International Flipper Pinball Association

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Results

Pos	Player	Rank	Rating	Points
1	Adam Lefkoff	37	1717.05	42.39
2	Lyman Sheats	33	1729.54	29.05
3	Travis Maisch	385	1470.49	22.47
4	Atticus Palmer	461	1675.47	17.82
6	Salem Ayoob	376	1567.01	11.57
6	Eric Fisher	211	1528.66	11.57
6	Joe Kosack	234	1653.60	11.57
6	Joe Lemire	73	1807.91	11.57
12	Andy Cobb	166	1669.41	3.89
12	John Kremmer	133	1610.58	3.89
12	Adam Kiesler	209	1647.59	3.89
12	Karl DeAngelo	22	1890.77	3.89
12	Jason Werdrick	23	1793.26	3.89
12	Greg Poverelli	228	1715.31	3.89
12	Pierce McLain	617	1416.35	3.89
12	Jeff Douglas	521	1674.29	3.89
24	Jody Jodon	284	1623.06	1.53
24	Dominic Nardini	516	1550.55	1.53
24	Will McKinney	179	1741.21	1.53
24	Luke Nahorniak	695	1649.53	1.53
24	Jason Scheffelmaer	187	1736.95	1.53
24	Heath Ashley	2301	1406.94	1.53
24	Drew Donohue	1709	1484.77	1.53
24	Doug Parsons	1103	1514.35	1.53
24	Brian Dye	155	1623.25	1.53
24	Kevin Kuntz	801	1638.11	1.53
24	Timothy Enders	149	1628.14	1.53
24	Jake Erskine	809	1474.75	1.53
24	Brian Hill	274	1538.00	1.53
24	Barry Brdar	292	1586.44	1.53
24	Kevin Stone	131	1548.79	1.53
24	Josh Tidmore	336	1630.73	1.53
34	Todd Baumeister	1550	1359.28	0.35
34	Ethan Bent	3230	1458.49	0.35
34	Ryan James	2596	1481.92	0.35
34	Adrienne Black	2296	1401.33	0.35

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Location

1610 East Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, NV
United States

Tournament Overview

Tournament Date: March 17, 2016

I. Quick Overview

The IFPA US National Pinball Championship is an annual pinball competition organized by the IFPA. As part of the prize package for each IFPA State Pinball Championship, each IFPA State Pinball Champion will win free entry into the IFPA US National Pinball Championship. If the IFPA State Pinball Champion is unable to attend the IFPA US National Pinball Championship, the runner-up at the State Pinball Championship will be allowed to participate and serve as the representative of that state. The 2014-15 US National Pinball Championship will be held Thursday, March 26th, 2014 at the Pinball of Fame in Las Vegas, NV.

II. Competition Details

1. How to qualify

The only way to qualify for the IFPA US National Pinball Championship is to win an IFPA State Pinball Championship. If the State Champion is unable to attend, the runner-up is the only eligible alternate. New for the 2014-15 season, IFPA Canada Provincial Pinball Champions are also eligible to compete.

2. Fees

There is no entry fee into IFPA US National Pinball Championship. The first $100 raised at each IFPA State Pinball Championship will be put towards the prize package. Players are expected to pay for coin drop.

3. Prizes

The tournament features a guaranteed package of cash prizes. In the event of an overrun beyond expenses, tournament revenue will be retained to finance the next IFPA event. In the event IFPA discontinues its events or is disbanded, any such retained revenue will be donated to charity.

The guaranteed prize package is as follows:

1st Place –> $1000 cash + Trophy + Title of "US National Pinball Champion"
2nd Place –> $500 cash
3rd Place –> $400 cash
4th Place –> $300 cash
5th through 8th place –> $150 cash each

III. Format of Matches

1. Seeding of finalists

Once all participants are finalized, the players will be seeded based on their WPPR rank at the end of the calendar year.

2. Machines Chosen

Any game available for the IFPA Pin-Masters is eligible to be played, unless otherwise noted by the IFPA.

3. Head-to-Head Single Elimination Format

Players will be placed in a single elimination bracket once the seedings have been completed. Depending on the number of players, there will be byes for the top seeded players through the first round.

First round pairings are as follows:

1st seed through 4th seed will automatically receive a bye
5 vs. 28, 6 vs. 27, 7 vs. 26, 8 vs. 25, 9 vs. 24, 10 vs. 23, 11 vs. 22, 12 vs. 21,
13 vs. 20, 14 vs. 19, 15 vs. 18, 16 vs. 17

Second round pairings are as follows:

1 vs. 16/17 winner (Match A), 2 vs. 15/18 winner (Match B), 3 vs. 14/19 winner (Match C), 4 vs. 13/20 winner (Match D),
5/28 winner vs. 12/21 winner (Match E), 6/27 vs. 11/22 winner (Match F), 7/26 vs. 10/23 winner (Match G), 8/25 vs. 9/24 winner (Match H)

Quaterfinal round pairings are as follows:

Match A winner vs. Match H winner (Match I), Match B winner vs. Match G winner (Match J),
Match C winner vs. Match F winner (Match K), Match D winner vs. Match E winner (Match L)

Semifinal round pairings are as follows:

Match I winner vs. Match L winner,
Match J winner vs. Match K winner

Final round pairing are as follows:

Two winners of Semifinals round for the US National Championship
Two losers of Semifinal round in the Consolation Final for 3rd/4th place.

Each match will be a best-of-seven. The higher seeded player will have choice of machine or position for the 1st game, with the loser of each subsequent game having choice of machine or order, until someone has won 4 games. A machine may not be played more than once in the same match unless there are less than 7 machines available. If that is the case, only after all machines have been chosen can either player select that game to be played for a second time within the same match. Once a player verbally announces their game choice, or chooses position, that decision will be locked in and cannot be changed.

Each player will have the opportunity for 30 seconds of practice time before starting every game of every match. This is to ensure that both players have a chance to get familiar with the machine.

The winner of the match advances to the next round, while the loser is eliminated.

The 3rd/4th place Consolation Final will be played as a best-of-three instead of a best-of-seven like all other rounds, using the same rules.

4. Winners

Winners will receive cash prizes as cash or check during an awards ceremony shortly following the conclusion of all final rounds. Winners need not be present to receive prizes; prizes will be supplied via postal mail if necessary. All taxes are the sole responsibility of winners. Certain tax forms may need to be completed, as directed by tournament officials. All decisions by tournament officials regarding winners and prizes are final.

First Place will also receive the title “US National Pinball Champion”. This title remains in effect until the next annual IFPA State Championship Series, or will expire after two years if the IFPA State Championship Series is discontinued.

IV. Rulings and Malfunctions

All rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA World Pinball Championship. Those are available HERE, starting at Paragraph V. Please ignore any sections above this as that relates to the format of the World Championship.

Format Details

Event Name :	Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :	Unknown
Finals Format :	Unknown
Player Limit :	Unknown
Games Played for TGP :	26
Unlimited Qualifying? :	No
Qualifying Hours for TGP :	0

Director :	IFPA
Location :	Las Vegas, NV
Country :	United States
Information :	Website

Ranking System :	Main
Ranking Strength :	9.70
Ratings Strength :	6.21
Base Value :	18
Rated Players :	36
Total (before TGP) :	33.91
TGP :	100.00%
Tour Value :	42.39
Calculated with WPPR Version 5

IFPA US National Pinball Championship

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