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VIPE Matchplay Championship 2023

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Tournament Information

Director : Tyler Bates
Location : Nanaimo, BC
Country : Canada
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :2.27
Ratings Strength :3.70
Base Value : 24
Rated Players :48
Total (before TGP) : 29.97
TGP :200.00%
Event Booster :125%
Tour Value :74.93
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Results for the Main Tournament event on October 01, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Robert Gagno 97 1635.63 74.93
2 David Seath 1743 1453.63 55.20
3 Ron DeCastro 1578 1508.16 44.99
4 Garrett Wolf 1452 1493.37 37.47
5 Sean Lind 80 1640.91 31.55
5 Corey Hobe 926 1521.96 31.55
7 Sara Little 434 1636.06 22.80
8 Tony Batti 435 1531.98 19.52
9 Karrie Hill 895 1456.37 16.78
9 Dan Bitterlich 1722 1377.89 16.78
11 Arne Thompson 8071 1282.22 12.57
11 Emily Reilhan 708 1635.02 12.57
13 Dave Grant 658 1583.84 9.63
13 Michael Rausch 208 1585.13 9.63
15 Wes Balla 332 1687.00 7.60
15 Ben Simmons 1230 1519.07 7.60
17 Brendan Robbins 1728 1474.23 6.25
17 Riley Mangelsen 1056 1567.58 6.25
19 Peter Worthington 19029 1124.57 5.36
20 Ryan Cunningham 9882 1137.34 5.04
21 Cosmo Lauzon 3819 1368.58 4.79
21 Lauren Aquino 3803 1253.58 4.79
23 Kelli Goins 2600 1252.14 4.39
24 David La France 4864 1290.71 4.24
24 Ally Badger 9602 1144.56 4.24
26 Kristin Vick 2224 1562.02 3.96
27 John Stenson 3775 1473.78 3.82
28 Trevor Hamre 4278 1368.30 3.68
29 Chantelle Mercier 2090 1362.22 3.53
30 Rob Moller 987 1466.72 3.39
31 Doug Ramsay 2573 1439.38 3.25
32 Dan Horne 501 1531.20 3.11
33 Denham Wall 2690 1448.86 2.97
33 Warren Rich 11124 1269.95 2.97
35 Kevin Coffey 1767 1396.64 2.69
36 Emily Beirne 8923 1412.07 2.54
36 Dean Gray 6074 1291.70 2.54
39 Phoenix Ramsay 6515 1215.00 2.12
39 Rob Hatfield 15702 1226.14 2.12
39 Jeremy Matthews 2601 1463.25 2.12
41 John Hall CAN 4904 1399.75 1.84
42 John walker 3483 1445.72 1.70
43 Janell Robbins 7364 1076.50 1.56
44 Jen Cox 7529 1309.84 1.41
44 Andrea Brumwell 2684 1346.40 1.41
46 Mike Ryckman 2544 1276.48 1.13
47 John Zarecki 3944 1373.44 0.99
48 Sasha Lauzon 14413 1113.52 0.85
48 Davis Gauder 14032 1149.57 0.85
50 Colin Parker BC 12360 1029.29 0.57
50 Alexandria Stuart 7293 1222.02 0.57
52 Shane Seifried 7066 1147.12 0.28
53 Jason Bakken 13230 1230.00 0.14
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


2388 Cedar Rd Nanaimo BC Canada

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Match Play
Player Limit : 100
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: September 29, 2023
End Date: October 01, 2023

Entry Fees
You must buy a VIPE VIP tournament package to compete in our Matchplay Championship. Tournament is limited to 100 entries. Tickets available now! You can find more information on the expo or purchase tickets at
vipinballexpo.com

General Information
On Friday, each participant will compete in a total of four rounds. Each of the rounds consisting of three (3) machine, four-player matches to determine the skill division for all competitors. Divisions will then be divided into Main and B. The A being most highly skilled players in the tournament for play the next day.

On Saturday, players will be put into their specific divisions based on their placement in the previous round and compete against other competitors that are solely within their own skill division, the top 24 in A and top 16 in B will move on to the playoff round the next day.

Playoff Information
On Sunday, the top 24 for A and top 16 from B division will compete in a separate division final in an exciting three (3) machine, four-player matches where only the top 2 will advance until we reach the finals. The top 3 will also take home trophies or plaques.

Finals start at 2:00 pm sharp on Sunday, players must show up to be registered by 1:45 pm, please check the standings in each division if you qualified and be prepared to play on Sunday. No substitutes will be allowed in the playoff rounds. The schedule is only a guideline and we will start the rounds as soon as the round before has been completed.
Each elimination (playoff) round will be a three (3) game, four-player scoring format (3,2,1,0 scoring) knockout round with two players advancing until the final 4 grouping.
Top seed will get choice of bank (can defer) or position. After first game, position will be determine in descending order of rank on the previous machine.
A person cannot pick the same bank twice throughout the competition unless they have exhausted all bank choices.

Match Times
Friday September 29th
Match Play Round 1 4:30pm start
Match Play Round 2 6:00pm start
Match Play Round 3 7:30pm start
Match Play Round 4 9:00pm start

Saturday September 30th
Match Play Round 5 9:30am start
Match Play Round 6 11:00am start
Match Play Round 7 1:30pm start
Match Play Round 8 3:00pm start

Sunday Oct 1st
Match Play Finals 2:00pm - 7:00pm

General Rules

All rules, malfunctions, machine settings and player conduct to be based on PAPA rules.
Extra Balls will be turned off or a sign posted to ‘Play Extra Balls’ on particular games if needed.
Event will have 200% for TGP and will qualify for
A detailed listing of all the rules being used for this event can be found on our rules page.

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