The Pacific Pinball Exposition 2011

The World’s largest Pinball show returns to San Rafael, California in 2011!

Dates: Friday September 23rd through Sunday September 25th, 2011

A sampling of the floor at the 4th annual PPE          Photo: www.pinballnews.com

The Pacific Pinball Museum of Alameda, CA is sponsoring our 5th annual Pacific Pinball Exposition (PPE) at the Marin County Civic Center Exhibition Hall in San Rafael, CA.    We will have a huge variety of Pinball and other games spanning the last 80 years from our museum's collection as well as historic displays, unique artwork and science exhibits from other pinball collectors and enthusiasts. All machines will be set to free play so you can step back in time and play a game on a historic "woodrail" from the 1950's or try to beat the high score on one of the many newer games produced in the last decade.  Our show is family friendly and will delight all kids from 3 to 103.

Venue:  Marin Civic Center Exhibition Hall : 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, CA 94903 (Directions)

Admission: Daily ~  Child under 12/$15      Daily Adult/$25

2 Day Pass ~  Child/$25   Adult/$45         3 Day Pass (Fri-Sat-Sun) ~  Child/$30   Adult/$60

Tickets available at the door only. Cash or Credit Card only - Sorry - NO TICKET SALES before the first day of the event.

Dates: Friday September 23rd through Sunday  September 25th, 2011

Hours:

Friday: 10:00 am - Midnight

Saturday: 10:00 am - Midnight

Sunday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Volunteers: if you would like to Volunteer to help us put on the biggest show featuring Pinball please go to our volunteer page for more details:  PPE Volunteer page

 

Highlights:

The Science of Pinball with special exhibits from the Pacific Pinball Museum and the Exploratorium

Exploratorium Exhibits demonstrating Electricity and Magnetism      Photo: www.pinballnews.com

The Visible Pinball Machine Photo: www.pinballnews.com

• Come see over 400 Pinball Machines in one room.  In addition, we will have other arcade novelty games of various genres
• Seminars on various topics of Pinball and Technology : General Repair, History, New Tech and Restoration
• Pinball Tournaments for all ages and skill levels with prizes awarded for top players
• "How to" clinics - have a game at home and need some pointers on how to maintain? Come see our wide variety of speakers teach you the basiscs
• Contests - bring your own personal pinball and enter to see if your restoration, customization or best original condition has what it takes to win an award
• Raffle : Great Daily Raffle items and Special Pinball Raffle - we have donations from all over the north bay as well as from companies and private parties across the US.
• Displays on the History of Pinball
• Rare Historical games available for play
• Vendors: a variety of  Pinball parts, apparel, books, backglasses, and other pinball realated items to purchase.

Proceeds from this event go to the Pacific Pinball Museum a 501 c 3 non-profit dedicated to the promotion and preservation of one of America’s great pastimes.

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Location and Accomodations

Show Location:

Address: Marin Civic Center Exhibition Hall - 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, CA 94903 (Directions)

Preferred Accomodations:

Rooms are available to out of town attendees at the Embassy Suites Hotel which is located within walking distance directly next to the Exhibiton Hall.  For more information about this hotel visit : Embassy Suites San Rafael

Accommodations in a 2-room suite with a living room area attached to a bedroom area (includes fridge & microwave)

• A 2-hour evening reception featuring complimentary premium brand beverages & light snacks (5:30-7:30pm nightly)
• A full, cooked-to-order breakfast in the morning with omelets made to order & all breakfast items (6:30- 9:30 am Monday through Friday and 7:30-10:30am Saturday and Sunday)
• Use of 24-hour indoor heated pool, spa and fitness center
• Complimentary Parking

Other hotels near by:

Four Points Sheraton, San Rafael

Best Western Novato Oaks Inn

Courtyard Marriott Novato

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Pinball Contest at the Pacific Pinball Exposition 2011

To all of you game owners who will be bringing your pinball pride and joy to share with the masses, we are going have some contests you may want to consider participating in.   This is a just for fun contest and entry is available to all game exhibitors.  As in past years we will be presenting a beautiful Pacific Pinball Exposition Award to the winners. 

Come to the front desk durring show hours on Friday and Saturday before 4:00pm and fill out an entry form.  We have several categories to choose from: 

• Best Original Condition - Electro Mechanical
• Best Original Condition - Solid State or DMD
• Best Restored - Electro Mechanical
• Best Restored - Solid State or DMD
• Best Modified or Custom
• Overall Best of Show

Judging will be between 4:00 and 5:00 pm on Saturday with the winners announced at 7:45 pm prior to the raffle.

