Results for the Main Tournament event on December 10, 2023
| Pos | Player | Rank | Rating | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Richardson | 99 | 1797.95 | 133.61 |
| 2 | Steve Zahler | 23 | 1784.65 | 106.86 |
| 3 | Jason Zahler | 1 | 2137.86 | 92.26 |
| 4 | Jerry Bernard | 176 | 1761.94 | 81.02 |
| 5 | Aaron RIch | 54 | 1608.65 | 71.78 |
| 6 | Robert DeStasio | 319 | 1675.00 | 63.95 |
| 6 | John Delzoppo | 36 | 1814.29 | 63.95 |
| 8 | Daniel Rone | 89 | 1879.34 | 51.31 |
| 9 | Frank Romero | 793 | 1661.70 | 46.15 |
| 9 | Ken Rossi | 1078 | 1601.17 | 46.15 |
| 12 | Mike Germscheid | 1127 | 1653.08 | 33.93 |
| 12 | Jeff Teolis | 40 | 1702.24 | 33.93 |
| 12 | Ryan Altemose | 1190 | 1570.78 | 33.93 |
| 12 | Brian O'Neill NH | 60 | 1764.88 | 33.93 |
| 15 | Greg Poverelli | 180 | 1687.16 | 25.33 |
| 16 | Pete Tsipouras | 844 | 1541.97 | 23.05 |
| 18 | Chad Hastings | 519 | 1556.42 | 19.23 |
| 18 | Samantha Jacob | 1595 | 1466.19 | 19.23 |
| 18 | Ed Zeltmann | 469 | 1520.72 | 19.23 |
| 20 | Alberto Santana | 45 | 1810.96 | 16.21 |
| 21 | David Schumeister | 1120 | 1647.37 | 14.95 |
| 21 | Joseph Landas | 717 | 1581.43 | 14.95 |
| 23 | James Perugini | 893 | 1596.39 | 12.85 |
| 23 | Jose Chong | 340 | 1477.32 | 12.85 |
| 25 | Elliott Keith | 166 | 1779.29 | 11.24 |
| 26 | Rick Prince | 777 | 1591.80 | 10.57 |
| 27 | Tony Makowski | 711 | 1567.06 | 9.99 |
| 28 | Nint Hoo | 1276 | 1446.09 | 9.48 |
| 29 | Nitzan Gabai | 563 | 1592.27 | 9.04 |
| 30 | John Hurd NJ | 666 | 1576.71 | 8.65 |
| 31 | Stefano Pinti | 852 | 1586.95 | 8.33 |
| 32 | Greg Postle | 4118 | 1359.83 | 8.03 |
| 33 | Rodney Comegys | 377 | 1398.12 | 7.77 |
| 34 | Jack Tadman | 51 | 1757.04 | 7.53 |
| 35 | Chris Cafaro | 891 | 1594.72 | 7.32 |
| 36 | Stephanie Traub | 346 | 1543.02 | 7.14 |
| 37 | Cliff Albert | 272 | 1754.18 | 6.95 |
| 38 | Matthew Carlson | 1924 | 1570.81 | 6.77 |
| 39 | Nick Hislop | 3114 | 1427.96 | 6.59 |
| 40 | Dickey Scott | 2418 | 1439.15 | 6.41 |
| 41 | Justin Bath | 477 | 1596.49 | 6.24 |
| 42 | Hagan Major | 1897 | 1465.56 | 6.06 |
| 42 | Tom Destasio | 401 | 1737.07 | 6.06 |
| 44 | Thomas Milburn | 2615 | 1373.77 | 5.70 |
| 45 | Victor Scelba | 1412 | 1492.12 | 5.52 |
| 46 | Michael Veith | 1177 | 1523.50 | 5.34 |
| 47 | NICK TURNER | 4400 | 1383.26 | 5.17 |
| 48 | Marianne Hastings | 4054 | 1279.16 | 4.99 |
| 49 | Douglas J Malcolm | 1088 | 1452.21 | 4.81 |
| 50 | Koi Morris | 1198 | 1471.93 | 4.63 |
| 51 | Derek Swanson | 611 | 1409.85 | 4.45 |
| 52 | Michael Tyler | 530 | 1460.39 | 4.28 |
| 53 | Kyle Shepard | 2493 | 1448.82 | 4.10 |
| 54 | Jim Cardona | 5224 | 1296.06 | 3.92 |
| 55 | Eric Basile | 4670 | 1344.19 | 3.74 |
| 56 | Jennifer Richardson | 4434 | 1401.24 | 3.56 |
| 57 | Bill Richardson | 1843 | 1469.34 | 3.38 |
| 58 | Lumi Legato | 870 | 1576.16 | 3.21 |
| 59 | A.J. Gould | 4162 | 1420.40 | 3.03 |
| 60 | Joe Fox Sr | 2375 | 1433.68 | 2.85 |
| 61 | Shane Jackson | 549 | 1568.73 | 2.67 |
