****NOTE - REGISTRATION GOES LIVE ON 3/13 at 9pm eastern. This event requires pre-registration. Please visit the following Eventbrite link for FULL DETAILS plus to register: https://2022delawarepinballopen.eventbrite.com

****NO WALK INS ALLOWED. Open to anyone. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS*******

What: The first ever Delaware Pinball Open!! 5 events in 3 days! WPPR'S for each event are estimated to be between 55-75 WPPRS (if we have 80 players). Also, the Main Tournament (Saturday Qualifying with Sunday Finals) will be IFPA certified (assuming minimum of 64 rated players) and will get a 20% BOOST towards the TGP!

When: 5/13/22 to 5/15/22. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of each tournament to check in.NOTE - If you have not checked in by the start of the tournament and you haven’t communicated to Chad Hastings or Joe Fox that you will be late, you will be removed from tournament

Where: 1100 First State Blvd, Second Floor, Wilmington DE 19804.

We are located 25 minutes from Philly Airport
We are located 75 minutes from Baltimore Airport
We are located 90 minutes from NJ Airport
We have a local Amtrak station 4 miles away
We are 4 minutes from I-95

Time: Doors open at 8am each day for practice and ends at 8:45am for announcements. Each morning tournament will start at 9am except the Sunday 3 Strike Tournament which will start at 9:15AM

Cost: $200 ($75 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $125 to cover all of the tournament fees with 100% payout). Must be paid in full within 48 hours using Paypal's Friends & Family. Send all payments to firststateflippers@gmail.com

+Bottled water provided FREE for the entire event by the Delaware Pinball Collective
+IFPA fees for all events paid for from the Delaware Pinball Collective expenses
+Trophy/Plaque costs will come out of the Delaware Pinball Collective expenses
+Over 45+ machines all on free play for the entire weekend
+Sodas will cost $1 per can
+You are allowed to bring any food to the event. Also, please bring your own cooler!
+Alcohol policy will be announced 30 days prior to the event as we are currently waiting on our liquor license to be approved. If approved before the event, all alcohol will have to be purchased from the Delaware Pinball Collective. If we do not get approval before the event, you will be allowed to bring your own alcohol.
+We will have a giant tent setup outside with plenty of extra tables and chairs along with 2 port-a-potties as well as the 2 inside bathroom stalls.

Players: Capped at 80 players (open to anyone)

Registration: All registration is handled through Eventbrite. Tickets go on sale 3/13 at 9:00pm eastern. Eventbrite simply reserves you a “free ticket”. Once you secure your “free ticket” you then have 48 hours to send in your entry fee using the Friends & Family method of Paypal to firststateflippers@gmail.com

When registering on Eventbrite you are allowed to buy up to 3 tickets at once. Registration closes on 5/12 at 5pm eastern. NOTE - When signing up for the waitlist, you can only sign up one person at a time.

Also, You CANNOT sign up for individual tournaments for this event. Your single entry fee automatically signs you up for all 5 events

If you pre-register and can’t make it please email firststateflippers@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can let the next person on the waitlist know so they can make plans to attend.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday 6PM - 10PM Practice Session
Friday 8AM - Doors Open and practice starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Friday 9AM - 5PM “30 points” Target Match Play Tournament with 3/2/1/0 scoring – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Friday 12:30ish Lunch Break
Friday 5-6PM - Dinner Break in-between tournaments
Friday 6PM - Midnight - 8 Strike Fair Strikes Classics Tournament – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Saturday 8AM - Doors Open Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Saturday 9AM - 4PM - Main Event 12 Round Match Play qualifying (finals on Sunday) – $65 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Saturday 12:00ish Lunch Break
Saturday 4-5PM - Dinner Break In-between Tournaments
Saturday 5PM - Midnight - 10 Strike Progressive Knockout Tournament – $20 fee per player(already included in your entry fee)
Sunday 8AM – Doors Open Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Sunday 9AM – Main Event Finals start (carry over from Saturday Main Event)
Sunday 9:15AM - 3 Strike Knockout Tournament – $0 (free tournament with WPPR’s and Trophies on the line)
***No Lunch Break on Sunday***
Sunday has 2 separate events running concurrently. The Main finals are only for the top 24 players that qualified for it based on Saturday’s 12 round Match play qualifying.

The 3 strike group knockout tournament on Sunday is open to anyone who wants to play in it INCLUDING the top 24 qualifiers who are playing in the “Main finals”. If you play in both tournaments at the same time you will run the risk of causing an ‘intentional delay’ of more than 60 seconds, as defined by IFPA rules, which will result in a warning for the first offense and a score of zero for second and subsequent offenses.