 

Presenters at the 2011 Pacific Pinball Exposition

All seminars will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel next door to the Exhibit Hall in the Santa Rosa Meeting Room.

Again this year we will also hold Historical Information tours on the Exhibit Hall floor.  Announcements will be made for tour times which will not overlap with seminar times below, you can take a tour and still not miss a speaker session!!

Seminars:
Directions: Exit Exhibit Hall (east) to main parking lot, turn left and cross the walking bridge to Embassy Suites Hotel. Enter side entrance and make a right - go to end of Hall to the Santa Rosa room.

We have an exciting lineup of speakers and screenings on all three days of Pacific Pinball Exposition 2011.  In addition to industry luminaries we have the world premier screening of a PPM original video interview of the legendary pinball pioneer, Wayne Neynes.
 
A summary of the days speakers, and session abstracts below.
 
Speaker times and dates subject to change.

Friday Seminar Speakers
Jersey Jack, Rick Bartlett, Gary Stern, Wayne Neynes (PPM video production), The Pinball Collector (video)

Saturday Seminar Speakers
George Gomez, Michael Schiess & Larry Zartarian, Doug Watson, Bear Kamoroff, Jonny O, Wayne Neyens (PPM video production), The Pinball Collector (video)

Sunday Seminar Speakers
Jim Dietrick & Tylor Hirsch, Dan Fontes, Gordon Hasse, Wayne Neyens (PPM video production)

Friday September 23, 2011

12:00 – 1:30  “Jersey Jack” Guarnieri - The New Face of Pinball - Jack has been in the amusement industry since 1975, with a long career starting as a service technician to becoming  CEO of the world’s newest pinball manufacturing company, Jersey Jack Pinball.   JJP is in the final development  stages of their debut pinball – The Wizard of Oz.  Jack will share the inner workings of how his dream team of designers, artists and engineers went from concept to building the next generation pinball platform which does battle against the Wicked Witch of the West.

2:00 - 2:30 Randy Perlow, PhD - ColorDMD:  A DMD in Living Color.  For 20 years, pinball dot matrix displays have always been one color.  Learn about how DMDs work, hear the challenges and techniques for converting games to color, and see the evolution of a new multicolor DMD that may help change the way we look at pinball.
 
2:30 - 3:00 A. Tzannes, J. Mohr, J. Frederiksen, R. Perlow - First Solid State Machine Working Again!  - Come see a significant milestone of pinball history as we discuss the design, discovery and restoration of the one and only engineering sample for the first microprocessor pinball made.  Hear how the first pieces (literally) came together over nearly four decades to find the one machine (Flicker) who gave birth to all modern games today.

3:15 and 5:15  Show Floor Highlights Tour – Meet at Historical Section On Show Floor.  Take a free tour of the Exposition floor and learn about the history and technological progression of pinball.  Starting with the first pinball game, you will learn about advancements such as automatic scoring, flippers, solid state machines, and dot matrix displays.  We will also view iconic machines and talk about what makes them special.  The tour is also a good place to ask questions about any aspect of pinball. 

3:30 – 4:30  Rick Bartlett - Building Pinball One Part at a Time -  Pinball machines are made up of hundreds of discrete parts assembled together to become mechanical marvels.  Rick, President of Planetary Pinball Supply, recently acquired the rights to manufacture, sell, and distribute pinball parts under license of Williams Electronic Games - maker of classics like Addams Family, Flash, Firepower and more.  Rick will share how he will help resurrect old machines and support new pinball creations with examples of new parts and upcoming projects.

5:00 – 6:30   Gary Stern , The New Stern Pinball - From a young boy playing on the Williams factory floor, to working in the Williams stockroom, to founding a pinball company with his father, to programming a game, to becoming owner and president of his own pinball manufacturing company, Gary Stern occupies a unique niche in the history of pinball.  Gary will share with you not only two generations of pinball past, but the future of Stern Pinball moving forward.

7:00 – 8:00 Wayne Neyens Interview - Premier Film Screening - Will White Director, Larry Zartarian Interviewer.  Wayne’s pinball design career spanned an incredible six decades from the mid-1930’s to the early 1980’s.  He spent 41 years at D. Gottlieb alone where in the 1950’s he created nearly one new game per month.   Wayne worked with the pioneers of pinball: D. Gottlieb, J. Johnson, H. Mabs, L. Durant, R. Parker and many others. His reminiscences are filled with colorful stories of a life spent in pinball doing what he loved, and he shares this rich history with you.

