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Venom: Official Stern Army Launch Tournament

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Tournament Information

Director : Sam Swain
Location : Wichita, KS
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :0.00
Ratings Strength :1.29
Base Value : 10
Rated Players :20
Total (before TGP) : 11.29
TGP :108.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :12.19
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Results for the Launch Party event on October 28, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Logan Wiehn 1773 1603.86 12.19
2 Cory Moren 1800 1701.09 6.79
3 Chad Cowan 2122 1555.11 4.50
4 James Bobetsky 36249 1453.15 3.08
5 Scott Hearne 15981 1286.86 2.16
6 Conard Bush 2189 1549.46 1.56
7 Sam Swain 1558 1478.23 1.19
8 Andrew Bustraan 7203 1272.37 0.95
9 Aaron D'angelo 31149 943.24 0.81
10 Tim Broderick 15943 1232.67 0.72
10 Steve Brown USA 2233 1505.81 0.72
12 Landon Sprague 10334 993.83 0.61
13 Kaden Sprague 9652 1070.06 0.55
13 Rob Huffman 1807 1593.44 0.55
15 Eric White 4838 1482.22 0.44
15 Susie Sprankle 9496 1207.33 0.44
17 Casey Swain 4645 1131.91 0.33
18 Phillip Parker 36249 Not Rated 0.28
19 Jeremy Brown AL 8589 1186.72 0.22
20 Heidi Bush 7064 1187.38 0.17
21 Jaden Jacks 14957 1250.38 0.11
22 Danna Sprankle 36249 906.61 0.06
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


906 East 3rd Street North Wichita, Kansas 67202

Format Details


Event Name : Launch Party
Qualifying Format : Target Matchplay
Finals Format : Ladder Format
Player Limit : 80
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: October 28, 2023

The Arcade Presents:
Venom Official Stern Army Launch Tournament!

Saturday, October 28th

Entry fee to the tournament is $5.

Doors open at 11am, Matchplay will begin at 1pm!

Format for this launch tournament will be a Target Matchplay, using swiss pairing. The target is 20 points. Each round will be groups of 4 (or 3) playing 1 game, using Pinburgh (3,2,1,0) scoring. After the target is reached, the top 8 players, or a maximum of 50% of the field, will move on to a Ladder Matchplay Final. All others will play a 2 strike B Final.

The Ladder Finals will be groups of 4, beginning with the 5,6,7,8 seeds, playing 1 game of Venom. Whoever takes last in the game is eliminated. The other players move on and we will add the 4th seed. Ect… We will play out all games down to 1 player remaining.

During the finals, the top seed in the group will have a choice of their player order for that game.

Last person standing will be declared the Venom Grand Champion and be awarded the Launch Tournament Plaque.

All games are 2 tokens to play.
All extra balls will be off, if you are awarded an extra ball, please plunge it with no flips.
All rulings from Tournament Directors are final.
This is an IFPA Sanctioned event.
All Finals Games will be played on Venom.

Thank you for continued your support of The Arcade and The Wichita Pinball Community!

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