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Results

Pos	Player	Rank	Rating	Points
1	Steven Bowden	14	1744.50	157.22
2	Jason Zahler	1	2105.60	128.22
3	Carlos Delaserda	13	1775.75	112.21
4	Germain Mariolle	15	1865.40	99.73
5	Preston Currie	83	1733.73	89.38
6	Kassidy Milanowski	123	1764.72	80.55
7	Josh Sharpe	31	1737.45	72.85
8	Zach Sharpe	60	1835.00	66.07
9	Luke Nahorniak	3	1852.46	60.05
10	Brian Krivonak	307	1572.27	54.69
10	Raymond Davidson	9	1974.91	54.69
12	Matt McCarty	206	1449.98	45.55
13	tyrus eagle	268	1813.28	41.65
13	Jason Werdrick	17	1755.87	41.65
15	Anna Neal	478	1499.71	34.95
16	Matt Faulkner	600	1673.16	32.08
17	Gabe Da Silveira	92	1747.20	29.49
17	Steve Zahler	25	1832.58	29.49
19	Tom Graf	102	1636.85	25.02
20	Tom Menge	403	1481.51	23.12
20	Jared Eshelman	483	1771.19	23.12
22	Ryan Dunn	694	1479.14	19.83
23	Erik Thoren	72	1685.00	18.43
23	Sterling Mitoska	127	1831.04	18.43
25	Geoff Alterman	450	1596.83	16.05
26	Ron Hallett Jr.	222	1676.33	15.04
27	Ryan Spindler	284	1604.78	14.14
28	Marion Richards	475	1423.69	13.33
29	Trent Augenstein	61	1705.63	12.61
30	Mike Weyenberg	117	1605.00	11.98
31	Mike Moberg	507	1549.87	11.42
32	alex phelps	611	1508.97	10.91
33	Sean Irby	51	1747.62	10.47
34	Andy Dill	216	1519.36	10.08
35	Jane Verwys	411	1517.84	9.73
36	Trey Keng	1364	1385.75	9.41
37	Trae Vance	1367	1555.90	9.13
38	Lindsey Bones	1561	1426.35	8.89
39	Chris Gerwing	647	1470.83	8.65
40	Gabe Noblesmith	961	1539.86	8.44
41	Tyler Becker	228	1733.95	8.25
42	Brandon Hoffman	1497	1488.69	8.05
43	Troy Saenz	746	1385.55	7.86
44	Kristen Gregory	901	1418.01	7.67
45	Troy Hall IN	2864	1376.95	7.49
46	Keith Hanson	356	1560.35	7.30
46	Nick Campbell	205	1619.85	7.30
48	Dominic Labella	258	1788.38	6.93
49	Ed Zeltmann	471	1451.35	6.74
49	Mike Pantoliano	388	1615.81	6.74
51	Joe Bayer	362	1566.67	6.36
51	William Johnson	3998	1427.80	6.36
53	Ryan Eggers	673	1626.80	5.99
53	Clayton Prinster	1054	1451.90	5.99
55	Cory Pershing	10414	1131.15	5.62
56	Matt Moberg	2976	1380.74	5.43
57	Jon Lents	1986	1251.64	5.24
58	Jordan Cappaert	956	1323.39	5.05
59	Melissa Lummus	3442	1321.97	4.87
60	Rachel Engels	1451	1435.52	4.68
61	Autumn Schimnoski	7525	1343.63	4.49
62	Tony Trofka	2486	1198.71	4.30
63	Greg Hein	701	1488.95	4.12
64	Chris Eagle	736	1540.38	3.93
65	Sam Eshelman	2118	1465.47	3.74
66	Bill Lembesis	946	1556.23	3.56
67	Nathan Bartz	1318	1523.06	3.37
68	Joe Corrao	1068	1383.48	3.18
69	Mike Schmitt	2666	1425.52	2.99
70	Aaron Prestemon	2582	1424.71	2.81
70	Randy Nelson	1539	1583.52	2.81
72	Emil Assily	2920	1419.00	2.43
74	Christopher Hayre	1240	1412.86	2.06
74	Summer Ellington	4154	1280.69	2.06
74	Rachel Ristow	489	1579.69	2.06
76	Deborah Tahlman	1015	1523.24	1.68
77	Jason Krajcar	3473	1445.69	1.50
78	Seth Evans	1931	1398.12	1.31
79	Mike Jacobson	1621	1345.13	1.12
80	Dori Zielinski	1926	1330.19	0.94
81	Brent Schimnoski	2479	1345.97	0.75
82	Sara Bradley	4258	1337.99	0.56
83	Emily Anderson	5310	1458.07	0.37
84	Beth Trofka	2065	1261.92	0.19

