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Tournament Information

Director : David Dutton
Location : Northwich
Country : United Kingdom
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :6.35
Ratings Strength :3.45
Base Value : 21.5
Rated Players :43
Total (before TGP) : 31.3
TGP :100.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :31.31
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Results for the Main Tournament event on April 04, 2015

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Martin Ayub 34 1684.86 31.31
2 Andrew Foster 99 1764.02 22.49
3 Lukasz Romanowski 43 1715.88 18.01
4 Nick Marshall 286 1605.34 14.76
5 Garry Speight 995 1510.13 12.24
6 William Jarvis 198 1631.73 10.24
7 Dave Langley 969 1419.72 8.62
8 Ian Walmsley 14171 930.91 7.29
12 Mark Potter 551 1440.60 4.02
12 Craig Pullen 48 1754.82 4.02
12 Matt Vince 85 1510.92 4.02
12 Neil Fellender 787 1310.40 4.02
12 Shaun Harvey 2659 1302.04 4.02
12 Phil Dixon 689 1474.92 4.02
12 Stan Simpson 614 1549.14 4.02
12 Greg Mott 76 1562.89 4.02
28 Dan Williams UK 726 1554.37 1.67
28 Luke Wells UK 5231 1457.15 1.67
28 John Parkins 8753 1211.62 1.67
28 Carl Spiby 1754 1475.92 1.67
28 David Mainwaring 114 1540.40 1.67
28 Sverker Nordqvist 1038 1302.24 1.67
28 David Dodds 18857 Not Rated 1.67
28 Roger Valentine 5293 1321.47 1.67
28 Thin Ohn 11643 924.06 1.67
28 Oscar Evrenos 1459 1335.22 1.67
28 Douglas Robison 18857 Not Rated 1.67
28 Anthony Horne 18857 Not Rated 1.67
28 Roy Smith 18857 Not Rated 1.67
28 Chris Edis 972 1384.32 1.67
28 Julie Chambers UK 1918 1195.30 1.67
28 Aid Cooper 3612 1337.19 1.67
28 Kate Rothwell-Jackson 680 1366.56 1.67
28 Daniel Bradford 1380 1354.30 1.67
28 Peter Blakemore 49 1462.75 1.67
28 Paul Owen 1011 1414.71 1.67
28 Alan Syson 3089 1354.32 1.67
28 Nigel Lunt 3098 1319.11 1.67
28 Wayne Johns 170 1613.98 1.67
28 Tom Fletcher UK 18857 Not Rated 1.67
49 Colin Clunie 2353 1336.32 0.54
49 Kaz Clarke 18857 Not Rated 0.54
49 Shaun Curran 18857 Not Rated 0.54
49 Simon Peacock 18857 Not Rated 0.54
49 Trigga Raynes 18857 Not Rated 0.54
49 Dave Willcox 1248 1230.37 0.54
49 Andy Pritchard 6302 1175.76 0.54
49 Dan Lewell 4700 1282.66 0.54
49 Eric Ridley 2926 1396.92 0.54
49 Paul Garner 2312 1321.11 0.54
49 Lynda Willcox 2224 1217.98 0.54
49 Gillian Tattersall 5859 1023.03 0.54
49 Thomas Evrenos 360 1429.06 0.54
49 Andre Preston 10795 1255.51 0.54
49 David Robinson 11060 1158.33 0.54
49 Gary Edge 18857 1121.86 0.54
49 Ailsa Clunie 3326 1223.62 0.54
49 Steven Smith UK 18857 Not Rated 0.54
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

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Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :
Finals Format : Unknown
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: April 04, 2015

Paid entry to 8BitFlip is needed to enter the tournament.

1. The competition will consist of a series of rounds, in each of which players will play head to head on a number of machines drawn at random from all the machines at the show.

2. If all players agree, they may request one substitute machine in each round (to avoid playing a malfunctioning or badly set up game)

3. Maximum competition entries will be limited to 64

4. Prizes will be awarded for the top 4 places based on a proportion of the total entry fees

5. Competition players will be required to wait in line to play their competition machines; any players observed flouting this rule will be disqualified from the remainder of the competition.

Round 1 (seeding) - Players divided into pairs: 64 players, 32 machines, Best of 5,

Round 2 - Players divided into two groups – “round 1 winners” and “round 1 losers”. Within each group, players divided into fours. Round 1 winners: the top placed player in each four in this round gets a bye to round 4. The bottom placed players drop out The other players progress to round 3. Round 1 losers:The top 2 placed players in each four progress to round 3. The bottom 2 placed players drop out. (5 games)

Round 3 - Remaining players (who will have won one round and lost one round) divided into fours; lowest 3 places drop out. (5 games)

Round 4 - Winners from round 3 and the byes from round 2 are divided into pairs. Losers drop out. (Best of 5 games)

Round 5 - Winners from round 4 are divided into pairs. Losers drop out. (Best of 5 games)

Round 6 - Final - Players play finals as a foursome. Each player chooses one game and one is drawn at random. (5 games)

Total, up to 25 meaningful games played. 64 players. 100% TGP.

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament April 15, 2017 MAIN Martin Ayub
Main Tournament March 26, 2016 MAIN William Jarvis

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