| 62 | Gus Gonzalez | 2162 | 1448.75 | 2.49 |
| 63 | Brandon Hoffman | 1617 | 1446.08 | 2.32 |
| 64 | Connie Pratzner | 4314 | 1282.70 | 2.14 |
| 65 | Howard Dobson | 538 | 1451.27 | 1.96 |
| 66 | Naiviv Sillerico | 2232 | 1471.86 | 1.78 |
| 67 | Mary Beth Andrews | 7053 | 1210.77 | 1.60 |
| 68 | David Basile | 1796 | 1554.27 | 1.43 |
| 69 | Anthony Wojtkowiak | 2530 | 1489.94 | 1.25 |
| 70 | Amanda Abbott | 7279 | 1161.37 | 1.07 |
| 71 | Ryan Escontrias | 4599 | 1274.87 | 0.89 |
| 72 | Paul Pratzner | 1798 | 1467.24 | 0.71 |
| 73 | Brian LeBlanc | 1449 | 1646.42 | 0.53 |
| 74 | Kaitlyn Reese | 4284 | 1306.92 | 0.36 |
| 75 | Kyle Sundstrom | 20447 | 1161.01 | 0.18 |
Location
Format Details
| Event Name : | Main Tournament |
| Qualifying Format : | Matchplay Qualifying |
| Finals Format : | Match Play |
| Player Limit : | 80 |
| Unlimited Qualifying? : | No |
Tournament Overview
Registration for this tournament opens on October 08, 2023
Start Date: December 09, 2023
End Date: December 10, 2023
** 4 events in 3 days **
** Bonus 5th event on Thursday night **
** Main Event will be IFPA certified and WPPRS will be worth 250%! **
** All 24 players making Sunday Main Event Finals will cash!! **
** REGISTRATION GOES LIVE ON October 8th at 9pm eastern. This event requires pre-registration **
****NO WALK INS ALLOWED. Open to anyone. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS*******
What: 4 events in 3 days with the Main Tournament (Saturday Qualifying with Sunday Finals) being IFPA certified for 250% WPPRS! Plus a 5th, bonus event on Thursday night (12/7) that has its own entry fee and registration (see Eventbrite for details)
When: 12/8/23 to 12/10/23. 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 that you will be late, you will be removed from tournament.
Where: The lavish Delaware Pinball Collective - 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 the tournament will start at 9am except the Sunday 3 Strike Tournament which will start around 9:30AM
Cost: MEMBERS $230 ($75 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $155 to cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts).
NON-MEMBERS $260 ($105 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $155 to cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts)
Must be paid in full within 48 hours using Paypal's Friends & Family. Send all payments to firststateflippers@gmail.com
Make sure you read and understand the Refund Policy stated below.
+Bottled water provided for 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 50+ machines all on free play for the entire weekend
+Sodas/Coffee will cost $1 each
+Energy drinks will cost $3 each
+You are allowed to bring food to the event. Also, please bring your own cooler!
+We will have a tent setup outside with extra tables and chairs along with 2 port-a-potties as well as the 2 inside bathroom stalls.
Tournament Fees are separated out and 100% of the tournament fees go back to the players as cash prizes.
