Starts at 2 pm, check in at 1:30 pm, limited to 128 (could push to more if space and games allow) entries. After 5 of the 10 qualifying rounds, there will be a 30-min break. Log into http://next.Matchplay.events/ to see your groupings, enter results for you group, and follow along with the event. Check out the Pincinnati Eventbrite page for full schedule.

Qualifying will be 20 rounds of single game matchplay (3 and 4 player groups). Tiered swiss pairings. After that, you will be grouped with players that have a similar number of points. Player order will be balanced.

Scoring will be IFPA which awards 7,5,3,1 points for 4 player groups, and 7,4,1 scoring for 3 player groups.

The top 24 players after the qualifying rounds will make A finals. The next 16 players will make B finals. Qualifying will end approximately at 6:00pm on Saturday and finals will start at around 8pm Saturday and will finish approximately at midnight. There will be no IFPA ranking restrictions on making the finals. Top 100 IFPA players at the start of the event will be restricted from winning prize money only. If you forego playing in B division, you will be placed as last place in B division or 40th overall.

A division Finals - top 8 will get a bye. 16 will play in the first round. Each group will play 3 games using the same IFPA scoring as qualifying. The top two players from each group will advance to the next round. First two rounds will be played Saturday night and the final two rounds will be played on Sunday starting at 10am and finishing approximately at 2pm Sunday. The final 8 will play in the semifinals with the same rules with the top two from each group advancing to the final 4. The final four will play 3 more games to decide the winner.

B division finals - Same format as A division. B Division will play along with A Division and will not be able to play the same banks that were already chosen by A. See A finals above for the order in which B groups choose. B Division will conclude Saturday night. Only A division will conclude on Sunday.

The three games played each round of finals are chosen by picking a each game from an eras from the list which one game must be chosen from each era. The top seed of the group will choose the bank of games. The player positions are predetermined and are as follows:

Game 1: P1 - Seed 4, P2 - Seed 3, P3 - Seed 2, P4 - Seed 1
Game 2: P1 - Seed 4, P2 - Seed 3, P3 - Seed 1, P4 - Seed 2
Game 3: P1 - Seed 4, P2 - Seed 2, P3 - Seed 1, P4 - Seed 3


Payouts will be to the top 8 players from A and top 4 players from B. After a $500 show fee, IFPA fees, and trophy expenses, the payouts will be as follows:

WHODEY MEMORIAL MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT PAYOUTS
A division payouts:
1st - 35% and trophy
2nd - 15% and plaque
3rd - 10% and plaque
4th - 5% and plaque
5th-8th - 1.22%

B division payouts:
1st - 15% and trophy
2nd - 5% and plaque
3rd - 5% and plaque
4th - 5% and plaque