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Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show Main Tournament

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Tournament Information

Director : Tommy Bizzi
Location : Independence, OH
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :14.13
Ratings Strength :11.70
Base Value : 32
Rated Players :81
Total (before TGP) : 57.83
TGP :100.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :57.83
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Results for the Main Tournament event on September 12, 2021

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Jared August 51 1807.29 57.83
2 Aleksander Kaczmarczyk 9 2097.45 46.92
3 Raymond Davidson 2 1951.39 40.91
4 Luke Nahorniak 21 1801.60 36.24
5 Stephen Prusa 106 1940.62 32.39
6 Travis Murie 73 1832.65 29.10
7 David Riel 12 1855.85 26.24
8 Beau Pendleton 976 1538.73 23.74
11 tyrus eagle 923 1694.94 17.79
11 Jokton Strealy 389 1597.05 17.79
11 Jared Schmidt 333 1649.16 17.79
11 Tim Tournay 336 1439.42 17.79
11 Tyler Sutton 742 1554.95 17.79
15 Carlos Delaserda 150 1707.24 12.36
15 Tom Graf 64 1661.42 12.36
15 Bill Mason 102 1755.93 12.36
17 Rod Lawrence 172 1819.22 10.40
19 Brian Bower 427 1663.09 8.82
19 Chris Compton 293 1611.02 8.82
19 Bob Matthews 52 1786.90 8.82
21 Greg DeFeo 128 1736.13 7.53
22 Derek Price 29 1718.66 7.00
23 Nick Kiser 1573 1467.82 6.51
24 Chris Eagle 1225 1618.84 6.07
25 Polly Pocket 564 1505.30 5.69
26 Derek Fugate 151 1714.32 5.35
27 Bill Lembesis 411 1723.52 5.05
28 Mark Brown OH 295 1664.36 4.78
29 Steven Griffin 416 1586.53 4.53
30 Ken Grant 409 1675.31 4.33
31 Eric Russell CNY 583 1651.73 4.14
32 Andy Cushman 538 1530.81 3.98
33 Scott August 980 1620.22 3.84
34 Bob Swan Jr. 1047 1553.84 3.71
35 Michael Bair 1964 1542.51 3.60
36 Kevin Manne 2407 1507.67 3.51
37 Gary Hartz 654 1585.96 3.42
38 David Bushea 1422 1496.35 3.33
39 Amy Kesting 420 1535.45 3.26
40 Tommy Bizzi 400 1656.54 3.19
41 Cody Webb 467 1655.50 3.12
42 DJ Toth 730 1613.81 3.06
42 Michael Neuhoff 2058 1593.70 3.06
44 Suppressed Player 1002 1462.27 2.92
45 Jeff Serenka 2814 1504.13 2.86
46 Brian Dodd 346 1679.66 2.79
47 Andrew Beauseau 2226 1316.30 2.73
48 Jeffrey Wirth 5700 1366.77 2.66
49 Stacey Moritz 1326 1564.73 2.59
50 Adam McKinnie 88 1716.65 2.53
51 Logan Vaughn 1577 1500.42 2.46
52 Russell Crane 5065 1381.22 2.39
53 Richard Rulong 4530 1351.29 2.33
54 Kevin Brown USA 1863 1450.76 2.26
55 Ian Verschuren 1098 1474.51 2.19
56 John Garey 2455 1495.14 2.13
57 Nick Squires 718 1501.38 2.06
58 Angela Pecora 1382 1281.58 1.99
59 Stephanie Guida 2287 1427.95 1.93
60 Ed Pillo 3877 1512.41 1.86
61 Stephen Lawson 6550 1304.07 1.79
62 Kim Martinez 674 1463.30 1.73
63 Jeffrey Thompson 1764 1524.46 1.66
64 Jacob Swope 10570 1264.02 1.60
65 Dave Lancaster 517 1580.79 1.53
66 Tim Breidenstein 1330 1509.84 1.46
67 Clay Carr 1629 1510.02 1.40
68 Rob Presley 3768 1459.93 1.33
69 Tim LaTulip 6803 1347.46 1.26
70 Tedd Mirgliotta 2044 1477.12 1.20
71 Evan Bookbinder 196 1619.46 1.13
72 Dickey Scott 6561 1309.74 1.06
73 Derek Horton 11320 1155.74 1.00
74 Jen Ruper 1625 1398.27 0.93
75 Brett Kirchmeyer 11420 1208.61 0.86
76 Kevin Helmar 5754 1304.72 0.80
77 David DeSloover 1373 1455.21 0.73
78 Callie Holman 3406 1315.59 0.66
79 Aaron Ryan 1395 1311.59 0.60
80 Elena Kern 6753 1319.19 0.53
81 Monica Murie 4466 1194.86 0.47
81 Ken Fairbanks 4301 1419.36 0.47
83 Jeff Becker 3106 1504.62 0.33
83 Josh Collins 25552 1086.13 0.33
85 Zack Sparks 26302 941.23 0.20
86 Brad Powell 27542 Not Rated 0.13
87 Justin Barnes 27542 Not Rated 0.07
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