Players: Capped at 80 players (open to anyone)
Registration: All registration is handled through Eventbrite. Tickets go on sale October 8th 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 12/6 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 4 events. Remember, the Thursday event is a separate event with a separate entry fee and separate registration.
We will not be offering individual tournament registrations for these tournaments.
If you pre-register and can’t make and need to cancel, please email firststateflippers@gmail.com or contact Chad Hastings as soon as possible so we can let the next person on the waitlist know so they can make plans to attend.
REGISTRATION URL:
https://2023delawarepinballopen.eventbrite.com
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday 7PM - 11PM - Bonus Tournament. 4-Hour Classics Only Group Matchplay. Separate Entry fee and separate registration. Open to anyone. See Eventbrite for details
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
Friday 12:30-1pm Short Lunch Break
Friday 5-5:50PM - Dinner Break in-between tournaments
Friday 6PM - Midnight - 8 Strike Fair Strikes, Classics Only Tournament
Saturday 8AM - Doors Open and Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Saturday 9AM - 3PM - Main Event Part 1. Match Play qualifying (Rounds 1-10)
Saturday 12:30ish Short Lunch Break (Only if the tournament is running on schedule)
Saturday 4-4:50PM - Dinner Break In-between Part 1 and Part 2
Saturday 5PM - 11PM - Main Event Part 2. Match Play qualifying (Rounds 11-20). Finals will be held on Sunday.
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's Main Event)
Sunday 9:30AM - 3 Strike Knockout Tournament
***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 20 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 24 players in the Main Event plus trophy to 1st place
Plaques/trophies/medals for top 4 in each tournament
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 4 players in the Sunday 3 strike knockout tournament.
EXAMPLES OF PAYOUTS BELOW BASED ON 80 PLAYERS
***Main Tournament with $85 Tournament Fee
Main Cash Prizes % for 1st-24th
1st 28%
2nd 18%
3rd 8%
4th 6%
5th-8th 4% each
9th-16th 2% each
17th-24th 1% each
*Main Tournament Example assuming 80 players we will have $6800 in the pot — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $1904
2nd $1224
3rd $544
4th $408
5th-8th $272 each
9th-16th $136 each
17th-24th $68 each
***The 2 Friday night tournaments with $30 Tournament Fees
Cash Prizes for 1st-8th
1st 35%
2nd 20%
3rd 15%
4th 10%
5th-8th 5% each
*Example assuming 80 players in each event we will have $2,400 in the pot PER tournament — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $840
2nd $480
3rd $360
4th $240
5th-8th $120 each
***Sunday Strikes Tournament with $10 Tournament Fee (40/30/20/10)
*Example assuming 80 players in the event we will have $800 in the pot - actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $320
2nd $240
3rd $160
4th $80
The prize money awarded at the tournament is final. The tournament director’s decisions on rulings are final. You agree to these terms by signing up. You can’t come back after the tournaments are finalized and dispute your finishing position or prize payout. Any discrepancies need to be brought up immediately to the main tournament director, at and during, the tournaments themselves.
Event 3: The Delaware Pinball Open - Main Event Qualifying
Saturday December 9th
Certified IFPA tournament with 250% WPPRTUNITY
8AM Doors Open Practice. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements
9AM Tournament Starts
$85 Tournament Fee - 100% gets paid out as prize money to top 24 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. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used. We will play exactly 20 rounds using 7/5/3/1 scoring. After 20 rounds the Top 24 Players make the Main Playoffs on Sunday. We will not have a ‘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 the 8th and 24th positions. 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 into the finals 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. 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 person with the lowest tiebreaker score finishes the tournament in 30th place.
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.
2023 DPO Main Event Finals (Held on Sunday, December 10th)
Sunday December 10th
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(or next highest in attendance) from qualifying can/will 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 , playing 3 of the 4 games provided in each bank with the 4th unplayed game being used for a tiebreaker if needed in each group.
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. Each bank of games will include 4 games, with only 3 of the games being played. The 4th game in the bank that does NOT get picked, will be used as a tiebreaker should one be needed. Once a bank is picked, that bank can no longer be picked for the remainder of the Finals. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank or Order on 1st game. A Bank must be selected before a game is selected. Subsequent games the high seed gets to pick either game or position.