8:30 – 9:30  The Pinball Collector - Film Screening - Randy Elwin, Director -  Immerse yourself in rare and vintage pinball games made during the golden age of pinball. Featuring 30 games from the San Diego Pinball Museum, this video captures the sights and sounds that made pinball an American institution. Each machine contains a nugget of pinball history – be it a mechanical novelty, a reflection of a popular theme, or a gambling contrivance. Above all, they’re just plain fun to play!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

12:00 - 1:30 George Gomez – The Design of Fun - George is Vice President of Game Development at Stern Pinball.  He has designed interactive entertainment in a diverse variety of mediums earning a BA in Industrial Design, and holds 9 US patents for game related technologies.  His work includes arcade classics TRON and Spy Hunter, toys for the major toy companies, arcade ticket games, the NBA Ballers line for the Playstation and Xbox, plus the design of 9 pinball games. This session will focus on the design of his pinball games – which include Corvette, Johnny Mnemonic, NBA Fastbreak, Monster Bash, Pinball 2000-Revenge From Mars, Playboy, Sopranos, Lord of the Rings, and Batman The Dark Knight.   

2:00 – 3:00  What’s New at the Pacific Pinball Museum -  Founder and Executive Director of the Pacific Pinball Museum Michael Schiess, and Chairman Larry Zartarian, share with you behind the scenes stories, latest acquisitions, new project plans and key milestones celebrating the art, history, and science of pinball.   If you are having a great time here at the Pacific Pinball Exposition, we will discuss ways you can help keep pinball alive.  Ask not what pinball can do for you, but what you can do for pinball.  

3:15 and 4:45 Show Floor Highlights Tour – Meet at Historical Section On Show Floor.  Take a free tour of the Exposition floor and learn about the history and technological progression of pinball.  Starting with the first pinball game, you will learn about advancements such as automatic scoring, flippers, solid state machines, and dot matrix displays.  We will also view iconic machines and talk about what makes them special.  The tour is also a good place to ask questions about any aspect of pinball.  

3:30 – 4:30  Doug Watson - What’s Fun About That? - The Process of Thematic Game Design. Doug Watson is an pinball artist whose pinball art brought some of the most original fantasy art to grace a backglass, including Black Knight 2000, Indiana Jones, T2, Attack from Mars and many more.  Doug will tell a few stories of how the concepts for games such as Indiana Jones and Attack from Mars were developed and why. Then Doug will invite the audience to participate in an interactive discussion to dive right into the creative process of thematic pinball game design. Together as a group we will invent an original theoretical pinball game complete with objectives and rewards. Come contribute ideas! Doug will explain and demonstrate how effective ideas are translated into game reality. Come experience the most creative process in all of gaming with one of the masters of the craft.

5:00 – 6:00  Bear Kamoroff - How to Buy and Maintain Your Own Pinball - Bear is the author of Pinball Machine Care & Maintenance, now in its 15th printing. Come to this session if you ever wanted to buy a pinball machine and didn’t know what to look for.  Bear then answers the questions of how to set up, adjust, and maintain the machine so you can focus on fun, not frustration.

6:30 – 7:30 Jonny O. - How to Play Pinball Like the  Pros - Top-ranked pinball players use techniques to control the ball and use strategies to maximize points while minimizing drains. This seminar combines videos of expert players and hands-on training to examine control techniques, strategy, nudging, saving, and safe shots.

8:00 – 9:00 Wayne Neyens Interview - Premier Film Screening -  Will White Director, Larry Zartarian Interviewer.  Wayne’s pinball design career spanned an incredible six decades from the mid-1930’s to the early 1980’s.  He spent 41 years at D. Gottlieb alone, where in the 1950’s he created nearly one new game per month.  Single-handedly Wayne would design the machine, build the prototype, draw the circuit, order the parts, drill holes in the discs, rivet them up, do his own wiring and cabling and then build the game!  Wayne worked with the pioneers of pinball: D. Gottlieb, J. Johnson, H. Mabs, L. Durant, R. Parker and many others. His reminiscences are filled with colorful stories of a life spent in pinball doing what he loved and he shares this rich history with you.

