International Flipper Pinball Association!

JAWS Austin Open Launch Party

Event Name
Launch Party

When
Mar 03, 2024

Location
Austin, TX, United States

Director
Austin Belles

Ranking System
Main

Information
Website

Show Impact

					Change Effect
Pos	Player	Points	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Eff	Pro
1	Mark Meserve	12.40	411	1721.68	411 -> 406	1721.68 -> 1744.32	20.04 -> 20.42
2	Ray Ford	8.05	589	1659.80	589 -> 590	1659.80 -> 1685.5	24.4 -> 24.67
3	Nikolas Poklitar	5.98	3241	1521.35	3241 -> 3009	1521.35 -> 1556.21	16.99 -> 18.2
3	Brad Holliday	5.98	2652	1721.53	2652 -> 2514	1721.53 -> 1736.52	28.89 -> 29.6
5	Colin MacAlpine	3.54	32	1926.79	32 -> 33	1926.79 -> 1919.41	40.96 -> 40.94
6	Jonathon Morales	2.77	552	1651.71		1651.71 -> 1662.81	30.83 -> 30.75
7	Robert Byers	2.19	43	1729.61		1729.61 -> 1729.08	37.88 -> 37.84
8	Tim Froehlich	1.77	12675	1188.70	12675 -> 10921	1188.70 -> 1275.67	3.22 -> 4.32
9	Grant Birdwell	1.44	4498	1221.46	4498 -> 4455	1221.46 -> 1279.7	3.13 -> 3.19
10	Christopher Welch	1.20	2255	1397.56	2255 -> 2268	1397.56 -> 1424.43	8.31 -> 8.32
11	Keb Gallows	1.03	2773	1605.46	2773 -> 2780	1605.46 -> 1600.1	16.38 -> 16.2
12	Kevin Fincher	0.91	9468	1155.02	9468 -> 9082	1155.02 -> 1210.56	1.65 -> 1.79
13	Nadia Didehbani	0.82	7183	1280.18	7183 -> 6997	1280.18 -> 1312.15	4.86 -> 4.94
14	Amanda Fincher	0.76	4789	1339.74	4789 -> 4767	1339.74 -> 1360.33	6.45 -> 6.45
15	Jeremy Johnson	0.71	3601	1404.81	3601 -> 3611	1404.81 -> 1408.08	6.48 -> 6.47
16	Levi Hailey	0.68	20244	1109.65	20244 -> 16903	1109.65 -> 1200.35	2.41 -> 3.17
17	Neil Wilson	0.64	8873	1300.40	8873 -> 8694	1300.40 -> 1312.58	4.99 -> 5
18	Rebecca Salam	0.60	2676	1419.45	2676 -> 2685	1419.45 -> 1409.13	4.71 -> 4.71
19	Wayne Parks	0.56	8761	1316.31	8761 -> 8606	1316.31 -> 1317.6	5.2 -> 5.16
20	Matty Gore	0.53	5892	1560.87	5892 -> 5838	1560.87 -> 1521.33	16.28 -> 15.19
21	Matt Oldfield	0.49	5962	1290.08	5962 -> 5929	1290.08 -> 1287.41	4.52 -> 4.51
22	Nicholas de la	0.45	41921	Not Rated	41921 -> 25387	Not Rated -> 1201.15	0 -> 3.63
23	Kelli Raisler	0.41	16725	1313.25	16725 -> 15544	1313.25 -> 1297.95	1.85 -> 1.98
24	Haley Bonds	0.38	9958	1278.36	9958 -> 9828	1278.36 -> 1263.62	4.76 -> 4.63
25	Cayman Kai	0.34	13811	1278.01	13811 -> 13273	1278.01 -> 1259.32	5.29 -> 4.82
26	Joel Davis	0.30	26954	1157.20	26954 -> 22439	1157.20 -> 1140.8	2.78 -> 2.64
27	Tom Montana	0.26	3212	1390.01	3212 -> 3219	1390.01 -> 1344.93	10.17 -> 10.03
28	Clint Davis	0.23	36147	991.76	36147 -> 27520	991.76 -> 1006.53	1.52 -> 1.68
29	Victor Evans	0.19	2236	1461.39	2236 -> 2244	1461.39 -> 1395.68	15.16 -> 14.97
30	Ruben Sanchez	0.15	17492	1095.68	17492 -> 16927	1095.68 -> 1071.67	2.22 -> 2.06
31	Michael Raisler	0.11	10675	1468.45	10675 -> 10611	1468.45 -> 1393.59	16.66 -> 13.67
32	Robie Rowley	0.08	5043	1479.91	5043 -> 5055	1479.91 -> 1398.8	11.39 -> 10.88
33	Emily Glover-Wilson	0.04	14397	1085.40	14397 -> 14355	1085.40 -> 1055.02	2.32 -> 2.11