PRIZES:
Cash Prizes for the top 16 players in the Main Event
Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Friday Morning Target Match Play Tournament.
Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Friday Night Fair Strikes Classic Tournament.
Cash prizes for the top 8 players in the Saturday Night 10 Strike Progressive Tournament.
No Cash Prizes for the Sunday 3 strike knockout tournament. WPPR points and trophies!
You can win up to 4 different cash prizes based on how well you play in each tournament!

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Event 3: The Delaware Pinball Open - Main Event Qualifying

Saturday May 14th

Certified IFPA tournament with 120% TGP (assuming minimum 64 rated players in qualifying)

8AM Doors Open Practice. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements
9AM Tournament Starts

$65 Tournament Fee 100% gets paid out as prize money to top 16 after finals on Sunday

Tournament will use all 45+ Pinball Machines at the Delaware Pinball Collective. We will try our best to alternate the era of games played on. One round will be LCD/DMD games and the next round will be Classics/EM games. The matchplay software will pick the games played and will match the players up in groups.

This is a Group Match Play Qualifying tournament with Random Pairings to start and Tiered Swiss thereafter. We will play exactly 12 rounds using 7/5/3/1 scoring. After 12 rounds the Top 24 Players make the Main Playoffs on Sunday. We will not have ‘B’ playoffs, you either make the playoffs or you don’t. Everyone will be seeded 1-24. Automatic Tie Breakers will be turned on. The exception to Automatic Tiebreakers will be for 8th and 24th positions. Those positions will have a 1 game playoff drawn at random by the tournament director immediately at the conclusion of qualifying. This will be done so all players know who is in the finals, who has choice of banks, and who they are playing in the 1st round. Top 8 players receive a 1st round bye in playoffs. Playoffs will be Groups of 4 players. 4 Rounds Total using modified PAPA format on 3 Game Banks with 4/2/1/0 scoring. Top 2 advance Bottom 2 Eliminated. Final position 1st-24th will be determined solely by your play in the playoffs. No points carry over from qualifying.


DPO Main Event Finals (Held on Sunday, May 15th)

I changed the finals format slightly to reseed the groupings based on original qualifying as we go from round to round as opposed to a strict bracket format that I originally had written. Plus the finishing position of the eliminated players will now be based on how many points they accumulated in the round in which they were eliminated as opposed to having everyone tied on the round they were eliminated. These changes are more in line with traditional pinball finals at other major tournaments.

Sunday May 15th
8AM Doors Open for Practice and check in. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements
9AM Finals Start

Once the finals start there is no practicing allowed on the machines that are in the finals.

Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. If someone doesn’t show up the 25th person from qualifying will take their place. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers will get a 1st round bye. Groupings for first round will be (9th, 16th, 17th, 24th), (10th, 15th, 18th, 23rd), (11th, 14th, 19th, 22nd), (12th, 13th, 20th, 21st) Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc. The games that are in the banks will be chosen by the tournament director before the start of the tournament and won’t be revealed to the players until the morning of the playoffs. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance and the bottom 2 are eliminated. Should there be a tie for 2nd/3rd place a 1 game playoff will be played by the 2 affected players. That game is pre-selected on the Bank Sheet as the Alternative Game or another game will be chosen at random by the TD if needed.

The 8 Eliminated players from the 1st round will be ranked 17th-24th according to how many points they accumulated in this round. Ties will not be broken.

In the Quarterfinal Round, the players advancing from the previous round will be reseeded according to their original ranks and divided into four groups as follows.
16 Players
Group 1: 1 8 9 16
Group 2: 2 7 10 15
Group 3: 3 6 11 14
Group 4: 4 5 12 13

The 8 eliminated players will be ranked 9th-16th according to the accumulated points in this round. Ties will not be broken.
For the Semifinal Round, the 8 players advancing will be divided into two groups of four. The groups will be organized according to the original qualifying rank as shown here:
8 Players
Group 1: 1 4 5 8
Group 2: 2 3 6 7

The 4 eliminated players from this round will be ranked from 5th-8th based on the accumulated points from this round. Ties will not be broken.

The four remaining players advance to the final round. The final round is conducted in the same manner as the Semifinal Round. The total scores for this round will determine the order of the winners. All ties in the final round are considered significant and will be broken with a 1 game playoff. The final reporting of points to IFPA will show 1st-4th place with no ties.

Top 4 will receive Trophies/Plaques, Top 16 will receive Cash Prizes