Indiana Matchplay State Championship will be held in Lafayette, IN on December 16th, 2018 at North End Pub. There are 40 spots available and ticket sales open up December 1st, the reservation is free but there will be a $20 entry fee at the door. Doors will open at 11 AM, and play will start at 12 PM.

In the first round, all players will be grouped by seed (IFPA Ranking) into 10 groups of 4 players. Each group of 4 players will compete on 4 different machines, with the highest seeded player given the choice of choosing the game to be played or determining the order of play. At the end of the 4-game round, 2 players will advance out of each group into the second round, which will function similarly to the first.

At the start of the third round, the remaining 10 players will be placed in a ladder-style bracket seeded based on their accumulative points from the first two rounds, tiebreakers will be broken by matchplay’s automatic system and then IFPA rank if needed. The bottom 4 players will compete in a single game, with the lowest scoring player being removed from the contest and replaced by the next highest seed. When only 2 players remain, they will compete in a best two-games-out-of-three series to determine the Indiana State Pinball Champion.

There will be a $20 cash entry fee for the tournament. Tickets can be reserved starting December 1st, 2018. 50% of the entry fee is going into the cash prize pool for top 4 finishers, 45% of the entry fee will be used for awards (a custom State Matchplay Championship Belt has been designed and ordered), and 5% will cover the IFPA fee.

Tomorrow night at Main Street Amusements in Lafayette we will host our weekly 4-strikes tournament. Cost is $1 to play.  We are now changing it so that 3 player groups will only receive 1 strike. The tournament will start at 7:30 PM, hope that a lot of you can make it up to play!

You have until Friday night to get those scores in for the Selfie Tournament at North End Pub this month! Here are the standings, the top 8 get invited to play in finals on Sunday, December 2nd. The finals this Sunday will likely start a bit later than usual, right now shooting for 6or 7 PM, but I will keep everyone updated as the weekend approaches. Here are the current standings. Remember the prize pool is now over $200, get those games of Congo and Fish Tales in while you can!  Top 4 finishers from finals will get in on the cash prizes! 

A big thank you to everyone who came out and played in the Survivor Series Matchplay Pinball Challenge yesterday, especially those of you who traveled from out of town, we greatly appreciate you taking the time and effort to do that. Congrats to Tom Vandenberg on winning the event.

Also, thank you to everyone who brought food to share, and I hope everyone got plenty to eat, I know I did.

A reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19th, 2018 is our Monthly Tournament at Main Street Amusements. We will have 1 hour of qualifying on classics machines, followed by finals where everyone plays a three-game bank. The entry fee is $5 with 100% of the money going back to the players, everyone has a chance to win money in each group. The tournament will start at 7:30 PM.

After Brandon Edging submitted a monster score on Congo last night the standings have changed! Remember you have until the end of the month to submit scores for Congo and Fish Tales to be in the tournament. You can play any time and as many times as you want, just snap a picture of your score. You can submit the picture of your score here, or if you are having any trouble with that text me, email me, or facebook message me the picture and I can get it updated for you. All the money earned from Congo and Fish Tales this month will go into the prize pool for the finals at the end of the month, as of right now it is already up to $110! The top 8 players make the finals, and the top 4 get payouts, 50%, 25%, 15%, and 10% of the prize pool. The finals will be on Sunday, December 2nd at approximately 4 PM. Get those scores submitted!