Tournaments

2024 Schedule

Pinball tournaments are hosted @ 1 pm every 2nd Sunday at Beercade, and every 4th Sunday at Beercade 2. All tournaments are $10 entry and sanctioned by the IFPA. Prize pool is payed to the top 30% of competitors.

* schedule subject to change

Month	Beercade	Beercade 2
January	Strike-Out	Matchplay
February	Pin-Bowling	Flipper Frenzy
March	Matchplay	Strike-Out
April	Flipper Frenzy	Target Match Play
May	Strike-Out	Matchplay
June	Target Match Play	Flipper Frenzy
July	Matchplay	Strike-Out
August	Flipper Frenzy	Target Match Play
September	Strike-Out	Matchplay
October	Target Match Play	Flipper Frenzy
November	Matchplay	Strike-Out
December	Flipper Frenzy	Christmas

Strike Out

Players play head to head in groups of 3 or 4. The bottom 2 scores recieve a strike. After each round, players are reassigned into groups where everyone has a smililar amount of stirkes. Once a player has recieved 3 strikes they are eliminated. In this format extra balls are always turned off.

Pin-Golf

Each pinball machine has a target score to reach. If you reach the posted score on ball one, you score a 1. If you reach the score on ball two, you score a 2 etc. If you do not reach the score you recieve a 4. The lowest score wins the tournament. In this format extra balls are USUALLY on, however depending on the number of players, they MAY be turned off for time constraints. This format requires a shoot out of at least 10% of the field.

Pin-Bowling

Each pinball machine has a target score to reach. You play all of your balls until you reach the target score. Scores are broken down to score 1 - 10. Example: 1 million is a score of 10, and you finish ball 3 with a score of 550,890. You would score a 5 on that machine. In this format extra balls are USUALLY on, however depending on the number of players, they MAY be turned off for time constraints. This format requires a shoot out of at least 10% of the field.

Flipper Frenzy

This is a timed format, usually 2 and a half hours long (this depends of the number of players). The idea of this format is to win the most amount of games as fast as possible. Each player is randomly paired against another in 2 player matches. Each player will play 2 matches in a row, then be put in the back of the queue. Rankings are based on win/loses with number of wins breaking any ties. Example: P1 has 8 wins and 3 loses, P2 has 7 wins and 2 loses, P1 is ranked higher. In this format extra balls are ALWAYS turned off, and often machines are modified to quicken game times, such as but not limited to turning off top flippers, removing or reducing ball save times, removing posts etc.

Match Play

In round one, players are randomly paired into groups of 3 or 4. 4 player groups score 7,5,3,1 and in 3 player groups players score 7,4,1. The highest scores win the tournament. This format is generally 7 rounds, but may change to accomodate for time constraints. In this format extra balls are ALWAYS turned off.

Target Match Play

The goal is to reach 28 points using IFPA scoring (7,5,3,1). Random seeding and swiss pairing will be used. The tournament will conclude after 50% have reached 28 points. Tie’s are allowed unless it’s in the top 4. In the case of a tie in the top 4, the current top IFPA seed will pick a game or position. In this format extra balls are ALWAYS off.