Pinball at the Salt Lake Gaming Con July 7th, 8th

We are excited to announce that we are taking place in this years Salt Lake Gaming Con, being held July 7th and 8th at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.

We are hosting a large exhibit featuring over 25 pinball machines, and several projector displays. We are running 5 different pinball tournaments during the convention. Each tournament will be free to enter, and each will feature cash prizes, trophies, and other goodies. All machines that are not being used in the tournaments will be set to free play.

This is the closest to a pinball show Utah will see in the foreseeable future, and I think we can really make this a great time for all of us pinheads, but also introduce pinball to many people who would not be exposed to pinball normally.

We are still looking for more machines, and volunteers to help score keep at the tournaments. The gaming con is giving a free 2-day pass for each machines we bring. Please email me if you would like to commit any machines or would be interested in helping score keep any of the tournaments. Score keeping should not affect the ability to play in any tournaments.

Tickets for the Gaming Con can be bought through their website
http://www.saltlakegamingcon.com/

Below is a list of the tournaments we will be running. They will definitely be the largest pinball tournaments ever held in Utah. 3 of the events are IFPA Sanctioned.

Friday, July 7th
Harry Popper and the Silver Ball --- Jr. Main Event --- Capped at 64 players (Entries only open to players under the age of 18) --- 11am - 8pm
Qualifying -- 4 qualifying Games (11am - 5pm)
Top 16 players enter play-offs (5:30pm - 8pm)
Play-offs are 4 player matches where bottom 2 get eliminated
At Final 4 players only 1 player is eliminated each game.

SLAP WARS - BOBA PFETT (Big Over Blown Amateur Pinball Free Entry Team Tournament) --- 3-Person Team Tournament -- Capped at 24 Teams --- 11am - 8pm
Qualifying -- Each Team plays 4 x 3 player qualifying games on 4 machines (11am - 6pm)
Top 4 Teams enter play-off (6pm - 8pm)
In the playoffs there will be 2 semi-final heads up matches consisting of a best 2 out of 3 format where each player only plays 1 of the balls each game.
The Finals will be best 3 out of 5 format where each player only plays one ball per game.

SLAP Fight --- Head to Head Tournament -- Capped at 64 players --- 8pm - Midnight
Tournament format will be a 1 strike tournament with half the field being eliminated each round. IFPA Sanctioned
Round 1 = 32 heads up matches
Round 2 = 16 heads up matches
Round 3 = 8 heads up matches
Round 4 = 4 heads up matches
Round 5 = 2 heads up matches
Round 6 = Best 2 out of 3 Finals

Saturday, July 8th
Escape from the Planet of the Drain Monsters --- Main Event --- Capped at 100 players. IFPA Sanctioned
Qualifying -- 6 qualifying games (10am - 7pm)
Top 16 players enter play-offs (7:30pm - 10pm)
Play-offs are 4 player matches where bottom 2 get eliminated
At Final 4 players only 1 player is eliminated each game.

Lord of the Slings --- Critical Strike Tournament -- Capped at 20 players. IFPA Sanctioned.
Format will be a 3 strike tournament using the critical strike decks/rules
2 Hour Round where players earn cards (1pm - 3pm)
7 hour Round where players are eliminated once the receive 3 strikes. (3pm - 10pm)

The next Tournament in our SLAP IT! Series is going to be held on July 15th, and is a charity fund raising event called "Pony Up for Pinball". 50% of each tournament will go to The Haven. A non profit organization dedicated to helping adults achieve sobriety.

Thank you for being part of SLAP and for helping make our local pinball community so great!

SLAP ON!
Dan Newman
SLAP League Commish

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