BPAC 2023 - July 14th to the 23rd - Brisbane, Australia | Events

*Players are welcome to ‘buy-in’ and purchase additional cards to get a better overall score. All cards will count, however only the player’s best card will be used towards the final standings.

All games are to be played as single player only.

The Top 32 players will advance to the finals.

Ties for any placings in the Top 32 (except for 8th, 16th & 32nd) will be broken by the player with the highest individual game points score.

Ties for 8th, 16th & 32nd place will be broken by a single game playoff on a machine to be drawn at random.

Finals:

*Top 32 players will advance to a Head-to-Head, best of 5-game, Single elimination finals. The Top 8 players will receive a double-bye, while 9th-16th seeds will receive a single bye.

*The highest seed of a match will have the choice of first game or play order. The loser of the match will then get the next choice of game, or play order, and so on, until a player has won 3 games.

*Machines can only be chosen from what is available at the time of selection, and no machine can be played more than once in the same match.

BPAC CLASSIC TARGET MATCHPLAY

Start Date: Saturday July 15th, 2023

End Date: Sunday July 16th, 2023

Tournament fee: $50 AUD.

Tournament start time: 10am Saturday for Qualifying, 9am Sunday for Finals

This will be a Target Matchplay format.

This will also be an “IFPA Certified” event and will attract a 25% point boost, with the potential of a 50% boost for Certified+ (pending number of entries).

**This event will be capped at 140 entries**

Saturday 15th July:

*8.30am - 9.30am - Free Warm Up & Player registration (event players only).

*10am - Tournament briefing and start of Round 1.

All qualifying rounds (as many as needed), will be played on the one day.

Sunday 16th July:

*9am - Round One of Finals will commence.

Qualifying:

*Players will play in single game rounds of Group Matchplay, with groups, play order and machines to be determined using the Matchplay.events software.

*PAPA scoring will be used (4-2-1-0).

*Once a player reaches the target score of 70 points, no more rounds will be played. The Top 40 players will advance to the Main Division Finals. The next 16 players in qualifying order will be invited to play in the B Division finals, also to be played on Sunday morning.

Ties for any placings in the Top 40, or next 16 placings may be broken automatically by the Matchplay software, or by a single game playoff on a random machine if needed. Any tie-breakers will be played on the Saturday night, immediately following the completion of qualifying. Anyone not available for their tie-breaker game will be deemed to forfeit the match.

Finals:

*Top 40 players will be sorted into groups of 4 players under the Slaughter option on Matchplay. The Top 4 players will receive a double bye for the first two rounds, while seeds 5th-16th will receive a single bye in the first round. PAPA point scoring will continue during finals.

*Each group will play 3 games. The Top seed in each group will get to pick the machine for Games 1 and 3 in the round, while the 2nd Top seed will get to choose the machine for Game 2 of the round. Players are to make their selections based on machines that are available at the time of choosing, and machines cannot be played more than once in the same round.

*Players will select play order, with the highest seed of the group getting first choice at play order. The 2nd highest will get the next choice and so on, until everyone has chosen. Subsequent games will be played in a rotating order.

*Top 2 players in each group advance to the next round, with the other 2 players in each group being eliminated.

*Ties for any of the Top 2 positions in any group will again be broken by a single game playoff on a random machine.

*The player with the most number of points after the final round is completed will be declared the winner.

Tournament director - Jason Lambert

JOKERS WILD CHALLENGE

Tournament Date: Sunday July 16th, 2023

Tournament fee: FREE

Tournament start time: 7pm

** This event will NOT be IFPA registered **

Open to anyone except those still in the Kick Off tournament finals.

*All available players will be paired into teams of 2 at random.

*Team seeds will be based on the player with the highest seeding.

*Each team will play a best-of-3 head to head match against another team, highest seed always playing against lowest seed. Highest seeded team chooses the machine, with the lowest seeded team determining play order.

*Winner of each game is based on the total combined team score.

*In the event a best-of-3 match is tied 1-1 after 2 games, the final game of the match shall be played as a split-flipper game.

*The winning team is the last remaining team in the event.

And for one final twist……

The winning team will play 1 final best-of-3 head to head match between themselves, to determine the overall event winner.

Tournament director - Jimmy Nails

BRISBANE PINBALL CLUB (BPAC EDITION)

Tournament Date: Monday July 17th, 2023

Tournament entry fee: $25 AUD

Tournament start time: 10.30am

Location: Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

This one-off BPAC edition of the Brisbane Pinball Club will have a different format to the usual fortnightly events.

Qualifying:

*Qualifying opens from 10.30am-6.30pm.

*12 games will be selected at random. Each player will play 1 game on each machine. Top 24 players on points will advance to finals.

