Location
Format Details
| Event Name : | Main Tournament |
| Qualifying Format : | Matchplay Qualifying |
| Finals Format : | Match Play |
| Player Limit : | 50 |
| Unlimited Qualifying? : | No |
Tournament Overview
Tournament Date: November 08, 2025
14th Annual Pinhead Cup Match Play at Sych Drywall/ Iceberg Arcade
- Qualifying - 7 rounds, 2 games per round Saturday 10am-4pm . Saturday playoffs (6:30pm - 11pm)
- 7 rounds of 4-player groups 2 games per round 7/5/3/1 scoring (20 games in total)
- Tiered swiss pairing
Playoffs: Saturday approximately @ 7pm. Estimated to be done around 11pm
-Top 16 in A Division
- Top 4 get prize money and hardware in both A & B divisions
- B division (eligible): top 8 players after top 16 (players ranked 1-1500 as of November 1st not eligible for B division). Winner gets hardware
- After qualifying is done, if two or more players are tied for final playoff spot(s), they will play a one-game playoff (random game & order) to determine seeding. This will take place immediately when qualifying ends.
- players tied for seed will be broken by most 1st and 2nd
- Players will play 3 games per round with 4-2-1-0 scoring, with the top 2 players advancing to the next round. Top seed picks game and order of 1st game (lowest score of playoff game gets choice of order for next game in that bank). A player cannot pick the same game once it has been picked until final 4 where then the final group will start fresh again
- If there's a tie after 4 games to advance or any spot 1st-4th place overall, top seed will have a choice of order on the tie-breaker machine.
- Qualifying - 7 rounds, 2 games per round Saturday 10am-4pm . Saturday playoffs (6:30pm - 11pm)
- 7 rounds of 4-player groups 2 games per round 7/5/3/1 scoring (20 games in total)
- Tiered swiss pairing
Playoffs: Saturday approximately @ 7pm. Estimated to be done around 11pm
-Top 16 in A Division
- Top 4 get prize money and hardware in both A & B divisions
- B division (eligible): top 8 players after top 16 (players ranked 1-1500 as of November 1st not eligible for B division). Winner gets hardware
- After qualifying is done, if two or more players are tied for final playoff spot(s), they will play a one-game playoff (random game & order) to determine seeding. This will take place immediately when qualifying ends.
- players tied for seed will be broken by most 1st and 2nd
- Players will play 3 games per round with 4-2-1-0 scoring, with the top 2 players advancing to the next round. Top seed picks game and order of 1st game (lowest score of playoff game gets choice of order for next game in that bank). A player cannot pick the same game once it has been picked until final 4 where then the final group will start fresh again
- If there's a tie after 4 games to advance or any spot 1st-4th place overall, top seed will have a choice of order on the tie-breaker machine.