Example of this modified PAPA format. Bank #2 consists of Stars, Meteor, Spirit of 76, and Monster Bash. High seed in the group picks this bank (as opposed to order). The next highest seed will now have the option to pick the first game or order. If the next highest seed picks Stars, then the third highest seed will now get to pick order, followed by the fourth highest seed, then back to the highest seeded player. After game 1 is over, the highest seed drives the bus and can either pick game or order. Remember, only 3 of the 4 games will be played, with the 4th game being used as a tiebreaker.
NOTE FOR THE TOP 4 PLAYERS - YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK YOUR BANK IN ADVANCE OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL ROUND 2 STARTS AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU WILL BE PLAYING.
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 affected players. That game will be the 4th game in the Bank that was not played.
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 24 will receive Cash Prizes
CURRENT GAME LIST (always subject to change):
ACDC Premium
Avengers Infinity Quest Premium
Bank Shot
Banzai Run
Beatles
Black Jack
Bobby Orr's Power Play
Cactus Canyon
Cherry Bell
Comet
Conquest 200
Count-Down
Deadpool Premium
Dealer's Chouce
Demolition Man
Dialed In LE
Flight 2000
Foo Fighter (Pro)
Future Spa
Galactic Tank Force
Godzilla PREMIUM
Grand Prix (EM)
Guardians of the Galaxy PRO
Harlem Globetrotters
Hot Shot
James Bond Pro
Joker Poker (SS)
Jurassic Park (Pro)
Laser War
Meteor
Monster Bash Remake SE
NBA Fastbreak #1`
NBA Fastbreak #2
Night Moves
Nitro Ground Shaker
Pro-Football
Quicksilver
Rollergames - Tournament ROM
Sinbad
Space Shuttle
Spider Man Black - No Center post. Dock Ock set to hard
Spirit of 76
Star Trek PRO
Stars
TMNT Pro - Virtual locks on. SIC disabled.
The Addams Family
Theatre of Magic - Tournament ROM
Torpedo Alley
TNA
Tron
Wheel of Fortune - 6.02 ROM. For MB must hit each stand up
Whirlwind
White Water
Wild Fyre
World Cup Soccer 94
Wrestlemania
NOTE - The format and rules are subject to change.
REFUND POLICY FOR THE 2023 DELAWARE PINBALL OPEN:
You cannot ‘sell’ your tournament registration to another player. You need to contact Chad Hastings if you want to cancel your registration for this event. DO NOT CANCEL THROUGH EVENTBRITE. If you cancel your registration by the following dates we will send you back a refund based on the conditions below. Anyone from the waitlist who gets in will still have to abide by the below refund dates so please make sure you want to attend before you send your money.
Registration Cancellation Dates & Refunds:
Before Wednesday November 1st, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 100% REFUND
Before Wednesday November 15th, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 75% REFUND
Before Friday December 1st, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 50% REFUND
NO REFUNDS AFTER DECEMBER 1ST
If you participate in only part of the 4 tournaments or can’t continue, no refunds will be given either.
** Bonus 5th event on Thursday night **
** Main Event will be IFPA certified and WPPRS will be worth 250%! **
** All 24 players making Sunday Main Event Finals will cash!! **
** REGISTRATION GOES LIVE ON October 8th at 9pm eastern. This event requires pre-registration **
****NO WALK INS ALLOWED. Open to anyone. CAPPED AT 80 PLAYERS*******
What: 4 events in 3 days with the Main Tournament (Saturday Qualifying with Sunday Finals) being IFPA certified for 250% WPPRS! Plus a 5th, bonus event on Thursday night (12/7) that has its own entry fee and registration (see Eventbrite for details)
When: 12/8/23 to 12/10/23. 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 that you will be late, you will be removed from tournament.
Where: The lavish Delaware Pinball Collective - 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 the tournament will start at 9am except the Sunday 3 Strike Tournament which will start around 9:30AM
Cost: MEMBERS $230 ($75 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $155 to cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts).