Location

800 O\'keefe Rd De Pere, WI 54115

Format Details

Event Name :	Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :	Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format :	Match Play
Player Limit :	150
Unlimited Qualifying? :	No

Tournament Overview

Registration for this tournament opens on December 02, 2023

Start Date: February 16, 2024
End Date: February 18, 2024

Go to the website address for full details!!
$250-$280 total cost for the event which includes the Stern Pro Circuit Main Event and 2 other knockout tournaments
150 Player Capacity
Registration opens at 11AM Central Time on December 2nd, 2023

Main Event Qualifying Day 1

Friday February 17th, 2023
8AM Doors Open for Practice
9AM Tournament Starts
4:30PM Projected End Time

I'm planning on using Never Drains Software for the Main Event and Match Play for the Knockouts, Warm Up Tournament and Split Flipper. Smaller details like Automatic Tiebreakers, turning in printed match results or uploading results, will be worked out prior to the start of the event as this is a newer format for the software. We will use all 100+ Pinball Machines inside District 82 Pinball. At some point you will be playing a machine directly next to another player. This cannot be avoided so play on. Each round will consist of your 4 player (3 player when necessary) group playing a 3 game bank each round. We will play 4 rounds total (12 Games Total), tiered swiss pairings, automatic tiebreakers on, IFPA seeding to start, player order will be pre-selected. Each bank will consist of a classics pin (1985 and older non DMD style), Mid Game (1981-1995) and a modern pin (1994 DMD or LCD game). You will play each game one at a time (Not Multi-Match). Once you finish all 3 games you turn in your sheet or upload the results. You will get 3/2/1/0 or 3/1.5/0 scoring on each game. So a maximum of 9 points per round. At the end of Day 1 qualifying you will be divided into A/B or Novice Division based on your overall accumulated points. Top 50 Players for A, Next 50 Players for B, everyone else in Novice Division. Number of Players in A/B & Novice Division is based on a full field of 150 players. If we have less than the Tournament Director will modify the number of players in each division but we are trying to get ROUGHLY 1/3 of the field in each. There will be ties & such so it's very doubtful we hit exactly 50 in each but that is the goal. The tournament director and Neverdrains software will make the determination as to exactly how many people are in each division at the start of day 2. These numbers of players can change based on restrictions below too. A & B Division players take there totals into Day 2 and add on from there. Novice Division Players start over on there qualifying points.

NEVERDRAINS SOFTWARE

Normally, every tournament we run at District 82 uses Match Play software, we print out sheets for everyone to take to there group/games, you circle who got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and turn the sheet in. We will be doing this for the Thursday warm up tournament and Friday & Saturday Night knockouts but not for the Main Event. For the Main Event it will all be done on your phones. This is the same thing that was done at Yegpin last year so if you were there this should be very familiar. I do have blank grouping sheets if needed and you can fill them out and turn in if no one in your group has access on there phone.

Karl DeAngelo created a 5 minute tutorial video for Yegpin and you can watch it at the link below. Please watch the video (it is very good) before you ask me how this works. D82 does have WiFi for you phones too. It all works the same as Yegpin, except we are doing 4 rounds each day with 3 games per round instead of 5 rounds with 4 games each round. You can watch that video here:

.https://youtu.be/VcKyEIYc9W0.

This is what I need you to do. You 'register for an account' with the Drains Tournament Manager using Name, IFPA number and email address at the link below. Even if you have used Neverdrains in the past set up an account for this event.

