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The Maryland Pinball Champoinship

The tournament will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Town Hall Liquors, 8135 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD, 20740-2431. Qualifying will begin at 11 a.m. There will be two divisions.

Entry Fees:

$50.00 A Division   $20.00 B Division

All entry fees (less ~ $150 for awards and plaques for each division) will go to prize fund as follows:

A Division

1st:    50% and laser engraved award (A minimum of $300 is guaranteed to the A division winner)

2nd:   25% and laser engraved award

3rd:    15% and plaque

4th:    10% and plaque

B Division

1st:    50% and laser engraved award (A minimum of $100 is guaranteed to the A division winner)

2nd:   25% and laser engraved award

3rd:    15% and plaque

4th:    10% and plaque

Games will be priced at 50 cents per game.  Extra balls will be disabled on games where this is possible. Ball savers will be turned off on games where this is possible. Bang backs and death saves are not allowed. The format for the tournament is head to head, best two out of 3, double elimination. Each loser from the main bracket will go to a second chance bracket for another match, with the winner of that bracket going to a final match against the winner of the main bracket. In order for the player from the losers’ bracket to win the tournament that player will have to defeat the player from the winners’ bracket in two straight matches (thus givinig that player their double elimination).

First, second and third place will be decided by the double elimination. All other players will be put into a quick playoff round to determine fourth place. Initial brackets will be seeded by a one-ball qualifier. Competitors ariving to the tournament too late for qualifying will be given lower seeds. We expect to have between 5-8 games for the tournaments. Competitors deemed too skilled to play in the B division will be placed in the A division. This includes but is not limited to players who have won pinball tournaments in the past and players who have been successful in pinball leagues. I will be running the tournament but will not compete in them.