NON-MEMBERS $260 ($105 will go to the Delaware Pinball Collective for tournament expenses. $155 to cover all of the tournament entry fees with 100% payouts)
Must be paid in full within 48 hours using Paypal's Friends & Family. Send all payments to firststateflippers@gmail.com
Make sure you read and understand the Refund Policy stated below.
+Bottled water provided for 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 50+ machines all on free play for the entire weekend
+Sodas/Coffee will cost $1 each
+Energy drinks will cost $3 each
+You are allowed to bring food to the event. Also, please bring your own cooler!
+We will have a tent setup outside with extra tables and chairs along with 2 port-a-potties as well as the 2 inside bathroom stalls.
Tournament Fees are separated out and 100% of the tournament fees go back to the players as cash prizes.
Players: Capped at 80 players (open to anyone)
Registration: All registration is handled through Eventbrite. Tickets go on sale October 8th 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 12/6 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 4 events. Remember, the Thursday event is a separate event with a separate entry fee and separate registration.
We will not be offering individual tournament registrations for these tournaments.
If you pre-register and can’t make and need to cancel, please email firststateflippers@gmail.com or contact Chad Hastings as soon as possible so we can let the next person on the waitlist know so they can make plans to attend.
REGISTRATION URL:
https://2023delawarepinballopen.eventbrite.com
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday 7PM - 11PM - Bonus Tournament. 4-Hour Classics Only Group Matchplay. Separate Entry fee and separate registration. Open to anyone. See Eventbrite for details
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
Friday 12:30-1pm Short Lunch Break
Friday 5-5:50PM - Dinner Break in-between tournaments
Friday 6PM - Midnight - 8 Strike Fair Strikes, Classics Only Tournament
Saturday 8AM - Doors Open and Practice Starts. Practice ends at 8:45am to go over announcements
Saturday 9AM - 3PM - Main Event Part 1. Match Play qualifying (Rounds 1-10)
Saturday 12:30ish Short Lunch Break (Only if the tournament is running on schedule)
Saturday 4-4:50PM - Dinner Break In-between Part 1 and Part 2
Saturday 5PM - 11PM - Main Event Part 2. Match Play qualifying (Rounds 11-20). Finals will be held on Sunday.
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's Main Event)
Sunday 9:30AM - 3 Strike Knockout Tournament
***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 20 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 24 players in the Main Event plus trophy to 1st place
Plaques/trophies/medals for top 4 in each tournament
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 4 players in the Sunday 3 strike knockout tournament.
EXAMPLES OF PAYOUTS BELOW BASED ON 80 PLAYERS
***Main Tournament with $85 Tournament Fee
Main Cash Prizes % for 1st-24th
1st 28%
2nd 18%
3rd 8%
4th 6%
5th-8th 4% each
9th-16th 2% each
17th-24th 1% each
*Main Tournament Example assuming 80 players we will have $6800 in the pot — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $1904
2nd $1224
3rd $544
4th $408
5th-8th $272 each
9th-16th $136 each
17th-24th $68 each
***The 2 Friday night tournaments with $30 Tournament Fees
Cash Prizes for 1st-8th
1st 35%
2nd 20%
3rd 15%
4th 10%
5th-8th 5% each
*Example assuming 80 players in each event we will have $2,400 in the pot PER tournament — actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $840
2nd $480
3rd $360
4th $240
5th-8th $120 each
***Sunday Strikes Tournament with $10 Tournament Fee (40/30/20/10)
*Example assuming 80 players in the event we will have $800 in the pot - actual payouts will depend on exact number of players
1st $320
2nd $240
3rd $160
4th $80
The prize money awarded at the tournament is final. The tournament director’s decisions on rulings are final. You agree to these terms by signing up. You can’t come back after the tournaments are finalized and dispute your finishing position or prize payout. Any discrepancies need to be brought up immediately to the main tournament director, at and during, the tournaments themselves.
