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PJs Group Matchplay Showdown

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Tournament Information

Director : Murray Boyce
Location : Wollongong, NSW
Country : Australia
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :1.17
Ratings Strength :3.53
Base Value : 16.5
Rated Players :33
Total (before TGP) : 21.2
TGP :192.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :40.71
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Results for the Main Tournament event on August 25, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Paul Jones AUS 130 1884.70 40.71
2 Peter Malady 2187 1487.20 27.22
3 Shannon Paull 2171 1351.59 20.69
4 Gordon MacMaster 435 1726.87 16.14
5 Peter Menzel 1887 1591.16 12.75
6 Andrew Gliatis 593 1695.45 10.18
7 Stuart Hunt 3193 1628.30 8.20
8 Ryan Halstead 11851 1327.51 6.67
9 Pat Nichols 112 1859.49 5.49
10 James Searby 2929 1644.05 4.59
11 Aaron Draper 3418 1402.12 3.92
12 Logan Jones 1093 1816.75 3.41
13 Pheobe Evans 5903 1542.42 3.04
14 Murray Boyce 4172 1470.08 2.77
15 Jake Jones 3647 1465.04 2.58
16 Theo Charalambous 14791 1291.38 2.43
17 Sierra Charalambous 10124 1363.47 2.31
18 Jayson Walsh 1098 1561.59 2.20
19 Dylon De Sousa 5632 1437.23 2.09
19 Russell Tolhurst 18086 1454.71 2.09
21 Paul Soutter 4137 1448.05 1.87
21 Dave Edwards AUS 6681 1331.10 1.87
23 Daniel Titcume 11293 1299.32 1.65
24 Matt Roberts 1820 1582.52 1.54
25 Chrysanthe Psychogios 9864 1224.89 1.43
26 Phillip Mills 11329 1190.63 1.32
27 Kris Forner 9530 1315.21 1.21
28 Derren Bradford 11228 1276.87 1.10
29 Chad Mulheron 8683 1367.72 0.99
29 Scott Walsh 4199 1412.42 0.99
31 Paul Chamberlin 1461 1570.69 0.77
32 Nick Zografos 8089 1415.59 0.66
33 Sean Ramsay 27885 1066.79 0.55
33 Susie Charalambous 19602 1058.63 0.55
35 Daniel Craze 19973 1243.86 0.33
36 Jimmy Penno 11753 1194.57 0.22
37 Troy Nubley 30419 993.01 0.11
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Single Elimination
Player Limit : 72
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: August 24, 2024
End Date: August 25, 2024

Group Matchplay Qualifying - August 24th - 10:30am - Late.

Finals will be played on the following day, Sunday 25th, 10:30am start.

*Residence will open 30 minutes before the start of the tournament for practice/warmup*

$30 Buy In - Prize money 1st - 8th


Tournament Format: Group Matchplay

*There is no warmup/practice before each game*

Rounds: 8 rounds of group match play, 2 games per round.


Scoring: IFPA 4 player groups - 7/5/3/1, 3 player groups - 7/4/1, linear scoring, no bonus points to the winner.


Seeding: Random, players are seeded randomly at the start of the tournament


Player pairing: Balanced pairing, players will be randomly paired with previously unfaced opponents.


Playing order: Random, players will be randomly assigned a play order.


Arena assignment: Balanced, attempts will be made to assign an arena that has been played the fewest times by all opponents.


Tiebreakers: In case of a tie, an additional game will be played on a randomly selected machine, with randomly generated playing ordered.

Advancement:
The top 16 players will advance to the finals, which will take place on the following day, Sunday 25th 10:30am.


Finals will feature single elimination head-to-head matches, played in a Best of 5 series.

The highest seeded player will have the privilege of selecting the first arena or playing order, while the opponent decides the remaining option. For subsequent games, the loser of the previous match will have the preference to pick the arena or playing order, and the winner selects the remaining option.

If an arena is already being played, you may wait until it is available if they are on the last ball, otherwise another arena must be selected. An arena cannot be selected multiple times in the same head-to-head series.

Once a player verbally announces their game choice or position, the decision is final and cannot be changed.

Final bracket.

Round of 16

1 vs. 16

2 vs. 15

3 vs. 14

4 vs. 13

5 vs. 12

6 vs. 11

7 vs. 10

8 vs. 9

Quarterfinals
1/16 winner vs. 8/9 winner

2/15 winner vs. 7/10 winner

3/14 winner vs. 6/11 winner

4/13 winner vs. 5/12 winner

Semi-Finals
1/8/9/16 winner vs. 4/5/12/13 winner

2/7/10/15 winner vs. 3/6/11/14 winner


Finals
1/8/9/16/4/5/12/13 winner vs. 2/7/10/15/3/6/11/14 winner

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