6 Tournaments over 4 Days - Over $25,000 in prize money - Certified Main Event
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There really is nothing else like the Pinball Super Series and 2023 is better than ever! This is a series of individual pinball tournaments held over 4 days. Each tournament has a different format, its own prize pool, and each is approved for IFPA points. Each player is also awarded series points based on their finishing position within each tournament. These points count towards an overall series standing and prize money. This year we will again have 6 pinball tournaments in total, with 5 of these tournaments counting towards the overall Super Series Title. One of these 5 tournaments will be an IFPA Certified Tournament worth 250%-300% the normal WPPR points. You pay one entry fee then all the tournaments on Thursday-Sunday, game play on 100+ machines, etc. are all included for the weekend. Full details are explained on the district 82 website.
$410 Per Person includes all 6 tournaments
Thursday 
8AM Doors Open Practice
9AM - Event 1: 13 Round Group Match Play All Games
1PM - Short Lunch Break
5:30PM Finish
Short Break In-between Tournaments
6PM Event 2: 8 Strike Fair Strikes Classics Knockout
12:30AM Est End Time

Friday
8AM - Doors Open Practice
9AM - Event 3: 30 Points Target Match Play Classics
1PM- Short Lunch Break
3:30PM - Est End Time
4:30PM - Event 4: 10 Strike Progressive Knockout All Games
7PM - Short Dinner Break
12:30AM Est End Time

Saturday
8AM - Doors Open Practice
9AM - Event 5: Certified Main Event 10 Round Double Up Qualifying (1 Modern & 1 Classic)
1PM - Lunch Break
6PM - Dinner Break
10PM - Est End Time
10PM - Tiebreakers for top 24
10:30PM - $5 Volley Tournament (Voluntary: just for fun & money)

Sunday
8AM - Doors Open Practice
9AM - Event 6: 3 Strike Knockout All Games (Yes IFPA Points but No Super Series Points)
9:15AM - Certified Main Event Finals Start (9th-24th Seed)
4PM - Est End Time
4:30 PM - Awards for Certified Main Event & Overall Super Series

150 Player Capacity

Registration Opens August 5th, 2023 at 11AM

Event 5: Certified Double Up 2 Game Bank Qualifying

Saturday October 14th, 2023
8AM Doors Open for practice and check in
9AM Tournament Starts
1PM Est Lunch
6PM Est Dinner
10PM Est End Time

Tournament will use all 100+ Pinball Machines inside District 82 Pinball. Each Bank will consist of 1 Modern Game (roughly 1992 & newer) and 1 classic game (roughly 1985 & older).

The Group Match Play Qualifier will be played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Random Seeding to start, Rotating Order, then Tiered Swiss Style Pairings thereafter. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used.
MatchPlay Software will most likely be used for the tournaments.
Each Round will consist of a 2 game banks consisting of 1 Modern and 1 Classic
10 Rounds in Total, 2 Games Per Round, 20 Games in Total
You will receive 7/5/3/1 or 7/4/1 scoring on each game based on 4 or 3 player groups
Automatic Tiebreakers will be turned on
Top 24 players make it to the final
Super Series Points will be based on final finishing position not the qualifying position in this tournament.
8th & 24th place will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for the 8th or 24th position will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets a bye and who gets into the final and who doesn't. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result in the final placing for all players who finish 25th or worse in the tournament. Game itself will be chosen by the tournament director and order of play will use the automatic tiebreaker finishing position with the higher seed getting last available order spot. Example: We have 10 players with the same amount of points who finish from 21st-30th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. The order of play will be 30th goes first, 29th goes 2nd, 28th goes 3rd, etc. The highest score in the tiebreaker gets 21st seed & moves onto finals, 2nd highest gets 22nd seed & moves on, 3rd highest 23rd seed, 4th highest 24th seed. Then the rest of the group is out of the tournament with their final finishing position being determined by that tiebreaker. 5th highest would be 25th place, 6th highest would be 26th place, etc. all the way to 30th place.
Event 5: Certified Double Up 2 Bank Finals

Sunday October 15th, 2023

8AM Doors Open Practice and check in
9:15AM Finals Start for 9th-24th position
4PM Estimated Finish Time
4:30PM Awards - I need at least half an hour to finalize Super Series Points and write checks

No practicing on the games in Rows 7/8 or AC1/AC2 (Finals Games) the day of the finals until the finals are complete. This includes everyone not just the players in the finals.

Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. If someone doesn't show up for round 1 the 25th ranked person (or next highest available person) from qualifying can take their place. If a player fails to show up for round 2 or later rounds we continue as if they are still in the tournament and plunge balls until they show up or are eliminated. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers 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. The banks will have a mix of modern and classic pins and be different from round to round. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance 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 will be chosen by the TD if needed.

The 8 Eliminated players from 1st round will 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 ordering 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 Trophies/Plaques and Top 24 Cash Prizes