Event 3: The Delaware Pinball Open - Main Event Qualifying
Saturday December 9th
Certified IFPA tournament with 250% WPPRTUNITY
8AM Doors Open Practice. Practice ends at 8:45am for announcements
9AM Tournament Starts
$85 Tournament Fee - 100% gets paid out as prize money to top 24 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. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used. We will play exactly 20 rounds using 7/5/3/1 scoring. After 20 rounds the Top 24 Players make the Main Playoffs on Sunday. We will not have a ‘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 the 8th and 24th positions. 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 into the finals 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. 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 person with the lowest tiebreaker score finishes the tournament in 30th place.
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.
2023 DPO Main Event Finals (Held on Sunday, December 10th)
Sunday December 10th
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(or next highest in attendance) from qualifying can/will 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 , playing 3 of the 4 games provided in each bank with the 4th unplayed game being used for a tiebreaker if needed in each group.
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. Each bank of games will include 4 games, with only 3 of the games being played. The 4th game in the bank that does NOT get picked, will be used as a tiebreaker should one be needed. Once a bank is picked, that bank can no longer be picked for the remainder of the Finals. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank or Order on 1st game. A Bank must be selected before a game is selected. Subsequent games the high seed gets to pick either game or position.
Example of this modified PAPA format. Bank #2 consists of Stars, Meteor, Spirit of 76, and Monster Bash. High seed in the group picks this bank (as opposed to order). The next highest seed will now have the option to pick the first game or order. If the next highest seed picks Stars, then the third highest seed will now get to pick order, followed by the fourth highest seed, then back to the highest seeded player. After game 1 is over, the highest seed drives the bus and can either pick game or order. Remember, only 3 of the 4 games will be played, with the 4th game being used as a tiebreaker.
NOTE FOR THE TOP 4 PLAYERS - YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK YOUR BANK IN ADVANCE OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL ROUND 2 STARTS AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU WILL BE PLAYING.
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 affected players. That game will be the 4th game in the Bank that was not played.
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 24 will receive Cash Prizes
CURRENT GAME LIST (always subject to change):
ACDC Premium
Avengers Infinity Quest Premium
Bank Shot
Banzai Run
Beatles
Black Jack
Bobby Orr's Power Play
Cactus Canyon
Cherry Bell
Comet
Conquest 200
Count-Down
Deadpool Premium
Dealer's Chouce
Demolition Man
Dialed In LE
Flight 2000
Foo Fighter (Pro)
Future Spa
Galactic Tank Force
Godzilla PREMIUM
Grand Prix (EM)
Guardians of the Galaxy PRO
Harlem Globetrotters
Hot Shot
James Bond Pro
Joker Poker (SS)
Jurassic Park (Pro)
Laser War
Meteor
Monster Bash Remake SE
NBA Fastbreak #1`
NBA Fastbreak #2
Night Moves
Nitro Ground Shaker
Pro-Football
Quicksilver
Rollergames - Tournament ROM
Sinbad
Space Shuttle
Spider Man Black - No Center post. Dock Ock set to hard
Spirit of 76
Star Trek PRO
Stars
TMNT Pro - Virtual locks on. SIC disabled.
The Addams Family
Theatre of Magic - Tournament ROM
Torpedo Alley
TNA
Tron
Wheel of Fortune - 6.02 ROM. For MB must hit each stand up
Whirlwind
White Water
Wild Fyre
World Cup Soccer 94
Wrestlemania
NOTE - The format and rules are subject to change.
REFUND POLICY FOR THE 2023 DELAWARE PINBALL OPEN:
You cannot ‘sell’ your tournament registration to another player. You need to contact Chad Hastings if you want to cancel your registration for this event. DO NOT CANCEL THROUGH EVENTBRITE. If you cancel your registration by the following dates we will send you back a refund based on the conditions below. Anyone from the waitlist who gets in will still have to abide by the below refund dates so please make sure you want to attend before you send your money.
Registration Cancellation Dates & Refunds:
Before Wednesday November 1st, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 100% REFUND
Before Wednesday November 15th, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 75% REFUND
Before Friday December 1st, 2023 5PM Eastern Time 50% REFUND
NO REFUNDS AFTER DECEMBER 1ST
If you participate in only part of the 4 tournaments or can’t continue, no refunds will be given either.