*Ties for 24th place will result in a single game playoff, on a machine to be chosen by a random draw.

*Players are to assign themselves to a queue on Matchplay prior to starting a game.

**Please note that no qualifying games may commence after 6.30pm.**

Finals:

*Will be contested as a Group 6-strike elimination

*Top 24 players will be allocated 'lives' according to their qualifying position as follows:

*1st - 4th - 6 lives

*5th - 8th - 5 lives

*9th - 12th - 4 lives

*13th - 18th - 3 lives

*19th - 24th - 2 lives

Matchplay software will allocate matchups, machines and play order.

The bottom 2 players in each group (3-player or 4-player matches) will receive a Strike. Once players have lost all their lives they are eliminated from the finals.

Tournament director - Jason Lambert

BPAC PIN-GOLF

Tournament Date: Tuesday July 18th, 2022

Tournament entry fee: $25 AUD.

Tournament start time: 10.30am

Location: Sunshine Coast Pinball

**This event will be capped at 100 entries**

Qualifying:

All players will play 12 games of pin-golf qualifying. Top 24 players will advance to the finals.
Scoring will be based on the IFPA Pin-Masters format.

Finals:

Finals will be played in a Group Matchplay format, using Pin-golf / Pin-Masters scoring. Top 8 players will receive a first-round bye.

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert

BPAC BIG BASH

Tournament Date: Wednesday July 19th, 2023

Tournament entry fee: $30 AUD

Tournament start time: 10.30am

Location: Bayside Events Centre, Wynnum

**This event will be capped at 120 entries**

Qualifying:

*Players will play in single game rounds of Group Matchplay, with groups, play order and machines to be determined using the Matchplay.events software.

*IFPA scoring will be used (7-5-3-1).

*The first 28 players to reach the target score of 66 points will advance to the finals.

Once a player reaches 66 points, they will no longer need to play any further qualifying games.

Ties for any placings in the Top 28 will be broken by the player who reached the target score first, then by finishing score, then by a single game playoff on a random machine (if required).

Any tie-breakers will be played immediately following the completion of qualifying. Anyone not available for their tie-breaker game will be deemed to forfeit the match.

Finals:

* Players will be sorted into groups of 4 and will play a 3 game round, using the same points system as above. The Slaughter method will be being used for the finals to allocate groups.

* Matchplay will allocate the choice of machines and play order for each game.

* The Top 4 qualifiers will not only receive a first round bye in the Finals, but will also receive a WILD CARD at the start of finals. This will give them one opportunity to replace and nominate a machine of their choice at any stage during finals.

* The Top 2 players in each group of each round will advance to the next round. There will be a one game playoff on a machine selected at random for any ties for 2nd place in either group.

* The winner will be the player with the most points earned in the final round.

Tournament Director - Jason Lambert.

BPAC BEST GAME (formerly known as the 'Warm-Up' event)

Tournament Dates and times:

* Qualifying - Wednesday July 19th (4pm-11pm), Thursday July 20th (4pm-11pm) & Friday 21st July (10am-4pm)

* Finals - Friday 21st July (5pm).

Tournament fee: $50 AUD.

This will also be an “IFPA Certified” event and will attract a 25% point boost, with the potential of a 50% boost for Certified+ (pending number of entries).

Qualifying:

*Players will play a total of 24 games from a bank of around 25-30 different machines with all scores to count towards qualifying score.

*Players must play at least 18 different machines for their qualifying, however, cannot play the same machine more than twice.

*Players are to assign themselves to a queue on Matchplay prior to starting a game.

All games are to be played as single player only.

Points allocated for each machine will be based on the INDISC system which is as follows: 100 for 1st, 97 for 2nd, 95 for 3rd, 94 for 4th, 93 for 5th, and so on.

The Top 24 players will advance to the finals.

Ties for any placings in the Top 24 (except for 24th) will be broken by the player with the highest individual game points score (ie. 100 points).

Ties for 24th place will be broken by a single game playoff on a machine to be drawn at random.

Finals:

*Top 24 players will advance to a PAPA Matchplay style finals, with the Top 8 players receiving a first-round bye.

*Each group will play 4 games, with the top seed in each group getting the opportunity to choose 2 games for their round, with the 2nd & 3rd seeds getting 1 choice each.

*Players with machine choice are unable to choose the same game more than once per round and cannot choose the same machine more than twice for the duration of the finals.

*Top 2 players in each group advance to the next round, with the other 2 players in each group being eliminated.

*Ties for any of the Top 2 positions in any group will again be broken by a single game playoff on a random machine.

*The player with the most number of points after the final round is completed will be declared the winner.

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails

BPAC STRIKES

Tournament Date: Thursday July 20th, 2023

Tournament fee: $20 AUD.