https://www.neverdrains.com/

Your name and IFPA number have already been inputted into the system for this event. This will be matched up when you create an account. The most important thing is your IFPA number matches so if your name is Michael and you use Mike it will still work fine as long as IFPA number matches. You can find your IFPA number by searching your name here:

https://www.ifpapinball.com/players/find.php

One change for this event will be that you will be picking order for each game in every match instead of the software automatically picking your order. We are still doing Tiered Swiss pairings with IFPA rank for seeding of the first round. The game banks are randomly selected for all groups. The game order choice will work like this. For the first game of round 1 the highest IFPA ranked player in the group will pick order first, followed by the 2nd highest, then 3rd highest and 4th highest gets what's left. On games 2 & 3 the person who finished 4th in the previous game gets 1st order choice, followed by 3rd, followed by 2nd, then 1st place gets what is left for order. For the rest of the tournament IFPA rank won't matter. On the 2nd round and subsequent rounds, order choice on the 1st game will be given to the player in the group who is doing the best in the tournament at that point. You will know who gets to pick order first on the first game in the round because the software will list that person first in the group, followed by 2nd, 3rd, 4th. When the game is over you input the scores of each player for the game instead of just telling me who got 1st,2nd,3rd,4th. The software will then know who got what place by the score. Any one of the 4 players in each group can pick the order and input the scores but to keep this simple I am going to ask the 1st player in each group to do this and verify it with the other players before it is submitted. Once all the scores are submitted the only way to correct a mistake is to get an admin (Erik Thoren) to fix it. Again I will have blank grouping sheets available if needed and you can manually fill them out and submit to front desk if no one in the group is able to do this on their phone or if you want to have a physical record of player order and scores.

IFPA Rank Restrictions for A & B Division

If you are ranked 100 or better in the world by the IFPA as of February 10th, 2024 you will be restricted to A Division. I am not using the WPPR Pro ranking which is supposed to start on January 1st, 2024. I am using the regular ranking. If this changes from what I understand this to be I will make an adjustment to this prior to the start of the tournament and explain it to everyone. This means you must play in A Division Qualifying on Day 2. If you do not earn enough points to be in the top 50 players you will be still be placed in A division with whatever points you accumulated and the field will be expanded to accommodate these players. So if 3 players ranked 100 or better in the world don't get enough points to earn the A division spot on day 2 the field will be expanded to 53 players to let them in.
For IFPA Points Purposes: If you are restricted to A or B division and you don't accumulate enough points to 'earn' your spot on Day 2 and are forced to play based on your ranking. Your final finishing position in the overall tournament will be adjusted to wherever you finished Day 1 in qualifying unless you 'earn' a spot in the finals. If you earn your spot in the finals then your overall finishing position will be wherever you finish on Sunday in the finals.

If you are ranked 101st-750th in the world you will be restricted to no lower than B Division. This means that if you qualify in the top 50 players for A division then you play in A division. If you score enough points for the next 50 players (51st-100th) then you play in B division. If you do not score enough points for B division the field will be expanded to accommodate you into the B division for the 2nd day.
For IFPA Points Purposes: If you are restricted to a division and you don't accumulate enough points to 'earn' your spot on Day 2 and are forced to play based on your ranking. Your final finishing position in the overall tournament will be adjusted to wherever you finished Day 1 in qualifying unless you 'earn' a spot in the finals. If you earn your spot in the finals then your overall finishing position will be wherever you finish on Sunday in the finals.

Novice division is 751st or lower or no rank by IFPA as of February 10th, 2024. These players have no restrictions of any kind and can play in any division they qualify for no matter if its A/B or Novice. Everyone left who is not in A or B division will be put into Novice Division.

Game List

Game list for the Main Event Tournament as of October 2023. These are the games used for the banks. I have not made the 3 game banks yet.

Depending on the number of players I will need to play some groups on the same banks but starting on different games. Most banks will start with Classic go to Mid then finish with Modern. Some banks will start with Modern then go to Classic and finish with Mid. Play your games and keep your order the same as written on the sheet for your group.

If a game goes down and cannot be repaired quickly you will be given a replacement game from the same era to complete your bank.

This listing may change slightly as we get closer to the event and I add or take our games inside District 82.

