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Results for the Main Tournament event on August 13, 2023

Pos	Player	Rank	Rating	Points
1	Jarrett Gaddy	198	1739.91	18.49
2	Chris Mullen	1616	1346.54	12.24
3	Tom Walsh WA	813	1407.14	9.23
4	Richie Terry	61	1702.86	7.15
5	Alex Singleterry	250	1494.95	5.61
6	Maka Honig	301	1583.82	4.44
7	Hannah Hatch	1793	1588.66	3.54
7	Joshua Francis	433	1553.51	3.54
9	Tim Collins	2487	1390.32	2.34
9	Matthew Harjo	450	1509.68	2.34
11	Vanessa Ish	753	1325.85	1.64
11	Ashley Weaver	242	1594.52	1.64
13	Michael B Bailey	620	1556.28	1.26
13	Tyler Albery	3565	1316.51	1.26
15	Chris Borgstadt	697	1358.42	1.05
15	John Garnett	1478	1419.69	1.05
17	Matthew Roggenkamp	634	1559.37	0.92
17	Peter Schatzer	1019	1586.23	0.92
19	Ben Simmons	1291	1468.07	0.81
19	Liberty Ruderman	1647	1394.95	0.81
21	Andrew McCann	812	1525.74	0.69
21	Lee Ford	960	1587.31	0.69
23	Casey Benton	1115	1349.72	0.58
25	Aaron Shervin	2747	1376.50	0.46
25	Danielle Wilcox	1440	1385.18	0.46
25	Andrew Hopper	720	1495.85	0.46
25	Michael Rausch	199	1466.97	0.46
28	Ryan Slanicka	3971	1468.89	0.29
29	Shawn Mandel	1752	1322.18	0.23
30	Bryson Singleterry	5550	1220.18	0.17
31	Kelli Goins	2676	1328.71	0.12
32	Paul Borth	5278	1211.16	0.06

Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location

The Ice Box Arcade 615 NW Bright St Seattle, WA 98107

Format Details

Event Name :	Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :	Target Matchplay
Finals Format :	Amazing Race
Player Limit :	80
Unlimited Qualifying? :	No

Tournament Overview

Tournament Date: August 13, 2023

GENERAL

This pinball tournament consists of a target matchplay qualifier, followed by an Amazing Race playoffs. With 48 or more players, the expected TGP is 100%.

Start time is 2pm. Sign-ups begin at 1:15pm. The buy-in is $5. The IFPA fees will be paid by the Ice Box. All entry fees will be paid out as cash prizes.

Check the tournament website for more details on the target matchplay and Amazing Race formats and for any updates, which may supersede the information presented here.

QUALIFYING

The qualifying portion of the tournament will use target matchplay with a target of 24. Each game will score 7 / 5 / 3 / 1 for 4-player games or 7 / 4 / 1 for 3-player games. The target matchplay will consist of at most 6 rounds.

The number of players advancing to the playoffs will be the largest even number which is not greater than half of the total number of players. For example, if the number of players is between 44 and 47, then the number advancing will be 22. If the number of players is between 48 and 51, then 24 would advance.

The maximum number which may advance is 32, even if the field has more than 65 players.

The top qualifiers may receive byes into the semi-final round. The number of byes will be equal to the number of players who advance to the final minus 24. For example, if 32 players advance, then 8 players (32 - 24) will receive a bye. If 24 or fewer players advance, then no players will receive a bye.

#byes = #advancing - 24

If two or more players reach or exceed the target score during the same round, then the player with the higher total score will receive the higher seed. If two or more players reach or exceed the target score in the same round with the same score, then those players are tied.

Any ties for one or more of the bye positions will be broken immediately as soon as those players reach or exceed the target score. The tied players will play a complete tiebreaker game on a randomly selected machine from among those not currently in use by the tournament.

For seeding purposes, any ties among potential qualifiers who did not play in a tiebreaker will be determined by strength-of-schedule as calculated by matchplay.events.

SEMI-FINALS

Semi-finals will use the Amazing Race format. In the semi-finals, qualifiers will be split into two separate amazing races, proceeding simultaneously. Each group will play on a separate bank of machines.

Membership of each group will be determined based on seeding from the qualifying portion of the tournament. Each of the two races will have exactly half of the qualifiers.

In a semi-final with N players, the first group will contain the #1 seed and N seed. The second group receives the #2 seed and (N - 1) seed. Then, the first group receives
#3 seed and (N - 2) seed, and so on.

In the order determined by the seeds from qualifying, players will choose their initial position within their assigned queue.

For each group, the bottom seed receiving a bye will skip playing the first game in the bank. The next seed with a bye will skip the first and second games in the bank, and so on. When a player with a bye joins the queue for their first machine, they will choose their position within the queue.

The two semi-final races will continue until each queue has only 4 players remaining.

FINALS

The remaining players from the two queues will be combined into a single queue of 8 players.

In an order determined by qualifying seed, finalists will choose their initial position within the queue.

The bank of machines for the final will feature 3 machines from each of the initial arena banks.

A 7th machine not from either initial bank will be added as the final machine in the bank. This machine will be chosen randomly prior to the start of the qualifying round.

The race continues until only a single player remains. This last person standing is the winner of the tournament.

AMAZING RACE FORMAT

Games will be played in a predetermined order. All players will play single player games on the same machines and the player with the lowest score for each machine is knocked out of the tournament. As soon as the current low score for a machine is exceeded, the current player should stop playing and plunge any remaining balls. That player should then advance to the end of the queue of the next machine in the sequence. If a player creates a new low score for a machine, then the previous holder of the low score advances to the queue of the next machine. Multiple machines should be played simultaneously to the extent that it is possible.

Director :	John Garnett
Location :	Seattle, WA
Country :	United States
Information :	Website

Ranking System :	Main
Ranking Strength :	2.93
Ratings Strength :	3.08
Base Value :	16
Rated Players :	32
Total (before TGP) :	22.01
TGP :	84.00%
Event Booster :	100%
Tour Value :	18.49

Ice Box Amazing Race

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