Results for the Launch Party event on March 03, 2024
| Pos | Player | Rank | Rating | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Meserve | 411 | 1721.69 | 12.40 |
| 2 | Ray Ford | 590 | 1659.88 | 8.05 |
| 3 | Nikolas Poklitar | 3239 | 1521.41 | 5.98 |
| 3 | Brad Holliday | 2651 | 1721.54 | 5.98 |
| 5 | Colin MacAlpine | 32 | 1926.81 | 3.54 |
| 6 | Jonathon Morales | 552 | 1651.76 | 2.77 |
| 7 | Robert Byers | 43 | 1729.63 | 2.19 |
| 8 | Tim Froehlich | 12678 | 1188.76 | 1.77 |
| 9 | Grant Birdwell | 4494 | 1221.53 | 1.44 |
| 10 | Christopher Welch | 2256 | 1397.64 | 1.20 |
| 11 | Keb Gallows | 2772 | 1605.52 | 1.03 |
| 12 | Kevin Fincher | 9471 | 1155.10 | 0.91 |
| 13 | Nadia Didehbani | 7183 | 1280.30 | 0.82 |
| 14 | Amanda Fincher | 4789 | 1339.86 | 0.76 |
| 15 | Jeremy Johnson | 3600 | 1404.81 | 0.71 |
| 16 | Levi Hailey | 20250 | 1109.68 | 0.68 |
| 17 | Neil Wilson | 8874 | 1300.49 | 0.64 |
| 18 | Rebecca Salam | 2674 | 1419.71 | 0.60 |
| 19 | Wayne Parks | 8764 | 1316.34 | 0.56 |
| 20 | Matty Gore | 5892 | 1560.90 | 0.53 |
| 21 | Matt Oldfield | 5963 | 1290.15 | 0.49 |
| 22 | Nicholas de la | 41932 | Not Rated | 0.45 |
| 23 | Kelli Raisler | 16730 | 1313.44 | 0.41 |
| 24 | Haley Bonds | 9961 | 1278.66 | 0.38 |
| 25 | Cayman Kai | 13814 | 1278.12 | 0.34 |
| 26 | Joel Davis | 26964 | 1157.21 | 0.30 |
| 27 | Tom Montana | 3211 | 1390.05 | 0.26 |
| 28 | Clint Davis | 36149 | 991.76 | 0.23 |
| 29 | Victor Evans | 2236 | 1461.47 | 0.19 |
| 30 | Ruben Sanchez | 17499 | 1095.70 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Michael Raisler | 10679 | 1468.45 | 0.11 |
| 32 | Robie Rowley | 5043 | 1479.97 | 0.08 |
| 33 | Emily Glover-Wilson | 14402 | 1085.51 | 0.04 |
Location
Format Details
| Event Name : | Launch Party |
| Qualifying Format : | Matchplay Qualifying |
| Finals Format : | Match Play |
| Player Limit : | Unknown |
| Unlimited Qualifying? : | No |
Tournament Overview
Tournament Date: March 03, 2024
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
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