Classic 1985 & Earlier Mid 81-95 Modern 94 & newer
1964 Palooka 1981 Barracora 1994 Road Show
1967 Melody 1981 Jungle Lord 1994 The Shadow
1969 Post Time 1981 Pharaoh 1994 WWF Royal Rumble
1971 Spanish Eyes 1982 Vector 1995 Indianapolis 500
1971 Doodle Bug 1983 BMX 1995 Johnny Mnemonic
1974 Sky Kings 1985 Eight Ball Champ 1995 Theatre of Magic
1975 Hi Deal 1987 F-14 Tomcat 1997 Cirqus Voltaire
1976 Triple Strike 1988 Cyclone 1997 No Good Gophers
1976 Volley 1988 Robo-War 1998 Champion Pub
1977 Stingray 1989 Mousin Around 1999 South Park
1978 Mata Hari 1990 Funhouse 2001 Monopoly
1978 Lectronamo 1990 Pool Sharks 2003 Terminator 3
1978 Lost World 1990 Whirlwind 2003 Simpsons Pinball Party
1978 Memory Lane 1991 Harley Davidson 2005 NASCAR
1978 Stars 1992 Addams Family 2005 Sopranos
1978 Strikes & Spares 1992 Black Rose 2007 Monopoly
1978 Wild Fyre 1992 Doctor Who 2007 Spider-Man
1979 Dolly Parton 1992 Fish Tales 2007 Wheel of Fortune
1979 Harlem Globetrotters 1992 Hook 2011 Tron Pro
1979 Hot Hand 1992 Star Wars (Data East) 2012 X-Men LE
1978 Kiss (Bally) 1992 The Getaway 2013 Metallica Pro
1979 Magic 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula 2013 Star Trek Premium
1979 Meteor 1993 Indiana Jones 2020 Iron Man VE
1979 Paragon 1993 Judge Dredd 2014 Mustang Pro
1979 Star Trek (Bally) 1993 Jurassic Park (Data East) 2014 The Walking Dead Pro
1979 Supersonic 1993 Last Action Hero 2015 Kiss Pro (Stern)
1979 Trident 1993 Tales from the Crypt 2016 Ghostbusters Premium
1980 Alien Poker 1993 Twilight Zone 2017 Aerosmith Pro
1980 Flight 2000 1993 White Water 2017 Attack From Mars SE
1980 Frontier 1994 Demolition Man 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Pro
1980 Hotdoggin' 1994 Flintstones 2017 Star Wars Pro (Stern)
1980 Mystic 1994 Tommy 2018 Deadpool Pro
1980 Seawitch 1994 World Cup Soccer 2018 Iron Maiden Pro
1980 Silverball Mania 1994 Corvette 2018 Monster Bash SE
1980 Viking 1995 No Fear 2019 Jurassic Park Prem
1980 Xenon 1995 Jack-Bot 2021 Godzilla Pro
1981 Eight Ball Deluxe

1981 Flash Gordon

1984 X's & O's

1985 Comet

Event 2: 10 Strike Progressive Knockout

Friday February 16th, 2024
5PM-Midnight

You will play in groups of 4 players (3 when necessary), random seeding to start, then swiss style pairing thereafter. You will get 0/1/2/3 strikes per round (1 game per round). Once you receive 10 strikes you are out of the tournament. Once eliminated, you may stay and play all the games on free play the rest of the night. We alternate between A (1992 & newer DMD/LCD) & B (1991 & older Classics) Groups each round. Your final position will be determined by the round and number of strikes you have. Example if you go into a round with 8 strikes and someone else in a different group goes into a round with 7 strikes; you both get 4th place adding 3 strikes to your total. You would have 11 strikes and finish behind the person who ended the same round with only 10 strikes.

A tie for first place will result in a 1 GAME Tie Breaker randomly chosen by the tournament director. Ties between 2nd-8th position will be broken with a 1 GAME game tie breaker for the affected players to determine the trophy and/or cash received. Game will be selected by tournament director and the game itself will be either classic or modern based on what the next game choice would be been. When reporting this to IFPA for points those ties will be reported as such except a tie for 1st place. 1st Place is significant and will be reported as a win and not a tie. No playoffs or finals.

Cash Prizes for 1st-8th

Trophies or Plaques for 1-4

Main Event Qualifying Day 2

Saturday February 17th, 2024
8AM Doors Open for Practice
9AM Tournament Starts
4:30PM Projected End Time

The field of players is divided into 3 groups. Division A/B and Novice. All of your matches on this day will be within your division. A & B carries points from Day 1 with seeding based on accumulated points from Day 1 to start. Novice Division starts fresh with no points and seeding is IFPA rank to start or random if not available. Each round will consist of your 4 player (3 player when necessary) group playing a 3 game bank each round. We will play 4 rounds total (12 Games Total), tiered swiss pairings, player order will be pre-selected or highest seed getting first choice of order on first game then 4th place gets to choose order first on next game then 3rd place, etc. Each bank will consist of a classics pin (1985 and older non DMD style), Mid Game (1981-1995) and a modern pin (1994 DMD or LCD game). You will play each game one at a time (Not Multi-Match). Once you finish all 3 games you turn in your sheet or upload results. You will get 3/2/1/0 or 3/1.5/0 scoring on each game. So a maximum of 9 points per round.

