2019-2020 IFPA LA State Pinball Championship

Louisiana State Pinball Championship for Year 2019, Sat Jan 18, 2020

Designated as: Event is a tournament

IFPA LA State Championship Pinball Tournament to be held on Sat Jan 18, 2020 in Lake Charles, LA.
Start time to be around 1 pm. Arrival time is from 11 am to 12:45 pm if playing in the LA State Championship. Practice time from 11:15 am to 12:45 pm. Review tournament format, rules, and player pairings from 12:45 to 1 pm.
Contact Mike VanEtten at [email protected] or 337-962-4078 for address and directions to this private residence. Note: Event is -not- at 900 Lakeshore Dr.

The top 16 ranked players from IFPA-sanctioned events and leagues held in Louisiana from throughout 2019 will compete for the chance to be crowned the 2019 IFPA LA State Pinball Champion, as well as the opportunity to go to Denver, CO and represent LA in the 2019-2020 IFPA National Championship on Thur Mar 5th, 2020.
Tournament machines will be a mixture of e-m's, classic solid state types, dmd type, and modern pinball machines, with year of manufacture being from approx. 1970's up through 2019.

Head-to-Head Single Elimination Format. Each 2-player match is Best-of-7 games on the winners side of the bracket, except best of 3 games for deciding 3rd/4th places in the consolation match. All other finishing positions will also be played out in best-of-three game matches to determine 5th through 16th places.
Entry fee is likely to be $0 per player, but there may be a small fee to cover hosting expenses. Cash prizes for all 16 places is based on IFPA predetermined payout percentages tied to money collected during tournaments held in LA during year 2019.
More info can be found on ifpapinball dot com website.
https://www.ifpapinball.com/nacs/rules.php
https://www.ifpapinball.com/nacs/index.php

A small side tournament will likely also be held after the main state championship tournament is finished.
This side tournament is open to the public to play in (not just the top 16 players in the main tournament).
A $1 fee per player will be charged and collected and sent in to IFPA to cover IFPA tournament endorsement fees. An additional small fee may also be collected to cover cost of trophy for 1st place winner.

Side tournament: TBD

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