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

Additional Details

Address

Epic Fun 7101 W State Highway 71, Austin, TX 78735

Registration Opens
Day of Tournament

Qualifying Format
Matchplay Qualifying

Player Limit

No Limit

Registration Fee
Check Tournament Website

Finals Format
Match Play

Overall

All skill levels, genders, and ages are welcome: No cap on players, and no pre-registration required. PRIZES FROM STERN!
Check in NO LATER THAN 3:45pm!!
Must bring CASH for the $10 tourney entry fee, preferably exact change -- the venue doesn't have cash to make change for you.
FORMAT: Either head-to-head Max MatchPlay or 4-player Group match play, depending on # of players and working pins.
Per the software designer, each player must stay for the entire tournament.
Tasty WPPRs and food/drinks.
- Food and drink specials: TBD (subject to change)
- Epic Fun covering the IFPA fee
- Added Novice Final!
- Door prizes!
Check in NO LATER THAN 3:45pm. If we use Max MatchPlay, once the tournament has started, I can't add more players.
Start time: 4pm.
[[Matchplay link to be added later]]
Door prizes: Pre-Loaded Game Card, and/or other Epic Fun swag
$10 cash tourney fee registration. Does not include coin drop. Pins are pay-as-you-go via an Epic Fun game card.
- The purse distributed equally between A and B division, 50-25-15-10% for 1st-4th in each Div., after subtracting Novice.
MMP: Everyone is guaranteed to play the same minimum # of head-to-head games, depending on the # of players attending.
- Targeting 3 hours of qualifying.
- Standings based on # of wins.
- Mid-way through the tourney, if we are not going at a pace to complete the # of games selected at the beginning or if we are ahead of pace to fit in more games, then TD's will reduce or increase, respectively, the # of games to be played, always keeping an even-numbered total # of games.
- New games will be generated when there are 2 pins available, initially, and then possibly waiting longer in later rounds, to make sure that all players can complete an equal # of games.
GMP: 4-player, and some 3-player games, as needed. No new rounds started after 3 hours. 7-5-3-1 and 7-4-1 scoring.
A & B Division 4-player finals using 4-pin multi-play format. PAPA scoring in finals (4-2-1-0) -- yes, only 4 players in each.
- Each finals group will play three adjacent pins (skipping any pins not included in tourney Arenas, and wrapping around)
- A division chooses first, then B division, and last Novice division.
- Top seed gets choice of picking ONE of the pins for finals, or choice of playing position. Next-best seed gets choice of picking one of the two pins on either side of prior pin selected, or choice of playing position. Third-best seed gets choice of picking one of the two pins on either side of the two prior pins selected, or choice of playing position. Fourth-best seed gets remaining choice.
- B division first pin chosen must be at least 3 pins "away" from the bank of pins for A division.
- Tiebreakers to qualify for finals settled by Matchplay software automatic tiebreaker.
- Tiebreakers for 1st in finals settled by 2-minute drill, better seed gets choice of different pin than finals, or position.
- No tiebreakers for 2nd+ place.
- B Div. requires 8+ players participating in total, and restricted to players ranked outside the Top 1,000 IFPA World Ranking and players who have not won B Division finals the last two times they've played in EF tourneys.
Novice Division finals on only one game. Top seed gets choice of available pin or playing order. Prize money gets paid to winner, depending on total # of players.
- Novice Div. requires 12+ players participating, in total, and restricted to players ranked outside the Top 5,000 IFPA World Ranking and players who have not won Novice finals 2+ times in the past year.
Any extra balls must be plunged and not played (though EB's should be turned off). No player disqualifications involving playing an EB out of turn.
There will be a Runaway Score rule, where at the discretion of a TD not involved in the match, the TD may have a player forego playing ball(s) if their score is far beyond the score of other players and beyond a reasonable score for 3-ball play. The TD may adjust the game to 4- or 5-ball play to allow the Runaway Score player to complete their game if one of the other players catch the Runaway Score.
All other rules according to current version of PAPA/IFPA Tournament Rules at ifpapinball.com

WPPR Snapshot

Base Value 15
Total (before TGP) 19.37
TGP 64%
Event Booster 100%
Tour Value 12.4

Tournament Strength

Ranking Strength 1.81
Ratings Strength 2.56
Average Ranking 15.15
Average Rating 17.11

Player Stats

Player Count 33
Rated Players 30

Player Locations

United States 33

Age Distribution

26-35 4
35-45 5
45-55 6