6001 Rockside Rd, Independence, OH 44131

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Best Game
Finals Format : Single Elimination
Player Limit : 200
Unlimited Qualifying? : No
Qualifying Hours for TGP : 29

Tournament Overview


Start Date: September 09, 2021
End Date: September 12, 2021

Herb-Style Tournament. IFPA approved.
Tournament is open to the public with paid admission.
The event will feature a Main tournament as well as a separate Classics tournament.
Tournament tickets are usable in either the classics or main tournament.
QUALIFYING
Pricing -
$10 for 4 Tickets or $20 for 9 Tickets , 1 ticket is used per game.
Tickets must be bought at the front desk, not the tournament area.
Main and classics use the same tickets.
Tournament ticket sales cut off at 6 PM Saturday.
No refunds
Ranking -
Best 5 out of 9 games will be used for main division qualifying.
Best 4 out of 6 games will be used for classics division qualifying.
Each game score is translated to a qualifying score based on rank (1st 100, 2nd 90, 3rd 85, 84, 83, 82…), with the top 5 qualifying scores being totaled up to determine a player’s positioning.
Top 24 players qualify for main and classics division playoffs, with the top 8 qualifiers getting a bye through the first round.
Players can check qualifying status via a virtual system available during the show.
Schedule -
Qualifying will take place all day Thursday From 5 pm to Midnight, Friday 10 am to Midnight and Saturday 10 am to 7 pm Finals will begin Saturday at 8:00 pm.
Classics qualifying times are the same, although it ends at 2 pm on Saturday, with classics finals starting at 2:30 pm.
Cut off for starting games in main division is 7 PM on Saturday night.
Catastrophic malfunction cut off is Friday at 4 PM. If a game must be replaced after this cutoff then scores from the previous game still stand in the rankings.
Queuing -
The Cleveland Pinball Show will use a virtual queuing system available during the show.
Players may add themselves to queues through either their own device or the designated queuing computer in the tournament area.
There will be a chair behind each game. If a player is next on a game then they are encouraged to sit in the game’s respective chair.
When a game opens up the next player will be called, if they are not present then the individual is removed from the queue and the next player is called.
The tournament must keep moving, and scorekeepers will not wait for a player who is in the queue but isn’t present.
Ties -
Significant ties (either to make it into finals or to receive a bye) will be played off on a randomly selected game, with the winner of that game being the winner of the tiebreaker.
Ties for other positions in Main division will be determined by whichever player has the higher ranking on their highest qualifying game. (ex. One player in the tie’s best game rank was the second highest score on a game, and the other player’s best game was a 6th place score. The first player wins the tiebreaker).
If both players in the tiebreaker have the same highest game rank, then it will defer down to their second highest game rank. If that is tied it will defer down again, etc.
In the extremely rare case that both players have the exact same rankings across all their qualifying games, the tie will be broken by a coin flip.
FINALS
General information -
Round 1 of the Main Division check-in begins at 7:30 PM on Saturday.
Round 1 of the Main Division finals begins at 8 PM on Saturday at the earliest, if Classics Finals have not yet concluded then main will begin after they finish.
Players must check in before 8 PM.
Round 2 of the Main Division check-in begins at 9 AM on Sunday.
Round 2 of the Main Division finals begins at 9 :30 AM on Sunday. Players must check in before 9:30 AM.
Check-in for classics finals begins at 2:15 PM on Saturday.
Classics finals begin at 2:30 PM on Saturday. Players must check in before 2:30 PM.
