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Pincinnati Whodey Memorial Match Play Tournament

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Tournament Information

Director : Erik Wurtenberger
Location : Cincinnati, OH
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :16.70
Ratings Strength :14.58
Base Value : 32
Rated Players :138
Total (before TGP) : 63.28
TGP :200.00%
Event Booster :150%
Tour Value :189.83
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Results for the Main Tournament event on December 08, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Jared August 10 2123.06 189.83
2 Jane Verwys 374 1652.12 164.59
3 Jared Eshelman 381 1741.54 150.09
4 Lewis Bevans 104 1903.49 138.47
5 Preston Currie 47 1978.11 128.55
5 Nate Grant 58 1765.82 128.55
7 Raymond Davidson 7 2047.74 112.05
8 Christopher Dewitt Jr 1198 1702.57 105.00
9 Sean Davis 302 1765.35 98.58
10 Sterling Mitoska 56 1956.89 92.67
10 Travis Murie 62 1842.54 92.67
12 Andy Pickens 849 1549.54 82.18
12 Ryan McQuaid 442 1767.39 82.18
14 Chad Hobbs 675 1710.73 73.14
15 Bob Caldwell 173 1711.49 69.07
16 Trent Augenstein 82 1726.51 65.27
17 Ken Guenther 879 1520.58 61.70
17 Tyler Becker 320 1735.96 61.70
20 Carlos Delaserda 14 1871.50 52.32
20 Nick Kennedy 272 1642.48 52.32
20 Brian Shepherd 65 1771.96 52.32
22 Jason Gwin 1820 1524.46 46.98
22 Michael Trombetta 1663 1527.17 46.98
24 Jokton Strealy 941 1542.94 42.25
25 Cody Webb 98 1687.08 40.10
26 Matt Peace 390 1606.03 38.08
27 Jack Nebraska 174 1656.73 36.18
28 Stuart Nyswonger 532 1600.30 34.39
29 Matt Gauslin 1536 1532.76 32.72
30 Gary Hartz 265 1600.18 31.13
31 Howard Dobson 568 1567.18 29.65
32 Diane Spackman 3614 1483.91 28.25
34 Tim Breidenstein 651 1738.49 25.72
34 Joe Bayer 461 1518.65 25.72
34 Brent Reed 1006 1375.17 25.72
36 Scott August 2501 1471.47 23.48
36 Greg Knight 1987 1485.03 23.48
38 David Yopp 956 1562.21 21.52
39 Willy Allen 1235 1486.52 20.63
40 Frank Jung 2817 1388.22 19.80
42 John Delzoppo 32 1938.13 18.29
42 Jeremy Ryan 2663 1553.64 18.29
42 Stephanie Zona 3166 1295.71 18.29
44 Chris Eagle 1125 1523.88 16.97
44 Bill Mason 88 1867.79 16.97
46 Valencia Kelly 835 1542.40 15.83
47 Adam Krzeminski 508 1601.04 15.33
48 Evan Crouch 2113 1319.91 14.85
48 Tim Ellis 1637 1673.51 14.85
50 DJ Toth 782 1623.93 13.99
51 Alex white 775 1658.95 13.61
52 Marc Roden 1622 1591.85 13.26
53 Justin Ryan 2707 1357.57 12.92
54 Tyler Hund 659 1700.12 12.62
55 Holly Koskinen 716 1613.96 12.33
56 Hannah Schwab 7754 1323.88 12.07
57 Whayne T Rouse 2434 1367.14 11.82
58 Sarah Kwiecien 3860 1454.30 11.59
59 Bill Taylor 907 1555.08 11.38
60 Rebecca Hinsdale 3357 1620.87 11.17
61 Chris Hardewig 1034 1671.62 10.99
62 Aaron RIch 50 1888.50 10.81
63 Michael Tyler 724 1407.97 10.64
64 Matt Waters 516 1519.58 10.48
65 Chad Dubiel 1947 1441.56 10.33
66 Deborah Tahlman 942 1533.64 10.18
67 tyrus eagle 132 1868.04 10.03
68 Jared Schmidt 155 1720.19 9.90
69 Steven Bowden 11 1893.59 9.76
70 Chris Ciesick 7647 1150.79 9.63
71 Jesse Baker 185 1804.93 9.49
71 Shawn Kenter 2202 1389.73 9.49
73 Jaden Rich 482 1647.73 9.22
74 Joel Bergantino 514 1758.79 9.08
74 Charlie Giglia 7560 1301.19 9.08
76 Joe Reist 2582 1440.90 8.81
77 Dan Sexauer 642 1730.60 8.68
78 Linsey Rogers 1943 1643.88 8.54
79 Larry Scott 3093 1682.32 8.41
80 Scott Woods 799 1526.44 8.27
81 Joe Downs 3607 1278.80 8.14
82 caleb weisgerber 8112 1452.30 8.00
83 Jon Vollmer 6272 1393.40 7.86
84 Stacey Moritz 1360 1582.56 7.73
85 Chelsea Pomeroy 3585 1363.75 7.59
86 Hadi Seyed-Ali 292 1700.07 7.46
87 Evan Bingham 1102 1505.57 7.32
88 Scott Elliott 572 1575.97 7.19
89 Adam Barney 3415 1413.49 7.05
90 John Reemtsen 948 1593.54 6.92
91 Mark Brown OH 339 1563.81 6.78
92 Doug Kuykendoll 1543 1428.59 6.64
93 Nicole Turk 1310 1497.99 6.51
94 Matt E Owen 857 1543.81 6.37
95 Justin Schnetzer 1114 1579.41 6.24
96 Sabrina Dugandzic 2996 1355.86 6.10
97 Greg Duffner 3782 1337.56 5.97
98 Jim Desalvo 23994 1065.75 5.83
99 Mark Rowe NZ 4042 1534.66 5.70
100 Brian Carrell 12171 1526.28 5.56
101 Todd Dennis 6640 1316.13 5.42
102 Ken Grant 229 1712.10 5.29
103 Phoebe Smith 3772 1483.98 5.15
104 Joe Ashley 1817 1483.53 5.02
105 Tedd Mirgliotta 876 1464.64 4.88
106 Krista Liem 2927 1327.35 4.75
107 Chris Dewitt 3184 1436.34 4.61
108 Ian Raffenberg 1558 1438.24 4.47
109 Patrick Green 12358 1442.07 4.34
110 Sam Eshelman 2141 1527.41 4.20
111 Melissa Lahn 8719 1139.48 4.07
112 Stewart Pomeroy 2234 1355.38 3.93
113 Rachel Engels 1517 1477.03 3.80
114 Larry Smith OH 1377 1577.33 3.66
115 Jeff Westerkamp 2039 1422.75 3.53
116 Nolan Liem 1175 1567.12 3.39
117 Shannon Moody 6485 1303.62 3.25
118 Brian Hickle 4821 1367.33 3.12
119 Nathan Brandt 2628 1374.35 2.98
120 Sam McConnell 1861 1567.35 2.85
121 Amber Woods 3662 1245.66 2.71
122 Becca Lipstein 8960 1174.47 2.58
123 Bre Reynolds 2438 1400.81 2.44
124 Thomas O’Leary 4342 1108.54 2.31
125 Kyle Koch OH 6278 1292.27 2.17
126 Jared Moore 11876 1246.80 2.03
127 Jason Kelley 4655 1496.35 1.90
128 Brad Barker 12296 1192.81 1.76
129 Nikki Miller 5110 1274.29 1.63
130 Darren Martin 8048 1478.10 1.49
131 Tom Stevenson 9895 1173.52 1.36
132 Colby Hickle 1643 1535.76 1.22
133 Grant Loeber 11162 1153.50 1.08
134 Rita Stevenson 7527 1182.65 0.95
135 Larry Lowe 7190 1249.99 0.81
136 Corey Konigsberger 4762 1222.40 0.68
137 Rachel Phipps 14786 1146.04 0.54
138 Daniel Sargent 28489 1479.59 0.41
139 Clay Ciesick 9261 1381.60 0.27
140 Samantha McBride 9894 1082.34 0.14
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