9:30 – 10:30  The Pinball Collector - Film Screening - Randy Elwin, Director - Immerse yourself in rare and vintage pinball games made during the golden age of pinball. Featuring 30 games from the San Diego Pinball Museum, this video captures the sights and sounds that made pinball an American institution. Each machine contains a nugget of pinball history – be it a mechanical novelty, a reflection of a popular theme, or a gambling contrivance. Above all, they’re just plain fun to play!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

12:00 - 1:30 Jim Dietrick, Tylor Hirsch - Playfield Restoration Details, Tips and Tricks - Jim is a collector of rare machines and a pinball restorer extraordinaire.  He gives his restoration talents to the PPM while running Pinball Revival in Novato, CA.  A founder of the Pacific Pinball Exposition, Jim has also lectured at the Smithsonian on the history of the silver ball. Tylor Hirsch is an artist hailing from the cradle of pinball: the Chicagoland area. Tylor is responsible for restoring damaged artwork on playfields, backglasses, and cabinets as well as stenciling and repainting. Prior to this session, Martin Ayub will be recognized with the Pacific Pinball Museum’s 2011 Achievement  Award.

1:45 and 3:15 Show Floor Highlights Tour – Meet at Historical Section On the Show Floor - Take a free tour of the Exposition floor and learn about the history and technological progression of pinball.  Starting with the first pinball game, you will learn about advancements such as automatic scoring, flippers, solid state machines, and dot matrix displays.  We will also view iconic machines and talk about what makes them special.  The tour is also a good place to ask questions about any aspect of pinball.  

2:00 – 3:00 Dan Fontes  - Pinball in Contemporary Art - For the fifth consecutive year The Museum is proud to present a sampling of new pinball murals.  The six new works to be introduced at this years Exposition are by muralists Dan Fontes, Ed Cassell and Eric Kos.  Dan will present a discussion and slideshow of the works from American  artists who were touched by pinball, including Charles Bell, Joseph Cornell, Robert Indiana, Ed Kienholtz,  Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, William Wiley and more. Many of the artists included in this overview went on to reach legendary status in the art world achieving both fame and fortune, but were first affected by the culture of the silver ball.

3:30 – 4:45  Gordon Hasse, Pinball Historian - Pinball Before Licensing: When Imagination Was King! - This session addresses how clever pinball makers were in extracting exciting elements from the popular culture of the day and translating them into imaginative pinball themes that echoed the originals (e.g. LOVELY LUCY for I Love Lucy) without violating any copyrights.  It showed imagination on the part of the makers and freed the players imaginations to imbue the encoded story lines of these games with their own fantasies and visions rather than being force-fed a licensed theme and the accompanying strict interpretation. 
 
5:00 – 6:00 Wayne Neyens Interview - Premier Film Screening - Will White Director, Larry Zartarian Interviewer. Wayne’s pinball design career spanned an incredible six decades from the mid-1930’s to the early 1980’s.  He spent 41 years at D. Gottlieb alone where in the 1950’s he created nearly one new game per month.  Single-handedly Wayne would design the machine, build the prototype, draw the circuit, order the parts, drill holes in the discs, rivet them up, do his own wiring and cabling and then build the game!  Wayne worked with the pioneers of pinball: D. Gottlieb, J. Johnson, H. Mabs, L. Durant, L. Parker and many others. His reminiscences are filled with colorful stories of a life spent in pinball doing what he loved and shares this rich history with you.

 

 

The 2011 Pacific Pinball Expo Tournament

Think your a pinball wizard? Want to prove it in our Expo Tournament?

We will have a great Tournament again this year at the Pacific Pinball Exposition 2011.  You can win great cash prizes and we will have a different format for the tourney this year.  

There will be an Adult division for both Expert and Novice as well as a Kid's tournnament where you can win great prizes. 

Tournaments

It’s more fun to compete! This year the Pacific Pinball Exposition will host five pinball tournaments and there’s something fun and challenging for everyone. In addition to a traditional Open tournament and Classics Tournaments, showcasing some of the top talent in the game, Pacific Pinball Exposition will also host a Pin-Tac-Toe fun tournament on Friday, and an affordable one-day, novices-only event on Saturday. Kids can get in on the action, too. Whether you’re an experienced competitor or a first-time tournament player, we have you covered.

Classics and Open Tournaments

$10 entry, unlimited re-buys.  Each tournament qualifying entry consists of four games that the player selects from among available games in the bank.  The player’s performance across all four games relative to the other players determines his/her rank for that entry.