A Division Finals Players

Top 24 Players make the A Division Finals.
Automatic Tiebreakers are turned on and will be used to seed the field.
Exception will be for 8th and 24th place will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for the 8th and 24th positions will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets a bye and/or 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.
This tiebreaker will also be significant for the 8th place position. Example: we have a 6 way tie for 8th place (8,9,10,11,12,13). Based on the Tiebreaker game the winner would get the 1st round bye, 2nd/3rd/4th/5th would be seeded 9th/10th/11th/12th and get a bank choice in round 1. The person that finished 6th in this example tiebreak would be seeded 13th in the main final with no choice of bank.

B & Novice Division Finals Players

Top 16 Players Make the B & Novice Division Finals. Automatic Tiebreakers are turned on and will be used to seed the field. Exception will be 16th place. That position will have a 1 GAME Playoff from the Classic Group of games. This one game will be significant and result in the final position for those players that don't make it into the final. Example: We have 3 players ties at 15th place. After tiebreaker game winner would be placed 15th, 2nd would be placed 16th, 3rd would be place 17th. Game will be selected by the tournament director. Final field will then be set for Sunday.

Event 3: 8 Strikes Classics Fair Strike Knockout

Saturday February 17th, 2024
5PM Projected Start Time
Midnight Projected End Time

This Knockout Tournament is an 8 Strike Classics Tournament played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Only the games from roughly 1985 and older will be used (Non-DMD games this is the B group at District 82 Pinball)
Random Seeding to start, then Swiss Style. Games drawn randomly.
Groups of 4 will play against each other on a single machine
1st Place No Strike, 2nd and 3rd Place 1 Strike, 4th Place 2 Strikes
3 player matches (as needed) 1st Place No Strike, 2nd Place 1 Strike, 3rd Place 2 Strikes
2 player matches (as needed) 1st Place No Strike, 2nd Place 2 Strikes
Once a player has 8 strikes they are out of this tournament
The tournament continues until there is one player remaining.
A tie for first place will result in a 1 GAME Tie Breaker randomly chosen by the tournament director. Ties between 2nd-8th position will be broken with a 1 Game game tie breaker for the affected players to determine the trophy and/or cash received. The game will be selected by tournament director and be a classic game for the tiebreaker. When reporting this to IFPA for points those ties will be reported as such except a tie for 1st place. 1st Place is significant and will be reported as a win and not a tie. No playoffs or finals.

Top 4 trophies, Top 8 cash prizes

Main Event Finals

Sunday February 19th, 2023
8AM Doors Open Practice
9:15AM Start Time
5PM Projected End Time

No practicing on the games in any of the finals banks at all on Sunday. This includes people whom are not in the playoffs as well.

We will start finals for A Division Round 1, Then B Division Round 1, Then Novice Division Round 1. All the finals will be running at the same time in the same area of District 82.

A Division

Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. No points carry over from qualifying. If someone doesn't show up the 25th or next highest person from qualifying available will take there place. 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 similar or the same as the ones used in qualifying but will have 1 classic, 1 mid, and 1 modern pin in each bank. 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 at random by the TD.

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

B & Novice Division

These will be conducted the same as above except only 3 rounds in total as no one has a bye. They will start at the quarterfinals section above and continue on to the end.

Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 16 Cash Prizes in each division

Overall IFPA Position in Tournament

You overall position in the tournament will be dependent on your finals performance too.
A Division: You are playing for 1st-24th in the overall tournament
B Division: You are playing for approximately 51st-65th in the overall tournament
C Division: You are playing for approximately 101st-117th in the overall tournament

Director :	Erik Thoren
Location :	De Pere, WI
Country :	United States
Information :	Website

Ranking System :	Main
Ranking Strength :	19.41
Ratings Strength :	11.47
Base Value :	32
Rated Players :	84
Total (before TGP) :	62.88
TGP :	200.00%
Event Booster :	125%
Tour Value :	157.22

2024 D82 Winter 3X Stern Pro Circuit Main Event

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