13.21 -> 14.76
9	Tim Kerro	35.33	1056	1487.79	1056 -> 870	1487.79 -> 1546.37	15.78 -> 17.09
10	Terrence Carl	31.45	2603	1347.52	2603 -> 1927	1347.52 -> 1426.52	11.33 -> 13.05
11	Evan Bingham	28.06	1250	1605.71	1250 -> 1027	1605.71 -> 1641.78	18.86 -> 19.53
12	Aleksander Kaczmarczyk	25.09	202	2000.50	202 -> 201	2000.50 -> 1973.96	59.61 -> 57.01	183 -> 181
12	Jesse Baker	25.09	390	1861.96	390 -> 375	1861.96 -> 1857.24	51.42 -> 50.03
14	Gary Hartz	20.18	239	1775.28	239 -> 234	1775.28 -> 1778.56	20.87 -> 20.79	224 -> 221
15	Tedd Mirgliotta	18.17	1190	1387.92	1190 -> 1078	1387.92 -> 1453.94	10.67 -> 10.85
16	Adam Krzeminski	16.41	1224	1573.19	1224 -> 1140	1573.19 -> 1613.82	13.52 -> 13.65
17	DJ Toth	14.88	776	1624.16	776 -> 731	1624.16 -> 1640.13	12.3 -> 12.33
17	Cody Webb	14.88	175	1696.04	175 -> 177	1696.04 -> 1699.99	20.5 -> 20.37
19	Galvin Morgan	12.37	187	1727.80	187 -> 189	1727.80 -> 1722.26	27.57 -> 26.85	170 -> 171
20	Rod Lawrence	11.34	461	1672.08		1672.08 -> 1672.21	31.67 -> 30.59
20	Nic Shayko	11.34	1265	1587.11	1265 -> 1209	1587.11 -> 1603.95	12.67 -> 12.51
23	Russell Crane	9.06	2309	1509.23	2309 -> 2159	1509.23 -> 1534.88	9.65 -> 9.51
23	Wiener	9.06	2009	1496.65	2009 -> 1920	1496.65 -> 1527.1	9.54 -> 9.42
23	Holly Koskinen	9.06	744	1585.40	744 -> 740	1585.40 -> 1595.58	9.61 -> 9.57
25	Mark Houghton	8.02	4937	1328.09	4937 -> 4276	1328.09 -> 1384.05	5.57 -> 5.75
26	Zak Bowers	7.62	326	1729.64	326 -> 330	1729.64 -> 1701.48	20.44 -> 20.03
27	Mark Brown OH	7.27	437	1713.46	437 -> 440	1713.46 -> 1686.07	24.08 -> 23.44
28	Michael Sakowitz	6.97	3580	1518.93	3580 -> 3292	1518.93 -> 1530.69	10.53 -> 9.8
29	Mark Biszantz	6.71	3880	1245.54	3880 -> 3531	1245.54 -> 1315.59	5.46 -> 5.51
30	Nolan Liem	6.48	3129	1341.57	3129 -> 2924	1341.57 -> 1388.04	5.95 -> 5.92
31	Beau Pendleton	6.28	670	1542.93	670 -> 673	1542.93 -> 1540.89	13.04 -> 12.83
32	Matt E Owen	6.09	3557	1389.71	3557 -> 3331	1389.71 -> 1422.22	4.7 -> 4.75
33	Brent Reed	5.91	1706	1439.50	1706 -> 1687	1439.50 -> 1457.11	7.76 -> 7.63
34	Bill Taylor	5.74	845	1574.89	845 -> 848	1574.89 -> 1558.8	23.67 -> 22.1
35	Chad Hobbs	5.57	907	1691.05	907 -> 911	1691.05 -> 1645.69	20.54 -> 19.55
36	Tim Breidenstein	5.39	977	1578.30	977 -> 983	1578.30 -> 1556.01	13.74 -> 13.28
37	Dickey Scott	5.22	2180	1472.59	2180 -> 2130	1472.59 -> 1472.23	8.68 -> 8.43