 

Schedule: Register Friday any time after 2pm.  Friday Qualifying ends at 11 PM, then resumes Saturday at 10AM until 11:59 PM.  After 11:59 PM, all games in progress must be abandoned and scores recorded.

 

EM Finals will be on Sunday and begin at 10:30 AM

Open Finals will be on Sunday and begin at 2:00 PM, or as soon as possible after EM Finals.

Eligibility: Anyone may enter.

 

Qualifying: Six games will be designated for tournament play (6 Classics, 6 Open – aka Modern).  The player chooses four games and attempts to complete his/her best 4-game run during the qualifying period.  The top 16 players advance to the Finals.

The top score on each game will be awarded 100 points.  2nd will be awarded 90, third 85, four 84, fifth 83, and so on.

 

Qualifying Example:  Player Mads Kristensen gets 1st on Klondike (100 points), 10th on Hokus Pokus (78 points), 20th on El Dorado (68 points) and 30th on Jacks Open (58 points).  His combined score is (100+78+68+58) = 304.

If 304 points is among the top 16 entrants at the conclusion of Qualifiers, Mads Kristensen will advance to the Finals.

 

Finals: The top 16 qualifiers will play in the Finals.

Finals will be played in four 4-player groups and consist of three rounds: Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Championship.

In each round, Groups will play 3 games “head to head” with scoring as follows:

1st Place: 4 points

2nd Place: 2 Points

3rd Place: 1 Point

4th Place: 0 points

 

Groups will be arranged according to the following, based on qualifying rank:

Group 1: 1-8-9-16

Group 2: 2-7-10-15

Group 3: 3-6-11-14

Group 4: 4-5-12-13

 

Top Seed in each group will choose either the game, or his/her order of play.  If the top seed chooses Order, then the next highest seed in the group will choose Game or Order.  If the next Seed chooses Order, then the next highest seed chooses Game.  And so on, until Game and Order of play is determined for all groups.

Example: The top Seed is Joe.  Joe decides he does not want to pick a game but wants to be Player 4 in the Order (last player).  Game or Order choice then progresses to the next highest seed in the group, Jim, who is 6th Seed.  Jim decides he wants to play Klondike.  Bill is the next seed in the order at 9th.  Since Jim has selected the game, his only option is choice of player order, so he chooses 3rd.  Bob is 12th, so he chooses 2nd in the player order.  Jim, who chose the game, must therefore play first.

Example: The top Seed is Joe.  Joe decided to pick El Dorado as the game.  Jim (6th seed) decides to play last.  Bill (9th) seed chooses to play 3rd.  Bob chooses to play 2nd.  Joe, who chose El Dorado, must play first.

Group-game Selection Order: Group 1 shall decide on a game first, then Group 2, then Consolation Group 1, then Consolation Group 2.

A group may not replay the same game during a competitive round (Semis or Finals).

The four players with the highest scores across both groups will advance to the Final round.

 

Ties

If a tie occurs, but all players involved in the tie are eligible to advance to the next round, their qualifying rank will determine their finishing order for that round.  Example: Bob, Bill and Joe all tie and will finish 6th, 7th, and 8th, respectively.  Bob was the highest qualifier in the group, so he is 6th.

 

If a tie occurs, but all players involved in the tie will not advance, a one-game tiebreaker will be played.  The highest seed involved in the tiebreaker shall be given first choice of game or order following the same rules as regular group play.

The winner of the tournament is the player with the most points in the Championship Round.

 

Prizes

1st Place: 29% of total prize money + Plaque

2nd: 18% + Plaque

3rd: 12% + Plaque

4th: 9% + Plaque

5th: 8%

6th: 7%

7th: 5%

8th: 5%

9th: 4%

10th: 3%

 

 

Kids Tournament

 

$5 Entry, no “re-buys”.  Kids play 2 games 2 times each, and the highest score on each game is recorded.  Scores are ranked and points are awarded.  Final placing is determined by point totals.

Schedule: Register and play on Saturday between 10am and 4pm.  Winners will be announced Saturday night but winners are not required to be present.

 

Eligibility: Players must be 13 years old or younger.

 

Format: Two games will be designated for tournament play.  Each competitor plays each game two times (total of 4 games).  The highest score on each game is recorded.  First place on each game receives 50 points, 2nd place 45, 3rd place 40.  Subsequent competitors receive 39, 38, 37 and so on.  Highest point total across both games is the winner.

