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Results for the Launch Party event on March 03, 2024

Pos	Player	Rank	Rating	Points
1	Mark Meserve	411	1721.68	12.40
2	Ray Ford	589	1659.80	8.05
3	Nikolas Poklitar	3239	1521.35	5.98
3	Brad Holliday	2651	1721.53	5.98
5	Colin MacAlpine	32	1926.78	3.54
6	Jonathon Morales	552	1651.71	2.77
7	Robert Byers	43	1729.60	2.19
8	Tim Froehlich	12677	1188.70	1.77
9	Grant Birdwell	4497	1221.46	1.44
10	Christopher Welch	2255	1397.56	1.20
11	Keb Gallows	2772	1605.46	1.03
12	Kevin Fincher	9471	1155.02	0.91
13	Nadia Didehbani	7183	1280.18	0.82
14	Amanda Fincher	4789	1339.74	0.76
15	Jeremy Johnson	3600	1404.81	0.71
16	Levi Hailey	20248	1109.65	0.68
17	Neil Wilson	8874	1300.40	0.64
18	Rebecca Salam	2675	1419.45	0.60
19	Wayne Parks	8764	1316.31	0.56
20	Matty Gore	5893	1560.87	0.53
21	Matt Oldfield	5964	1290.08	0.49
22	Nicholas de la	41929	Not Rated	0.45
23	Kelli Raisler	16729	1313.25	0.41
24	Haley Bonds	9961	1278.36	0.38
25	Cayman Kai	13813	1278.02	0.34
26	Joel Davis	26961	1157.20	0.30
27	Tom Montana	3211	1390.01	0.26
28	Clint Davis	36147	991.76	0.23
29	Victor Evans	2236	1461.39	0.19
30	Ruben Sanchez	17498	1095.68	0.15
31	Michael Raisler	10679	1468.45	0.11
32	Robie Rowley	5043	1479.91	0.08
33	Emily Glover-Wilson	14401	1085.41	0.04

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

Location

Epic Fun 7101 W State Highway 71, Austin, TX 78735

Format Details

Event Name :	Launch Party
Qualifying Format :	Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format :	Match Play
Player Limit :	Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? :	No

Tournament Overview

Tournament Date: March 03, 2024

All skill levels, genders, and ages are welcome: No cap on players, and no pre-registration required. PRIZES FROM STERN!
Check in NO LATER THAN 3:45pm!!
Must bring CASH for the $10 tourney entry fee, preferably exact change -- the venue doesn't have cash to make change for you.
FORMAT: Either head-to-head Max MatchPlay or 4-player Group match play, depending on # of players and working pins.
Per the software designer, each player must stay for the entire tournament.
Tasty WPPRs and food/drinks.
- Food and drink specials: TBD (subject to change)
- Epic Fun covering the IFPA fee
- Added Novice Final!
- Door prizes!
Check in NO LATER THAN 3:45pm. If we use Max MatchPlay, once the tournament has started, I can't add more players.
Start time: 4pm.
[[Matchplay link to be added later]]
Door prizes: Pre-Loaded Game Card, and/or other Epic Fun swag
$10 cash tourney fee registration. Does not include coin drop. Pins are pay-as-you-go via an Epic Fun game card.
- The purse distributed equally between A and B division, 50-25-15-10% for 1st-4th in each Div., after subtracting Novice.
MMP: Everyone is guaranteed to play the same minimum # of head-to-head games, depending on the # of players attending.
- Targeting 3 hours of qualifying.
- Standings based on # of wins.
- Mid-way through the tourney, if we are not going at a pace to complete the # of games selected at the beginning or if we are ahead of pace to fit in more games, then TD's will reduce or increase, respectively, the # of games to be played, always keeping an even-numbered total # of games.
- New games will be generated when there are 2 pins available, initially, and then possibly waiting longer in later rounds, to make sure that all players can complete an equal # of games.
GMP: 4-player, and some 3-player games, as needed. No new rounds started after 3 hours. 7-5-3-1 and 7-4-1 scoring.
A & B Division 4-player finals using 4-pin multi-play format. PAPA scoring in finals (4-2-1-0) -- yes, only 4 players in each.
- Each finals group will play three adjacent pins (skipping any pins not included in tourney Arenas, and wrapping around)
- A division chooses first, then B division, and last Novice division.
- Top seed gets choice of picking ONE of the pins for finals, or choice of playing position. Next-best seed gets choice of picking one of the two pins on either side of prior pin selected, or choice of playing position. Third-best seed gets choice of picking one of the two pins on either side of the two prior pins selected, or choice of playing position. Fourth-best seed gets remaining choice.
- B division first pin chosen must be at least 3 pins "away" from the bank of pins for A division.
- Tiebreakers to qualify for finals settled by Matchplay software automatic tiebreaker.
- Tiebreakers for 1st in finals settled by 2-minute drill, better seed gets choice of different pin than finals, or position.
- No tiebreakers for 2nd+ place.
- B Div. requires 8+ players participating in total, and restricted to players ranked outside the Top 1,000 IFPA World Ranking and players who have not won B Division finals the last two times they've played in EF tourneys.
Novice Division finals on only one game. Top seed gets choice of available pin or playing order. Prize money gets paid to winner, depending on total # of players.
- Novice Div. requires 12+ players participating, in total, and restricted to players ranked outside the Top 5,000 IFPA World Ranking and players who have not won Novice finals 2+ times in the past year.
Any extra balls must be plunged and not played (though EB's should be turned off). No player disqualifications involving playing an EB out of turn.
There will be a Runaway Score rule, where at the discretion of a TD not involved in the match, the TD may have a player forego playing ball(s) if their score is far beyond the score of other players and beyond a reasonable score for 3-ball play. The TD may adjust the game to 4- or 5-ball play to allow the Runaway Score player to complete their game if one of the other players catch the Runaway Score.
All other rules according to current version of PAPA/IFPA Tournament Rules at ifpapinball.com

Director :	Austin Belles
Location :	Austin, TX
Country :	United States
Information :	Website

Ranking System :	Main
Ranking Strength :	1.81
Ratings Strength :	2.56
Base Value :	15
Rated Players :	30
Total (before TGP) :	19.37
TGP :	64.00%
Event Booster :	100%
Tour Value :	12.4

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