38	Paul Ellis OH	5.04	2279	1446.96	2279 -> 2231	1446.96 -> 1450.85	11.07 -> 10.49
39	Ryan Weber-Myers	4.87	12336	1454.44	12336 -> 8785	1454.44 -> 1451.22	7.2 -> 5.16
40	Brett Gilliland	4.70	5033	1479.81	5033 -> 4657	1479.81 -> 1453.43	8.8 -> 7.53
41	Kyle Shepard	4.52	2498	1462.38	2498 -> 2476	1462.38 -> 1452.7	6.36 -> 6.22
42	Chris Weber	4.35	2655	1465.08	2655 -> 2557	1465.08 -> 1451.55	13.03 -> 11.57
43	Adam Barney	4.17	23095	994.25	23095 -> 11266	994.25 -> 1198.98	2.03 -> 3.32
44	Sydnee Deventer	4.00	722	1547.99	722 -> 729	1547.99 -> 1510.98	14.73 -> 14.29
45	BT Rambeau	3.83	3451	1515.97	3451 -> 3360	1515.97 -> 1481.63	7.58 -> 7.2
46	Bryan Shay	3.65	5705	1235.52	5705 -> 5268	1235.52 -> 1259.42	2.97 -> 3
47	Justis Estell	3.48	6342	1283.78	6342 -> 5784	1283.78 -> 1294.58	4.82 -> 4.45
48	Lucas Berger	3.30	5068	1381.39	5068 -> 4799	1381.39 -> 1369.47	8.42 -> 7
49	Sarah Kunz	3.13	7792	1140.13	7792 -> 6974	1140.13 -> 1173.46	2.29 -> 2.37
50	Kevin Vogl	2.96	2681	1399.86	2681 -> 2675	1399.86 -> 1378.02	7.68 -> 7.29
51	Evan Druso	2.78	3365	1481.50	3365 -> 3272	1481.50 -> 1437.59	11.53 -> 9.63
52	Nicole Turk	2.61	2539	1497.42	2539 -> 2513	1497.42 -> 1446.51	6.03 -> 5.72
53	Rachel Fisher	2.43	6576	1211.31	6576 -> 6172	1211.31 -> 1217.14	3.83 -> 3.56
54	Joe Miller OH	2.26	8230	1217.68	8230 -> 7492	1217.68 -> 1217.23	3.08 -> 2.79
55	Michael Trombetta	2.09	2936	1359.19	2936 -> 2914	1359.19 -> 1327.17	5.45 -> 5.18
56	Jaden Rich	1.91	13513	1261.40	13513 -> 11196	1261.40 -> 1243.28	4.88 -> 2.76
57	Sabrina Dugandzic	1.74	6031	1229.04	6031 -> 5799	1229.04 -> 1217.12	2.94 -> 2.75
58	Justen McMahan	1.57	6371	1399.43	6371 -> 6097	1399.43 -> 1351.87	5.21 -> 4.22
59	Richard Rulong	1.39	1673	1521.65	1673 -> 1674	1521.65 -> 1447.48	10.68 -> 10.1
60	Jon Geier	1.22	2980	1420.00	2980 -> 2998	1420.00 -> 1359.17	6.46 -> 5.97
61	Mark Dunlevy	1.04	7033	1292.26	7033 -> 6795	1292.26 -> 1254.82	4.31 -> 3.4
62	Krista Liem	0.87	5536	1279.56	5536 -> 5568	1279.56 -> 1243	3.19 -> 2.94
63	Alyssa Goodwin	0.70	13242	1226.27	13242 -> 12320	1226.27 -> 1173.18	5.15 -> 2.16
64	Austin Deventer	0.52	680	1570.90	680 -> 684	1570.90 -> 1476.22	14.65 -> 14.09
65	Chris Pavlic	0.35	3745	1398.24	3745 -> 3758	1398.24 -> 1331.38	5.58 -> 5.14
66	JD Chips	0.17	3138	1302.85	3138 -> 3149	1302.85 -> 1247.6	7.07 -> 6.2