4501 Eastgate Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45245

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Match Play
Player Limit : 128
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Registration for this tournament opens on July 01, 2024

Start Date: December 06, 2024
End Date: December 08, 2024

Starts at 2 pm, check in at 1:30 pm, limited to 128 (could push to more if space and games allow) entries. After 5 of the 10 qualifying rounds, there will be a 30-min break. Log into http://next.Matchplay.events/ to see your groupings, enter results for you group, and follow along with the event. Check out the Pincinnati Eventbrite page for full schedule.

Qualifying will be 20 rounds of single game matchplay (3 and 4 player groups). Tiered swiss pairings. After that, you will be grouped with players that have a similar number of points. Player order will be balanced.

Scoring will be IFPA which awards 7,5,3,1 points for 4 player groups, and 7,4,1 scoring for 3 player groups.

The top 24 players after the qualifying rounds will make A finals. The next 16 players will make B finals. Qualifying will end approximately at 6:00pm on Saturday and finals will start at around 8pm Saturday and will finish approximately at midnight. There will be no IFPA ranking restrictions on making the finals. Top 100 IFPA players at the start of the event will be restricted from winning prize money only. If you forego playing in B division, you will be placed as last place in B division or 40th overall.

A division Finals - top 8 will get a bye. 16 will play in the first round. Each group will play 3 games using the same IFPA scoring as qualifying. The top two players from each group will advance to the next round. First two rounds will be played Saturday night and the final two rounds will be played on Sunday starting at 10am and finishing approximately at 2pm Sunday. The final 8 will play in the semifinals with the same rules with the top two from each group advancing to the final 4. The final four will play 3 more games to decide the winner.

B division finals - Same format as A division. B Division will play along with A Division and will not be able to play the same banks that were already chosen by A. See A finals above for the order in which B groups choose. B Division will conclude Saturday night. Only A division will conclude on Sunday.

The three games played each round of finals are chosen by picking a each game from an eras from the list which one game must be chosen from each era. The top seed of the group will choose the bank of games. The player positions are predetermined and are as follows:

Game 1: P1 - Seed 4, P2 - Seed 3, P3 - Seed 2, P4 - Seed 1
Game 2: P1 - Seed 4, P2 - Seed 3, P3 - Seed 1, P4 - Seed 2
Game 3: P1 - Seed 4, P2 - Seed 2, P3 - Seed 1, P4 - Seed 3


Payouts will be to the top 8 players from A and top 4 players from B. After a $500 show fee, IFPA fees, and trophy expenses, the payouts will be as follows:

WHODEY MEMORIAL MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT PAYOUTS
A division payouts:
1st - 35% and trophy
2nd - 15% and plaque
3rd - 10% and plaque
4th - 5% and plaque
5th-8th - 1.22%

B division payouts:
1st - 15% and trophy
2nd - 5% and plaque
3rd - 5% and plaque
4th - 5% and plaque

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament December 07, 2025 MAIN
Main Tournament December 03, 2023 MAIN John Delzoppo
Main Tournament December 03, 2022 MAIN Carlos Delaserda
Main Tournament December 04, 2021 MAIN Chris Warren AL

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