Tournament Details:
When: 12/1/2018
Where: 1112 East Nutmeg Place Middletown, DE
Time: 1PM Start (Games will go on at 11am for practice and will turn off at 12:30pm so we can start announcements)
Cost: $30 ($20 will go to prize fund, trophies, etc. $9 will go to refreshments, $1 to IFPA fees.)
Format: PAPA Circuit Final Format
Contact: djreddog (Chad Hastings) - 302-228-8988 or djreddog@gmail.com
Website Link: https://www.facebook.com/1ststateflippers/

FINALS: FULL DETAILS LISTED BELOW


In order to qualify for the Delaware Tour Championship, you must be ranked inside the top 32 players after all 6 events are completed in 2018.In addition to being ranked inside the top 32, you must also have attended at least 3 of the 6 Delaware Circuit events. On 11/4/18, the final standings for the Tour Championship will be posted. We will take 32 players to the Tour Championship. Should someone inside the top 32 not have enough events to qualify or if they are unable to attend the Tour Championship, we will move to position 33 and so on until someone commits to coming. We will continue to do this until we have a full 32 player field.

In the event of a tie for the 32nd position, the tiebreaker position will be determined by whichever player has the highest finish in a Tour Championship event for 2018. If a tie remains after a single event, the next highest finish will be considered. This process will proceed until the tie is broken, or a coin flip is required.


The Finals

The Circuit Final will feature a select group of pinball machines selected by officials. Machines outside this group may not be selected for play. Officials may make machine substitutions as they deem necessary.
Qualified Players

Rounds One and Two

All players will be grouped together by seed into 8 groups of 4 players. Each group of 4 players will compete on 4 different machines, with the highest seeded player given the choice of choosing the game to be played or determining order of play. At the end of the 4 game round, two players will advance out of each group into the second round. The second round will mimic the first round.
Both of these rounds will use the PAPA Finals format for scoring, with the only differences being the number of four-player groups competing and the use of four games per round in the Tour Championship instead of the typical three used in the PAPA World Championships.

Round 3 - Ladder Bracket Finals

Round 3 consists of a series of four-player games. The first game is played by the four lowest-seeded players. The highest-seeded player has choice of machine or order of play. Choice proceeds through the remaining players in descending order of seeding. The player who has the lowest score is eliminated from the Tour Championship. The next lowest-seeded player, who has not yet played, is added to the group for the next game.
In each subsequent match, the highest-seeded player (who will be the player who just joined the group) has choice of machine or order of play. The next choice is given to the winner of the previous game, and choice proceeds in descending order of score on the previous game.

No player may choose the same machine more than once, but any player may choose a machine already played, including the most recent machine played.
Officials may remove any machine from consideration at any time.

Players will compete until two players remain. At that point, a best-of-three match between the final two players will take place to determine the champion. The highest seeded player has the choice of machine or order of play for the first game. From that point forward, the loser of the previous game has the choice of machine or order of play.

Prizes

The final 8 players will all receive a cash prize with the 1st place winner receiving the biggest portion of the prize fund along with the Delaware Tour Championship trophy! (NOTE - As stated from the very beginning in event #1, I made a point to pay out first place with a significantly larger portion of the prize fund. I did not follow typical percentage formats as I wanted to put a lot of emphasis and prestige on winning 1st place and I wanted to reward that person for their efforts)