If a player does not show up to check-in before finals begin then that player will be replaced with the next highest seeded qualifier. (The first alternate)
If a player does not show up for their finals round they will receive last place on each game in their group until they show up.
Finals are played in 4-player “PAPA Style groups”.
Four-player games are scored with 1st earning 4 points, 2nd earning 2 points, 3rd earning 1 point, and 4th receiving 0 points.
Three-player games will be scored as if a nonexistent fourth player received the 4th place finish (i.e., 1st earns 4 points, 2nd earns 2, and last earns 1).
Finals brackets can be found online via a virtual system that will be in place during the show.
Game Selection -
At the start of each round, the group that contains the highest-seeded player gets first choice of machine or order of play, with groups of descending seeding to follow.
This process repeats two more times. During each cycle of selection, no two groups in the same division may pick a game that has already been selected.
In the case that a player chooses to pick position instead of game, the choice of game is then deferred to the next lower seed in the group.
One group can not play the same game multiple times in one match.
Final Standings -
IFPA standings for people who were eliminated in the same round as each other will be determined by the players scores in the respective round.
Ties in final round scores will be broken by the players' initial seedings.
Prize Pool -
Prize pool is based on tournament entries, with a guaranteed minimum of $1500+ in cash prizes for the main tournament, and $750+ in cash prizes for the classics tournament.
Main and Classics award cash prizes to the top 16 finishers with 1st receiving 25%, 2nd at 16%, 3rd at 11%, 4th at 8%, 5th through 8th each at 5%, and 9th - 16th each at 3%.
1st
25%
2nd
16%
3rd
11%
4th
8%
5th - 8th
5%
9th - 16th
3%
Actual values will be determined on-site after tournament expenses have been deducted and are subject to rounding to the next higher or lower $5 increment.
All other rules and procedures for anything gameplay related are based on PAPA rules (ex. malfunctions, interference, stuck balls, etc.)
Full rule documentation available here - https://www.ifpapinball.com/rules/
MISCELLANEOUS
Supplying Machines
Any game that's in the tournament lineup can not be removed at any point during the qualifying period unless it's due to a game malfunction which can not be repaired within the constraints of the tournament.
If a game must be removed on the finals day, the time it will be removed at must be communicated to the tournament directors before the tournament begins, so it can be factored into the game's selection for tournament use.
Tournament directors must have access to the keys to your machine.
All other rules related to bringing a machine to the Cleveland Pinball Show itself still apply (damage liability, etc.)
Scorekeeping-
Attendees can sign up to scorekeep for either the Main Tournament or Classics tournament with 1-hour shifts.
Scorekeepers are given 6 tournament tickets per hour that was spent scorekeeping.
Scorekeepers are able to sign up for multiple shifts, however the amount of scorekeepers per shift is limited, and can be seen on the scorekeeper schedule - https://docs.google.com/.../19NCTTYIDr3ZKplrqb1yK.../edit....
Contact a tournament director via email or Facebook to register for open scorekeeping spots (Tommy Bizzi at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100016458762908 or gamesrus774@yahoo.com, and Jeffrey Dickson at https://www.facebook.com/jeffrey.dickson.79 or leveltwogames@gmail.com).
All or Any Rules, Procedures, Regulations can be changed before Tournament Start Time on Thursday, Sept. 9th at 5PM.
For other questions and information please contact either Tommy at gamesrus774@yahoo.com or Jeffrey at leveltwogames@gmail.com.
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