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Last Chance at Lukies - Main

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Tournament Information

Director : Luke Nahorniak
Location : Savage, MN
Country : United States
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :2.88
Ratings Strength :3.96
Base Value : 18.5
Rated Players :37
Total (before TGP) : 25.34
TGP :200.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :50.69
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Results for the Main Tournament event on December 31, 2023

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Luke Nahorniak 5 1789.66 50.69
2 Eric Fryc 495 1713.84 35.00
3 Zach Schuster 1512 1473.65 27.23
4 Zach Lavone 4450 1405.47 21.70
5 Jared Eshelman 1051 1519.49 17.50
5 Tate Nahorniak 581 1491.36 17.50
7 Aaron Hanson 892 1602.25 11.65
8 Dan Hammond 521 1636.53 9.59
10 Louis Acre-Kendall 1111 1496.01 6.68
10 Tony Midtling 667 1650.12 6.68
10 Chris Frame 90 1674.83 6.68
12 Mike Loftus SD 3094 1542.59 4.86
14 Whitney Lindaas 1361 1430.15 3.77
14 David Marcis 791 1740.71 3.77
14 Nathan Reardon 568 1614.95 3.77
16 Andy Fleming 1820 1459.47 3.13
17 Keith Hanson 503 1581.98 2.92
17 Andrew Barrett 4214 1401.27 2.92
19 Dan Stephney 400 1608.80 2.60
20 Jack Copeland 1516 1531.73 2.47
21 Sam Eshelman 2302 1249.79 2.33
22 Lance Bolson 1528 1466.92 2.19
23 Matthew Sitko 885 1665.24 2.06
24 Angie DonCarlos 2559 1318.90 1.92
25 Melissa DonCarlos 4394 1342.15 1.78
26 Naomi Lund 3632 1302.46 1.64
27 Mike Moberg 481 1563.02 1.51
28 Leah Odegard 6004 1295.96 1.37
28 Dana Platt-Nelson 4302 1214.39 1.37
30 Jake Nahorniak 11111 1240.12 1.10
31 Josh Anderson MN 1274 1301.38 0.96
32 Brooke Tousignant 2511 1375.95 0.82
33 Marshall Hilgemann 677 1558.19 0.69
34 Dan Hansen 2300 1277.14 0.55
35 Krista Larson 2041 1465.48 0.41
36 Kaitlyn Schick 4244 1371.53 0.27
37 Kathy Tifft 3612 1262.52 0.14
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Northstar Pinball Collective 5636 W 125th Street Savage, MN 55378

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Match Play
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Start Date: December 30, 2023
End Date: December 31, 2023

Qualifying (Satuday 1pm - 10 pm)

The Group Match Play Qualifier will be played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Random Seeding to start, Rotating Order, then Tiered Swiss Style Pairings thereafter. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used.
MatchPlay Software will most likely be used for the tournaments.
Each Round will consist of a 3 game banks consisting of 1 Modern and 1 Mid and 1 Classic
7 Rounds in Total, 3 Games Per Round, 21 Games in Total
You will receive 3/2/1/0 or 3/1.5/0 scoring on each game based on 4 or 3 player groups
Automatic Tiebreakers will be turned on

Top 24 players make it to the final (If less than 48 players are in qualifying, finals will consist of top 50% or less in increments of 2)

Ties for byes or last qualifying position will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for these positions will play a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets a bye and who gets into the final and who doesn’t. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result in the final placing for all players who finish 25th or worse in the tournament.

Finals format (10am start on Sunday) (adjustments will be made in case where there are less than 24 players in finals)

Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals.
The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye.
Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc.
The banks will have a mix of modern mid and classic pins
Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance bottom 2 are eliminated.
Should there be a tie for 2nd/3rd place a 1 game playoff will be played by the 2 affected players.

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament December 31, 2022 MAIN Luke Nahorniak

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