2019-20 Championship Date Set

The Pintervention Championship for 2019 will take place at the House of Stone on April 18th, 2020.

Somewhat delayed this year, it has finally been scheduled.  The top 40 players in the overall standings will compete in the 2nd version of the PAPA Stern Circuit event format.

All 40 players will play in 4 player groups, 4 game matches, with top 2 players advancing to 2nd round.  Same format will repeat for the second round until 10 players remain.

The ladder round then begins with bottom 4 seeds playing one game.  Loser is out and the next highest seed joins the group of 4 for another game.  This continues until 2 players remain and then a best of 3 series is played to determine final winner.

Details will be sent with address, entry fee and other details to attending players directly the week before the event.  Invites go out Sunday, March 1st.

Pinholics Anonymous proudly presents the Pintervention Championship Circuit, a year long qualifying event culminating in a championship tournament held after year’s end at the House of Stone in McLean, Virginia.

The Pintervention Championship is a circuit event where players earn Pinholics Anonymous Tokens (e.g. WPPRs) for each Pinholics event they attend.  The better a player performs, the more tokens they will receive.

The top 40 players in the final standings will have an opportunity to compete in the championship.  This event is sanctioned by IFPA similar to the PAPA Circuit event.

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Details

Entry
Play in a sanctioned Pinholics Anonymous tournament.
Entry fees may vary at tournaments.

Qualifying Format
Players receive World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR) points based on their performance in each tournament or league.  All of their earned WPPRs comprise a player’s Pinholics Circuit Event Points Total.

The top 40 players are eligible to play in the Pintervention Championship.  Additional invites will be extended to players below the top 40 to fill the entire finals field.

Finals Format
Round 1 & 2: 10 groups of 4 players play 4 games, points awarded for each game. Top 2 players in each group advance to next round.
Rounds 3 thru 9: 4 player groups play 1 game.  Loser is out, remaining 3 players move on to next round. Round 3 begins with seeds 7 thru 10. Round 4 seed 6 joins. Round 5 seed 5 joins and so on until seed 1 joins group in round 9.
Round 10: Final 3 players play 1 game.  Loser is out.
Round 11: Final 2 players play a best of 3 match.

World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR) Points
All participants will receive WPPR points based on their performance. 

Official Rules

See Official Rules for more details on format, finals, extra balls, etc.

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Prize Pool Contributions

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Standings

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