Tournament start time: 5pm

Players will be placed into groups of 3 or 4 at random each round using Matchplay.events.

The software will allocate order of play and machine choice for each match.

Only the 3rd & 4th place players in each match will receive a strike.

The last remaining player will be declared the winner.

Tournament directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Tournament Date: Friday July 21st, 2023

Tournament fee: $20 AUD

Tournament start time: 12pm.

Chess-Swiss format.

Head to head matchplay, 2 games per round.

Each player selects one game to play, with a point earned for each game won.

Win both games in your round and receive a bonus point.

Approx. 3 hours qualifying.

Top 8 advance to Group Matchplay finals.

Tournament director - Jessica DeNardo

NORBERT SNICER TEAMS CUP

Tournament Date: Friday July 21st, 2023

Tournament fee: FREE

Tournament start time: 7.30pm.

Event details still to be confirmed.

2023 BRISBANE MASTERS (presented by AMUSEMENT MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS)

Start Date: Saturday July 22nd, 2023

End Date: Sunday July 23rd, 2023

Tournament fee: $85 AUD.

Tournament Schedule:

Saturday July 22nd:

*8.30am - 9.30am - Free Warm Up & Player registration (event players only).

*10am - Tournament briefing and start of Round 1.

*7 rounds will be played, no breaks.

Sunday July 23rd:

*9am - Round One of Finals will commence.

**This event will be capped at 220 entries**

QUALIFYING:

* Once all participants are finalized, all players will be seeded based on their IFPA World ranking as at the time of the event

* Players will be placed into 4-player groups once seedings have been completed.

* Each group will be assigned 3 games across each era (70s-80s, 90s, New) and play order at random by the Matchplay software.

First round groupings - Slaughter (Strongest seed plays weakest, second-strongest plays second-weakest, etc).

Second & subsequent round groupings - Swiss (Players will be paired against players with the same win-loss record. No attempts will be made to pair players against opponents previously not faced (adjacent pairing is used).

All games will be played as a 4-player game (unless the machine is unable to allow it and/or notified otherwise).

There will be 7 qualifying rounds (21 games per player). The top 32 players will advance to the Main Division Finals, with qualifiers 33-96 to be split in to B/C/D/E Division Finals on Sunday 24th July. Ties for any placings in the Top 32 will be determined by the number of 1st place finishes, then by 2nd place finishes, then by a single game playoff to be played on the Saturday night (if required), immediately following the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.

FINALS:

Finals will start at approximately 9am on Sunday 23rd July. Players who do not turn up by 9am when names are called may be excluded from participating.

A Division - Top 32 Qualifiers:

*Finals will be contested under the IFPA Head-To-Head Best-of-5 game single elimination format.

*9th-16th placed qualifiers will receive a single-round bye, while the Top 8 will receive a double-round bye.

*In all matches in all rounds, the highest available seeded player will play the lowest available seed, with the next highest to play the next lowest, and so on until all players are paired up.

*Highest available seed will get to choose the machine bank for their match, or defer their choice to their opponent instead. Once chosen, that player cannot pick the same bank again for the remainder of the finals.

*The first player to 3 wins in their Head-to-Head match will advance to the next round.

B/C/D/E Division finals:

*B Grade - 33rd-48th placed qualifiers

*C Grade - 49th-64th placed qualifiers

*D Grade - 65th-80th placed qualifiers

*E Grade - 81st-96th placed qualifiers

All B/C/D/E Division finals will be contested under Best-of-3 game matches, with the winner advancing. Highest available seed will always play the lowest available seed.

In the event that a player does not turn up for the B/C/D/E finals, players will NOT be able to jump up a division, and instead will be replaced with a BYE in the lowest spot of that division.

** At the start of each round the highest seed in A Division will get first choice of machine bank going down to the final match in E Division choosing last **

Tournament Directors - Jason Lambert & Jimmy Nails.

BPAC CLOSING FRENZY

Tournament Date: Sunday 23rd July, 2023

Tournament fee: $20 AUD.

Tournament start time: 7.30pm.

**This event will be capped at 150 entries**
** This event will NOT be IFPA registered **

Both pinball AND arcade machines will be used for the Closing Frenzy, along with some potential surprises!

First, each machine is randomly assigned two players. The remaining players are placed in one central queue.

When a match is completed:

*The winner returns to the tournament director’s desk to record the result.

*The software will determine who continues on to the next game and who returns to the queue.

*The player at the front of the queue moves up to compete against the player staying on the machine.

The player staying on the machine moves to the player 1 position.

The player with the best win/loss ratio at the end of the allotted time is declared the winner. It is anticipated that the Frenzy will run for at least 3 hours, however will be determined based on time available.