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VIPE Best Card 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 :2.46
Ratings Strength :3.66
Base Value : 21.5
Rated Players :43
Total (before TGP) : 27.62
TGP :92.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :25.41
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Results for the Main Tournament event on October 01, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Michael Rausch 198 1585.16 25.41
3 Rob Moller 913 1466.73 14.61
3 Tony Batti 409 1531.98 14.61
3 Ron DeCastro 979 1508.16 14.61
5 John walker 2955 1445.72 9.90
5 Chantelle Mercier 1860 1362.22 9.90
7 David Seath 1028 1453.64 6.95
8 Trevor Hamre 3495 1368.30 5.86
9 Robert Gagno 75 1635.63 4.98
10 Karrie Hill 838 1456.39 4.24
10 Corey Hobe 762 1521.97 4.24
12 Sean Lind 76 1640.91 3.17
13 Sara Little 398 1636.07 2.78
14 Emily Reilhan 678 1635.03 2.47
15 Kevin Coffey 1772 1396.66 2.22
15 Jason Gordon 1519 1578.96 2.22
17 Dan Horne 507 1531.21 1.86
18 Riley Mangelsen 1044 1567.58 1.74
19 Jeremy Matthews 2518 1463.26 1.65
20 Garrett Wolf 1096 1493.37 1.57
20 Wes Balla 338 1687.00 1.57
22 Jason Bakken 10857 1230.00 1.45
23 Lauren Aquino 3409 1253.61 1.40
24 Jen Cox 6630 1309.84 1.35
25 John Zarecki 3868 1373.44 1.30
26 Warren Rich 8085 1269.96 1.24
26 John Hall CAN 4536 1399.75 1.24
28 Phoenix Ramsay 5940 1215.00 1.14
29 Denham Wall 2636 1448.86 1.09
30 Alexandria Stuart 6812 1222.02 1.04
31 Doug Ramsay 2507 1439.39 0.99
32 Dean Gray 5530 1291.70 0.93
33 Derek English 15070 1062.11 0.88
34 Kristin Vick 2162 1562.05 0.83
35 Ryan Cunningham 7051 1137.35 0.78
36 Emily Beirne 7420 1412.09 0.73
36 Andrea Brumwell 2694 1346.40 0.73
38 Rob Hatfield 10509 1226.14 0.62
39 Colin Parker BC 10840 1029.30 0.57
40 Brendan Robbins 1670 1474.24 0.52
40 Dave Grant 636 1583.85 0.52
42 Michael Griffiths 17337 967.11 0.41
42 Davis Gauder 11651 1149.58 0.41
44 Ben Simmons 1213 1519.09 0.31
45 Ally Badger 7373 1144.57 0.26
46 Sharon La France 10110 979.30 0.21
47 Kelli Goins 2499 1252.18 0.16
48 Janell Robbins 6889 1076.51 0.10
49 Shane Seifried 7011 1147.12 0.05
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


2388 Cedar rd Nanaimo BC

Format Details


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

Tournament Overview


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

The VIPE Best Card tournament pays homage to the old PAPA World Pinball Championship and current INDISC Open Championship format. It is a card based style tournament that will bring out the very best players to compete for the chance to be the champion of the event. This is limited entry event with no buy, it comes with any VIPE VIP Tournament pass. Tickets are available now at www.vipinballexpo.com

Entry Fees

You must purchase a VIP Tournament Bundle to play in this event, there will be no in event registration for this tournament.
Each registered player will receive 5 cards in which they can play throughout the qualification hours.
This tournament will be hard capped at 100 competitors.
All tournament entries are non-refundable, play at your own risk, unused entries are the responsibility of the competitor.

General Information

The tournament will be using a limited entry PAPA 5 machine card style using PAPA position/rank scoring (1st 100, 2nd 95, 3rd 90, 89, 88, 87…) for each machine.
The only way to participate in the tournament is to purchase a VIP Tournament Bundle.
Top 16 scores will qualify for playoffs. See detailed rules for tiebreaker.
Machine list to be updated closer to the event.
All rules, malfunctions and rules, 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.
A detailed listing of all the rules being used for this event can be found on our rules page.
If there is a malfunction, the tournament director reserves the right to include a machine from the proper era from the VIPE Match Play or Knockout Cancer Pinball tournament or Free Play area to fill in the banks for playoffs.

Best Card Bank Hours

Friday 12:00pm-4:00pm
Saturday 4:00pm-10:30pm
Sunday 9:00am- 11:30am

Playoffs Information

Finals start at 12:00PM on Sunday.
Each elimination round will be a three game Professional & Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA) four player format (4,2,1,0 scoring) knockout round with two players
There will be 9 machines for the final
Highest seeded players get the choice of machine or position. Once a group chooses a machine, no other group can pick it. Once the player chooses a machine their group will play the next two after the pick, if there is a tiebreaker they play the next machine after the last one they played. (ex. Player picks #2 machine, then #3, #4 are automatically played, tiebreaker happens on #5).
Positions are chosen again after each machine is played based on the worst finisher getting choice.
The player that chooses the machine cannot pick the same chosen machine twice during the entire playoff round

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