 

Prizes: The first 10 Kids entrants who complete their entries will receive participation mini-plaques.  The top 4 finishers will receive finishing plaques and other prizes, as available.

Question: Is there a playoff or finals in the kid’s division?

Answer: There is no Finals for the Kids division due to scheduling, however, the more competitive young guns may also enter the Novice and Open tournaments, which will include Finals.

 

 

Novice Tournament

 

$5 entry, no “re-buys”.  Players play 4 games 2 times each and the highest score on each game is recorded.  Scores are ranked and points are awarded.  The top 12 players will advance to the finals with top qualifiers given advantage in seeding.  Note: World Pinball Ranking Points are not awarded for this tournament, per the rules of the International Flipper Pinball Association.

 

Schedule: Register Saturday between 10am and 1:30 PM.  No entries after 1:30 PM.  Qualifying play runs until 5:30 PM.  Players are responsible for completing all their qualifying attempts within the qualifying period.

 

Eligibility: Players may be any age.  Player may not have, or have ever had, a World Pinball Player Rank (WPPR) of 500 or better.  Player may not have ever competed in a PAPA B or A Division tournament.  Player may not have ever finished first in a Novice tournament.  Player may not have ever “placed” (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) in a WPPR tournament.  Player may not have ever “placed” in a League Season, for example: East Bay Pinball League or the Bay Area Pinball Association.

 

Note: If the above requirements seem at all foreign to you, you can probably compete in Novice.  These somewhat extensive rules are in place to discourage “sandbagging” and a fun time for all entrants who are fairly new to competitive play.

Qualifying: Four games will be designated for tournament play.  Each competitor plays each game two times (total of 8 games).  The highest score on each game is recorded.  First place on each game receives 50 points, 2nd place 45, 3rd place 40.  Subsequent competitors receive 39, 38, 37 and so on.  The top 12 players with the most points will advance to the finals.

 

Finals: Finals will be played in three 4-player groups and consist of three rounds: Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Championship.  In each round, Groups will play 3 games “head to head” with scoring as follows:

1st Place: 4 points

2nd Place: 2 Points

3rd Place: 1 Point

4th Place: 0 points

 

Groups will be arranged according to the following, based on qualifying rank:

Group 1: 12, 6, 9, 1

Group 2: 11, 5, 8 2

Group 3: 10, 4, 7, 3

 

Top Seed in each group will choose either the game, or his/her order of play.  If the top seed chooses Order, then the next highest seed in the group will choose Game or Order.  If the next Seed chooses Order, then the next highest seed chooses Game.  And so on, until Game and Order of play are determined.

 

Example: The top Seed is Joe.  Joe decides he does not want to pick a game but wants to be Player 4 in the Order (last player).  Game or Order choice then progresses to the next highest seed in the group, Jim, who is 6th Seed.  Jim decides he wants to play White Water.  Bill is the next seed in the order at 9th.  Since Jim has selected the game, his only option is choice of player order, so he chooses 3rd.  Bob is 12th, so he chooses 2nd in the player order.  Jim, who chose the game, must therefore play first.

Example: The top Seed is Joe.  Joe decided to pick Attack From Mars as the game.  Jim (6th seed) decides to play last.  Bill (9th) seed, chooses to play 3rd.  Bob chooses to play 2nd.  Joe, who chose Attack from Mars, must play first.

The eight players with the highest scores will advance to the semi-final round.

The four players with the highest scores in the semi final round will advance to the final round.

Group-game Selection Order: Group 1 shall decide on a game first, then Group 2, then Group 3.

As soon as a group completes its game, scores shall be recorded and the group shall play its next game.

A group may not replay the same game during a competitive round (Semis or Finals).

 

Ties

If a tie occurs, but all players involved in the tie are eligible to advance to the next round, their qualifying rank will determine their finishing order for that round.  Example: Bob, Bill and Joe all tie and will finish 6th, 7th, and 8th, respectively.  Bob was the highest qualifier in the group, so he is 6th.

 

If a tie occurs, but all players involved in the tie will not advance, a one-game tiebreaker will be played.  The highest seed involved in the tiebreaker shall be given first choice of game or order following the same rules as regular group play.

The winner of the tournament is the player with the most points in the Championship Round.

 

Prizes

1st Place: $100 and 1st Place Plaque

2nd Place: $50 and 2nd Place Plaque

3rd Place: $25 and 3rd Place Plaque

4th Place: $25 and 4th Place Plaque