Highlighted players are not applied to the strength calculations as the player hasn't played in more than 5 tournaments.

Additional Details

Address

6800 W 130th St Middleburg Heights, OH 44130

Registration Opens
January 13, 2024

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

68

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Match Play

Overall

Cleveland Pinball League Presents...

SOUTHLAND MEGA MATCHPLAY

Saturday February 17 (Qualifying)
Sunday February 18 (Playoffs)

200% TGP
Certified Boost to 250% WPPR value with 48+ players

68 PLAYER LIMIT

PRE-REGISTRATION
Goes live Saturday January 13 at 2pm
Eventbrite link available on Facebook event page
Waitlist will be available upon sellout

ENTRY FEES
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$20 Cash Entry Fee + Coin Drop
Bring cash! No ATM on site
Change machines are available

SIDE POT!
Optional additional $20 buy-in for the high rollers
See Prize Pool section for details

All entry fees are paid out as prize money
IFPA fees sponsored by Southland

QUALIFYING
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20 Rounds of Matchplay
Balanced groupings (not Swiss)
Balanced game draws
7/5/3/1 scoring in 4 player groups
7/4/1 scoring in 3 player groups

48+ Players - Top 24 make playoffs (top 8 bye)
32 - 47 Players - Top 16 make playoffs (no byes)
24 - 31 Players - Top 12 make playoffs (top 4 bye)
16 - 23 Players - Top 8 make playoffs (no byes)
Ties on the qualifying bubble or bye bubble will be played out on a randomly selected Old/Mid game

PLAYOFFS
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PAPA Format
3 Game Rounds
4/2/1/0 Scoring
High seed chooses games
Old/Mid/New - one game from each era
Cannot choose the same game in consecutive rounds
Ties to advance will be played on a randomly selected Old/Mid game

SCHEDULE
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-Saturday-
10am - Doors open / Practice time
10:45 - Announcements
11am - Qualifying begins
~2:30pm - 30 minute break after Round 6
~7:30pm - 60 minute break after Round 13
~12am - Qualifying ends**

-Sunday-
10am - Doors open for Check-In / Practice
11am - First Round begins
~1pm - Quarterfinals begin
(short lunch break)
~3pm - Semifinals begin
~5pm - Finals begin
7pm - Latest estimated ending time

(Playoffs rounds are estimated as 1.5 - 2 hours)

**If the player count is under 48 players we will not start any new rounds after Midnight, even if we haven't hit the 20 rounds as scheduled. 20 round minimum for the IFPA Certified TGP Boost is only relevant with 48+ players.

PRIZE POOL
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- Prize pool is determined by the number of participants
- Missed cut consolation $20 cash bonus for top qualifier below the qualifying cut line ranked outside IFPA top 3000
- Playoffs will pay out only to those who advance past the first round on Sunday

EXAMPLE: 68 players (full field)
Entry fees collected = $1360
Trophy cost = $100
Missed cut consolation = $20
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Remaining Prize Pool = $1240
1st Place = $300 + Trophy
2nd Place = $220
3rd Place = $180
4th Place = $140
5th - 8th = $60
9th - 16th = $20
17th - 24th - no cash

Payouts listed here are used as a general guide and actual amounts may be rounded up or down for simplicity

SIDE POT PAYOUT
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Top 4 who paid into the Side Pot will get paid as percentage splits in addition to the main prize pool
1st - 50%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%

GAME LIST
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- Look on Matchplay website for the most up to date arena list as the event nears
- Games will be split into Old/Mid/New categories in a logical way for Playoffs only

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 32
Total (before TGP) 45.91
TGP 200%
Event Booster 125%
Tour Value 114.78

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 5.63
Ratings Strength 8.28
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 66
Rated Players 65

Player Locations

United States 66

Age Distribution

12-18 1
19-25 3
26-35 8
35-45 9
45-55 7
56-65 6

Event	Date	Ranking System	Winner
Main Tournament	November 19, 2023	MAIN	Scout Bevans
Main Tournament	August 20, 2023	MAIN	Aaron RIch
Main Tournament	May 07, 2023	MAIN	Aaron RIch
Main Tournament	March 05, 2023	MAIN	Stephen Prusa